Cinderella meets her Prince...

My friend Alex, commented on the SCC post and she said something so beautiful I had to share it with everybody...

"...it's reassuring to know that his sweet little Cinderella has met the Prince of Peace."

This statement could not be more true, because little Maria Sue Champman KNEW Jesus and so we all know without a shadow of a doubt where she is... she is in Heaven with Jesus, our Prince of Peace!

If you would like to hear more about Jesus and how you too can know without a shadow of a doubt where you will spend eternity please just ask me! IT IS SO SIMPLE!!! ♥

Pray for Stephen Curtis Chapman and Family

When I saw people saying pray for the Chapman's I thought of SCC, but I thought, no there are other people with that name... well it was for them... here is what the website said...

http://www.stevencurtischapman.com/

http://chapmanchannel.typepad.com/inmemoryofmaria/

Maria Sue Chapman, adopted and youngest daughter to Mary Beth and Steven Curtis Chapman, was killed Wednesday night in a tragic accident in the family driveway on Wednesday evening. She was LifeFlighted to Vanderbilt Children's Hospital but for only reasons God can explain she went home to Him... not to Franklin as we all so desperately wanted.

Your prayers are needed for all in the Chapman family. This is a family who has so generously loved and given to so many. Just hours before this close knit family was celebrating the engagement of the oldest daughter Emily Chapman, and were just hours away from a graduation party marking Caleb Chapman's completion of high school. Now, they are preparing to bury a child who blew out 5 candles on a birthday cake less than 10 days ago. These words are unthinkable to type. - Jim Houser (Manager)

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I am truly heart broken for this family! We need to pray pray pray!!!

SCC wrote a song for his new 3 daughters called Cinderella. It is a must hear, but it is also a Kleenex box song! (it has always been a tear jerker, but especially now... look at the lyrics). Since he is a musician, his life was hectic with his first 3 (birth) children. When he adopted his last 3, he decided he needed a change. This song is about enjoying your kids while you can... here is a taste of the lyrics... you need to go to itunes to buy it though...

"so I will dance with Cinderella, whiles she is here in my arms, cause I know something the prince never knew. I will dance will Cinderella, I don't want to miss even one song, cause all too soon the clock will strike midnight and she'll be gone."

To the Chapman family, even if you never read this... Maria Sue is dancin for Jesus now, and she is waiting until y'all come to be with her too! ♥

Jersey's Sleepover!

Aunt Belle came over for a sleepover with Jersey! (Yes we need a child, shhh)! :) They got along so well! She woke me up at 7 am Saturday morning, but that was ok! We were gonna keep her until Sunday night, but then I remembered I had to lead Power Up for K-5, and with her there I wasn't getting anything done! So I dropped her off Saturday morning and then my sister and I went shopping! In June Belle will come over for a week long sleepover with us. (She doesn't really need to spend the night, but I want Jersey to have some fun)! Here are some pictures... sorry they are out of order... the unloader does it funny... usually I put it in order, but there were too many this time...

In the middle of playing... look at their smiles... Jersey is trying to teach Belle the fine art of smiling for pictures!
My Lobster leading Jersey to see more trucks... ps, we encountered at pit bull 5 minutes later. I was so scared! We had two little puppies, and he followed us close behind for awhile...
AWW, look at Belle... we'll make a country girl out of her, mark my words! :)
My Lobster and Belle... he carried her the whole time! I told him we need to get him a little girl! Jersey is 100% Mama's boy, and I said Paul needs a Daddy's Little Girl... he said no to the dog... he wants a REAL Daddy's Little Girl! ;)
again...
Man, look at his face... my little angel plays really well... he looks scary! (What's funny is that he never once bit her or barked while they played... she did all the biting and barking)!
Close up of Jersey on the equipment. He is so precious!
My Lobster of course wanted to show his son the equipment, but he didn't want to leave out Belle. He wanted the little city girl to experience it too! :)
I love this picture! It was My Lobster's idea... good job Honey! Look at both their smiles... I just love it! :)
Being creative with Belle
My Lobster and Belle in the sunset~
Belle did whatever Jersey did. Here Jersey is chewing on Daddy's underwear, and she decided it looked fun too!
Photo shoot of Belle in the flowers...
Look closey at Belle's eyes in this one.... lol
Our kiss in the shadow of the sunset... ♥
Jersey decided to teach Belle how to drink out of the water bottle. He can "hold" it, but he was proud that she learned to at least drink out of it! :)
more from the photo shoot! How cute!
He would squeak the ball and she would bark. So, he continued to squeak it to make her happy!
Here he is squeaking it and she is ready to pounce! :)
She wanted to chew away too! Look at her cute little face :)

Blur the faces of Children?

So, I just finished reading "Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister" by: Gregory Maguire. It was very good. He was also the author of "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West." I enjoy him as an author.

The book ended with this quote about children. It could no be more true, sadly!

(referring to children playing that should be subject of a painting)...

"...the children's faces would need to be painted in a blur, the way children's faces truly are. For they blur as they run; they blur as they grow and change so fast; and they blur to keep us from loving them too deeply, for their protection, and also ours." ~Gregory Maguire


My uncle on the floor.. he is now 30, happily married and a proud papa to a 5 month old! Baby brother is a Junior in High School and in June will be 18!?! The Belle behind him is happily married and planning her future family! Tracie posing beautifully on the floor would have turned 20 this May!

The blurred faces quote sure makes sense when we look at this picture from Christmas 1991! It doesn't seem that long ago, just ask my mom! My Lobster and I are already aware that tomorrow our (future, hopefully) little girl will be getting married! I cannot believe how fast life goes!!!

Reoccurring Nightmare...

I would say dream, but in reality it is a nightmare! Recently, and more and more often, I have dreams about Tracie. The reason they are nightmares is because in the dreams she never died. It is present day, and her and I talk about things, like wow it's weird that for the last year and a half we thought you were dead, etc. (For those who don't know, my sister Tracie was killed in a car accident on October 6, 2006.)

Last night for instance, Tracie and I were talking and I asked her what she felt. I said, "Obviously you are alive now, but you DID die, even for a little while because they said you did, so what did you feel." Now one may think her response would be peace or nothing or whatever, but this is what she said, "I felt the Truth." That's right! She felt Truth! SO, I do not think this dream was a nightmare after all, because for that moment God used my nightmare to remind me where she is. She is in Heaven, and one day I WILL get to talk to her again, in Heaven!

During my daily routine I handle her death pretty well. However, just yesterday I talked to My Lobster about it. It is just so unreal to me! There were 4 of us, and now there's 3! Our identity is forever changed it seems.

The only reason I do handle her death well is because I know without a shadow of a doubt that she is in Heaven and I know without a shadow of a doubt that I will join her there someday. Do you know without a shadow of a doubt where you will end up? Let me just say this...

Have you ever told a lie? Yes, we all have, well guess what? You and I and everyone else is destined for HELL! Even one small lie is a sin and sining is our one way ticket to Hell. Scary thought, huh? There is hope, JESUS! There is only one way to Heaven! You cannot earn your way into Heaven! No matter what you do you will ALWAYS fall short! We have to be PERFECT to get into Heaven. So, yes, that ONE LIE is enough to send you to Hell for all eternity... regardless of anything "good" you did on Earth. God sent His only Son to earth. He lived a Holy and Perfectly Blameless life. He was killed on the Cross where He endured the very fires of Hell that were meant for you and me. All you have to do is open your heart to Him, and accept Him as your Lord and Savior! THAT'S IT... IT IS SO SIMPLE!!! I sin everyday, as everyone does, but since Jesus Christ has Saved me, I am going to Heaven regardless of that sin! You see, when God looks down on whom to punish, He does not see me, He sees that Holy and Blameless Son, Jesus!

If you want to know more about this please talk to me! If you do not have Jesus you will go to Hell, PERIOD!

PS, that was the TRUTH Tracie referred to in my dream... that the only way to Heaven is through Jesus and NOTHING else!




Here are a few pictures of Tracie and I growing up. I have loads more, but I am not on my computer so I had to steal from my pictures on facebook! lol

                                                        in reverse birth order! Circa 1994?

Christmas 1993?

                                                   March 2002! 6 years ago, are you kidding me?!?

Our last COMPLETE Christmas card, Christmas 2005.

We have missed you!

Jersey's Joy! Going Bye Bye in the Car!


Sorry for not posting... we have been very busy! The Youth takes up most of our free time! We had the middle school sleepover last weekend, and we have been recovering ever since! It looks like this weekend will be just me and my hubby! I love every minute we spend with the youth, but it sure is nice to have some alone time, ya know? I will do a better time keeping in touch! I am watching Disney's Enchanted while cleaning up... this is one of my all time favs! God is helping me become the housewife He created me to be... if you know me at all, then you know I need all the help I can get in this area.

P.S. I got a prayer journal! I was having a little trouble in this area, but the prayer journal is a huge blessing! I highly recommend them! :)

I have missed my camera!!!!!!!!

Here are some pictures from today and yesterday...



I was trying to be creative... My Lobster's ring is around "Love never fails."


My mom got a new dog, Belle, here she is hiding from Jersey and Angelica, (my mom's other dog)


Belle and Jersey meet for the first time... she loved him right away... it took him a little bit... something about new puppies gets to all dogs I have noticed! :)


Look at that attitude! All I said was, "Where's Belle," and this was her response! lol


Sorry, but I had to put this on here, (for my mom to see at least). Jersey is smelling the grass, Belle is smelling Jersey and Angelica is smelling Belle... come on, this is pretty funny!


We went for a walk and Jersey just KNOWS what "backgrounds" will make a good picture... he loves posing! :)


See, cool background, cute pose! :)


Jersey and Daddy!


Please excuse the hideous jacket... I needed pockets... this thing is like 3 sizes too big...



I am in love with this picture! Pretty cool, huh?


My Lobster spotted a tractor and wanted to show it to Jersey... I said ok only so I could get a pic... yes, I know, we need a baby! :)


A few posts ago I had a picture of me and Jersey's game... well, this is his and Daddy's game... Jersey looks through the steps to My Lobster below... there Daddy extends his hand up and Jersey gets to give kisses... when Daddy isn't home it is kinda sad when Jersey looks for him and realizes he is not there to kiss!



As I am gushing over my husband and child ;) I am listening to my i tunes, and "None like you" is on... Seriously... No matter how much I love My Lobster, or Jersey... there is none like Jesus and He is ALL I need! I am continuously working to put Christ first in my life. I always tell My Lobster  and Jersey how much I love them, (don't laugh, I do talk to Jersey), but do I tell Jesus enough that I love Him! NO! I will always fall short of that, I know... but I am making a conscious effort to do so!

"There is none like You! No one else could touch my heart like You do! I could search for all eternity long and find, there is none like YOU!"