The Fair already????

Well tomorrow is the beginning of the end for Bud...I can smell the bacon already!!! Just kidding...it's easier to joke about it than to think about it...poor Bud...The fair starts tomorrow!!! Brittani and Darin will be going to our friends the Gillum's at 4:15 yes a.m. to load Bud up for the last time...Tomorrow is weigh-in Thurs. is Market when they judge the quality and worth of the pig Friday is showmanship when they judge Brittani and that leaves Friday sell day...yep Bud is dead pig walking...as of Sunday he weighed a whopp'n 270lbs...things are look'n goooooood...Bruce and Rhonda let us borrow their video camera so we should have some pretty entertaining footage for y'all real soon...well here we go on this wild ride...wish us luck...oh and by the way it's supposed to be in the 100's all weekend...ugh...

Too Long

It's been too long!!! I had an inspirational thought, moment, observation today...Do you ever wish you can see every moment as a God moment? One thing I know for sure...I do want to see God in my moments...I often pray and even wrote a worship song about it...the words are this...

Help me see with Your eyes
reach with Your hands
love with Your heart
fill every part
make me in Your image
take my will complete
to be pleasing to You
Your love makes my new

Make me who You are
reveal to me Your heart
help me understand
my life is in Your hands

Today I had a moment...I am striving to be like Christ...but sometimes I forget, get distracted from my purpose...and then GRACE and MERCY...God takes the time to remind little old insignificant me what in the world I am here for...not for my schedules, appointments, Calendar dates...yes they are part of it but God has to be in all of my life...in my moments...I warn you it's not easy...compassion is...dificult...it hurts sometime when God helps you to see the people He has strategically placed in our lives through His eyes...and it's not always easy or convenient to be His hand extended to them...it can get...messy...but God has made us get your hands dirty kind of people...so do it....just do it!!! Reach out and get your hand dirty...let your heart hurt...cry...love...pray...God is faithful he wont leave you hang'n when you don't know what you've gotten your self into...it is totally 100% worth every painful, joyful, God given moment...

Just 1 thing!!!

Ok I know I'm taking up precious time but I have to share one thing with you now!!! This weekend we went down to move my parents (they live in L.A. county a city called Cerritos). Darin drove a big Budget truck home, with me and the kids following in the Tahoe, full of stuff we will be storing for my parents in our garage until they move up here in 3 or 4 years. Oh and stuff I just wanted that my mom was getting rid of...anywho...the 4 hour drive is always LONG but we averaged about 70 miles per hour in 95 to 100 degree weather all the way home safely...we got home unloaded the truck in 102 degree weather and Darin was off to deliver the truck to Budget in Hanford...as he was waiting for me to pick him up he heard this sssssssssssssssssssss coming from the truck....he rounded the back to find one of the inside left tires completely RIPPED from the seems...Do you know what that could have meant on the road with us following close behind!!! Thank you God for your protection!!!!!!

Our amazing God chose to show us his protection that surrounds us every day. With all that is going on our lives especially Darin with so many changes in his career and wondering what the future holds...its just like God to give us a BIG reminder of who is truly in control of our lives...that He sees us every minute of every day with our daily life in His complete control... with His blessings, protection and most important HIS plan for our lives ready to bring to fruition...His good and perfect will...

Thank you Lord for your hand that covers us always...never leave our side...

Catching up...

Since we last talked we've had...1 birthday, 3 graduations, 2 sicknesses, 1 wedding, 2 parties, 1 move, 2 morph events, 1 meeting, 1 baseball camp, 4 out of town guests, summer school started (poor Darin), 1 blown tier, 1 swim day, lots of pig feedings and a partridge in a pair tree...I want to tell you about all of it and share some pictures...but...I have a couple of things to get done before I can really give you some quality time...Hee-Hee...know really this morning I have 2 kids to wake up, 1 breakfast to cook, 1 cheer practise, 3 bags of pig food to buy, 1 very hungry pig to go feed, 1 accountability group meeting/swim date to make by 11:00am...I'm tired all ready...Just kidding...cant wait to catch up...there's lots of great stuff to share...can't wait...talk to you soon!!!!

Gods Word Speaks!!!

WOW!!! I love that the bible is alive and relevant to my life daily!!! My Daily Bread...I'm seeking after God hard. Pressing forward. Pushing through apathy, doubt, ignorance. I WILL know Him more!

Isaiah 26:7-9

The way of the righteous is smooth

O Upright One, make the path of the righteous level.

Indeed, while following the way of Your judgments, O Lord, I have waited for You eagerly

Your name, even Your memory, is the desire of my soul.

At night my soul longs for You Indeed, my spirit within me seeks You diligently.

Lord stay close to me...may I not move right or left from You...but unwaveringly pressing forward toward Your unwavering Cross. Thank You God for caring about me, my life. Help me Lord to know You more and more... Amen