BVS

We began Vacation Bible School at church this morning, or BVS as Madelyne and Gabriel call it. I realized once I started talking to a room full of 5th and 6th graders that perhaps my voice isn't commanding enough for this older group of kids. I am used to the little ones. I've never taught kids older than 2nd grade, and it is a whole new ball game. These kids don't respond to sweet talk. Anyway, it's exhausting but the atmosphere is really exciting. I love it when all the people come together to serve. I love wearing matching shirts and being on the same team. I love the songs and motions. I love a sanctuary full of children praising God at the same time. VBS is awesome. The only thing I don't like is having to have my kids dressed and at church at 8:00 in the morning for a whole week. It's a whole week of Sunday mornings and Sunday mornings are not our proudest moments. Everyone is grouchy. It's seems harder to get going. I think Satan knows where we're going and he isn't going to let it be easy to get there. So, we pray against him and press on because I know that when we get there my babies are going to grow and learn more about God and just how much He loves them. They love VBS. Andrew is teaching again this year which makes it that much more awesome because we get to experience everything as a family. Today was Wave 1 and the truth we learned...God is real.

ugh.....blogging

I stink at blogging. So here we go again. I will try to keep up one more time. I read other peoples blogs and it's so much fun. Whatever.

So, Andrew went to Mexico for a week. Mission trip. He fell in love with some precious children, and came home with a lot of conflicts about life. All in all, he and God had an awesome week, and now we wrestle with where we are and what it means to truly follow Jesus. Having him gone for a week was sooo......hard. It would have been easier if I could have at least talked to him, but there was no communication with the exception of a text he was able to send on our anniversary. Yes, he was gone on our 9th anniversary AND fathers day. It is hard to believe we've been married 9 years. In one sense I feel like he has just always been a part of my life, and then another part of me feels like we just got married yesterday. I love him! I feel truly blessed by our marriage. He is still fun and exciting to me. I love loving him. 8-)

I just realized how long it has been since I last posted on this thing. My family is growing tremendously. I need to post pics on here, but I don't know how. HA! That would be how computer savvy I am. Sad really. My husband is a computer genius and I can't figure out how to use my blog.