self...

my youngest has wanted to be independent the last couple of days, wanting NO help from me.

especially when it comes to getting dress.

it doesn't hurt my feelings, because i know he still needs me :)

the pictures explain it all!

photo tag...

i was tagged by summer - real life friend & college roommate

• go to your where you store your pictures on your computer


• 4th folder


• 4th picture


• write about, explain


• pass it on to 4 or more people

this is kaden... our first son at 6 months old. he was just learning to crawl & getting into EVERYTHING!!! i love the big cheeks, wide open smile, bald head, big dark eyes... just way too cute!!!

now i pass it whoever reads this & wants to do it. just let me know so i can come look at your picture on your blog!

a success...

the all-nighter was a fun night besides the fact that i stayed up for a straight 24 hours. over 100 students, lots of parents & college students helped out, no one got hurt, no bad attitudes, caffeine drinks were available at every place we went to... i call that success! ha

the events of our night were as follow:

• we left the church at 5:30 & headed to the OKC hornets basketball game

• back to the church for some dodge ball & pizza

• then at midnight the FUN began... confetti drop!!!

• we played for about 30 minutes in this mess & now its time to clean up... thanks for helping out this year kaden!

• after we had gotten all the confetti out of our hair, off of every layer of clothes we had on & out of our shoes we got back in the people mover, 2 church vans, & 4 different cars & headed down the road to go bowling

we then we back in time... to the 1980's... we went roller skating!!!

we were back at the church by 6:30. the students we all gone by 7... PTL!!! and i was in my bed asleep by 7:30 am.

together...

we were a family (minus brock) last night at midnight. first time since kaden has been born.

chad & i were THRILLED!!! and amazed because the boy usually can not stay up that late. no matter where we are at he's gone by 8:30 pm.

write more tomorrow.

going back to bed!

all.night.long.

tonight while most of you will be with friends, family, at home, wherever celebrating the new year.

chad & i will be with 100+ students & leaders celebrating around the city. an event we all know of & i hate... ALL-NIGHTER!

we have been doing these events (at only this time of year) since we have been youth pastor's... 8 years.

i'm hoping my husband gets smart & will not plan one one year. (ha ha) never going to happen.

i am not a night person. in my college years & o.so.almost ten years ago... yes! but since getting married & having kids i go to bed by 10 or 10:30. that is the way i like it. but on this one night out of the whole year my schedule changes & i have to stay up ALL.NIGHT.LONG.

with the event coming & me dreading i have a little bit of a bad attitude. (i know, i know horrible of me) but while praying & reading yesterday morning i was once again reminded that life isn't always about me or what i would rather be doing.

its about keeping those students out of trouble. having some place so they won't go to that friend's party & drink something for the first time or go a little further than they thought they would ever go, see & hear things that will damage them forever.

this is why we plan in detail a whole night of fun, shred tons of paper, blow up bags of balloons for a confetti drop at midnight, stay up all night, tired for the next two days, away from our own families... for them!

it will be fun. i will have fun once i get there. just dreaded the lack of sleep. so today i will be lazy, stay in my pj's until i have to get dressed & head to the church.

now you know what i'm doing to bring in the new year... what are your plans?

whatever they are... i hope you're safe & its a blast!

talk to you in 2009!

project 365

candy, a blogging friend over at everyone has a story to tell is doing this for the up & coming year... PROJECT 365

a picture or pictures a day.

to capture your busyness of life, the excitement, the highs & lows of life thru your camera lens.

and then post about it.

i have been really thinking about to do or not to do this for over two weeks.

why? i'm not sure.

maybe i'm really scared that i can't do it. i don't like to start things & not finish them.

but the more i think about it. the more i know i need to at least try. i already take A LOT of pictures, sitting down at the computer & blogging about them is a different story.

i do want to post pictures for the family to see & enjoy.

i do (really bad) want to get better at taking pictures. some day i would LOVE to take a photo class or classes at a college. time will tell about that!

PROJECT 365 will begin on january 1st. it will be the entire year of 2009 with DAILY post.

WHY DO IT???

taking a photo a day is a big undertaking with big payoffs. here are just a few reasons why you should consider doing it:

imagine being able to look back at any day of your year and recall what you did, who you met, what you learned… (often we find it hard to remember what we did just yesterday or even last night, let alone a whole year ago!)

your year-long photo album will be an amazing way to document your travels and accomplishments, your haircuts and relationships. Time moves surprisingly fast.

so think about it & maybe you will want to join in too!

i'm back!!!

man, its been a LONG time since i've posted anything.

our world has been crazy!

our world is still busy even though christmas is over.

our world has been fun... really fun!!!

i am SO glad to report that k is over the flu & b is over his double ear infection. and in time to enjoy all their new toys... perfect timing!

starting from christmas eve the holiday was great... family, $120,000 christmas lights we saw on ONE house (very cool!), good food, good gifts, priceless excitment on my boys faces, more good food, long naps, nice weather, having chad home so must... must i go on!!!

i hope that you all had a GREAT holiday with your loved ones too.

now, i MUST share just a few of my favorite pictures. i can't share them all because i took over a 100!! pretty sad, but i just love taking pictues :)