I feel horrible for saying this

But I don't like father's day!!! I don't have any pleasant memories of this in my childhood. I feel weird and demented say this, but I just don' like it.  I never really remember spending them with my dad. My step-dad was gone most of the time because he was a long distance truck driver. So us female of the house usually did whatever one these days. We would buy Darrell (my step-dad) things, but it was never a really big deal.

Therefore all these event in my lead to not really do anything for Steve for fathers day. I have the desire though to make them special for Steve, but don't really know how to. Steve is a really good father. He spends times with the boys and plays with them. They adore their dad. Steve takes them fishing and various other things. So I really want him to know that I know that He is different then any other man in my life. He is caring and loving. As much as I push him sometimes he stays through it all.

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

I not been doing laundry and then NOT folding. Therefor I do NOT have tubes sitting in my floor in my bedroom waiting for me to fold them. Not not Me!

My oldest child has not been pooping in the floor for some weird reason. When He does not poop in the floor, I do not make him clean it up. Why what kind of mother would I be!

I did not leave my children in the pjs all day long. Nope, not me. I ALWAYS change my children's clothes.

I have not been aiming to clean my bedroom for weeks now and just never made it back there. Nope, NOT Me!

Count Your Blessings

There is an old chorus that we use to sing at church it goes "count your blessing name them one by one count your blessings and see what God has done." Well, I feel like doing that tonight.

I am Thankful for my salvation. I was a horrible undeserving person, but God saw through time and decided to send HIS only son to die for my sins, so that I could have a relationship with HIM. (John 3:16)

I am THANKFUL for my husband. He is an awesome man of God. He really desires to do God will in his life.

I am THANKFUL for my two beautiful boy. {yes, i called them beautiful} They light up my life. They are fun. They love their mom and dad. There is never dull moment in our house because of them.

I am THANKFUL that my husband has a job that he LOVES and ENJOYS to do.

I am THANKFUL for my church family. We are privileged to be their pastors. They really bless us!

I am so THANKFUL to live where I live. It is absolutely beautiful!!!

I am BLESSED! i am so thankful for what God is doing in my life and the things that HE has blessed me with. He has blessed me in my coming in and my going out. With out HIM I am nothing.

Everything I do I want to give HIM praise and thanksgiving. I want all Glory be to HIM!!

Psalms 69:30 NIV
I will praise God's name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving.
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7 years

As of June the 1st Steve and I have been married for seven years. We have lived in two different states and eight different houses. We have lived in Little Rock, Benton, Maumelle, Alexander, Springfield, MO, Greers Ferry, Dermott and our current residents Amity, AR. We have had a blast through it all. We have had our ups and our downs, our good times and our bad times, and we have also has our fair share of fights. Through it all God has seen us through it all.



I was thinking the other day that there where three or four other people who all got married within the same year as Steve and I did and NONE of them are still married. It really makes my heart break. Some have been over for years while others have happen more recently. For one reason or another they just didn't make it. Steve and I started out this marriage knowing that the "D" word was not an options. I know too that others have said the same thing.

We have to choose every day to love the other person (even when they don't deserve to be loved) because that is what God has told us to do. I wish that I would say that I have never said "well, why don't we just end this now!" in the middle of a fight. I was not deserving of Steve's love, but He chose to love me anyway. There have been time that it was the other way around. We know that God has put us together.

I am say all of this to say that I am so thankful for my husband who always chooses to love me even when I don't deserve it. I am so Thankful for God givings us the Strength to make the right choices. They aren't always easy ones make, but we make them with GOD on our side. We are holding on to HIM and with HIS help we are going to make it through this life.