Word Meaning Meme:

I was just tagged by Susie for this word meaning meme. Looks fun so here goes!

oh and the picture attatched has nothing to do with anything, just thought everyone might want to see my jewled flower on my toe!

Friend: The first thing that pops in my mind is , " I could not function with out them!" I am a person with many many friends all of them playing a huge part in my life. I have my sisters, college friends, highschool friends, Corpus friends, Church friends, mentor friends, friends at the grocery store, friends down the street and the list goes on and on. I am very thankful for the friends that have invested in me and sorry to say, but you will never get rid of me, because once your my friend your a lifer!

Vacation: I want to go on one! Living here close to the beach has been like a 2 yr vacation, but now I'm ready to save some money and go away to a place that is not hot. Just for a little while, different scenery no agendas , just our family experiencing something different together. I'm dreaming of something on the E. coast right this minute.

Church: I love mine! My whole life I've wanted to be part of a church like Bay Area. A place where meeting the unreached is the top priority, a place where I'm continually encouraged in my walk and given the opportunity to do things I never though imaginable. Our pastor seeks to obtain the unreachable because of his conviction and steadfast commitment to the vison God has given him. My spirit comes alive in our worship hour and most importantly my spirit feels on fire when I see the amount of visitors we have every week that have never stepped foot in church, or have been gone for a long time. I love being part of a body that has strong leadership and I can trust the leadership because of the fruit they are producing. God has taught me and my husband a tremendous amount during our 2 years at Bay Area, and we are so excited to see what the future holds for us.

Mountain: After I give birth, I always feel like I just climbed a huge mountain. It is the best feeling and I can't wait to hurry up and experience it again!




Okay here's my bloggin friends that I'm taggin next: Mariah, Crissy, Kori, Christina and Amy. Here's your words:
Relaxation, Morning, neighborhood, and night stand

Saturday Stuff:


There was about a half hour period today where everyone in our house was completely in their own world. We were all free to do our thing and it felt nice. Kirby by far, got the raw end of the deal, but at least he wasn't interrupted during this very important job.
He had to completely disassemble our toilet because part of the toilet paper holder had slipped from my hand while I was changing the role and jumped right down the flusher. I actually even stuck my hand downt there to catch it, (while it was flushing) and it slipped out and went down anyway. Well, because of this we've had a messed up toilet for about 4 days and Kirby and I have had to use the kids'. Talk about never getting any privacy! Thanks Kirby, not just anyone can disassemble a toilet and put it back in 30min time!
In the pic of Gwen and Claire, they are playing "puppy." If you've been in my house over the last month, you know all about this. Wel,l this morning Claire was a sick puppy and Gwen was the loving nursing owner.
The last pic is of what I got to spend my 30min doing. Yes, I listen to Gwen Stafani and love it! I lasted longer on my excercise machine because of no interruptions and my good read. The JANES Granola Bar devotional was written and edited by the Writers Bevy in our women's ministry. My good friend Alisa heads it up and it as been a HUGE success around our church. If' you'd like your own copy, I will personally mail you one. I've very proud of what they have done.

Gwen Skims!

Kirby's new skim board doubles as a ride for Gwen. She holds on and he runs as fast as he can, down the beach. Looks fun to me, but i think I 'll wait til I'm without child to try it.
For those who don't know, a skim board is something like a skateboard for the beach. It enables the rider to "skim" down the beach on just inches of flat water. I really enjoy watching Kirby doing this. I get that funny, "there's my boyfriend" feeling when I seem him on that thing.

Surprise!

I was given a surprise shower at my JANES leaders meeting last Tuesday. I was completely surprised when some of my girlfriends walked out with an adorable cake, shaped likes blocks . Following that was an amazing diaper cake, which I had never even heard of. These girls are SO creative! I also received a bag full of baby goodies , which was so fun to look through because it made it actually real to me that another little person is coming.
I am very blessed with friends like these women.

As the baby arrival gets closer and closer I'm realizing how much our little girl club is going to change. Rather we have another princess or prince , the Reed girl club as of now is going to take on some changes. I'm trying to love on my girls as much as I can and reinforce unconditional love. I know that things don't have to change too much between me and them , but the first few weeks will be different. Thankfully, since they have begun to share a room they have gotten a lot closer, caring for one another and playing better together. Claire receives from Gwen what she was getting solely from me. Even though it seems crazy, I'm still glad I'm having all these munchkins so close together. I love seeing them bond and become an entity all by themselves. Claire and Gwen have something that is separate from me and my prayer is that this baby will find it's nitch also.
The pics are just random shots from the last week. Notice Claire's attire. (There isn't one most of the time!)
Gwen took the pic of her Bear and Claire. She specifically ask that it be put on my blog.

Majic girl

is what I'm calling my friend Jana who spent this last week with us. She took vacation time to help me out due to my early contractions and docs orders to "keep the baby in another week." Well that week is over now and we are trying to remember life without Jana. ( She's been gone about 7 hours) I cannot begin to list the many wonderful acts of service Jana did for our family. However, I will do my best. Moms out there, please don't burn up with jealously!
First she arrived with a bag of tricks for the girls, ( disney movies, bath toys and matching tees), fresh veges to add to dinners, an array of nail polish for peticures, and a belated b-day present for me ( brownsugar fig lotion and body spray from Bath and Body Works.)
She went grocery shopping, made awesome dinners, cleaned my kitchen, did laundry, took the girls on daily outings, gave baths, dressed and brushed the girls' hair, put the girls down for naps, made cookies with the girls, let me sleep in, gave me a peticure, plucked my eyebrows, drew me a bath, ironed my clothes, sewed an infant car seat cover from scratch ( the one I had was looking pretty bad) and many more I can't remember now.
Jana truly has the gift of service. She was amazing and I could see how God was giving me good gifts through her. I will never be able to repay Jana for the restful, peaceful , pampered week she gave me. She is going to have made my transition into mother of 3 much easier by the break i was able to enjoy and peace that set in on my house as she served. God is truly at work in her and I pray she is blessed 10 fold at everything she puts her hands to work at.
Thank you Jana, thank you thank you thank you. You did Majic in our home!

Eating my own words

A while ago I blogged about Dove Chocolate and how annoyed I was at the cheesy messages inside. In the blog I stated some messages I thought would be better. Well, yesterday I received a late birthday gift from a good friend in Austin in which she had hand wrapped tons of Dove chocolate and inside each had a message. So awesome I thought. Up until this morning , yes I had some Dove after breakfast, all the messages had been beautiful scriptures, "Brillant" I thought of my friend. Then after my cereal when I decided to eat two or three I came upon upon messages such as "Get over yourself" and " You should work out after you eat this" Not quite the most feel good words to read as I stuff my mouth with chocolate at 9am! These quotes ended with the saying " a message from yourself."
So I guess some sweet friends of mine are really reading my blog and I better watch what I say or else I'll be eating them.
Julie, you are the only person I know who would hand wrap chocolate and hand write messages in them. Very clever!