Just whats on my mind...

Feeling a strong sense of God telling me to Seek Him. Our pastor gave an interpretation of the Lord's Prayer last weekend and it has stayed with me. When Jesus said "pray like this", and he began to say the Lord's prayer the part about " your kingdom come your will be done " has changed my days. Pastor Bil interpreted that particular part as " What can I do for you God, to further your kingdom and your will" WOW. I have incorporated this question into my prayer time and it is amazing. He really will bring stuff to mind that I should do or that I should focus on. One day it was " show others love so they will know I love them." Another it was " heed my instructions " That one made me read my bible carefully , wondering what I was suppose to do. Today it was " Laugh with your children." I couldn't make this stuff up, it's totally God and I'm totally digging it. Mostly because at the end of every day, I wonder if I spent my time wisely, if I made a difference? Did I have purpose to my activities? My worse fear is that I'll just "get by" and not realize it. Anyway, this week I have had such peace going to bed, knowing I did what God wanted for that day. Now I know I might not always receive such straight forward answers but for now I'm enjoying being close with my Savior trying to let him prioritize my day. He is much better at it than me anyway!
more on the last part of the prayer " Lead me not into temptation" later.

I like my Peeps

Kirby got a new board and he's sharing it with kiddos the first day he used it. Claire is making one of her many faces. Race is kicking it at the beach with his adorable red hair. Gwen is soo cute and proud in her Acting camp tee shirt.
These are my peeps , and I like em.

Bragging on
my Kirb.

My gifted and talented husband spent about 4 days during his free time staining these furniture pieces. I'm completely thrilled about how they turned out, so I just wanted to throw a little love and bragging out to my favorite guy in the whole wide world.

It feels so Great...................

To get organized. I was just telling God that my house was feeling very cluttered and crazy and could he please help me get it together. Well, a suppose to be playdate with my friend Terry and her 3 kids turned into an all day Reorganize the Reeds day. Terry decided we should stop talking about all the cool ways to fix up certain areas and just do it. So we put down our coffee cups and got to work. She kept me moving and with six kids running through the house we stayed focus. We de-cluttered several book cases, completely organized my kitchen closet, and a number of other little things I just needed a push to do. She informed me that the shelf you see a picture of, was not a bookcase but rather a kick nack shelf and not a good place for all Kirby's huge medical books. So while it may look simple, getting that thing de-cluttered and moved to the living room took alot of work.
I love when God answers a prayer in such an outright "here ya go" way. Terry is not only a friend to me but a woman I greatly admire and glean tons of wisdom from. So not only did I de-clutter my house but being around her always de-clutters my mind as well.

Now and Then..

Here is a Pic of my 16th B-day with my friend Kori. I'm the brown head.

So, I'll take the hair I have at 31 but the legs I had at 16!

31st Birthday Spread.

I love love love Birthdays. Especially mine! Here's my layout so far. Aren't these the most awesome coasters and handtowels, ( check out anthropologie.com for similar cool stuff)
The Reefs are from my Kirbster, I didn't even pick them out, didn't he do good.
I actually began celebrating last Tues when my girlfriend in hometeam surprised me with a cake . Today we'll go to the beach, and then tonight Kirb and I are going to the opening night of Okalahoma at our local theatre. My friend Jen offered to watch all 3 kiddos along with her own baby, so pray for her!
more pics of fun stuff to come.

My baby girl is 3!

Claire's b-day was tons of fun, mainly because she is tons of fun. She is so easy going and funny, it's an absolute blast to do special stuff just for her. We did the beach, camping in the back yard, cupcakes, and I planned for special visitors just for her. The visitors were my sister Meg and her boyfriend Jake. Claire adores both of them and was so psyched when they got here, she didn't even care about opening presents. After cupcakes with icing so bright it looked plastic, we played outside with all Claire's new toys.
Claire baby, I know you can't read but I want you to know how crazy I am about you. You bring peace and laughter to me, like no one else does. When I hold your little body close, everything is right in the world.

Swimming lessons rule at Port "A". After much convincing and proding and praying we finally did swimming lessons. Gwen prayed for a nice teacher that wouldn't make her stick her head under and I prayed she would be brave and stick her head under. We got both. Our teacher is layed back and they have a lot of fun. Gwen has attempted things she wouldn't otherwise simply because "the teacher said we had to follow directions." Gotta love that Mama's girl! We won't have to worry about peer pressure later on. Claire is a little fish and spends the majority of her lessons underwater, swimming to her own beat........not the teachers!
We've been going to the lessons with our neighbors and great friends Jen, Kaden and baby Jolie. Jolie and Race kick it in the shade while the big kids get their swim on.