EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON!

I WAS JUST TELLING GENE TONIGHT THAT I REALLY DIDN'T START WRITING THIS BLOG FOR ANYONE ELSE EXCEPT ME. I JUST HAVE SO MUCH IN MY MIND ALL THE TIME THAT THIS BLOG WAS THE ONLY WAY TO LET SOME OF IT OUT! NEEDLESS TO SAY, MORE PEOPLE THAN I EVER IMAGINED READS THIS! I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT PEOPLE LIKE TO READ WHAT I HAVE TO SAY! I THINK MY MOTHER IN LAW HAS THE WHOLE SURGERY UNIT AT THE HOSPITAL READING THIS! HALF MY CHURCH, MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND PROBABLY A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT I DON'T EVEN KNOW READ THIS ALSO! BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU! MAYBE ONE DAY ILL WRITE A BOOK OR WRITE FOR THE NEWSPAPER LIKE MY HUSBAND WANTS ME TO DO!

IF YOUR WONDERING, THESE ARE SOME OLDER PICTURES I HAVE ON HERE TONIGHT. MOST ARE FROM BEFORE JAYCIE WAS BORN!

THIS HAS BEEN ONE DAY FOR THE RECORDS THAT I DID NOT TAKE ONE SINGLE PICTURE OF MY KIDS! AND NOW THAT I JUST REALIZED IT, I'M SO MAD AT MYSELF!

OKAY SO I JUST BOUGHT THESE BABY EINSTEIN DVDS FOR CARTER A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND OH MY GOSH HE LOVES THEM! HE NEVER EVEN WATCHED TV THE FIRST YEAR AND A HALF OF HIS LIFE AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN HE WILL SIT IN HIS ROCKING CHAIR AND WATCH A GOOD 10 TO 15 MINUTES OF THESE DVDS WITHOUT GETTING UP! ITS AMAZING BECAUSE I GET SOMEWHAT OF THE HOUSE STRAIGHTENED UP NOW! BUT THERE IS ANOTHER SIDE OF THIS TOO! BABY EINSTEIN STAYS ON OUR TV ALL DAY LONG! AND IF ITS NOT ON, CARTER COMES AND GETS ME AND PULLS ME BY THE HAND AND MAKES ME TURN IT BACK ON FOR HIM. AND THEN, GENE HAS BEEN HOME THE PAST 6 WEEKS SO GUESS WHAT IS ON OUR OTHER TV? YEP YOU GUESSED IT, ESPN ! I AM SO SICK OF BABY EINSTEIN AND SPORTS. SEE I'M A NEWS KIND OF GIRL! I LOVE TO WATCH THE NEWS AND KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN THIS CRAZY WORLD BUT DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH NEWS I GET TO WATCH NOW? ABOUT 5 MINUTES A DAY IF I'M LUCKY AT THAT! I THINK I'M GOING TO SCREAM IF I HAVE TO GO ANOTHER DAY WITH BASEBALL AND LIL ANIMALS RUNNING ACROSS THE TV ! SOMEONE HELP ME! LOL !

CARTER'S NEW WORD NOW IS "MEAN". LOL ! THE OTHER NIGHT HE SAID IT AND ITS SO CLEAR WHAT HE'S SAYING SO MOM ASKED HIM WHO WAS MEAN AND HE SAID PAW PAW! IT WAS THE FUNNIEST THING! I'M SURE ITS NOT GOING TO BE FUNNY WHEN HE STARTS SAYING MEAN MOMMY AND DADDY LATER ON! I REALLY AND TRUELY DON'T HAVE A CHANCE ON KEEPING THAT BOY STRAIGHT BECAUSE EVERY TIME HE SAYS SOMETHING OR DOES SOMETHING THAT HE REALLY SHOULDN'T, HE ALWAYS HAS HIS AUNTS AND UNCLES AND GRAMS AND PAW PAW TO LAUGH AT HIM! IT IS FUNNY HOW HE SAYS STUFF AND COMES UP WITH THINGS MOST OF THE TIME BUT WOW, WHAT WILL I DO? LOL...OH AND TONIGHT JAYCIE STARTED HOLDING HER OWN BOTTLE. GENE HAD HER LAYING ON THE BED AND SHE TOOK THE BOTTLE OUT OF HIS HAND AND STARTED HOLDING IT HERSELF. PRETTY COOL! I HOPE SHE KEEPS IT UP, ALTHOUGH I DO LOVE TO HOLD HER BOTTLE FOR HER. I KNOW SOON ENOUGH SHE WONT NEED ME TO ANYMORE SO I BETTER ENJOY IT AS LONG AS SHE WILL LET ME. I WAS JUST THINKING LAST NIGHT HOW MUCH I NEED TO ENJOY THESE NEXT FEW YEARS WITH MY KIDS. SEE WHEN GENE AND I AND THE KIDS ARE GONE TOGETHER SOMEWHERE IN MY TRUCK I'M USUALLY SITTING IN THE BACK WITH MY KIDS. I'M IN THE MIDDLE AND CARTER IS ON ONE SIDE AND JAYCIE ON THE OTHER. CARTER HAS STARTED WANTING ME TO HOLD HIS HAND NOW SO USUALLY ONE OF MY HANDS ARE HOLDING HIS HAND AND THE OTHER OF MY HANDS ARE HOLDING JAYCIE'S BOTTLE FOR HER! I JUST SIT BACK AND ENJOY IT ALL! I LOVE MY PRECIOUS KIDS AND I EAT UP EVERY SECOND I CAN WITH THEM! THEY GROW TOO FAST! I JUST PRAY TO GOD THAT HE KEEPS MY CHILDREN HEALTHY HAPPY AND SAFE EVERYDAY AND I HOPE ONE DAY THEY WILL COME TO KNOW THE LORD THEMSELVES!

OKAY SO I'M ABOUT TO TELL YOU THIS ONLY FOR A TESTIMONY OF HOW THE LORD WORKS IN WAYS WE CANNOT SEE ! GENE AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON GETTING OUR HOUSE REFINANCED FOR THE PAST 3 MONTHS. ITS BEEN A MESS AND A HUGE HEADACHE. THEY HAVE BEEN GIVING US THE RUN AROUND AND EVERYTHING ELSE. WELL ALONG WITH THIS, GENE HAS BEEN OFF WORK FOR A WHILE TOO SO NEEDLESS TO SAY WE HAVE BEEN STRESSIN A LIL. I TRY TO KEEP MY FAITH ON THE LORD AND KNOW SOME HOW SOME WAY HE WOULD GET US THROUGH. WELL TODAY JUST WHEN I THINK WE ARE ABOUT TO GO UNDER, GENE CALLS AND TELLS ME WE ARE CLOSING ON THE REFINANCED LOAN NEXT WEEK AND OUR CLOSING COST WENT FROM $1600 TO $50! I WAS IN FRECKLED FROG WITH MY MOM AND I HAD TO WALK AWAY FOR A MINUTE. I STARTED CRYING. I COULDN'T SPEAK. GENE TOLD ME "I TOLD YOU WE WOULD MAKE IT, ITS ALL THAT PRAYING YOU DO"
THATS JUST WHAT I NEEDED TO HEAR! GOD ANSWERS PRAYERS JUST IN TIME! NEVER DOUBT THE LORD! GOD WILL ALWAYS MAKE A WAY! AND HE ALWAYS HAS A PLAN BIGGER THAN THE ONE WE HAVE PLANNED! I LOVE MY LORD AND I AM SO THANKFUL THAT I HAVE COME TO KNOW HIM SO MUCH DEEPER AND STRONGER IN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTH! ITS MY JOY TO HONOR AND WORSHIP HIM! EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON!
SO NOW THAT I KNOW THAT PEOPLE READ THIS, I'M HOPING TO INSPIRE SOMEONE ALONG THE WAY! MY GOAL IS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN SOMEONES LIFE EVERYDAY! EVEN IF ITS JUST A SMILE ON MY FACE OR A KIND WORD, THAT WOULD MAKE ME HAPPY! SO I GUESS TO SUM THIS ALL UP...TRUST AND LOVE THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR SOUL AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH!
BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD!