Give Me Some Money!!

Jesse has the flu. He's going to be fine but he's sick. Last night during evening church, he began to feel bad. By the time we stopped by the pharmacy for oscillococcinum (www.oscillo.com) and picked up a Hot-N-Ready Pizza, he had the flu. He went straight to bed.

So, I fed and bathed the children. I was a little paranoid that they would also get sick. The last thing I need is a house full of sick people. I'm sure I was making a nuisance of myself: Are you okay? Are you tired? Do you feel sick? Are you sure? Poor kids, I'm going to convince them they are sick when they are perfectly healthy. Hannah said she was fine but then changed her mind.

Hannah: I don't feel so good.
Mommy: (trying not to freak out) Really, are you sick?
Hannah: My legs hurt.
Mommy: (oh, no. flu aches and pains) They do?
Hannah: (sitting down) Yeah, they hurt. I can't walk.
Mommy: (pretty sure she's faking it) I'm sure it's not that bad.
Hannah: (still perfectly happy) It is that bad. I can't walk.

She then dramatically throws herself on the floor.

Hannah: I can't walk. Give me some money!

A light bulb clicks in my brain. I go to her, grasp her by both shoulders and proclaim:

"Gold and silver have I none. But what I do have I will freely give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ, stand and walk."

Hannah leaps up and jumps on Katie's bed, "I'm healed! I'm healed! Praise Jesus! I can walk again!"

Wow. I'm thinking that Bible class was about Acts 3:1-8.


Acts 3 (if you are not familiar with the story...)

3:1 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.
3:2 And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;
3:3 Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.
3:4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.
3:5 And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.
3:6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
3:7 And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
3:8 And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.

A Crockpot Resolution

I stumbled upon a fun blog today. This woman has resolved to use her crockpot everyday in 2008. She blogs daily regarding her experience. Check it out at www.crockpot365.blogspot.com
I love my crockpot but my family hates soup so I think I am in love with this site.

A Garden for 2008

Here's what you need for your spring garden

Plant Three Rows of Squash:
1. Squash gossip
2. Squash criticism
3. Squash indifference

Plant Seven Rows of Peas:
1. Prayer
2. Promptness
3. Perseverance
4. Politeness
5. Preparedness
6. Purity
7. Patience

Plant Seven Heads of Lettuce:
1. Let us be unselfish and loyal
2. Let us be faithful to duty
3. Let us search the scripture
4. Let us not be weary in well doing
5. Let us be obedient in all things
6. Let us be truthful
7. Let us love one another

No Garden is Complete Without Turnips:
1. Turn up with a smile, even when things are difficult.
2. Turn up with determination to do your best in God's service.

After planting, May you Grow in Grace and in Knowledge of our Lord andSavior Jesus Christ (II Peter 3:18) and may you reap rich results.

Aunt Amanda

Yep, you read it right. I have officially moved into the coveted position of aunt. My sister in law gave birth to a baby girl late Saturday night. Sorry, I don't have express permission to publish their private into online. So, you all will have to wait for pics and stats until I ask my brother. Until then, just call me Aunt Amanda!

Still Here

I am surprized to see that I have not made an entry in a full week. My apologies to my faithful readers. This week has been busy and fun. Here is a quick catch up on our activities:

Friday: Truth Project Bible Study
Saturday: Daniel Island Garage Sale, afternoon at the mall getting Easter presents, Chris and Phyllis stopped by that evening, Jesse went fishing that night
Sunday: Easter Lunch with Earl and Ashley, spent the whole afternoon
Monday: Lunch with the Webster family, spent most of the afternoon at her house
Tuesday: Grocery shopping, lunch with April
Wednesday: Ran errands in the morning, Evening church, ice cream with Tommy and Becky

Notice the large amount of time spent with church friends. I like living in South Carolina for a lot of reasons. My favorite part of our life here is the church. We attend a wonderful church with a great membership. It is great to have friendships with so many people of different ages and life situations. We really are very happy here.

On a different note, yesterday I was brainstorming potential blog ideas. I prefer to write funny articles that are entertaining. I feel like our life just hasn't been funny lately. So, as I am deep in thought regarding our not-so-funny life, I smell something weird. It was dinner. I burned it so bad. I hadn't done that since our first six months of marriage. It was terrible. Then we sat down to eat what we could and I realized the baked potatoes weren't really baked. They were like hot, raw potatoes. It was pretty bad. With a lot of salt and ketchup we were able to eat it. Hannah had cheese for supper. Katie didn't seem to notice the burnt meat and ate three helpings. It's a good thing she ate so much because no one else ate anything. I trashed the leftovers and made cookies when the kids went to bed.

My Fashion Bug

Here is a picture of the outfit Hannah wore to church last night. She picked it all by herself. It is a pale pink tee with a picture of a pony and a floral skirt. Hannah assured me that the tee and skirt matched because the skirt has flowers and the pony has a flower in her hair. Oh, all right. I gave her the choice between a ponytail or a long braid. She selected pigtail. Okay, we can do that.

We have entered into a whole new parenting arena. She looked cute but I'm not sure about this whole picking out her own clothes issue. I'm not sure that my baby girl is that old yet!

No More Naps?

Nap time presents a dilemna for me almost everyday. Eliajh (being a baby) is a great napper. The girls just don't seem tired enough for a nap. They are getting tired as the day progresses but to lay down and sleep is too much. They are not tired after lunch so I usually wait until 3:00 to put them down. Yesterday I decided to just skip naps. I guessed that if we skipped naps the girls would go right to sleep after Bible Class. Here is Katie at 4:00 yesterday afternoon: Asleep on the living room floor!! So she does need naps! Notice the stuffed animal on her head. Before I noticed that Katie was asleep, Hannah was kind enough to decorate Katie with a stuffed dog. So sweet.