When a man loves a woman

This week loVe has been on my mind more then usual. I have tried to show my family this week how much I love and cherish them.

I am a hopeless romantic. My heart melts when people get engaged, and at weddings, and even over silly romantic movies. I can't ever get my fill of romance. I am so thankful for the man that God has given me. Although he is not a hopeless romantic (in fact he isn't romantic at all) I have never doubted his love for me. He shows me in a thousand different ways each and every day that he loves me. But most importantly I can see it in the way he looks at me. I remember the first time he kissed me. I saw him coming and I knew what he wanted. You could see it written on his face that he was going to kiss me. And kiss me he did! I have never forgotten that kiss! There was an older lady standing there who saw the whole thing and later she told me that she has waited her whole life to be kissed like that! So although I may not be "wined and dined" I know I am loved and that is enough.

In reading my bible I have fallen in love with different verses and chapters. I thought I would share some of my favorite with you.

Song of Solomon 1:2~Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better then wine.

Song of Solomon 2:6 ~His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.

Song of Solomon 2:16a~My beloved is mine, and I am his:

Ephesians 5:31~For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

Ephesians 5:33~Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

I could go on and on, but these are some of my favorite. They just help to show the amazing bond that is between a man and a woman.

Edible Playdough

Tonight I decided to make edible play dough with the kids. I didn't know how it would turn out, but I thought we would try it. I will post the recipe for you, it is well worth it! The kids played for about an hour and a half! Here is Brother's car that he made! Although....Joy did mention how it looked more like a pile of poop then a car!
Dada loves her hearts! BTW, that was one of the things she wrote on her love chain!
Brother wanted me to put boobs on....it wasn't my idea.
But after I made myself, Brother wanted to make him. And yes, that is what you think it is between his legs.

Dada didn't want to make herself, but she wanted to make her name. She added raisins as "glitter."
Joy had come over for dinner, so she was enjoying seeing the play dough creations!!
While we all played......Hunny was stuck working. I really felt bad for him also! He has been working such long hours lately and tonight when he actually got home at a decent time we was stuck doing more plumbing! But I am so thankful that he is a plumber. He is still working at fixing the pipe. I guess there is a hole in the trap under the sink, what that means I don't really know, but what I do know is that there was water literally pouring out of the cabinet right when he was walking in the door! He has been there all evening trying to get this fixed! Thank you Hunny for your hard work!




Edible Play Dough

1 cup powdered milk
1 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup honey
raisins and nuts for decoration

I did double the recipe and that was enough for the 3 of us to play with.
I thought it was to sticky, so I kept pouring in more and more powdered milk. I probably poured in at least another 1/2 cup of the milk. So you will have to use your own discretion as to what consistency you want it.

ENJOY!!

Our love chain

I decided to make a love chain with the kids. They both love anything crafty, so they were totally up for it! In fact....I used this as my pawn to have an easy flowing night with the kids since Daddy was working late. They both quickly got a bath and ate dinner and then we started. They wrote down things that they loved and then we chained them all together. I just picked some of my favorites to show you. Since Brother is still learning to spell....he just wanted to draw pictures on some of his b/c he HAD to do it himself. He loves his Daddy so much. I love to see them together. Hunny is such a great dad.
Brother also loves to go to church. He is actually upset when he can't go. I loved seeing him draw this out!
Dada loves to be home. I think it's her favorite place. She complains when she has to go somewhere.
This one warms my heart. You always know that they love Mommy, but it does a person good to see it written down!
I think this in my favorite, because it really is one of the most important things. It is the thing that I am most thankful for, and the thing that I cherish the most!

Dada's playdate with Abby

Dada has been begging me to have one of her friends over, so the day finally came and she was so excited!! As soon as Abby walked in the door they were off....giggling and playing!
They played so hard...they couldn't wait to get a snack, which they ate with chop sticks!! Although I think more popcorn ended up on the floor then in their tummy!
After an almost violent game of Lego Star Wars on the Wii, they decided to play in Dada's room. Which quickly became a mess. Surprise..Surprise!! I stood at Dada's door and listened to them giggling and talking and finally went in to check on them. I walked in on them playing Phantom of the Opera. ( Which BTW Katie.....I found at Barnes and Noble!! She was SOOOOOOOOO happy. I don't think we have EVER had that big of a hug!! ) They had blankets wrapped all around them as their fancy dresses. They quickly hid underneath the bed when I pulled the camera out!! When I left I heard Abby ask Dada why I always took pictures!! I think they had a great day. I look forward to seeing Dada's friendships grow with the girls at school.

Happy Birthday little Sydney.....

Yesterday we were invited to Sydney's 1st bday party. It was held at Chuck E Cheese. The kids were nervous about going. I think they thought we were going to get into an accident when we left. After we reassured them that we would be ok, I think they felt a little better about going. They knew their friends would be there, so they didn't want to miss out on any fun. Here is Sydney with her dad.

Here's Dada, Victoria and Tori. They had a great time running around together.

Brother and Logan waiting for their cake, they were so antsy to keep playing, they couldn't decide if they wanted cake or if they just wanted to play. They finally decided to go play and had cake later!! :)

Heather, me, Brenda, Kaylee and Melissa. I have really enjoyed getting to know these girls better.

Dada and Chuck E.
Chuck E Cheese was a complete zoo. Now I know why I don't frequent that place. There was actually a line waiting to get inside. Not only were there kids running around inside, there were kids running around outside! It was insane.

I will have to say that I am glad that we went. I have felt for a while now that it was important to go to Chuck E Cheese again so the kids wouldn't be afraid of the place. (They had been saying that they NEVER want to go back again b/c they didn't want to get into an accident.) So having a bday party to go to was the perfect excuse to go. They had a great time. When we left the kids wanted to go home the same way that we did the night of the accident. I hope now that they won't be afraid anymore.

A special girls night at JMKs

Friday night we had plans with Brad and Beth. Brad, Hunny and the boys all went to the monster truck show while Beth and I took the girls to JMK Nippons. I have been excited all weekend about going to JMK's. I have been excited to take the girls. I knew Dada would love it! And she did. She was in awe the whole night. I think she was most excited about how to learn to eat with chopsticks. They were both a little nervous when they saw the onion of fire. You could tell they wanted to duck under the table. Once they realized they weren't going to ignite, they really enjoyed themselves.

We told the girls that they had to try everything once. They didn't have to eat it if they didn't like it, but they HAD to try it. Dada loved the onion soup, she thought it tasted like chicken noodle soup.

She wasn't to sure about the shrimp. I don't like it either, but I put on a brave face and ate it so she wouldn't think she didn't like it because I didn't like it. But she came to her own conclusion that she didn't like....smart girl!! She did however love the steak. I overheard the girls talking to each other saying that the steak is called long steak, cuz it takes so long to chew. I had to giggle at that. But when I looked over at Dada's plate, the steak was gone!!

We had a little mishap with a "little" glass of pop. Beth kept warning Kayla to keep her glass in front of her plate, but it always ended up by her elbow, and guess what?!?!?! Yep, it spilled. She was SOAKED!! We had plans to go to the mall afterward and after being asked if she still wanted to go to the mall.....she said....I'll live. I don't think she wanted the fun to end!

Before we left, we all decided to hit the bathroom. As I was waiting for everyone to get done, I hear Beth telling Kayla not to let the back of her dress fall in the toilet. Guess what happened!??!?! Yep, you guessed it, the back of her dress ended up in the toilet. And as Kayla said....I have pop on the front and pee water on the back. ;)


We had so much fun. I am so glad that we were able to take the girls. What a special night is was for all of us.

Help me here....

Matthew 9:20-23 ~ And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment: For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole. But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw hem he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.

I have no doubt in my mind that Jesus can heal Dada. I know he just has to speak the words and she would be healed. My problem lies in the fact that I don't think he WILL. Now, I want to know, is that a lack of faith, or is that me being realistic?