Blessings with a Temper

So, we'll start off with the super exciting news. Mom and Dad's house went up for sale on Thursday of last week. They had their first showing appointment this morning and even before the lady arrived, her real estate agent said she'd take the house. Before they arrived, they'd talked about the specific things that she wanted in a home:

• 4 bedrooms
• 1.5 baths
• Full Basement
• Two car garage
• nice size back yard
• Deck in the back
• Burnt Orange Carpet - THIS IS NO JOKE - She requested this color carpet!!

Well, as most of you know, each of these things is exactly what my parents home is. Down to the T! It is really crazy! Earlier this morning, while lifting my family up in prayer I asked the Lord that the person viewing the home would walk in and it would be exactly what they wanted. And it has come to be! Now, it's a matter of moving! Mom and Dad have to be out in 2 weeks, and completely moved to the Rochester House (only 12 miles away). (Plug - so if you have some free time in the next two weeks and want to donate an hour or two to my folks and them packing or making a couple of trips over to the new house, let me know - I know they'd really appreciate (and need) the help! ) So we are praising the Lord through this time, as it has only been about 4 months that they've been actively seeking a real estate agent, and working through the possibilities. The sign has only been up a week, and there was really no listing of the house on the internet. This lady will be only leasing the house, but this is a blessing. We pray that she'll continue to be in the house for many years to come, and hopefully purchase it one day!!

And now to the not so good news... So I talked about my temper earlier in the week. It seems like I'm PMSing or something because I am completely unable to harness my emotions. It's crazy! Today, Finnegan was pushing my buttons all morning, and then, completely unexpectedly, he picked up my coffee cup and lifted it up from the coffee table but not high enough to make it over the arm rest of the couch, and poured it all over my lap top! I was quick to clean it up and quick to call the hubby for instruction... but I could have blackened his backside - Finnegan, not Ken :) I was so mad! He's into everything, and I can't keep up. My question the other day was why do I even want another one?? Crazy!! Well, the good news is that I was able to harness my anger enough to be only a medeocre mom until nap time. Good thing it came early this afternoon!

Summer Vacation

Pack your bags, ladies!! Your vacation plans are awaiting you! I got an email several days ago for a summer vacation option... an NKOTB Cruise!! Can you believe it?? All you've ever wanted in a cruise! Jordan, Jonathan, Danny, Donnie and Joe!! All on one boat with concerts and cocktail parties and meet and greet parties! Oh, I can't wait!!

Ok, so I'm not really going!! The cheapest ticket was $850 per person of 3 days!! I called my dad and mom and we joked that we could all go as a family vacation this summer! :) But can you imagine? I've checked out a bunch of videos of these once teenagers who are now businesswomen, mothers and ADULTS falling all over these men... And these men who like it. It's completely crazy! Granted, I did go to the concert, and enjoyed my time, but I've moved on... Really ladies, we all know I could listen to Joe sing Frank Sinatra all day long, but that's as far as my obcession goes! I don't think that he'll choose me out of a crowd and we'll live happily ever after :) It's just crazy, I think! Absurd on some levels even!!

Spittin' Mad

Why is it that I get so mad, so quickly when I'm tired? Oh, if I had the answer to that question. When I'm mad, I yell and have no tolerance. And sometimes that temper resorts to throwing things. It is so bad! And it doesn't even feel good. You'd think that after I yell or force my way through, but I don't. I feel worse. It just makes me madder!!

Oh how complex we are!!

Finnegan's Dedication

I've always wanted to have our children dedicated. I felt that it was something that was important to do. So, it's better late than never... Seeing that Finnegan s 16 months old :)

Here are some photos from the ceremony...






Us with Pastor Mark... He's talking.



Here is us and the Matthew's Family...Us praying... Finnegan was distracted.
Ok, so this is vein me... I was really proud of my outfit (and my red boots)
And here is Finn's afternoon adventure with the blocks!
And resting with Daddy!

Not Me! Monday

Hello all! Welcome to my version of MckMama's Not Me! Monday! I find it therapeutic to "admit" to the things that you'd never find me doing, because, you see, I am the perfect mother! (Melissa and Jenney both post this fun post, and I thought I join the crowd)

I did not allow my son to stand in the basket of the grocery buggy in order to avoid from hearing temper tantrum at Costco. You know those crazy screaming fits that everyone hates to hear... yeah, those were the ones I was avoiding. I did not allow him to stand next to the produce and hope that he didn't stand on it. I did not think about (and even attempt) to buckle him to the seat while he was standing to assure he didn't fall out - but it didn't fit :)

I definitely did not skip out on the church service after my son was dedicated on Sunday. You'd think that if I wanted to train my child in the way of the Lord, I would stay at church to hear the sermon.

I did not set my son's pack-n-play up in the walk in closet while on vacation so my husband and I could have some privacy! It was definitely not my idea and I did not smile each night when we put him to bed in his quiet little room away from ours.

Prayer Request!

** I'll post again later, just wanted to throw this out there for you all!!**

Please be praying for my dad today as he has another job interview. This prospect seems much more promising than the previous ones and it is an exciting opportunity for him. This job is much more up his alley than anything else, it would seem that the job was made for him (at least what I know about it). Please pray for God's continual faithfulness to my parents. We ask that you'd pray for God's continual provision and mercy in this situation and dealing with their house (it went on the market late last week).

I am confident that God has a plan, and he is forever proving himself to be faithful and just in each step. Continue to pray that Dad and Mom will be trusting and that Satan would not get a foothold in their perceptions, or emotions. And that they would only see the face of Jesus.

I'll update you more and give you more information, when it is mine to share :) Thanks for your prayers!

Food for Thought!!

Ken and I are involved in a Bible Study that is going through the Truth Project. If you're unfamiliar with it, it is study faciliated by Dr. Del Tackett on the foundation of Truth and all of the pillars of our life and how truth should look in each of the areas. The study goes through the hard questions of "Who is God?" "Who is Man?" ethics and philosophy, family, church vs. state etc. The studies purpose is not for evangelism but to help Christians realize the foundation of our faith is in Christ and to see the true face and nature of God in the world that is around us. The study has really helped to remind me why I believe what I beleive and to really show me that God has a plan and he will continually work through it. The study is very academic, which Ken and I enjoy. Anywho, this week, we talked about the "State". And the role of the state and why we moved from judges to kings and so forth. The most interesting part of the study for me, came at the end, when Dr. Tackett explained the following:

"This is what happens when you disconnect yourself from absolute
truth. When truth is dead there is only power and we are vulnerable to manipulation
and all the atrocities of government.

Social disorder in America is strikingly similar to that which marked the decline of Rome
5 attributes marked Rome at it’s end:
1. a mounting love of show and luxury,
2. an obsession with sex, including homosexuality,
3. freakishness in the arts, masquerading as originality,
4. enthusiasms pretending to be creativity.
5. an increased desire to live off the state."
Edward Gibbons, Decline and fall of the Roman Empire.

I've never been one to be a ney sayer or to stand on the street corner and claim "the end is coming" but to me, the stricking resembelance is hard to ignore. The fall of America is on its way. It may still be 50 years off... or more... or less. But the fall of America is imininate. Just as the fall of Rome. We will not be the "super-power" any longer. We have forgotten that God is our King and that we should worship him. We've forgotten that God is the one whose saved us, not any one man.

Continue to pray for our country, our new president, our old president and all those who work in our government. We've lost our way and we must find it again, or the end will be ours, wrapped in a pretty red bow!