Just for the record the kids have chocolate milk.
Love the pinky in this one:
Archives for April 2008
Dreaming American Idol
I tend to dream vividly but a lot of times can not recall the details after a few hours. This one is still pretty clear today.
Heather will enjoy this…I had a dream that I had a crush on Jason Castro (American Idol). I had a serious conversation with my mom that he was “the one”. I told her that he was so full of…oh what’s the word…integrity. We were on a cruise to Jamaica (my parents just got back from Jamaica). He called me from his room and told me to meet him but then all the sudden he was up on deck where I was. We then were in Jamaica and our hands were sandy (??) and he took me by the hand and led me through a restaurant/bar. I was walking behind him and his hair wasn’t in dreadlocks anymore. It was long and a little wavy. I remember thinking he looked like Solomon (? lol, Scott asked me who Solomon’s dad was before we went to sleep last night) and two girls passed that were gawking at him and I felt so proud to be with him. At the bar he ordered something to drink and he introduced me has his wife and winked at me.
And I think that’s when Lexi crawled into bed with us this morning.
Lexi
Lexi loves animals. Especially dogs. At the party on Saturday night they had four daschunds and Lexi was loving all the little dogs running around. They especially paid attention to her at dinner time. Lexi is known to feed our dog Mattie (chocolate lab) during dinner. In fact, I’ve had to stop her from feeding Mattie off of her own spoon. Anyway, Lexi decided she was done with her food and we were going to let her feed the dogs after the owner ok’d it. So we told Lexi to call for the dogs and she bent down and said, “Herrree little fella.” Never heard her say that and we certainly never use that phrase. Not sure where she got it from but thought it was cute.
Let the Son Shine Through
I’ve been feeling quite reflective this weekend. I felt out of sorts yesterday afternoon. I even asked Scott to teach Sunday School because I just didn’t feel into it. I was lying in bed last night and I just saw this picture of me as if I was lying on the ground in a field and Jesus was the sun and there were so many clouds between us that I couldn’t see Him. I wanted to feel the warmth. The comfort. The peace. But I didn’t.
I wanted to climb up to the clouds and push them to the left and right so a sliver of light could come through. I opened my heart and prayed that whatever it was…maybe just time apart that was separating us would just be pushed to either side. And you know what? He did it. He pushed the clouds aside and let the Son shine through.
Flickr Tool
One of the best pieces of software I’ve found in awhile….
I used my Flickr account specifically for my cellphone. I didn’t have the right software to get my pictures off my cell so I would just email it to my flickr account but after so many, I didn’t want to take the time to individually download all of them onto my computer from my account.
Enter FlickrDown. Just enter my account info, click a checkmark or two and all my flickr pictures were on my computer. Awesome!
We’re back
We’re back from Wilmington and I documented way more than you probably ever wanted to know about the last 24 hours, over here.
We were back about 7 tonight. When I got home, we went out to eat with J&J and then took the girls to spend the night with MIL. I hate I’m not with them again for another day but they have places to be and people to see!
Tomorrow Scott and I are planning to do some major outside yard work if the rain holds back. Tomorrow evening we’re going to one of our graduated youth member’s birthday parties at her house. She’s having several of the other youth leaders and a few youth over. Should be a good time.
Headed to Wilmington
So, just today I decided to go to Wilmington, NC with Heather (actually, drag Heather with me to Wilmington is more like it). Why, might you ask? Wellll….One Tree Hill is the simple answer. The long answer is Wilmington is having a spring festival this weekend and some of the cast is supposed to be around. Also, there is filming scheduled for downtown tomorrow that I want to try to see. And if nothing else, we can check out all the filming locations around downtown and enjoy the festival.
We’re going early this evening and headed back tomorrow evening. My mom is going to keep the girls tonight (yay, thanks mom!) which is not un-normal for a Thursday evening. Scott will be staying with them tomorrow and I’m taking the day off work!
I’ll be blogging about this more on the OTH site so check it out there…assuming we don’t have issues posting there.
I’m going on vacation..yippee!!
IGB – my opinion
I’ve been chewing on the whole IGB Shout to the Lord thing throughout the day. I don’t know why it matters so much but I’ve felt a need to have an opinion on the whole thing for some reason. And I think Travis Cottrell (worship leader for Beth Moore’s Living Proof Ministries) said what I’ve been thinking…
Anyway, I am not a theologian. And I certainly want to respect everyone’s opinions and feelings. But personally I was so glad and excited to see the name of the Lord spoken and revered on that show. I mean, really. Why in the world would they choose that song, unless the Holy Spirit was doing a work? Of all the inspirational songs in the world…they choose “Shout to the Lord.” Wow. And – yes – they left out the word ‘Jesus.’ I was bummed about that. But these people are LOST. They are lost. They are not found. They don’t get it. I am not going to hold them responsible for knowing what to do with a moment like that.
It’s an observation I’ve made with us as the body of Christ: we tend to want to expect lost people to know how to act saved. It’s sort of like being mad at a blind person for running into a chair in a room when he is all by himself.
Do I wish they would have said ‘Jesus?’ Yes. Am I glad that by the providential hand of the Lord they sang “Shout to the Lord?” Heck yes!
And I pray in Jesus’ name that the Holy Spirit will do a mighty work in our nation…that those words that were sung – “Mountains bow down and the seas will roar at the sound of Your name! I sing for joy at the work of Your hands! Forever I’ll love You! Forever I’ll stand! Nothing compares to the promise I have in You!” – will permeate every heart that’s longing for something more in this life…aching for a love that will not let them go. Do a mighty work, MIGHTY LORD.
Our lesson at youth group last night was about expectations and disappointments and he pointed out the same thing..why do we expect people that are lost act like they’re saved? I believe I’ll count it as a miracle that they sang the song at all. And if you ask me, when you watch the video, I believe many of the contestants ARE Christians and were singing it as a praise song as it was meant to be.