I love the students of Avalon Church!

Today at church, the students took over the morning worship service. A lot of them just got back from camp, and a handful of them made a trip to Haiti a couple of weeks ago.  Our youth band led the music, they gave testimonies, prayed, read Scripture, and performed the "Redeemer" drama.  They did awesome at everything!  I felt like a proud mom watching them!  I wanted to stand up and shout, "those are my kids!"

For all of the "bad" teens out there, God is still alive and working in the lives of children, teenagers, and adults alike!  Praise God for loving us and showing us that love so that we might show others why we are blessed. 

Carley's imagination

Tonight at dinner, Carley asked for me to pretend that I invited her over, like she was a teenager. (We often have teens over for dinner, so I'm thinking that's where she got the idea).  She said her name was Christine, and that she is 18 years old.  She said that she is about to move into a huge house on Sesame Street, has a hot pink Jeep with a rainbow trunk, and has two 2-year old brothers and eight sisters. 

Temporary single Mom

I was a single mom a couple of weeks ago while Dustin was in Haiti, and here I am again, just me and the girls, while he's partying it up with our teens in Alabama (haha).  It makes me realize how lonely life must be for military spouses; for widows and widowers; and for divorcees.  I try not to complain, because I only have to do it for a few nights, while other mothers (and fathers) have to do it for years on end. 

May I never take for granted my wonderful husband and the father to my girls!

The old becomes new...

I would like to start over.  I had a blog on another site for a while, and it was not very user-friendly.  So I hardly ever posted anything, and when I did, it took forever.  So I am starting new and fresh.  I hope this makes me post more.  Only time will tell.