{Prayer}

I really love this verse and often forget about it, I used to have it posted on my bathroom mirror and my frig. and when I found this I knew I had to post it. As I said yesterday my heart has been heavy with the flooding and deaths in Ark. and seeing pictures of the people who died, esp. the kids just makes me ill and that's all I can say about that. I learned in a bible study a few years back about praying and the thing that really stood out in my mind is when you start to pray don't start off my asking for things, start off with thanking him for what he has done and not for what you want him to do, I tell you, I do that, I always remember that, it's so easy to ask for things without having gratitude first. Have a good day my friends.

I just feel so sad for the people involved in the floods in Ark. on Thursday night, the campground that took 17 lives is about 80 miles from here, and alot of people that died were from here, I just found out about a little 7 year old girl from here died in the flood and I am just sick about it, what a beautiful little girl, I cannot even begin to imagine. It really has me in a fog, I just pray so hard for everyone involved, that they will turn to God and not away from him.

{Planning as I go}

This is a stay at home day and do nothing, well, nothing meaning cleaning rooms for the kiddos and their bathroom, chores they do not enjoy and will, without a doubt, complain about, bless their messy little hearts. Anyway, as the summer is getting started I really wanted to organize things for my kids to do, but not too overly organized to the point of driving them crazy, but I like to organize, plan, do charts. I want Hannah to do a summer reading program here at home, she is to pick out some books in her room and plan to read them all during the summer, she pouted, said "summer isn't about doing school stuff" and I realize the older my kids get these little ideas I get aren't that great to them anymore, oh the horror for me. Now Cameron is 12 and a boy so he isn't going to want to do some of the things Hannah will do and I'm cool with that, anywho, I have thought about some of the things that we are going to do and it's the "presentation" that I need to change I can't sit an 8 & 12 year old down and say "okay guys we are going to choose a book and put on quiet music and read quietly to ourselves" those days just aren't here anymore (wah, wah) so I have to slyly throw the ideas out there and just go with it, okay, for instance, on Tues. I had plans for homemade Kool-aid play doh, H and I did it, she still loves play doh (yeah) and we do make it quite often, so we're good there she went to town with playing restaraunt. I found a cool way to make slushies using rock salt, and we're going to do that this weekend, they both will love that, without a doubt! they of course are always ready to swim, and C has been going to a gym/rec room with some friends and swimming, playing basketball, all those fun things, so he likes that and he does like to help me cook when he's in the mood! haha! and he most certainly loves to eat everything I cook!!

I am planning as I go, and that's okay, as far as the reading for Hannah I am still trying to work on that, she does like to read but obviously doesn't like feeling the pressure to do it. Our neighbors are going on vacation and they have ask Cameron to take care of their dog, so he went over and got instructions, the key, and all that, what a good boy, they know he will take care of their doggy, and he is excited about making some money!!! good for him. I always want my kids to want to help others, kids are so about themselves these days and I want mine to look out for others and not be so self consumed? if that's a word. Cameron got a cell phone for his birthday in March and he of course loves it with all his being, and can text with the best of them, and the music ring tones can really be annoying after awhile and when we feel he needs to hang it up in the evening we tell him to put it on the bar and take a break, he is getting better, we don't want it taking over, so we have the control and he knows it, so that's good. I ask them the other day what games they would want to play and they threw some ideas at me and it sounded great, so it looks like a family game night is on the menu for the weekend and I can't wait!!!!

This morning I worked at KDO at my church, I am subbing this week T/Th and I am with my sister which makes it even better and Hannah goes in the class for the older kids and they have their fun, Cameron hung out with my dad and they went and had their favorite chinese food for lunch today and just messed around. It was a nice change for me, since I don't work outside the home I liked having something different to do, Hannah and I just made Kool-Aid play-doh and we used black cherry flavor and it smells soooo good, she has been playing resturaunt and fixing me some good foods, she is really creative by the way! A nice thunderstorm is passing through and it's a real doozy wind blowing like crazy, we need the cool down though, swimming tomorrow, weather permitting. have a good one!!

{Hodge Podge Pictures}

I wanted to show you guys the necklaces that I bought recently when we went to Dallas, I got these at a really fun dress shop The brown and gold goes with my neutral colors

And the black, silver, pearls go with black, white etc... I love them both so much!!!

Hannah and her "Reading Award" at school

Hannah before field day at school

And these cuties are the "bottle tags" I made for teacher appreciation, or actually a thank you for the great year gift for Hannah's teachers, they loved them and I had fun making them!!!

{Celebrate}

Things I am celebrating

I won a Scentsy warmer and 3 bars from Sister's Stuff blog and I just placed my order for what I want, I don't have a Scentsy and always hear great stuff about them, so I am way excited to smell my house with some yummy scents!!!

My kids each spent the night away from home last night and my husband and I went to dinner, just the 2 of us and got to visit without interruption, so that was nice!

I got up early and got my day started with some errands, stocked the kitchen back up, with the kids home for summer and eating all day, I bought some really fun snacks and filled a bowl with a variety so they can just pull something out and have a snack, don't be fooled, Jim will indulge too!

I got the house picked up, did some dusting, and cleaned my countertops really good, and now I am taking a load off to visit with you guys!

I have some candles lit and it's overcast outside so I am feeling cozy, I hope it rains a bit, it's too stinkin hot!!!

Cameron has an end of year party at a friends house tonight and I am thankful that he has a good group of friends to hang with.

Hannah is still with Mimi, they are running around town today, and she is loving it, I know that girl, my mom is the best, the kids love to be with her!!!

I also want to say that I am so thankful that God loves me and that I have such a great family, he is so good to me!

Still around, in a blog fog, it happens, I got nothing...