I could get used to this...

Have I mentioned that I have the greatest husband ever?!?! He grilled amazing pork chops for dinner last night and then baked a cake for dessert. Yummy!



Jasmine decided to help out and provided the most hysterical moment of the evening. She walked into the kitchen and Mike said, "Hi, Sweetheart!"
Jazz glanced up and replied, "Hi, Mommy!"

I think Mike is reconsidering the apron move. :-)

Choosing Thankfulness

I was reading a book the other day. Not a serious, let's grow and learn book, but a light-hearted, let's escape from craziness and laundry kind of book. The author (Lori Wick) weaves biblical messages into the fiction she writes. Anyway, one of the things in this book was the phrase "choosing thankfulness." In several situations that were trying, scary, or downright depressing, the characters were choosing to be thankful and recognizing the sovereignty of God. This really jumped out at me for some reason. How apt am I to give God praise for planning things out and ordering my life, especially when I am not really comfortable with a particular choice He makes. If He is God at all, then He must be God OF all. So, I determined to choose thankfulness everyday no matter what.
I shouldn't have mentioned this to anyone, not even myself.
In school, I always liked tests... in life, not so much...
Friday, my laptop died. Yup! Dead as a doornail (whatever that means). So, here's the really cool part. God was completely and totally bringing good out of this before it even happened, Mike decided to speed up my computer for my birthday present. He bought extra memory and wanted to get rid of all the stuff I don't ever use. My instructions were to back every single thing I would ever need onto my external hard drive. God is so good! When my computer died, I lost none of my writing, scrapbook pages, digital scrapping supplies, documents, NOTHING whatsoever! Also, within 24 hours, Mike had our desktop computer set up upstairs and running beautifully. I am so thankful God is taking care of through the wonderful man to whom I am married.

Grateful for Mike...

Okay, so I am following the trend set by two amazing women (Sarah and Jessica) that I have the privilege to know. On their blogs they were bragging on their husbands, and I was reminded of what a fantastic man I married. So, here goes...

He is energetic, passionate, and can work most people into the ground.
He has guarded against being a work-aholic by leaving his computer at work so he can spend time with his family.
He is such an endearing father: making up games that are special "Daddy" times with Judah and Jasmine.
He is a protector and provider, committed to my success and our family's well-being.
He is growing daily in the things of God and hearing from God for our family and those he leads.
He is funny and fun to be with.
He challenges me to become more Christlike and to see myself and others clearly.
He is incredibly intelligent and analytical.
He is diligent and faithful to all commitments.
He persistently works at learning new skills until he excels at them.
He never forgets birthdays and anniversaries.