Tecumseh Indian football captains!

Do you know what time it is going to be?

My birthday weekend time! Woo hoo!

It's a Boy!

My brother and sis in law had there baby yesterday. A boy and he is adorable of course! He was in some distress and he is in the NICU so prayers are requested. When I am able I will post a pic! I want his proud parents to inform and send out the pics first. Congrats!

Matt Redman -Never let go!

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death Your perfect love is casting out fear
And even when I’m caught in the middle of the storms of this life
I won’t turn back
I know You are near

And I will fear no evil
For my God is with me
And if my God is with me
Whom then shall I fear? Whom then shall I fear?

Chorus:
Oh no, You never let go
Through the calm
and through the storm
Oh no, You never let go
In every high and every low
Oh no, You never let go
Lord, You never let go of me

And I can see a light that is coming for the heart that holds on A glorious light beyond all compare
And there will be an end to these troubles
But until that day comes
We’ll live to know You here on the earth

Chorus:

Yes, I can see a light that is coming for the heart that holds on And there will be an end to these troubles
But until that day comes
Still I will praise You, still I will praise You

Chorus:

No respect!

people have no respect for each other. Why do I think that because of what I observe all the time? Vincent and I were just talking today about how people will say Hi b#$@*! and they say it like it is some type of endearment! there are even t-shirts out there with the word on it, just a letter a is thrown in there after the i. I don't want to hear that, nor do my kids. I remember there was a time when it was just not proper to cuss in front of a lady. Which brings me to the next item. Some man flipped me the bird today while I was on my to the football scrimmage. Hello! What in the world is the world coming to when it is okay to just flip a person off, let alone a female. He was not some young punky kid either. He was an older gentleman in a nice gold buick. What did I do to provoke the man to give me such a sign of endearment? Why I slowed down cause he was tailgating me so bad that I could not see him at all. It was rush hour traffic and there was no way he was going anywhere. A row of cars in front of me and a row of cars behind. There was also a row of cars in the on coming lane, no where to go but in my behind! What kind of stinking thinking does a man have to just do that to someone, let alone a girl. Total disrespect and people that do those kinds of things have issues. Thanks for the venting moment-much better now!

word to the wise

If you ever use Gorilla Glue-1. use it sparingly 2. even if you don't think you put hardly any on, you did and 3. don't leave the object you are gluing on the kitchen counter-for you may just come home from a soccer practice that your child has and find the full length mirror glued to your kitchen counter!!!

laughter is a good thing.....

but have you ever been in a situation where you were trying to stifle your laugh and then ended up with a headache. That is me tonite. I have a headache because I was trying to hard not to laugh. Oh well. I did get a few giggles in.

Would you?

If you saw a stranger with something stuck to their shoe, back, or perhaps even a booger or food stuck in their tooth would you say something?????????

Why am I asking you say? Because yesterday Dakota put a big Wonderbread primary colored sticker on my back. I asked my hubby to remove it. I heard the ripppppp noise of it peeling off my back and that was the end of that. Little did I know that it was still stuck to my back. So where did I go with this big sticker that was in the shape of a piece of bread with the red, yellow, and blue dots on it with the logo WONDER in big letters. I walked across the street and stood in line at the bank. I went to a parent soccer meeting where I was in the front row and there were 8 parents behind me. I sat for 2 hours at a soccer practice and talked to parents and people passing by at Mitchell Field. I then went into Sal's restaurant to get take out. Then about 10 o clock at night someone came up behind me giggling. Kota says, " I can't believe I forgot it. Dad told me to remember to take it off."
"What?" I say not even looking at him.
Then I hear a rippppppppp sound and he hands me the sticker and walks away laughing his head off!!!
Very funny, very funny indeed!

Cool pacifier huh!

Updates and Highlights

The church softball team took second in the tournament. Good job boys. Our coach that got hit while coaching third base did end up having two fractures in his jaw. He will be seeing a specialist this week. Keep him in all of our prayers please.

Our "baby" (the dog) is due this week.

We are going with the Studio to have senior pics done.

Kota is going to see the Tigers play this Tuesday.

Mandatory football starts tonite at 12:01 A.M.

Time sees to move faster and faster. The more I blink the quicker it goes. Too bad I cannot just slow it all down!

what is your most embarassing moment?

mine is very embarassing to me. I went to school in the late 80's. It was cool to wear windbreakers that pulled over your head. mine was a navy blue that could fold up into the front pocket. Anyways, I was an underclassmen in the senior hall trying to take off my windbreaker. Thinking I could do it all in one swift move my shirt came off with my windbreaker. the more I struggled the more tangled the two clothing articles became. The topper to the story is when Mr. K the math teacher came running up and stood there with arms out stretched saying loudly, don't look! don't look!
Okay well if they did not notice before then they noticed now! I wanted a hole to open up and swallow me. Many people knew what happened next hour and but luckily for me I was old news by lunch time!

check it out

http://www.myheritage.com/FP/Company/face-recognition.php

suggestions?

We are getting ready to do Nicholas' senior pics and have some options. I want to pay $500 or less. So has anyone heard of a place called The Studio? Anyone have their pics done with them or know of people who have? Let me know please. Thanks!

adjusting and adapting

Isn't it interesting how we are designed to adjust. Adjust and adapt are the two things I think I do the most in life. Vincent is on a new work schedule. Perhaps some of you would not think that it is an adjustment, but it is. He gets home now at 5:00 a.m. We have to all be very quiet so he can sleep (since it is summer time we just sleep in too-*blush*) Our lunch schedule now has changed and since he is here longer in the afternoon, so has our day! All I can say is thanks that he has a job! He just left for work and I am all alone. Nicholas is at football and Kota is at a friend's house. It is an eery feeling that I know will be more permananent as time moves forward. Then there will be more adjusting and adapting.

not official yet!

We are in contact with a breeder to possibly get a husky! The litters are not born yet and we are just waiting for the contract to be sent to us. Will keep you all posted.

Play hard, pray harder

Ever here that saying? What does it mean? There is something to it you know. If you have been "playing" under God's rules: the harder you play, the harder you may get hit. The enemy is very crafty and cunning, who likes to play dirty. He knows of all the opportunities that can do damage and will use every second of these times to keep you on the bench and off the field "playing". All the temptations that come in different forms, from being tired on Sunday morning and choosing not to go, to not having free time for yourself where you can spend time with scripture, prayer, and God, are ways of getting benched. Imagined if you kept getting benched. What would your self esteem be like? How would you feel about "playing" the game? Perhaps even the love that you once had would be gone. Thankfully we don't have to have physical characteristics for this battle plan. We have two things that come into play. We have prayer and the Word! These are our lifelines! Let's realign our priorities and take ourselves off the benches. We can resist temptations. We can become armored with scripture as our ammunition. It is our weapon against evil. We can overcome and perservere when we have a relationship with Him. There is a battle with the enemy which is hard enough, let's not battle ourselves too. Give it all up, James 4:10 "humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up". Let's keep training ourselves. Keep equipping ourselves. Just like an athlete, they do it even though there are days they may not want to. Keep pressing on for the prize. Let us do just that.

A guy was driving around the parking lot looking for a good space. Around and around he looked. Finally, he said aloud, "God, if you help me find a parking space; I will quit drinking, lying, and swearing." Around the lot he goes and behold a parking spot has opened up.
The man says to God, "Never mind God! I found one myself!"

thought of the week!

Here is the wedding we went to. These men are carry a baby roasted pig and some bread that is an old custom for newly married couples. Then they break the bread and eat the pig. Other pics are of the dance floor and you can see the saxophone player. We had a good time and Nick brought his girlfriend along. other pics posted below are ones of the zoo that I love and wanted to share. ciao!

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