Yesterday was weigh in day, but I forgot, so today I weighed myself and I was soooo excited!!! I’ve been battling my weight for 2 months now, with small, but steady results, so when the scale showed I lost 6.2 pounds I was so happy!!! I’ve lost 11 lbs. since Jeff’s mild heart attack in [...]

Why is it so Important to Raise Healthy and Fit Kids?
If these statistics don’t make you stop in your tracks and think about the things that we are feeding our kids, I don’t know what will. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 16 percent of children (over 9 million) 6-19 years [...]

This morning was a sad morning. My sister who was visiting us from New Mexico, along with her family, left for home today. She arrived May 31st when Jeff, Karlie and I were in Sault Ste. Marie for the Chosen Youth Conference. They made themselves at home until we arrived the next day.
When I walked [...]

VID 00011It’s the Monday after Big Ticket . We are recovering from the three days of Christian Music, Christian Speakers and Ministry. It was awesome, and each year it gets better and better!
This year, there were over 60 bands on 6 stages, plus over 100 ministry booths, all with the same mission, spreading the good [...]

Yesterday was an exciting day. My son, Kaleb, graduated from high school. He is so happy and we are very proud of him. He was diagnosed with ADHD when he was little and has always struggled in school. He’s gotten better as he’s gotten older, but still had a hard time getting along with others [...]

 
This past weekend I had the awesome priviledge of volunteering at the Chosen Youth Conference in Sault Ste. Mario, Ontario Canada. This is the first time we’ve taken Chosen on the road and the 4th conference we’ve put on. The theme of this conference was the Remnant~teaching our youth what it means to be God’s [...]

17 years ago today, I gave birth to my last child, Karlie Krystine. It’s weird thinking about how at this time next year she will be graduating from high school and turning 18!!! Ugh! Be prepared for lots of videos and photos over the next year of her plays and choir concerts! LOL. 
My sister is [...]

The following post was written a month ago. At the end of the post, I will inform you of my one month’s progress.
What is it you’re probably asking? It is doing something about my weight! Yesterday, well Tuesday because it’s officially Thursday as I’m writing this, my dd-25 and her friend were here to begin [...]

Hubby and I just returned from my youngest daughter’s spring choir concert. It was amazing. Below are video and photos we took of the concert and her artwork on the wall at school. Enjoy!

My niece, Kara is graduating from high school as well this year. As you can see in the pics below, she has a baby girl, therefore she attended a school for teen mothers. We’re so proud of Kara and her accomplishment, and so I wanted to share the excitement with you all. We are having [...]

Well here we are at the end of a great Mother’s Day. You can read how the beginning of the day was here. After lunch, we chilled for a bit and played a round of my new favorite game “In a Pickle“.
About 5:30 Brandon started to make the burgers for the grill but the meat [...]

Well today is Mother’s Day. I must say so far it’s one of the best Mother’s Days I’ve ever had and the day is only half over. 
Today my 18 year old son, who lives with his dad, came to church with me, on his own free will!  I didn’t ask him to come or anything. [...]

My dd-16 is a Junior this year and just attended her first Prom. She looked gorgeous! It’s amazing how grown up she looks in these pics. Her boyfriend, Evan, looks very handsome and he took very good care of her and had her home by 11:30.  Here are the photos I took before they left.

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Make a Smilebox scrapbook

My son Kaleb is at his Senior Prom as I type this. As you can see from the photos, he and his girlfriend look very nice! I can’t believe how grown up he looks in his tux!
Earlier today I was working on some graduation announcements to email to relatives who live far [...]

Like the title? Ha ha. Today is Saturday, hubby is working, dd-16 is at a worship conference with our youth group’s worship band, and I have all my writing for work caught up, so I get to write about whatever I want today! Aren’t you the lucky one to get to read it?!
Currently, I am [...]

This weekend was awesome and it’ s not even over yet! Friday, after attending Good Friday service at our church, we headed downstate to the Flint area. Our trip had two purposes: 1) My S-I-L’s band, The Andy Stefanic Band, was competing in a Battle of the Bands and 2) the competition was at my [...]

As I sit here waiting for my hubby to come home from his final evening shift of this rotation, I decided I would write out my bucket list…things I want to do before I die. I hate thinking about dying, though I’m not afraid of it, I just don’t want to…not yet anyway. I think [...]

Today I am going to the hospital to bring Jeff home after his “close call“. This morning as I lie in bed, waking up after a fairly good nights sleep (I woke up several times, but was able to fall back to sleep quickly each time) I started thinking about all the changes Jeff and [...]

Today was one of the scariest days of my life. The events of today actually started last week, so that’s where I’ll begin my story.
Last week, probably the beginning or middle of the week, my hubby Jeff started complaining of chest tightness and that his forearms were achy, both of them. Being the optimist I [...]

Did you miss me??? LOL. I’ve been so busy this month, I’ve barely had time to blog. I’ve missed it I must say. Oh, be warned, this post could be totally random!
I was going through my 1000+ items in my Google Reader (yes I got behind on those too) and realized how much I missed [...]

Yes, that’s right. I’m going to be gone some more. If you read my last post, I was gone, away from the laptop for a full 3 days. I will be gone for a bit starting tomorrow as well because A) I’m driving 3 hours downstate to get my hair done (yes, that’s right) and [...]

I didn’t know what to title this blog post really. I’ve been learning to title my posts what I think people will search. I wanted to title it Working the Walk to Emmaus, but this isn’t going to be about working the Walk really. I mean in a round about way it is, because that’s [...]

I just saw on one of my comments that I recieved another blog award. I’m soooo honored!!!! I can”t believe the amazing group of bloggers out there, and I am part of them! Wow is all I can say. And thank you!!!!!

This award is even more meaningful because I am one of the first recipients [...]

I had an interesting conversation with a friend of mine from church today. Our conversation took place on Facebook chat, and it sparked some interesting things in me. We were talking about dating. He is single, in his early 20’s and a Godly young man. He was talking about dating, whether he should or not, [...]