Today is Thursday and I have been contemplating what I should write about since I haven't posted anything in a few days. I decided to just write about anything and everything that came to mind tonight, so that is what I am about to do.

Sunday - we went to church as normal. Had a great 2nd week with our new first graders and then we had a wonderful church service. We love our pastor and since we are having a renewal of vows to celebrate our 10 year wedding anniversary, we wanted him to perform the ceremony. So we asked him and he said yes! Then, during the invitation, our 'Lil Princess whispered to her daddy that she wanted to go up front ... she kept pointing at the baptismal and saying, I want to be baptized daddy...so she went forward and told everyone of her big decision. Now, how or why she changed her mind is beyond me because when we had talked to her about it Friday night after she was saved she said, "It's okay, I think I will just be an unbaptized Christian". LOL Sunday night was nice - the dc had their separate classes, dd's went to Mission Friends and ds went to BMX (Boys Ministry Extreme). We went to service without any kids...big change because we usually have our kids with us and since we didn't go very often to evening services this summer, it seemed odd to not have little ones around us. But it was nice, too.

Monday - I don't remember what I did on Monday other than catch up on the laundry. Oh yea! We did have our homeschool groups first parent meeting of the year. That went well and we are so excited about a new school year!

Tuesday - The dc and I worked on frog lapbooks most of the day. Then dh & ds cleaned up the front yard and the girls and I did some things around the inside of the house.

Wednesday - We took the dc to AWANA..this is their 2nd week and they just love it! 'Lil Princess got her Sparks vest last night and was so happy. 'Lil Angel gets hers next week & 'Lil Buddy gets his T&T shirt as soon as he finishes the book he has. (shouldn't take him too long).

Today - We worked more on lapbooks. When dh got home we went to the blood drive at our church (I was going to meet dh there but the ants decided that my van was a good place to have a home...I am not driving a van full of ants! That is another story in itself...), then went to the El Bronco (a wonderful Mexican Restaurant) for dinner, then went to Wal-Mart for groceries. We only got half of what we needed because I was feeling really exhausted and overwhelmed, so we came home. Got the kids in bed and now I am on here. We also got the hamster a new cage ... one without a ball on top...grrr! she would sleep in it and live in it and no matter how much I cleaned it, it would still smell! If we removed it there is a big whole on top where she gets out, so we bought a new cage with a wheel instead and no top pieces! She looks a bit disturbed right now.

Tomorrow - I clean the house from top to bottom! I have a Creative Memories party going on at 6:30 and I want my house PERFECT! I have to make brownies, Reese's Peanut Butter Dessert...I bought Chips Ahoy (I know, I should have baked them but my house is going to be hot enough with the brownies) & Nutter Butters, Pretzels, Veggie tray, Coke, Diet Coke, Dr. Pepper, Sprite & flavored water. I am so excited that I get to serve my guest on my china saucers & crystal glasses...heheee. You would think that I don't have a life...I am not so excited about the party itself because I don't care for selling parties, but I am looking forward to the company & girl talk!

Saturday - I need to finish preparing my Sunday School lesson & get my lesson plans done for the next week of school. I LOVE MY HOMESCHOOL TRACKER PLUS! It has been a lifesaver...thanks again, Jen! Then we get ready for Sunday.

I am going to be helping with Boy's Club this year and I am so excited about that! Keepers of the Faith have come out with these new books "Little Contenders for the Faith" and "Little Keepers at Home" for boys & girls ages 3-6. Well, I am going to teach the little boys 3-6 at the same time/place that their older brothers (if they have them) are doing their Contenders for the Faith meeting. Then we decided that since there are going to be some sisters hanging around (2 of them are mine) between 3-6 years of age, we decided to combine them since alot of the things in the Little books are similar. But, the girls have to have a brother participating in Boys Club (either the regular one or the Little one)...otherwise we would end up with too many little girls and that would be overwhelming for me! Maybe it will open the door for something new next year! Anyway, I am so excited about this because I wanted something to do other then just sit and watch for 2 hours while ds does Boy's Club...not that I don't like watching him do things, but sometimes it gets boring. LOL And I was going to do the Little Keepers with the girls anyway, so why not open up the opportunity to more kids??? After all, isn't that part of the reason Keepers of the Faith printed the new books???

I was reading in the news about the Swedish wrestler today, Ara Abrahamian - how he took the bronze metal from his neck, stepped off the podium and threw it down on the mat (well one part says dropped another says threw...I tend to believe, based on the rest of the story that he threw it) and said, "I don't care about this metal. I wanted gold!". Now what is that all about!?!?!?!? How childish is that?!?!?!? I mean, I try to teach my kids that it doesn't matter who wins or loses...it's all about being a good sport. Being a good winner AND a good loser. Nobody wins all the time & nobody loses all the time. I sure am glad we aren't watching TV this month because I wouldn't have wanted my kids to see an adult act so childish! Then again, it could be a teaching moment...hmmm, maybe I will have to find a U-Tube video of it?!?! Anyway, it just really reminded me of how our society has turned into a "me, me, me" society. It doesn't matter what happens to you as long as I get what I want, type of society. Very sad if you ask me. But I will step off my soapbox now! LOL

Adoption....well, we are still waiting. The other set of 3 we wanted have now found a home. I have to admit that when I found that out Saturday, I became very down. I know that it is a good thing that they found a home and I know that God has children for us somewhere out there, but I just wanted to give up! I was even at the point where I told dh that we should just set our hearts on every child out there, then maybe someone would take them all and then there wouldn't be a need for the "system" anymore. I know that sounds so wrong but at the time, I felt justified...I mean, that is the 4th group of kids that we have set our hearts/minds/sights on and they got taken by someone else. I am trying to remain in the Word and just keep praying that God's will be done. It is hard right now, but I am working on it..rather HE is working on it for me. On the bright side, our case worker turned our paperwork in for approval last Tuesday. Now we wait...more.

Still trusting Jesus and thanking Him for all of His blessings!