bittersweet

may 27th. this day is never an easy one. four years ago-it's a day that will never leave me. the day my sweet daddy left this earth and entered eternity. i am so very thankful for the gift of eternal life. i am so thankful that my Father provided a way for me to meet my daddy again....that this life is not the end. praise God! i miss my dad SO much. i hide it a lot. i cry in secret. i bury the pain sometimes. i think so often "i wish dad was here seeing the boys do this. do that."
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts." Isaiah 55:8-9

i trust that. i believe that. and i am thankful for that. thank you, Jesus, for picking out the daddy you did. he was perfect FOR ME. he showed me how a man should treat me. he reminded me that he was given the gift of being my earthly dad, but my Father is in heaven. for this, i give thanks.



dad, you are always with me. i see you everyday in these 2 sweet boys i have. i love you, so much. i wish you could have seen your sweet first grandson graduate from kindergarten yesterday. you would have been so proud of him. (he inherited your singing skills by the way..thanks for that. :) ) i can still hear daniel bursting through your door yelling "gandad, gandad!" "Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal."

Some pictures of Daniel Abraham graduating Kindergarten-bittersweet.

Daniel's wonderful teacher.

To my sweet Daniel,
Your daddy and I are so very proud of you. You are an amazing young man who loves the Lord, and I could not be more thankful for that. I make mistakes everyday in being your mommy. Thankfully, we have a Savior who covers my mistakes. Trust in Him always. He will never let you down. We love you so much!
Love, Your blessed Mom and Dad

this and that

wow-it's been a while since i've blogged. oops. so this post will be a little bit of this and a little bit of that.

easter was a few weeks ago, and once again this year we headed to wss (white sulphur springs in pa.) it is a very nice, relaxing place. it is also kind of technology free. they do have a computer in the hotel if you want to check your email, etc... but the point is to step away from all of that. not really my thing. so, i decided this trip was going to be a time i could step away from all "that" stuff, and just have time with God. quiet time. and i did. and i noticed how much changing my expectations and attitude affected the trip. now of course the devil was going to do what he could to interrupt this time. he tried. my sweet second born was quite a handful. i have never seen him (in his short 21 months on earth) act the way he did in that 24 hour period. wow. but, that's okay. i got through it and am all the more patient for it. (patience is a very slow learning process for me.) daniel loves going to wss, and i love that he loves it. it makes the trip all the better.

at least daniel enjoyed the trip. ^easter morning^

again, easter morning. i told you-pleasant he is.

jump ahead-mother's day, 2011. i'm still waiting on my mother's day gift- should be arriving via fed ex any day now. can't wait! :) my hubby and kids served me breakfast in bed. we then headed to the mall after church, and i got to run in and shop in my favorite store. next stop, outback. then comes the best part. we came home and i got to NAP. ahhhh, wonderful. it was a good day. we celebrated our moms also. abe's mom came over for dinner on saturday evening, and we went out to eat with my mom on monday. good times.

^my mother's day gift- eeek! :)

some other exciting news- my friend and MOPS director had her sweet twins yesterday. we are all praising God that everyone is doing great. He is so good, and so faithful.

and to once again jump to a totally different subject, we are on a car hunt. we sweet hubby was in an accident last thursday, totaling his car. i don't care. i am so thankful that he walked away injury free. praise God. so we are now looking for a car for him. thankfully, my mom and abe have almost identical work schedules, so they've been carpooling; and our sweet friends are loaning us their truck. again, we're trusting God to guide us in this decision.

my sweet boys continue to bring a smile to my face and joy to my heart. daniel only has 2 more weeks of school left, and then he will be a 1st grader. yikes. elijah is creeping up on the big "2" and living up to the expectations of a 2 year old temper. i heart that bugger. life is good.



well, i think that about catches me up. :) happy may!