Maddox meant to ask if he could play the X-Box but instead asked...
"Can I play the A#$ Box?"
Oops!!
(February 2010)
MY BOYS.MY LIFE
Monday, February 8, 2010
Sunday, February 7, 2010
the talking dryer
FROM "A LESSON LEARNED"
We all use, each and everyday, a variety of utensils and appliances that were invented to do one specific task and do it well. Just think about it...your washer and dryer, blender, coffee pot, hair dryer, curling iron, toaster and dishwaser...they all do one task and they do it better then we could do it without them! Just imagine washing clothes before the good ol washing machine or making coffee from raw beans over an open flame! YIKES! I don't know how today's society would survive! Me included! Our lives have been made better by each of these gadgets and we as humans have been able to cram so much more into one day because of them! Right!?!? Well, just imagine with me now that over time, over years and years one, or all, of these appliances slowly lost interest in their assigned duty. What if slowly your dryer stopped drying your clothes? Sure, at first you'd have to set it to run for 40 minutes instead of 30 to get your clothes completely dry but before too long you find that you are running your loads a full 2 cycles and progressively after that you find that you are hanging your heavier laundry items, like towels and jeans, out on the line because your dryer just can't seem to handle them anymore. Or what if your hair dryer suddenly stopped forcing enough air through and waht are did come through wasn't hot anymore, it was merely warm and even turned cold at some point. You might notice a slight change at first but say to yourself "well, it still works" but before too long you either have to replace the hair dryer or let your hair air dry. Now, let's imagine one step further and pretend that one day you go out to put a very limited number of items into your clothes dryer (as, remember, it will not dry much at a time these days) and as you open the dryer to place your damp clothes in, your dryer speaks to you and says "Why am I here? What was I created for?" I know, it seems farfetched but just imagine with me! Well, if that really happened I imagine that I would, and I know you would too, probably start laughing! Laughing really loud in fact! What a silly question. "Well, look at you!" You might say. "You're a dryer! You dry clothes..." It's so obvious right?? You couldn't use your dryer to toast bread or your curling iron to wash clothes. That's crazy talk!!
Lesson Learned? Each of our modern day appliances is wired for a very specific purpose. We don't have one "do-it-all" tool. No! We have many tools that do many different things but each as a specific purpose! God created us the exact same way! It seems ridiculous to think that a dryer would ask us why it was created. I mean, look at it! It has heat settings, an on and off button, a large barrel opening to hold lots of clothes...what else could it possibly do??? Sometimes I imagine that God must look down on us and just chuckle to himself as we wander around this life asking "Why am I here? What was I created for?" Remember when you were first saved. Remember when you were "fresh out of the box" so to speak? You were so excited to serve Christ. You told everyone who would listen (and some who wouldn't) about the change God had made in your life. You volunteered for everything at your church and showed up for every event. You were usually the first one to each service and the last one to leave. You dove deeply into priase and worship each and everytime and read your Bible daily. You didn't just talk the talk but you walked the walk! Just like the tools of today, we as humans were created for and wired for a very specific purpose. When you were first saved I bet you didn't worry too much about what you were "called to do" day in and day out! You just got up and followed God everyday. You didn't think too far into what God would have you to do. Right?? I beleive that just like appliances, over time, we as humans and as christians so often begin to lose our luster for the savior. We begin to forget our purpose and no longer perform our specific taks up to par. We begin to feel like what we're wired to do isn't so exciting anymore and we overthink our purpose. Don't overthink it!! We were created to please God! We were created to make God happy! We were created to worship! Sure, God gave us many talents. Some of us teach, some of us cook, some of us socialize, some of us sing...there's a thousand talents and giftings that God has placed within each and every one of us that we use here on this Earth for His glory!! But what are we wired for? What are we created for? Why ultimately did God create us? TO WORSHIP HIM!!! We all struggle in this life to find our purpose and to find our niche and to know what God wants us to do with the time we are given here and, don't misunderstand me, I totally agree that we each have a story to be written in our lives and God has a plan for each of us...but when all else fails don't lose hope. If you don't know where you're going, what you're doing or even where you are right now in your relationship with Christ or in the grand scheme of your christian walk, DO NOT get overwhelmed!! Just step back, take a breath and rely on what you know for sure...you were created to worship the King of Kings and when you do that God will take care of all you other needs and concerns! God's word promises in Matthew 6:33 "Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be given to you as well." Don't freak out if you don't know what you're going to be doing in 10 years...what does it matter really!? Just know that today, in this moment you are here and you are wired to worship! God craves your worship! Give Him the praise He's due! My Wednesday night pastor, Robby, said something a couple weeks ago that I wrote in my Bible and have re-read many times since and it was this "Try tomorrow to be CRAZY IN LOVE with Jesus...and everything else will take care of itself." Does it sound easy...sure! Is it easy...not so much! It's hard for us to not overthink things. Beleive me I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE!!! But we must work on it! On the other hand, if you have already found your purpose, if you know beyond a shadow of a doubt what you were created for and you are living that out each day in your life DON'T let your purpose become boring! On the days that your calling feels more like a punishment just remember that God honors the faithful! If dryers really did have personalities would they at some point look at the microwave and say to themselves "I wish I could heat food and not dry clothes..." Probably. But that doesn't make the dryers duty of drying clothes any less important or needed! Your purpose is important! It's just as important 20 years down the road as it was the first most exciting day you entered into it! The message I am learning right now and the one I want to pass onto you is as simple as this blog post...WORSHIP! Love God with all you have! Be CRAZY IN LOVE with Jesus and just watch as everything else takes care of itself and falls into place! Don't look as ridiculous as the dryer would if it asked you "why it's here"...just relax, do what you're wired to do and love the Lord!
We all use, each and everyday, a variety of utensils and appliances that were invented to do one specific task and do it well. Just think about it...your washer and dryer, blender, coffee pot, hair dryer, curling iron, toaster and dishwaser...they all do one task and they do it better then we could do it without them! Just imagine washing clothes before the good ol washing machine or making coffee from raw beans over an open flame! YIKES! I don't know how today's society would survive! Me included! Our lives have been made better by each of these gadgets and we as humans have been able to cram so much more into one day because of them! Right!?!? Well, just imagine with me now that over time, over years and years one, or all, of these appliances slowly lost interest in their assigned duty. What if slowly your dryer stopped drying your clothes? Sure, at first you'd have to set it to run for 40 minutes instead of 30 to get your clothes completely dry but before too long you find that you are running your loads a full 2 cycles and progressively after that you find that you are hanging your heavier laundry items, like towels and jeans, out on the line because your dryer just can't seem to handle them anymore. Or what if your hair dryer suddenly stopped forcing enough air through and waht are did come through wasn't hot anymore, it was merely warm and even turned cold at some point. You might notice a slight change at first but say to yourself "well, it still works" but before too long you either have to replace the hair dryer or let your hair air dry. Now, let's imagine one step further and pretend that one day you go out to put a very limited number of items into your clothes dryer (as, remember, it will not dry much at a time these days) and as you open the dryer to place your damp clothes in, your dryer speaks to you and says "Why am I here? What was I created for?" I know, it seems farfetched but just imagine with me! Well, if that really happened I imagine that I would, and I know you would too, probably start laughing! Laughing really loud in fact! What a silly question. "Well, look at you!" You might say. "You're a dryer! You dry clothes..." It's so obvious right?? You couldn't use your dryer to toast bread or your curling iron to wash clothes. That's crazy talk!!
Lesson Learned? Each of our modern day appliances is wired for a very specific purpose. We don't have one "do-it-all" tool. No! We have many tools that do many different things but each as a specific purpose! God created us the exact same way! It seems ridiculous to think that a dryer would ask us why it was created. I mean, look at it! It has heat settings, an on and off button, a large barrel opening to hold lots of clothes...what else could it possibly do??? Sometimes I imagine that God must look down on us and just chuckle to himself as we wander around this life asking "Why am I here? What was I created for?" Remember when you were first saved. Remember when you were "fresh out of the box" so to speak? You were so excited to serve Christ. You told everyone who would listen (and some who wouldn't) about the change God had made in your life. You volunteered for everything at your church and showed up for every event. You were usually the first one to each service and the last one to leave. You dove deeply into priase and worship each and everytime and read your Bible daily. You didn't just talk the talk but you walked the walk! Just like the tools of today, we as humans were created for and wired for a very specific purpose. When you were first saved I bet you didn't worry too much about what you were "called to do" day in and day out! You just got up and followed God everyday. You didn't think too far into what God would have you to do. Right?? I beleive that just like appliances, over time, we as humans and as christians so often begin to lose our luster for the savior. We begin to forget our purpose and no longer perform our specific taks up to par. We begin to feel like what we're wired to do isn't so exciting anymore and we overthink our purpose. Don't overthink it!! We were created to please God! We were created to make God happy! We were created to worship! Sure, God gave us many talents. Some of us teach, some of us cook, some of us socialize, some of us sing...there's a thousand talents and giftings that God has placed within each and every one of us that we use here on this Earth for His glory!! But what are we wired for? What are we created for? Why ultimately did God create us? TO WORSHIP HIM!!! We all struggle in this life to find our purpose and to find our niche and to know what God wants us to do with the time we are given here and, don't misunderstand me, I totally agree that we each have a story to be written in our lives and God has a plan for each of us...but when all else fails don't lose hope. If you don't know where you're going, what you're doing or even where you are right now in your relationship with Christ or in the grand scheme of your christian walk, DO NOT get overwhelmed!! Just step back, take a breath and rely on what you know for sure...you were created to worship the King of Kings and when you do that God will take care of all you other needs and concerns! God's word promises in Matthew 6:33 "Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be given to you as well." Don't freak out if you don't know what you're going to be doing in 10 years...what does it matter really!? Just know that today, in this moment you are here and you are wired to worship! God craves your worship! Give Him the praise He's due! My Wednesday night pastor, Robby, said something a couple weeks ago that I wrote in my Bible and have re-read many times since and it was this "Try tomorrow to be CRAZY IN LOVE with Jesus...and everything else will take care of itself." Does it sound easy...sure! Is it easy...not so much! It's hard for us to not overthink things. Beleive me I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE!!! But we must work on it! On the other hand, if you have already found your purpose, if you know beyond a shadow of a doubt what you were created for and you are living that out each day in your life DON'T let your purpose become boring! On the days that your calling feels more like a punishment just remember that God honors the faithful! If dryers really did have personalities would they at some point look at the microwave and say to themselves "I wish I could heat food and not dry clothes..." Probably. But that doesn't make the dryers duty of drying clothes any less important or needed! Your purpose is important! It's just as important 20 years down the road as it was the first most exciting day you entered into it! The message I am learning right now and the one I want to pass onto you is as simple as this blog post...WORSHIP! Love God with all you have! Be CRAZY IN LOVE with Jesus and just watch as everything else takes care of itself and falls into place! Don't look as ridiculous as the dryer would if it asked you "why it's here"...just relax, do what you're wired to do and love the Lord!
FROM "kid conversations"
Ashtyn: "Maddox, what color are my teeth?" (Ash opens his mouth really wide)
Maddox: "White. What color are my teeth?"
Ashtyn: "White. ALL people's teeth are white."
Maddox: (under his breath and with a sigh) "Some people's at my church is not..."
Leave it to Maddox to notice. I just hope he hasn't pointed this out to anyone about themselves...DEEP sigh.
(October 2009)
Maddox: "White. What color are my teeth?"
Ashtyn: "White. ALL people's teeth are white."
Maddox: (under his breath and with a sigh) "Some people's at my church is not..."
Leave it to Maddox to notice. I just hope he hasn't pointed this out to anyone about themselves...DEEP sigh.
(October 2009)
Friday, February 5, 2010
HAPPY 100th!!
No...not birthday! Today, after all the school cancellations due to snow, was FINALLY Ashtyn's 100th day of school! They had fun activities all week at school leading up to this day and today Ash got to wear the t-shirt he made celebrating the occasion! Every student was asked to make a t-shirt that had 100 things on it...you could do whatever you wanted! Some kids simply placed stickers on their tees while others went all out and put 100 feathers on theirs! Ash even said that one kid in his class had somehow attached 100 small toys to a t-shirt! WOW! That's a dedicated mom! Ash, though, chose a shirt at Hobby Lobby and a pack of stamps themed like zoo animals. Then we stamped 100 animals onto his tee with puff paint. Well, actually, Ash helped with about the first 30 stamps and then got "bored" leaving me to finish the job! We had alot of fun with this project, though, and got to practice counting to 100!!Thursday, February 4, 2010
from MOMism
My ironing board has been a permanent fixture in the middle of my living room for so long that today I took it down and my living room looks completely different! HA! That's sad...
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
FROM "from ashtyn's lips..."
"Tyler is in the Army so he kills bad guys. Sometimes the good guys get hurt and they don't come home."
Ashtyn, out of nowhere, informed me of this today. I asked him who told him this and he said "he just thought of it". Ashtyn seriously thinks through things...it almost makes me sad. Should a 5-year-old already grasp this concept?? I'm not sure, but he does. I guess when your Uncle Tyler is in the Army these things are just on your mind...
(December 2009)
Ashtyn, out of nowhere, informed me of this today. I asked him who told him this and he said "he just thought of it". Ashtyn seriously thinks through things...it almost makes me sad. Should a 5-year-old already grasp this concept?? I'm not sure, but he does. I guess when your Uncle Tyler is in the Army these things are just on your mind...
(December 2009)
welcome to my world
As a young girl, when I day dreamed about having babies and staying home with them, being the girly girl that I am I, of course, dreamed of having little girls who I could dress up in cutesie little outfits with big bows and we would sit for hours on end reading or playing barbies (specifically barbie beauty pageant...which I still get the urge to play from time to time! HA!) But instead the good Lord blessed me with boys! I don't know what I would do without my two little men but I also never thought I would be playing "zombie" or "star wars" or "transformers". I didn't even hardly know who Obi Wan Kanobi was before Maddox came along! Well, yesterday, with school still out due to weather, we were trapped inside yet again and we also had one of the boys' best friends over, Seth. Seth is almost 10, so he's a bit older then my boys, but they have grown up with each other (as Brandon and Seth's dad work together) and love to get together and play!! First, they played hide and seek but Maddox ended up being "it" nearly every time because Ash and Seth were getting mad at him for telling the "it person" where the hiders were and never staying in his hiding place...poor Maddox!
Then, after hide and seek got boring, the boys played monster! This is a game with really no rules (well at least only the rules that Seth and Ashtyn make up as they go along so Maddox can't win) and basically it's a free for all! On this day, however, "monster" took a turn for the worse and Ash and Seth teamed up and began pretend-destroying the house! It was loud but I couldn't help but laugh and I tried to take a couple pictures but pics just don't do this "game" justice! Take a look...
Then, after hide and seek got boring, the boys played monster! This is a game with really no rules (well at least only the rules that Seth and Ashtyn make up as they go along so Maddox can't win) and basically it's a free for all! On this day, however, "monster" took a turn for the worse and Ash and Seth teamed up and began pretend-destroying the house! It was loud but I couldn't help but laugh and I tried to take a couple pictures but pics just don't do this "game" justice! Take a look...Well, it's certainly not playing barbie beauty pageant or making play dough flowers all day but these boys definitely keep me on my toes and keep me laughing! Even though at the end of the day I'm exhausted and can't feel my body! HA!!
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