Miscellaneous Monday

Sunday the Pastor preached on 'extreme living.' Basically how as Christians we can get boring and stuck in the day to day. Jesus Christ was never this. People didn't fall asleep when he preached but were in awe and came from all over to hear him, to see him, to touch him...the point of this is Pastor said something that has stuck with me. "People will either love you or hate you!" All I can say to that is AMEN! I love it, I want people to have that reaction when they think of me. That is how it was with Jesus. I don't want black or white. I don't want boring. I want excitement, I want to live the extreme Christian lifestyle. So Amen to that Pastor Theo! Boring is sin, Jesus Christ and God don't want boring for his son's and daughter's. They want joy, happiness, living a full life and fully serving God; not just on Sundays...etc...get the drift?
I can't wait to share my notes with the hubs. I think it will pick him up. He's been in the field for 8 days straight now, and still has 2 more to go. Have I mentioned he's in 105 degree temps? Talk about extreme temps!

My darling Isabelle is just growing leaps and bounds it seems. 29 months today. What an age she is at. Her vocabulary, her actions, everything is non stop and so exciting. If I were in El Paso my how slow going I'd be with the 100 degree temps and growing belly. It is truly a blessing to be home and constantly being able to see Isabelle go, and I mean G-O! She has finally moved on from Twinkle Twinkle Little Star to Jesus Loves Me and Jesus Loves the Little Children. It makes my heart sore to see the small Christian values she's learning.
At church she joins the other little girls and ribbon dances on the sides of the aisles. It's so precious. She is learning to clap when everyone else does and get's excited when her Papa is clapping and singing loudly next to her. She cries and says "I want to pray" when I ask her if she'd like to go to nursery. However, she sees her two little friends and quickly gets excited for play-do and snacks...oh the joys of having a home church. (Hopefully we can find one soon when we return to El Paso.)

Tomorrow we are off to visit my grandmother who's birthday it is and then to Children's for an ultra sound. I am so excited to see our little girl! My sister is coming with me; she's excited. My driving is becoming limited as I become more clumsy and slow, not to mention the over sized beach ball I have hiding under my shirt.

Today my mom bought the girls first matching outfits. Yep I am that mom...here and there the girls will be dressed alike. Laugh if ya want, but I dig it. Also as I was grocery shopping today I realized Isabelle was putting on lotion, well not lotion but sunscreen that I have clipped on to my purse. She proceeded to tell me 'just a little sun screen mom.' Hahah Okay then Izzy.
Another new thing she digs is braids...so I had to capture her actually sitting still. Us mother's all know how rare these moments are for 2 years old's.







































Isabelle and aunty Heather...the trouble makers!