What if....

So, there's a song by Matthew West called "My Own Little World".  I've come to LOVE it and have decided it totally describes who I want to be this year!  I've heard it so many times in the past week and it really makes me think.  Am I doing enough?  Am I thinking outside the box?  Is what I'm doing making a difference?  I don't know.  Sometimes I like to think so but when I really get down to it is it pride or am I really giving selflessly of myself or time?  I mean sure, I help out a lot at church.  Between the preschool, children's department, and youth I'm always doing something; but am I really giving it all I have, or thinking about what this could really mean in the life of someone else?  I think this is my challenge.  It's easy for me to "love" people.  I'm good at that, I enjoy giving and helping; but I'm beginning to think that there's more to it.  I think maybe what I really should be doing shouldn't be so easy.  If I was being sacrificial it wouldn't enjoy it so much right?  I don't know, I'm still trying to figure that out.  Clearly God doesn't want us to not be happy, to not enjoy what we do; maybe I'm beginning to think it just should be more of a challenge.  Maybe step out of my comfort zone a little.  I believe it'll still make me happy, it'll just be God making me happy instead of me choosing to do something because "I know I can easily and maybe it'll be fun on the way. "
Anyway, if you haven't listened to the song you should.  It's really inspiring!

Well, enough of that...  I hope everyone is having a fabulous year so far and I look forward to seeing who we will all be this time next year!

family fun...

Well, we just got home from our annual trip to TN!  We have been VERY much looking forward to this since we didn't get to go last year due to John John's broken back and all.  We booked this vaca last year, paid and everything so it was even more fantabulous that we didn't have to pay!!!!!!  We stayed in a gorgeous cabin about 1/4 up a mountain.  We woke up our first morning there to about 6 or more inches of snow!!  It was BEAUTIFUL! (I know for you that live in it every year it's nothing special but for my children it's better than sliced bread!)  We had so much fun playing and relaxing.  It was a perfect family vacation.  I love thinking of vacations that I took as a little girl and hoping that I can help my kids make memories just as fun or even better.
Here are a few pics (or more) from our snow days and touristy play days...

New Years "resolutions"?

So, I was listening to the radio this morning on the way home from dropping kids off at school.  I generally listen to the local christian radio station here.  This morning a girl called in and gave her "two cents" about the new year.  I was so inspired by what she had to say.  Apparently this past Sunday her pastor was talking about new years resolutions.  His take on it is... why make a resolution to DO something when you can make a resolution to BE someone!!!  I am going to, this week, decide who I want to be by this time next year, not what I want to have done.  Deciding to be someone will automatically cause me to do something.  I believe that choosing to be instead of do will also bring me closer to God.  As humans we think we can DO most things on our own.  The person I'd like to BE can only be done by God, I do truly believe that!!  I have full faith that reading his word and keeping an open communication with him will turn me into the person I want to be; not only for me, but for my husband and children!

I hope all those that know me will see a better me soon!

Hope you all had a fabulous Christmas and New Year!!

See ya soon...