It's His Turn Now

Let's just say I am blessed...blessed with great kids, great family, and the BEST HUSBAND EVER! He works so hard to provide for his family. He works a full time (40+hours) during the week and on top of that is also a Children's pastor. I'm a stay at home mom, which has its good and bad days! But, i love every moment of it! So many times i find myself saying to him or anyone in general, i just need a wekend away, some time off, a break away every now and then. Usually, a few times a year i get that weekend and its been that way for most of our married life. My husband Joe, so gratefully will give of his time and watch our kids while I have a weekend away. This May we will have been married for 10 years and come to think of it I dont recall a time where Joe has had a weekend getaway! Im the one that usually gets to go away, but when has he ever? This weekend is the annual Ladies In Ministry Retreat. I usually go tho this every year and always look forward to it! I have also been planning to go to this one for quite some time. About a week and a half ago Joe approached me with a question. You see, his brother Josh, is turning thirty this weekend. Josh wanted to go skiing in Ruidoso, N.M. for his birthday. Joe asked me if he could go with his brother and Dad on this trip. The last time Joe has ever been skiing with his family was probably when he was about 14 or 15. Pretty much this trip is probabaly a once in a lifetime trip because all three of them have full time jobs and it his hard for them to take off. So, tomorrow afternoon, Joe, Josh, and their Dad will be leaving for N.M. for two days! Joe deserves this, it's his turn now! Now, some might say," well that's not right." Lana deserves this weekend off. She is at home with the kids all the time and needs a break every now and then. Trust me, i have already gotten looks from people about Joe going this weekend and me not going to the retreat. To those people i would say, "It's just not us women that need the time off..the men/our husbands need time off too once in awhile." Joe deserves this weekend off, even more than I do. I have had my turn many a time. This is the way i look at it..it just wasnt meant for me to go this weekend. Joe had to ask last minute, from his boss to have the time off..which obviously now he got. On top of that, Joe's boss is letting him borrow his ski clothes for the weekend! It's my turn now to bless my husband with this special weekend with his family!




I love you Joe! Have the time of your life! You deserve it!

Happy Birthday Josh--your the best Uncle, brother, and i know your parents would say SON, ever!

I hope you all have a blast!



It's your turn now!



Lana

One more note to add...to previous blog!

On top of all that exciting news i just gave you about David, he has also been riding his bike...NO TRAINING WHEELS!  So proud of my boy!  Sooner or later he will be doing tricks...he rides so fast!  Here is a picture of him:

Future BMX rider mabye, and at the same time spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ!

Long Overdue Blog w/ Exciting News

Well, as you all can tell i have not blogged in FOREVER!!  Life, has been very busy..but instead of just giving excuses i will just call myself being lazy lately on updating my blog.

The most exciting news i have happened a few weeks ago.  On Sunday, February 21, 2010 my 5 1/2 yr old son, David gave his life to Christ!  I was playing alter music for the service, and our special speaker, Randy  Phillips(creator of the human video) gave an invite.  It was a pretty simple one, anyone could have understood.  So then, Randy, proceeded on to say, if you would like to give your life to Jesus Christ for the first time, dont be ashamed and raise your hand really high by the count of three. Well, im guessing David was so excited he just couldnt wait.  Pretty much on the count of one he had raised his hand.  Like i said, previously, i was playing alter music at this time and Joe was sitting with David.  Joe brought David down to the alter to pray with him.  I really wanted to watch all that was going on, but i couldn't, or i would have just broke down crying, while playing the piano! Well, i could just go on and on about how excited we were!  Its the most greatest experience i've had so far as being a parent, seeing my son dedicate his life to Jesus Christ!  He stills talks about it to this day!

Then, my son Noah will be turning 3 on May 2.  I just cant believe how quickly he has turned into a big boy!  It just seems like the other day he was just a baby!  Soon, he will be in kids church with us...which im sure will be very interesting.  His best friend, Taylor will also be in kids church with us which will add a lot more excitement.  Its just so cute how they just love to play with each other.  Yes, they do fight like brother and sister sometimes. But, overall they are inseprable!  Another big milestone for him will be in September when he starts preschool.  Im sure, with his personality, he will keep his teacher very busy!

Let's not forget about my baby girl, Priscilla.  She is my dancing queen!  If Priscilla hears music, she will ALWAYS be dancing!  Oh yes, she is entering into that very fun toddler stage.  She is almost 1 1/2 yrs old.  My baby girl adds so much joy to my life as my two boys do also!

I am so blessed with my family and friends!  Jesus Christ never ceases to amaze me!

We also got quite a bit of snow these past few months.  So here are a few pics!  Hope you enjoy!

Priscilla is not a big fan of the snow, so she decided to stay inside the whole day!

We ended up getting 6-7 inches that day!  That's a lot of snow to us Texans, especially in West Texas!

The snow was so powdery that all we could make was a snowmound.  The snow wouldn't stay compact enough the make a reall snowman!  But we had fun anways!

Stay tuned...

Stay tuned for a new improved, way overdue blog.  Alot has happened since i last posted.  Not to metnion, a lot has happened this year and its only mid Feb.!  Hopefully i will get to post a new blog by mid-week!

Lana

Thanksgiving Day 2009

Besides a major mishap with Noah, we had such a great Thanksgiving!  You see, Noah was playing outside with his cousins..and being the boy he is, he fell on the pavement and cracked his tooth!  I didnt realize how bad it was until i took him to the dentist on that next monday.  Long story short, he had to have his tooth pulled!  Poor Noah, but i am so proud of him.  He was such a trooper.  I am so thankful to God that it was just that and nothing worse!

He will probably be toothles for about 4 yrs or so!

My brother John and his girlfriend Stacy!  So happy for them!

My cousin Janet and Priscilla. New best friends for life!  She has never even met Janet and went right too her!

Snow Day!!

It started snowing yesterday evening, and then continued off and on throughout the night!  We woke up to 1/2 inch to 1 inch of snow!  The kids were so excited!  The pics will tell...but Priscilla wasnt quite as excited as the boys.  Once she fell in the snow, that was it for her!  Hopefully we will get some more snow this year..maybe even a white Christmas!  It doesnt even feel like i am living in texas this is very unusual weather for our area!  But, i will welcome this kind of weather anytime.  The highs did not even reach over freezing today!  I cant even imagine how it would feel if i lived in the north!

She liked the snow until she fell into it!

Me just being silly and having some fun with the snow on my car!

Neighbors house.

Footprints in the snow!  This reminded of the "footprints in the sand"!

My house!

Noah having some fun!

David and our west texas snowman...well, it pretty much is a snowmound!  I couldnt find their gloves, so i had to improvise and put socks on their hands!

The famous west texas snowman!

Feelings

I  feel out of place..the don't belong kind of feeling. It's not the greatest feeling.  I know life isn't perfect and there are good days and bad, but this is a lingering feeling i've had for a while now. 

Another thing i don't like is people being fake.  Why can't we just be ourselves arounnd everybody?  Why does everything have to be so separate?  It feels like everyone is off in their own little worlds, and there is no togetherness.  Does that make any sense?  Maybe the better word is fellowship. Dont get me wrong..I love my life, my husband, my kids, my family.  I'm thankful for my friends who are there for me, no matter what.

The one place that I should feel like I belong, that I'm wanted...I'm not.

I guess that's it for now.  I had to get this "off my chest" somehow, before i could relax and go to bed.