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