Sorry I have been busy

I am so busy which shouldn't be happening in the summer! I should be relaxing it to the max. Should be sleeping in until 12 everyday...why is this not happening! Instead I am super busy with grad work. All this week I was shadowing at an elementary school. Very interesting group of kids that I met.

Also every Tuesday I have a lovely 3 hour Foster parent meeting. Ok I lied it isn't lovely except for the fact that Erick's parents are there with us, and I am making a great new set of friends Steph and her hubby. The last two classes have actually been pretty boring. I feel like people just want to talk about themselves. Like this last week we actually spent 2 hours doing a skit that should have only taken 30 minutes. But there were some people who wanted to share their life story in the middle of the skit, and this lasted seriously about 25-30 minutes...just this one lady. I mean thanks lady, but can we stay on topic and get through the skit. Please! Some people in the class are great and funny, but some...I really think they are only in it for a paycheck. Sad really. :(

Besides that I just feel like the days slip by and I don't get a chance to relax. I think that the summers as one gets older go by a lot faster than when I was a kids. Responsibility takes up to much of my time...I wish I could give some of it back or away.

Jen

If you want to improve your falanges

I saw this on Amanda's sight and thought some of you would like to play this fun game! http://www.vml.com/handbellhero

Let me know what you think...my husband is a natural

Thoughts about baby shower

Second of all Erick and are making two huge leaps in our lives. We put an offer on our first house...lets pray that they take it and secondly we are beginning fostering classes next week (June 16). We will be taking 10 weeks of classes 1 a week for 3 hours each. We are excited it is almost like we are somewhat pregnant but I don't gain weight and the baby will be here is 3 months and not 9!
So I have begun to buy baby things for the "baby room". Like some cute room decals and stuff animals. I was talking to my step mom and she wants to throw me a baby shower...is this weird? I actually don't know what to think about it. I mean I don't have any of the necessities to take care of a baby, but then again these may not be my children. We do plan on adopting through Fostering, so I will be needing stuff. Anyways should I make a baby registry or something? Should I ask people to donate? I am really uncertain as to what to do?

Raw and Real

This morning I was drinking a cup of Orange Blossom green tea, and started to feel blah. I don't know about you ladies, but unless I have make-up on or my hair done I don't want to look at myself. Well then I started to think that is a shame that I don't feel good enough about myself when I am, lets say raw and undone. I know that time shows on our faces and our skin becomes irregularly colored and dry, we get dark circles. Anyways being bored and not wanting to get busy on my Master's work, I decided to take some self portraits, yes without make-up, lotion, and I don't think I even took my make-up off from last night...and this is what I found...





I found that your eyes say a lot, if you are unhappy it shows, if you are happy it will light your face up. I also found out that I need to get my eyebrows done and re highlight my hair. :D But isn't it sad that we live in a society that first of all makes us tired and then wants us to look our best because they judge us on our appearance, not by how hard we work at our job or how we raise our family the best we can. But it is all about the shallow and fading characteristics.
I was watching TV the other day and wow there are SSSOOOOO many commercials about "you need to look like your 20, at any age" so get vein removal, botox, facelift...you know what I am talking about. And then the women who we can tell are trying to look young we can point them out and say "poor woman had 10 too many facelifts!" There really is no pleasing them.

So my challenge today...love your skin, love what God gave you, embrace it take care of it, but don't invest your life savings into it. Don't get caught up in the beauty wagon, we all know the soul is where true beauty shines! I am not saying don't wear make-up, but make up your mind, that beauty is only skin deep and your relationship with Jesus is where your time and energy needs to go!

P. s. I dare any of you to share a raw and real picture of your self, I bet you are beautiful!

I need some fun ideas of what to do during my summer break

I need ideas that are cheap, don't really need to be far away, and can benefit others. I do well when I have a certain goal that I need to obtain. If you all could give me ideas of things to knit, paint, or take pictures of I would appreciate it. I want to be creative but the jar is a little low at the moment. I think my graduate classes are draining me.

BIG DECISONS

So I am asking you all to pray for Erick and I. We are about to take a big step in our marriage together, by becoming Foster parents. There is a lot that we need to do before we can do this...like get our own place. I really feel that God is telling us that this is the way that our "family" will grow. You see Erick and I just want a child to love and cuddle and pour our lives into. For a long time I was selfish and was thinking I only wanted this to be a biological child, but wow there are so many children that need a mom and a dad to love them. You know maybe God has it so that Erick and I will never get pregnant, but will be able to adopt a child that we foster.

So if you would pray that Erick and I will follow God's leading and that we would do what we need to, to be Foster parents.
I will keep you all updated with any changes.

“Pure and lasting religion in the sight of God our Father means we must care for orphans and widows in their troubles, and refuse to let the world corrupt us.” James 1:27