I absolutely love spring...the vibrant colors coming to life are so amazing. Right now in Bloomington there are so many colors: pinks, whites, reds, purples are all among my favorites.
Driving down the road right now you'll see all these colors and it just feels right. I love how God made so many colors (and good weather to go with it.)
As I was driving the other day I thought of how God created the rainbow and all the colors in it as a promise. I also thought of a life that is devoid of color and how dark (black) that is, but even an ounce of light can quench that darkness...HOW AMAZING IS THAT!!
Even just a little of God's love can pull someone from the pit and into knowing who He is...I am ever thankful for HIS love and light in my life!!
I hope that you enjoy the beauty that God created during this spring time!!
Loving Jesus and enjoying life.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Friday, April 18, 2008
Big Mess..
...and it wasn't Amaya.
Today I was getting ready to do laundry and I opened the cabinet with the detergent and there was detergent all over.
Ugh....the bottle had leaked for about a week now. It was even dry in places and gloopy.
I couldn't believe how bad it smelled too. I guess clean stuff can smell bad if it's mixed with wood cabinets.
I called the company and they are sending me free coupons for more detergent. Too bad they couldn't replace my cabinets too. =) It was the first time I have been really thankful for "caved in" cabinets. These cabinets are so old that the bottoms are caving in therefore creating a nice little well for the detergent to pool in.
Today I was getting ready to do laundry and I opened the cabinet with the detergent and there was detergent all over.
Ugh....the bottle had leaked for about a week now. It was even dry in places and gloopy.
I couldn't believe how bad it smelled too. I guess clean stuff can smell bad if it's mixed with wood cabinets.
I called the company and they are sending me free coupons for more detergent. Too bad they couldn't replace my cabinets too. =) It was the first time I have been really thankful for "caved in" cabinets. These cabinets are so old that the bottoms are caving in therefore creating a nice little well for the detergent to pool in.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Cutie Pie
So I'm about to break a record - two posts in about 5 days...woohooo!!
I just had to blog about what has happened the past two days plus share some pics of the birthday party in Shipshewana.
Yesterday I was washing dishes and I heard Amaya babbling away and I found her laying beside Reggie just a talking away - so cute. She's always loved to play with him and he's always been protective of her since day one but it was just too cute. I tried to capture the moment on camera but this was the best I could do.
Here is another Reggie and Amaya picture - best friends (for right now). =) She's pretty smart too, she'll take one of his toys and play tug of war with him and then if he gets it she gets another one of his toys and tempts him with it so he'll let go of the first one. It's pretty cute.
I just had to blog about what has happened the past two days plus share some pics of the birthday party in Shipshewana.
Yesterday I was washing dishes and I heard Amaya babbling away and I found her laying beside Reggie just a talking away - so cute. She's always loved to play with him and he's always been protective of her since day one but it was just too cute. I tried to capture the moment on camera but this was the best I could do.
Here is another Reggie and Amaya picture - best friends (for right now). =) She's pretty smart too, she'll take one of his toys and play tug of war with him and then if he gets it she gets another one of his toys and tempts him with it so he'll let go of the first one. It's pretty cute.
This morning she decided it was more fun to play with Mama's hair that was pulled back instead of just playing with the hair that was already down. It resulted in this:
hmmm....what's life like without a little bit of humor.
hmmm....what's life like without a little bit of humor.That's it for today - here's some birthday pics:
The Cake - pretty little doll cake
Amaya trying to figure out what to do with the pretty little doll cake
Not exactly sure what to do with this???
Alright now it's fun....
The Cake - pretty little doll cake
Amaya trying to figure out what to do with the pretty little doll cake
Not exactly sure what to do with this???
Alright now it's fun....Sunday, April 13, 2008
So much...
Ok so blogging was put on the back burner for a while. I've been pretty busy and have just not made the effort to post anything.
The past few weeks have had some very interesting happenings...Amaya's birthday party with my family, eating dog food, being sick, not sleeping well...to name a few.
So last week Amaya was very quiet and I went to check on her. I find her sitting by Reggie's food with it all over the floor and a lot in her hand. She's happily munching away on "something" (dog food). So I got "it" out and she's still munching...another one came out and she's STILL munching away. I didn't realize the last one was in there until it had started to fall apart and she was swallowing it. =) At least our dog food has only natural things in it. Yesterday she decided she wanted some more and put a whole handful in her mouth. Much to her dismay, I got it all out while she was kicking and crying...maybe I should try it to see if it's as good as she thinks it is.
Amaya's first birthday party...it was a few weeks early b/c we were visiting Shipshewana. It was quite interesting. The cake was super-cute. My sis-in-law Denise helped me decorate it. Amaya was amazed with the doll and reached for that first. She touched the cake but didn't really eat much of it so I tried to see what happened if I tried to "destroy it" like she was supposed to do. Well, I couldn't either. It was HARD! I wanted to be all natural and only use the healthiest ingredients and no sugar...blah blah....it had only wheat flour, wheat germ, carrots, raisins, etc...well anyway, it was just a block of HEALTH (hard block of HEALTH). Not very good to eat or destroy. I helped her get to the inside and she finally started "destroying". She did get it all over herself and the floor in the end but I don't think she liked it very much. (I think for her next party we will use a cake mix that is "unhealthy" but lots of fun to squish and DESTROY!!)
Oh and making the cake and cooling it were quite interesting too. I made it in my pampered Chef batter bowl and when I turned it over on the cooling rack, it started oozing out the middle - it was pretty funny. I was able to save about 1/2 of it but not exactly the experience I was hoping for. I baked it for the time specified and I even poked in a toothpick to make sure it was "done." (Guess that didn't work too well.)
Amaya has been a very healthy baby with just runny noses here and there and a few more major colds but it she is fine for a week and then gets a runny nose and slight cold for 2-3 weeks. Our Children's ministry has a standard of no runny noses for the children so it's been a little hard to keep her in there. She loves to play with the other kids and does not like to sit through a service anymore. She is just too busy. That's not fun for me since Chad has a "job" almost every Sunday - counting money or taking care of his parking team or whatever else you can think of. =)
The past few weeks have had some very interesting happenings...Amaya's birthday party with my family, eating dog food, being sick, not sleeping well...to name a few.
So last week Amaya was very quiet and I went to check on her. I find her sitting by Reggie's food with it all over the floor and a lot in her hand. She's happily munching away on "something" (dog food). So I got "it" out and she's still munching...another one came out and she's STILL munching away. I didn't realize the last one was in there until it had started to fall apart and she was swallowing it. =) At least our dog food has only natural things in it. Yesterday she decided she wanted some more and put a whole handful in her mouth. Much to her dismay, I got it all out while she was kicking and crying...maybe I should try it to see if it's as good as she thinks it is.
Amaya's first birthday party...it was a few weeks early b/c we were visiting Shipshewana. It was quite interesting. The cake was super-cute. My sis-in-law Denise helped me decorate it. Amaya was amazed with the doll and reached for that first. She touched the cake but didn't really eat much of it so I tried to see what happened if I tried to "destroy it" like she was supposed to do. Well, I couldn't either. It was HARD! I wanted to be all natural and only use the healthiest ingredients and no sugar...blah blah....it had only wheat flour, wheat germ, carrots, raisins, etc...well anyway, it was just a block of HEALTH (hard block of HEALTH). Not very good to eat or destroy. I helped her get to the inside and she finally started "destroying". She did get it all over herself and the floor in the end but I don't think she liked it very much. (I think for her next party we will use a cake mix that is "unhealthy" but lots of fun to squish and DESTROY!!)
Oh and making the cake and cooling it were quite interesting too. I made it in my pampered Chef batter bowl and when I turned it over on the cooling rack, it started oozing out the middle - it was pretty funny. I was able to save about 1/2 of it but not exactly the experience I was hoping for. I baked it for the time specified and I even poked in a toothpick to make sure it was "done." (Guess that didn't work too well.)
Amaya has been a very healthy baby with just runny noses here and there and a few more major colds but it she is fine for a week and then gets a runny nose and slight cold for 2-3 weeks. Our Children's ministry has a standard of no runny noses for the children so it's been a little hard to keep her in there. She loves to play with the other kids and does not like to sit through a service anymore. She is just too busy. That's not fun for me since Chad has a "job" almost every Sunday - counting money or taking care of his parking team or whatever else you can think of. =)
That's it for now....here's a random pic since I haven't uploaded the other pics to go with this post. =/
Amaya is exploring in Reggie's "beddie."
Amaya is exploring in Reggie's "beddie."Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Alice & Moo
This week Amaya starting saying Moo.
Chad was pointing to the cow and saying moo and she decided it was now time to say it. It's funny because just this week I was reading something about her milestones and where she should be now and it said she should say Mommy & Daddy and another word. I couldn't think of another word that she knows but actually she says Reggie (our dog's name) and today she even said Alice.
Last night she was saying Ow, Ow.
So anyway, that's why the post is called Alice & Moo. I have no pictures to post right now although, I have many stored on the computer. None would be appropriate for this post. =)
That's it for now!
Chad was pointing to the cow and saying moo and she decided it was now time to say it. It's funny because just this week I was reading something about her milestones and where she should be now and it said she should say Mommy & Daddy and another word. I couldn't think of another word that she knows but actually she says Reggie (our dog's name) and today she even said Alice.
Last night she was saying Ow, Ow.
So anyway, that's why the post is called Alice & Moo. I have no pictures to post right now although, I have many stored on the computer. None would be appropriate for this post. =)
That's it for now!
Monday, March 10, 2008
Pics of Amaya & New Life
Pic of Amaya "reading" (one of her favorite activities)
Brodie and I (not such a great pic of me since my glasses reflect everything but he sure looks cute.)It's late and I should be in bed but I wanted to do a quick post about my weekend. I went to Shipshe to visit family. I saw Brodie my nephew born in January and on the way home I saw the newest member of the Weaver Family, Elijah Samuel. Both of these boys are so precious. It's so easy to forget how small babies are. They grow so fast. Brodie was born a little early but he was never small. And he is not small anymore. Elijah was born about 5 weeks early and he was 5 lbs 15 oz. He has a head full of fuzzy hair. He was only in the NICU for a couple days. Praise God for allowing him to catch up quickly to breathing on his own. I am so glad that both mom and baby are doing well. The twins seem to have adjusted to "Baby Kiki" quite well. "Baby Kiki" was their name for this baby. They told me that he has a different name now. 
Pic of Elijah Samuel
We had a lot of fun this past weekend with friends and tried out our new 24 game. We let the terrorists "get away with the bomb" since we couldn't interrogate the guy in the hospital. It was a fun game that we received as a Christmas gift. Chad now wants to play it so we can get past this part. We tried about 10 times total to get him to answer some questions. It was quite funny.
Pic of Elijah SamuelCheck out Amaya's new hairstyle..so cute.
Amaya is recovering from this weekend. Her schedule was all messed up but she slept until 10 today (really it was 9 but b/c of the time change, I have it's 10).
Amaya playing with my Pampered Chef boxes.Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Amaya's 10 Month Birthday
Ok so this post was written LAST TUESDAY ALREADY but it will still work. I was going to post it with some pics but the pics will have to wait.
Today is Amaya's 10 month birthday. Some days I can't believe how fast time has gone. I wouldn't take back a minute of any of it. She is so so precious!!
She has graduated fully to "real" crawling. No more of this belly stuff. I was thinking about it and it was just about 2 weeks ago that she was still preferring the belly over her knees. She loves to pull up on anything she can find and yesterday she even climbed on a crate and tried to reach for something on the other side of the crate. It was pretty funny to see her feet up in the air as she tried out this new position (too bad I didn't have a camera).
She has 5 teeth now. Two lower ones and 3 upper ones. Only one of her upper middle ones has poked through. She decided she needed the outside ones first. I'm expecting the other middle one in about a week or so. She's been such a great 'teether'. I think we've only gotten up once with her for that reason. When she got her first one back in November, I didn't even realize that she was that close to getting one. I knew she was slobbering a lot but I just didn't think it would happen so soon.
Mom and Dad are in Florida now missing all of this snowy weather. It's so pretty right now, the snow has been falling since I got up this morning. I'm a big fan of watching snow fall. It seems like the whole world is just so peaceful. I know it make the roads slick but that is one thing I've missed about this winter. We haven't had too much of this.
Last night we met with Pastor David and Sumer to talk about our new family City group at church. I am so excited to be able to minister to other families. Right before Chad and I got married, I felt like God was calling us to minister to couples. Right now it's coming to pass and we've only been married (almost) 3 years. God is good!!
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