You pray for me, I'll pray for you!

Years ago, when I was Probably as young as seven, my mom and I started this thing where every morning when she would part her way to work and I would head off to school, I would say "you pray for me" and she would say "and I will pray for you".....

At the time it was because I was a very nervous child and had a weighing mind fearful of everything. Little did I know how big of an impact that action would become.

Lately I have been feeling like I am on a train headed in one direction in full speed. I see God in the signs flashing by but when I turn my head to catch a glimpse he is gone or another sign catches my attention. I have been trying so hard to reconnect. At times I would blame others for not coming along side me and taking the reigns. Maybe then they could be held responsible and not me.

I long to intimately pray with my family. Sure I have prayed in the rarest evening with Blaine or prayed in the hurried morning with the kids but the other day something triggered in my mind. I asked Blaine and the kids how I can pray for them. How simple that was.... After that it was like popcorn just starting to pop. Ginny would ask how she could pray for Daddy and Keegan for me. Yesterday Malakai wasn't feeling so good so he asked me to pray that God would make him feel better. The best was when I asked Blaine how his day went and he broke out into a huge grin, nodded his head and said "I got my projects underway, it went really well." Then as I was high fiving Blaine because I once again Balanced the main account, Ginny joined in and I thought, sure I would have thanked God for answering prayer but not so openly and it wouldn't have been so evident for the kids.

Who would have thought that a simple "you pray for me, and I will pray for you" gesture would travel through the generations. :)

So, as I head toward my day today. I will pray for you, if you will pray for me!

Grossology

Every child loves to do experiments and every parent dreads the mess of them. This one turned out to be not so bad but a mess in the end. :)

Take an egg and put it in vinegar for 7 days. Watch how the shell dissipates and turns the egg to rubber! Then, drop the egg from a SMALL distance and watch it bounce.

Look what we have done!

First of all, let me warn you, what you are about to read may be shocking to the soul. This entry may bring out feelings that you have not felt in some time. You may become jealous, angry, shocked or judgmental. Please note that the people described in this entry are all healthy, happy, and most of all, full of God's Grace.

In the last week or so Blaine and I have been behaving like crazy school kids. In the late hours of the night when the kids are sound asleep you will often hear the gut wrenching laughter of two grown adults making absolute fools of themselves. For some, our behavior would be uncalled of. Take tonight's supper for instance... The kids leave the table and it is just Blaine and I sitting at a large empty table still enjoying our supper. Instead of Blaine getting up and handing the bowl of salad to me, he proceeds to literally throw the bowl of salad up in the air and across the table for me to catch. I KNOW!!!! The best part, I caught it and none spilled out. I wonder what our kids will end up doing when they are grown adults just from watching us in action. After another bout of laughter Blaine gets serious and informs me of what dawned on him today. If others knew what we have done in the last 5 years they would be speechless. As he listed off these things I proceeded to laugh some more and add my own. Here is our list....

In the last five years we have .....

Moved twice
Changed churches
Changed schools twice
Taken two of my nieces in (to live with us) for a year each time
Had 4 different main vehicles and 3 different work vehicles
Went on a missions trip to Mexico
Went to Disneyland twice
Went to Ontario twice
Drove back from Ontario in just under 3 days
Blaine had his appendix removed
Malakai broke his arm
Had 2 bouts of chicken pox
Dealt with a family member having Breast cancer
Dealt with a family member having Prostate cancer
Lost two Grandmas
Lost an Aunty
Blaine switched Careers twice
Bought 2 dune buggies
Bought a holiday trailer
Became a full time working Mother
Had and got rid of two dogs and a cat
I took part in 2 Amazing Challenge events (AKA Amazing race)
Blaine took part in 1
Blaine bungee jumped for the first time

I am sure the list could go on and on. I mean, when you think about it, we have had 25 birthday parties, pulled at least a dozen teeth, kissed a million boo boo's, and wiped a gazillion tears.

So, are we simply to crazy for you? Or, do you still love us?