Why go to church??

This was an email sent to be by my friend & neighbor Wendy Jones. Thanks Wendy.... I think it is the point illustrated by the story that brought me to tears rather than the pregnancy!

Why Go To Church?

A Church goer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday... "I've gone for 30 years now," he wrote, "and in that time I have heard something like 203,000 sermons. But for the life of me, I can't remember a single one of them. So, I think I'm wasting my time and the pastors are wasting theirs by giving sermons at all."

This started a real controversy in the "Letters to the Editor" column, much to the delight of the editor. It went on for weeks until someone wrote this clincher:

"I've been married for 30 years now. In that time my wife has cooked some 32,000 meals. But, for the life of me, I cannot recall the entire menu for a single one of those meals. But I do know this.. They all nourished me and gave me the strength I needed to do my work. If my wife had not given me these meals, I would be physically dead today. Likewise, if I had not gone to church for nourishment, I would be spiritually dead today!"

When you are DOWN to nothing... God is UP to something! Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible! Thank God for our physical AND our spiritual nourishment! "When Satan is knocking at your door, simply say, "Jesus, could you get that for me?"

Our newest exciting news...

Thanks for the reminder to update, Becca!

♥ We are expecting baby #3 on August 22, 2010!
Currently 11 weeks along...

Alexa is 6, Ashlyn is 4, they are excited! I think they will be more excited as time goes on... They had a hard time believing it was happening to their family! Alexa's comment was the most amusing to me... When she had me alone, she said "But mom, we haven't been asking for a baby" I told her that her dad & I had been asking. She pleaded for the truth: "...Reallly Mom? You've been asking????????", "After i told you not to?!" I quickly replied "Well yes, but you said your reasoning was that you didn't want to have to share a room"... "And babies last longer than not wanting to share a room!" OMG... What a crack-up! "Really Mom? You've been asking???" I think she will come around! Although, she doesn't want to share a room w it! Ashlyn says she wants the baby to "sleep in a crib in her room" and when it cries in the night, she will "carry it into our room for us!!" I thought that was soooooooo sweet!! Thanks Ashlyn! ~Oh how i would love that!

Two potential babysitters!! Two Baby entertainers in training! - Yea.

Three kids and outnumbered! Let's hope we have a good game on! Starting now! The August due date will be HOT but is a great time for birthdays so I have that going for me! For now my survival technique for feeling good is eating every 3 hours and 10 hours of sleep plus naps! I know that can't last for long but it keeps me feeling good, thinking positively. To be quite honest, I am a little freaked out by the sound of all those #s adding up on the 7th!! (My August Birthday!) ~Trying to hold those years well......!