Extraordinary Faith for Everyday Life
At least they have goals
Emma: You know what me and S were thinking? We are going to work at a hair cutter store. That’s what we were thinking.
Lexi: You know where I’m going to work? Target.
Emma: I knew you were going to say that! You love Target! You live at Target! You love everything at Target! You ARE Target!
It’s been a slow day. A slow week for that matter. Lexi has had a temperature all week. Today even it was back up to 104.7. So we haven’t been going out a lot. Besides the fact I was SO tired of eating out and ready to be at home. It’s been so quiet around here that the highlight of the day was probably Emma and Lexi reading through the new ABC catalog that came in the mail today.
Ya’ll enjoy your weekend, k?
Guess what? I think the Chuck E Cheese bribe has finally worked on Lexi. I have not cleaned out ONE pair of panties since I’ve been back from Wilmington. The absolute best birthday present ever. Seriously.
You can blame Jen and her date with Ryan for this one. And of course the only reason Chad’s picture is there is because Scott was not a choice *cough*.
I went for the cruise/yacht theme for this one. Spend the day on the boat. Maybe dock and play on the beach for awhile. Maybe not. Get dressed up and have dinner that night. Yeah, baby…
The other night as a was in a half state of sleep I started thinking about the movie I Am Legend again. I watched it a few weeks back again and was still amazed at the messages interwoven in it. I was thinking about the couple scenes in the middle where the one creature/human comes out into the sunlight to try to attack him even though that would kill him. Will’s character later documents the fact that the degeneration is complete and all the human characteristics are gone.
I thought isn’t that like us spiritually? As we begin and then continue to sin, as the humans lost physical human characteristics and instincts, we begin losing Godly characteristics. Sure at first it is not noticeable but if we continue on that path, it becomes ingrained in our very spiritual life until we can’t even recognize any Godly characteristics at all.
And like the creatures/humans at their worst, they begin hitting their heads against the wall trying to get what they want. And we do the same thing. We will do what we want to the point where it hurts us spiritually, usually emotionally and sometimes even physically. And they didn’t want that cure. He kept saying “I can help you” but they didn’t even want to listen. Some people don’t care about the fact that God can turn their lives around. They’re perfectly fine in the life they are living.
But as the doctor sacrificed himself knowing he had the cure and knowing it was the best for them and the future of the world, Christ died for us knowing if people would just believe, their life would be changed. Then in the future, a new world would be established and humanity would be saved from itself.
I know I’m eternally saved but sometimes I’ve gotten into places where I’ve figuritvely began hitting my head against the wall, doing things I know strips me of Godly characteristics and sends me down a path of spiritual and emotional destruction. But I’m so thankful for God’s love, mercy and grace that He already sacrificed Himself so that when I’m ready for a change, He’s there waiting on me.
We played with fireworks
Played on the beach
Went out to eat
Then in Wilmington…
We got to see some filming…
That is Skills, Deb, Lucas, Peyton, Brooke, Haley, Nathan and Jamie. Everyone was there!
We went to see some other filming locations
Scott decided to put me in a tree
Don’t let gooo!! I’m gonna fall!!!
Mr. OCD says you’re getting me dirty
Ta-da
Little one wanted in on the fun
Dinner for my birthday
And finally, we DID get to meet a few of the cast members!
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We knew there was a leak again before we left but this is how it is now. So sad :(. We’re going to wait until next year to spend ANOTHER $600 on a liner and put it back up.
*Warning, potty talk*
You know a few weeks ago we were so happy that Lexi had finally pooped in the potty and we took her to Chuck E Cheese? Yeah, well that didn’t last long. But sometime over the weekend in Wilmington she ran 3 times to the potty trying to go and saying she wanted to go to CEC. Then when I got home last night, Scott said she had gone like 5 times by herself and then she went again when I was there. I told her if she went one more day I’d take her to CEC. She’s so excited and I really think we’ve turned a corner with this one.
As for Emma, she read last night!! I pulled out that reading book we were working on months ago. I haven’t pulled it out in awhile because she just didn’t seem to catch on but lately I’ve noticed she really has caught on to words based on what they start with and such. I pulled the book out last night and she really, really got it. She read little sentences like That is a rock. Sam is sad. The ram is mad. She got so excited when she started sounding words out and when she kept saying them faster and she finally figured out it was a word she knew. She’d scream the word and laugh. It was so much fun! I’m really excited to get her into reading since I love it so much. I had really hoped to get a head start on reading before she went to school and really, since her birthday is so early, most kids her age are reading in K by now so I’m really happy to be able to work on that with her.