One Of Those Moments

Last night I had one of those moments where you just stare at your kids and are filled to the brim with the deepest love for them. The kind where you look at them and are taken back to the moment when you are laying in a hospital room and a doctor places your brand new baby on your chest, and then time flashes back to the present and they are singing songs like "God's word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path." And you wonder when did they ever get so big??? And you beg God to let them stay little forever. But you know it won't happen.

*sigh*

I love these little monkeys. They are my world.

When they play together... when they help each other... when they say goodnight to each other... when they give each other hugs or kisses... when Levi says "it's ok" to Audrey when she's upset... when they sing together in the car... when Audrey has to do everything just like her older brother... when they make each other laugh...

oh the laughter. Music to mine ears.

I feel like my tiny heart could just burst into a million pieces.

My precious babies. I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living, my babies you'll be.

Tis The Season

Just got home from Urgent Care with Levi...

diagnosis: Strep Throat. (at the hospital he had a 105.3 temp.!!!!)

I'm just ready for the members of this household to be WELL!!!!!!!!!!!!

can a girl get a break??

Please keep my precious little boy in your prayers. He's pretty miserable. The doctor took one look at his throat and said "that throat looks bad!! EVERYTHING is swollen."

*sigh*

Elf Yourself

Happy Holidays from Becky and the kids!!! =]

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=9621562959

Always Low Prices...

I went to HyVee today and I was walking down the Christmas aisle when I saw this...



SERIOUSLY??

I was thinking it must have been an accident on the part of the person who assembled the tree...

and then I saw the tag....

This is no joke, folks...



SERIOUSLY??

haha. Go to HyVee and check out the upside down Christmas tree... and if you have $193.00 to throw away... it can be yours!!

When I Say I Am A Christian

I'm stealing this from Mindi...
with all of the stres in my life right now, this just rang so very true to me.

When I say, “I am a Christian”When I say, “I am a Christian,” I’m not shouting “I've been saved!” I’m whispering, “I get lost! That's why I chose this way”

When I say, “I am a Christian,” I don’t speak with human pride, I’m confessing that I stumble - needing God to be my guide

When I say, “I am a Christian” I’m not trying to be strong I’m professing that I’m weak and pray for strength to carry on

When I say, “I am a Christian,” I’m not bragging of success I’m admitting that I've failed and cannot ever pay the debt

When I say, “I am a Christian,” I don't think I know it all I submit to my confusion asking humbly to be taught

When I say, “I am a Christian,” I’m not claiming to be perfect My flaws are far too visible but God believes I’m worth it

When I say, “I am a Christian,” I still feel the sting of pain I have my share of heartache which is why I seek His name

When I say, “I am a Christian,” I do not wish to judge I have no authority -- I only know I’m loved

Everything Glorious

Becky is feeling: Glorious!

Tonight at church, they played a song that really touched me, and I wanted to share it with you all, although I'm sure many of you have heard the song before... but even though sometimes we hear songs, they don't really TOUCH us until we take the time to STOP, be STILL, and truly LISTEN. I had one of those moments tonight.

The song is called Everything Glorious by David Crowder Band

I couldn't find the song anywhere on the internet to put it into this blog. VideoZone doesn't have it and neither does project playlist... so I added it as my new profile song on my myspace profile... check it out!!!

the lyrics that really got me tonight go like this:

"You make everything glorious
You make everything glorious
You make everything glorious
And I am Yours
What does that make me?"

What does that make me?

I was no math major, but I know that 1+1=2, so let's so some simple math....

1 (God makes everything glorious) + 1 (God made me) = 2 (I am glorious)

that's powerful!!!!

put a big fat sloppy grin on my face.

Psalm 13:5 says "But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation." verse 6: "I will sing to the Lord, for he has been good to me."

Foiled Again

When I first moved back to Columbia one of the first things I did was sign up at Gold's Gym... DETERMINED to lose the baby weight from Audrey (who was now 8 months old). I went regularly... even meeting with a personal trainer for a month. Things were going good. And, then... I stopped meeting with the personal trainer. And, I didn't feel guilty if I didn't make it to the gym all of the sudden, because I knew I wasn't letting anyone down but myself...

... and let myself down I did.

I stopped going to the gym religiously... and oh my... yeah, that's all I'll say... Oh my.

So, one day about two or three months ago, I lace up the old running shoes and decide that I'm going to get back to going to the gym. I had it all planned out that I'd go right before they closed so that it was the kids bedtime when I left there and I could come home and put the kids straight into bed. The kid's club at Gold's closed at 8:30... I KNEW this. So, I planned everything out just perfectly to give myself a good 30 minute workout... and showed up at 5 to 8....

... only to be told that the kid's club was closing in 5 minutes.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME??

nope, they had changed their hours and I'd known nothing about it. So, feeling sorry for myself (and for Levi who I'd been promising ALL DAY that we'd go to the gym... which he LOVES)... I headed back home. And that incident was enough to make me hang the boxing gloves back up.

The kids started pre-school, Summer was in full swing and I was busy every weekend with John... and I never made it back into the gym...

UNTIL tonight.

Tonight, I, AGAIN, planned things perfectly. This time I go in, KNOWING that they close the kid's club at 8. So, I'm going to show up at 7:30 and have a good half hour workout, end with some crunches on an ab machine... and get my butt in gear. I tell Levi that we're going to the gym, getting him all sorts of excited. I get both kids all bundled up in jackets (what's up with the chilly weather overnight, anyway?), I get myself all decked out in workout clothes and dust off the tennis shoes... and we head out to the gym.

Anyone want to guess what happens next?

that's right...

the kid's club was closed.

YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!!!

and there was no one behind the desk to give me a clue to what was going on. A guy even went in search of someone who worked there and we NEVER found the girl that was supposed to be behind the desk. So, after a little bit of digging around in the papers they have sitting on the counter, I found the hours of operation for the gym AND for kid's club.

Turns out, on Friday nights, kid's club closes at 7. The stupid thing is... I had been ready for a while and had been sitting at home wasting time until 7:30 when I knew I could go and get a half hour workout in before the kids bedtime.

FOILED AGAIN.

SO... to keep this little incident from happening YET AGAIN... and to inform anyone else who might be reading this and wants to know...

the hours of kid's club operation at Gold's Gym (now Key Largo Fitness) is such:

M-Sat. 9:oo am - 12:00 pm
M-Th. 4:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Fri. 4:30 - 7:00
Sun. Closed

I will NOT be moved. I am DETERMINED to get back to the gym and get this old body back into shape!!!

I've been doing a lot of thinking lately. A lot of soul searching and personl assessment. There will be a lot of changes happening with Becky. Out with the old and in with the new!!! I'm excited!!!

Welcome to my ride.

SHINE ON!!!