God Spared Our Life Today 4/7/10

This actually happened today. I wanted to write this down because first of all, I didn't want to forget it. Secondly, I wanted to write about God and how good He is.

It was time for me to pick up the kids from school. I grabbed Boogs and Little Man and got in the van , strapped them in and started to pull out of the garage. I suddenly remembered that I had a bill to put in the mail, so I pulled back into the garage and ran upstairs to find the bill. I couldn't find it at first and asked God to help me find it and sure enough, I found it. So, I then went back downstairs, got back in the van, pulled back out of the garage and shut the door. I had just pulled out of my subdivision and was on my way on Hwy 70 when I saw two cars coming the opposite direction just over the hill and all of a sudden the second car, a white Jeep Grand Cherokee, whipped around the car he was behind and got over in my lane. He was going so fast that you could tell he was about to lose control of his car. There were two people I could see. The driver had on a white shirt.

Anyway, the speed limit is 50 or 55 through there I think. I really believe he was going 70-90 mph. He saw me and was trying to get back over before he hit me. I could tell he was about to lose it , but God spared me and the boys. He got back over in his lane and if I hadn't pulled over to the side in complete fear, he would have hit me head on. I laid on my horn. I think it was instant anger and complete adrenaline that was flowing through my veins. Anger because he was going so fast and could have hit me, possibly severely injuring me and the boys or killing us and adrenaline because of what was happening at the moment. I then saw why he was going so fast. He was running from the police. There were probably 10-15 police cars chasing him down this two lane highway.

I picked up my phone and immediately called David. When I heard his voice, I lost it. I was trying to tell him that I had almost been in a horrible head on collision and he thought I was saying that I had actually been in an accident. I'm sure I scared him half to death. He kept asking me if I was alright and I was...just shaken up severely. As I was telling him about what happened, I realized that God had spared me and boys. You see, I really believe that if I had left just a tad bit earlier....if I hadn't remembered that bill that I needed to mail, I would have been at that exact spot that he decided to go around the car in front of him. We could have been really hurt or killed. I just thank God for protecting us. For keeping us safe when someone else was in the wrong.

You can chock it up to mere coincidence or saying that I was in the right spot at the right time, but that wouldn't be right. God protected us...He took His mighty hand and shielded us from harm!

Thank you Lord Jesus for your protection!

Happy Monday

I hope each of you had a wonderful and Happy Easter celebrating our RISEN Lord and Savior! It was a great day reflecting on what the only perfect man that ever lived did for each of us! He took on our sin so that we could have life! I love the song "In Christ Alone" and these lyrics especially:

In Christ alone, who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless babe
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones He came to save
‘Til on that cross as Jesus died
The wrath of God was satisfied
For every sin on Him was laid
Here in the death of Christ I live

There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain
Then bursting forth in glorious Day
Up from the grave He rose again
And as He stands in victory
Sin’s curse has lost its grip on me
For I am His and He is mine
Bought with the precious blood of Christ

How awesome is that? He that knew no sin became sin on the cross for me and for you. What an awesome and undeserving gift, that was given to us because of the greatest LOVE ever! I hope and pray that if don't have that personal relationship with Jesus that He desires with you , that you will open your heart and accept him! Step out in faith!! He's waiting for you!

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David was the only one scheduled to work in his work center yesterday so unfortunately he was working, but I did get myself and the kids ready for church and off we went.

We stopped and took a few pictures before church because it was such a beautiful morning!

My lovelies!





We decided to take a silly one too! I love Little Man's face here because he doesn't really know what making a silly face means yet, but he still made one! Too cute!



Allison a.k.a Dee-deed (my sister) and the kids...Sweet!



Read the sign carefully! I totally agree with the message, but really? LOL!!!



Saturday morning it was rainy and overcast so instead of going to an egg hunt, we decided to dye our own!

The preparation:





All done! Sooo fun!





David and I usually wait to give the kids their Easter baskets after church because we want them to focus on the true meaning of Easter, but since David had to work and me and the kids were meeting my family for lunch right after church, we decided to go ahead and give them their baskets before church so that David could enjoy that time with them.





I didn't really do an Easter basket for Little Man because he's just too little for all of the candy, but he enjoyed playing with his new toy!

Look at those beautiful bright eyes!







At lunch:

My beautiful twin!



My brother Steven and sister in law, Molly.







Sweetest Mom!



After lunch, we all went over to my mom's house and hid Easter eggs for the kids to find. I think it took longer for us to hide the eggs then for them to find them. LOL! It was so fun!



Little Man's first Easter egg hunt.



Look what I found mommy!!






Aren't they just the cutest? *biting fist here* :) Of course, I'm totally biased!









By the way, "Spiderman" came to visit me just now. :)



I hope you are having a very blessed Monday!!

Season Opener

Just going to share a few pics from this past opening weekend of baseball. Fun, fun, fun was had by all!

David riding with Boogs during the parade.



I took a picture of Bud too but he was hiding behind the other players throwing candy so it didn't turn out very well. :(

Angel face.



Playing in the dirt.





Boogs running to first base. Okaaaay, so he's not exactly on the base line but hey, he's learning!



Isn't that just the sweetest face?




Little man and Mimi.



Bud in action....









Sweetest picture of the day!!

Update

Thank you to those who have prayed for my dear friends, Stephanie and Robert. They have set up a caring bridge website if you are interested in keeping up with Robert's dad's story. Please continue to pray for him and their family. Thank you!

Click here for the caringbridge site:http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/stevedavis1

Urgent Prayer Request

I ask you to please pray for my long time best friends Stephanie and Robert. Roberts dad was rushed to the hospital yesterday because he was unresponsive. Apparently he has been sick for the last few days and yesterday became unaware of who he was and everyone around him. He has been running fever and the doctors have run many tests and can't figure out what is going on. He is in the intensive care unit which means that family can only visit for about 30min at a time for 4 times a day. That makes it really hard. The dr's have told them that things don't look good. Robert's sisters and their families have come into town and are staying with Stephanie and Robert and their family. Stephanie is also pregnant and I know this stress isn't good for her and the baby. Please also keep the baby and Stephanie in your prayers that God will protect her and that sweet little innocent one.

Thank you in advance for your prayers!

Aaaand So It Begins....

Tomorrow is opening day for baseball. YAY!! Not only is Bud playing again this year, but Boogs is playing t-ball too. He is soo excited to be playing "bay~ball". We got their uniforms the other day and dang it...if I don't have the cutest baseball players...EVER! I am excited that it is finally here even though we will basically live at the ballpark for the next month or two.

Tomorrow is going to be busy! We have a parade at the butt crack of dawn....literally, and then we have Bud's pictures at the same time that Boogie's game starts and then Bud's game is an hour and a half later. There will also be booths set up all day. It should be loads of fun....PLUS the weather is going to be beautiful!! Now, if I could just shake this ickyness I have had the last few days. And NO, my lovelies ...I am not pregnant! LOL! :)

Here is a picture of Boogie's first baseball practice. He was so happy that he wanted to wear Bud's All Star shirt for his practice. SO cute!



Look how sweet my kids are! They picked me some beautiful itching, coughing, sneezing, tears up my sinuses weeds, flowers. Unfortunately I wasn't able to put them in water because all of the stems had been picked off. Sweetness from their hearts is what matters! :)



Little Man has started walking some so I bought him his first pair of digs. Out of the four of them, he is the earliest walker.



Scoping 'em out. He's not quite sure what to think about his new shoes.



I must get in the bed now. The butt crack of dawn is creeping up on me. Hope each of you has a wonderful weekend! :)

Random Things I've Learned

WOW, has it really been a month since my last post? It seems just like yesterday.


1. I am more in love with my hubby today, than I was when we got married.

2. Atm machines WILL suck your money back in if not taken out within a certain amount of time. Believe me, I know.

3. I am stronger than I thought.

4. I don't really like chips. BUT, I will eat reduced fat, original Pringles. They can't be the fat free ones......they have to specifically say reduced fat.

5. Being a mom of four is harder than I thought, but God graciously equips me to be the mom of these four blessings.

6. People will turn on you on a dime.

7. I have waaay more gray hairs than I would like to admit.

8. You sometimes can't trust the people you thought you could.

9. The carpool line at the kids school starts moving everyday at exactly 2:52pm.

10. I don't think outside of the box and often times need help doing so.

11. Good friends are sometimes sitting right beside you at the ball park.

12. My body is not and never will be the same as it was in high school because of the 4 watermelons blessings I pushed out. ;)

13. It's harder to be quiet sometimes rather then say what you want or need to say.

14. People only hear and believe what they want to.

15. Oxy Clean or Sun cleaner will get almost everything out of your clothes.

16. Growing old doesn't always mean that you are growing in maturity.

17. I'm am not a morning person like I was when I was younger. I used to jump out of bed and automatically be ready for the day. Now I beg for just one more minute of rest.

18. I prefer listening to music all day rather than watching tv. David on the other hand, could sit and watch the Discovery channel, Food Network, A&E and TruTv all day long. For some reason, he loves the shows that come on those channels. They drive me nuts. Really, the only tv I watch is the news.

19. I could eat Chic-fil-A everyday for a year....or I think I could.

20. You quickly learn that people don't care about someone else's emergency when you are the one riding in the back of an ambulance. (more on that later)

21. A friend really does stick closer than a brother. (Prov. 18:24)