day 4 & 5

day 4 nad 5 were fairly mellow, cheyenne had school so that meant early mornings *ugh* i had already realized with going to school in the fall that i cant have kids anytime soon (plus the no husband thing doesnt help that out either :P ahahahah) but now, i dont want kids anytime soon!! man, i have been going to bed by 10pm at the LATEST so i get enough sleep to be able to get up by 7am and function, well somewhat function thru the day...last night i actually put my book down and fell asleep at 930pmO i can not remember the last time i went to bed that early!!!

lukas and i have spent the days just chillen, watching movies, playing, going to the beach and crab hunting, and then last night after dinner we made a roadtrip to Duncan to hit up walmart and get some groceries...we hung out in the toy dept for awhile and then grabbed the groceries and headed home!!

im super stoked that it has been soooo freakin sunny!!! its been fantastic! sooooo stoked for summer!!

day 3

ROAD TRIP!!!
the kids and i chilled at home for the morning, talked to my sis on the phone, watched open season, made lunch then we headed to Nanaimo and met up with Jon, played at the park at the harbour for hours!! most of it, on this one circle chair thingy you sat in and spun, it was tons of fun, Lukas the 3 year old was getting so dizzy but didnt want to stop it was nuts!!!! and then we got some healthy *cough* *cough* dinner at mcdonalds!!! yay for mcdonalds!! NOT! hhahaha, i dont know about you but i always always always feel like crap after eating there...ekk! but i still seem to do it occassional! then got home gave the kids baths, watched spongebob squarepants, cleaned up the kitchen and put them to bed *sigh* bedtime is a glorious thing by the end of the day! i have been going to bed myself at like 10pm!! its been nuts (i ususally go to bed no earlier than 11...usually somewhere btwn 11-1am so 10 is early!) but having kids sure wipes ya out!! well im off to watch some tv, maybe read my book...and best of all catch some Zzzzzz's!
night!

day 2

so this was my first full day,went fairly smoothly...have a few more lessons learned :P

lesson 3: wear warmer clothes to the park
>>> i stayed warm while running around with the kids but then some other kids came and i was left sitting on the bench, and it got very cold fast!
lesson 4: no need for workouts
>>> crofton is sooo full of hills that i literally walked uphill both ways!! while pulling a wagon!

playing "mommy" pt.1

Day One!

so today is my first day in Crofton (past nanaimo btwn ladysmith and duncan) im here taking care of my niece Cheyenne (7) and my nephew Lukas (3) my sis, bro in law and mom went to the mayan rivera for a week and will be back next sunday...so until then, im mommy!!! hahaha.

i didnt get here till about 1pm today so it was really only a half day, but a half day filled with fun times and lessons learned!!

lesson one: i think im here to be "mommy" really im here to be the pack horse
>>> the kids and i went to the beach, Cheyenne road her bike and Lukas his scooter, which meant when it was time to go home, i was left to carry a scooter and push a bike all the way home!!
lesson two: dont wear a white skirt to the beach
>>> i had no trouble keeping it clean, but a certain little boy needed help off a rock, shoe made contact with my skirt, white skirt now very dirty!!

so those are the lessons learned so far...and im sure there will be MANY more!!! the kids go to bed about 7pm so that gives me quite a bit of free time, this will be weird for me to have so much free time, which also means more time to blog!!! keep checkin back to keep up with my adventures!!

growing----goodbye

i tried to do things your way

to conform to your ways

but ended up more hurt

as much as this sucks

your ways are not my ways

His ways, are my ways

and i need to remember that

this is gonna be harder than i thought

im not sure if im strong enough to be your friend

i dont think our paths can flow side by side

i find myself getting pulled to your path, like gravity

and i cant resist, and so im afraid i need to avoid your path

for now, maybe one day i will be strong enough

but for now, this is goodbye.

growing

i feel like i've outgrown you,

that you have outgrown me

no, its more like we have grown,

in different directions

our friendship that was once so simple, so easy, and had us so close

is now nothing

your still my friend, but at the same time, not in the way you used to be

i used to tell you everything, being around you was easy

now, i feel like i dont know how to tell you anything, and being around you takes effort

your going down one path,

me down another

and they dont seem to cross,

im not even sure how well they flow side by side

oh well, such is life

you were a great friend, and will always be my friend,

just never in the same way again.

thursdays

i have a new fav day of the week....THURSDAYS!!! ahhh man, its soo amazing to see the power of God and His moving in the youth in Campbell River!! Last Thursday we didn't have any salvations, but we did sing a song for the first time!! HAPPY DAY!!! it was tons of fun, ryan rocked out on the guitar and singing and those that knew the words sang along and everyone, i mean everyone did the actions!! their responses have been so encouraging!! seriously, nothing is more exciting then seeing these youth saved and all hyped up for Jesus!! WORLD, WATCH OUT CAMPBELL RIVER IS COMING FOR YAH!!!! :D :D :D
words cannot describe how i feel right now, im just so pumped for what God is doing and gonna do, nothing is more exciting then seeing youth (well ppl in general!) come to know Jesus personally, to accept Him as Lord and Savior and take that message to others and live out the life He has for them!! ahhhh sooo excited!
oh, and happy easter :D :D :D
because really, none of this would be possible without today....Thank you for the Cross Lord!

join in the celebration....again!!!

haha, so i was right!!! another youth got saved this week at Campbell River Thrive!!! yay Jesus!