Scripture and a Snapshot

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. – Psalm 19:1 (NIV)

I shot this picture of Silver Lake last weekend. Seeing this picture reminds me of how great God is. Looking at his beautiful handiwork makes me wonder how anyone can deny him and what he has done.

Rebecca St. James said it so well in her song: Song of love
"The heavens declare You are God
And the mountains rejoice
The oceans cry Alleluia
As we worship You Lord
For this is our Song of Love"

Job fairy and God

Dear Job Fairy,

It's almost THAT time of year again...where teachers are getting their stuff ready, classrooms set up, name tags written, first day of school activities flowing though their heads. I wrote to you last year during this time, and you didn't come through. You gave me lots of sub jobs before and after Jake which was great, but now I really need a full time job.
This will be my 3rd year subbing...and although it's been GREAT, especially with our newest edition....I would LOVE to put that BIOLA education and the teaching board on pintrest to use. ;)

Dear God,

I hate that I worry and worry every year during this time, frantically checking my mail and sending out resumes to schools hoping it will be my time to be a "real" teacher.
I hate that I'm not more grateful for the sub jobs you have provided for me. I just really would like a job, but you know that. You know my heart.
Please help me to be patient, content, and grateful for whatever happens in August/September.
If I sub another year, over take my heart and give me peace that this is what I'm supposed to be doing.


Job fairy- I wish you were real. God- i know you are. I need you now.

Quicky...

This post will be quick because I am EXHAUSTED today ( not really sure why, maybe it was because I was SO itchy from all my mosquito bites, I decided to wake up at 5:30 when Joel left and just get ready! blah!)

I have a few pics to share from our trip to Silver Lake, but they will have to wait until next post.

Here is something to get ya by.

Quite the ladies man, eh? Oh yea. The shirt says it all :)

Camera Phone Shoot

Jake and I had a mini, front view of my iphone, photo shoot yesterday. The pictures are small, grainy, and unfocused...but oh so cute!!! I've got a stud muffin on my hands!! (isn't the one of him giving me a miss ADORABLE???)




I spotted 2 new teeth coming in on top!!! This means Jake has 4 teeth now!!! AHH. When the heck did he get so big?? And, hes attempting to crawl (sometimes). Speaking of this..let me share with you a convo I had with a lady (who had a 2 year old in her cart) while grocery shopping:

Lady: Hes so cute, how old is he??
Me: Thanks, 7 months.
Lady: Is this your first?
Me: Yes
Lady: Thats fun. Good luck, I wouldn't go back to when she was 7 months.
Me: Really why?
Lady: She is a HANDFUL.
Me: Really?? He (jake) is very chill.
Lady: Oh, thats good. Is he crawling yet?
Me: Nope
Lady: Ohhhhhh thats why its so easy for you! Just wait.
Me: blank stare.

Is it really that bad once that start crawling??? GAH

WW update:
Well, I went to weigh in for the first time yesterday...and I only lost 2!!! Now, I know its better than gaining 2...but I guess I was hoping for more! If I only lost 2 being home all week/weekend, then how I am going to do when I go on vacations the next 3 weekends :-/ I guess I can only do my best.

Scripture & a Snapshot

I found this idea from her, and thought it would be fun to do! You put a picture, a verse, then a little blub about it! Here we go!


Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. Ephesians 1:3

Jake has been the BIGGEST blessing in my life. I am so grateful God has blessed me and allowed me to be a mother to this precious little boy!

Just one more tablespoon...

I'm choking down my coffee this morning because of this:

1 tbsp of vanilla creamer= 1 point on ww+.

I need WAY more than 1...so I've been trying 2. 2 is just n o t enough..but I don't want to waste another point.

pathetic. ha! I'm praying hoping that after a while, it will start to taste better.

I really am liking the new weight watchers program and how its consuming my life (kinda). Every thing that goes into my mouth is followed by a "how-many-points-is that" thought going through my head. I kinda like it, it gives me something to do...something to keep track of.

My goal of working out ATLEAST 1x this past week has been successful. (Wahoo!) In fact, I hiked a 3.5ish trail, walked 5 miles..and even tried PILATES! (I bought a mat, too, which means I need to stick with it!)

I've even got the Hubs on board with me! These next couple of weeks are gonna be ROUGH because we've got so many vacations, but I'm going to try REALLLLLY hard to stick with it.

Gotta look good for The Voice auditions right? ha.

My first weigh in is on Monday. We'll see how it goes!
(it better go freaking amazing because I haven't cheated AT ALL!)

God only knows.

One of the blogs I followed posted about this family, who's son (at 7.5 months) got diagnosed with a brain tumor.

They decided to bring him home, to go to his home in heaven.

Tears are running down my face as I type. Jake is 7 months old.

I just couldn't imagine.

Prayers.

God only knows.

Faces...

only a mother could love? Come on, even with that face..ya GOTTA love him!

Lately, Jake has been making this...face. Its kinda like the one on the bottom right (above). Sometimes he adds a snort!! (Remember when he was a newborn and he snorted when he cried..yep its like that!)

I know you're all DYING to hear it...and yes, I got it on my flip!

Enjoy :)

mm..clean clothes!

I have been looking EVERYWHERE trying to find that "fresh off the clothesline, swaying in the country breeze" smell for my laundry. Ive tried almost all the different brands at target, even tried Melaleuca...but it didn't quite have what I wanted. I'm not sure WHY I never tried this one...but I'm sure glad I did! Look no further!
Mmm Tide with Febreeze- Spring and Renew hit the spot! It smells soo good!!

That's all. :) OH, in case your wondering.

I'm all signed up at Weight Watchers again...the ladies even REMEMBERED me (how embarrassing) from over 4 years ago! Day 2 is going good. Wahoo! :)

I'm doing it...again.

I saw this quote on pintrest...and it really hit me. Although it super simple, it meant a lot to me and, sadly, sums up a lot of things in my life:

Yesterday you said today.

As I let that sink in my head, I realized all the things that his quote applies to; running, spending more time with God, doing devotions, diets...I'm telling you the list could go on. I never wanted to be THAT person who is like this.

I decided to make some changes.

1. For the 1000th 5th time in my life, I'm starting weight watchers a g a i n. I'm pretty excited about it. I KNOW it works, ya just gotta stick to the program!!! I really want to get the baby weight off and be more healthy. I was going to wait until mid August to join, because that would be after all my vacations...but what the heck..I need to join now.
2. Spending more time with God. This is the most important..and I think that once I do this, it will help in other areas of my life too, including weight watchers!
3. Working out. Even if its just walking for 30 minutes. I'm going to try to be realistic in my goals (So not saying I'm going to run everyday, because we all know that will never happen...hey maybe someday!) So walking AT LEAST 1x a week (and I know i can do that, and probably more!)
   

So..how am I going to make this happen? I NEED accountability. I need someone who will kick my butt into gear when I fall off the wagon. I know not a lot of people read my blog, but I feel better about writing it out...so now my goals are written (or typed in this case) down for all to see.

So there ya have it.

Testing testing 123

I'm writing from my iphone, a new app I found! Let's see if it works....

Happy 7 Months Jake!!!!

Big boy in a cart for the first time!!!

Playing with his toys!
Sitting up all by himself!!

First time in the pool, relaxing! He LOVED it!!

In other news:

I was thinking of auditoning for American Idol this year...but decided not to (since I would have to be in San Diego right now registerting.) I'm kinda kicking myself for not just doing it. However, I think I"ll try out for The Voice. The auditions are at the end of August (which if I WERE to get a job, I probably wouldn't be able to go). I would have to chose 2 songs to sing Acapella . Hmm. We will see!!