Well after a great weekend I am proud to report that we made it through another son’s birthday party! Couldn't believe all the kids and was so thankful to have the family and friends around for support and more importantly the help!Andrew turned 7 and we threw him a Halloween Party. Most everyone came dressed in costume, even the grandparents! I will post a few photos shortly! The evening was fun but seriously what was I thinking with all those kids!!!We had Ninja, Army Guy, Star wars Clone Troopers, Superman, a Boy Scout, Pirates, Kittens, and Skeletons, a Princess, a Nun, a Cook, A Clown, A Court Jester, A Witch, Vampire and even a Bowling league! My favorites were Andrew as Mario and William as Luigi -BROTHERS!We bobbed for apples, played the bozo game, pencil drop, ate cupcakes; mummy dogs; brain shaped jell-o and more! Wow what a party. If anyone has a party they are planning I certainly would love to help! However keep in mind I don't know when to quit!School is going well for both of the kids! I went to school on Friday to join William for a special classroom lunch. He really likes his teacher and all the fun activities that do. He brings home so many art projects that our house just gets more cheerful with every new drawing/craft. I hope to make it to school in the next week for a special lunch with Andrew and his class. Andrew is so excited about reading. He brings home a book every night for us to read together. His teacher send home spelling lists on Mondays for the test on Friday's so far Andrew has only missed one word each week (11 out 12). Jay and I started a new session of Marriage Ministry at Church. It is just a great way for us to get involved supporting others! Its 10-15 couples who come for an evening of fellowship, dinner, topics to discuss with your spouse (like: communications, love language, parents/in-laws, and sex - just to name a few). It runs for 7 weeks on Sunday evenings. It is bible based and truly some great tools are offered to make marriage have an even more solid foundation. For Jay and I who took the course 2 years ago we have continued to gain from the evening. Jay is in the kitchen helping with dishes (they call him “Suds Master”) and I am one of the servers (tending to the plating of the meals, serving and clean up).I guess the other bit of new lately is that we still have our home for sale. When the market fell this spring and the housing market out here in New Market became so overwhelmed with Foreclosures and Fraudulent mortgages ( at least in New Market) we thought we would give the market a try with our home. We are upside down with it anyway and pray that God will lead us into a better spot with a home and place us to rest our feet. Besides it’s just a house! As long as we are able to stay a family - that is what is most important – Everything else is just stuff! On Saturday before the Birthday party I attended a beautiful Woman’s Breakfast with New Day Church. I had the pleasure of listening to a woman speak about how the struggles of life tried to get in the way of her joy and have to say how amazing the talk has made me feel and how much brighter my vision is! It taught me so much about what I long for in my life and how I can get there with faith. Trusting yourself and believing in God to guide your path as we get there… a quote was shared and I have now copied this quote off and placed this quote in many rooms on my house. So as I log off today I leave it with you: “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it” ~ Charles Swindoll
