Monday, February 28, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
I Love Our Church
Today i walked into church, surprisingly on time. That never happens. There seemed to be a lot more people there today, which i thought to myself was so great. We recently have been blessed with a new Pastor, who is fantastic! About 10 minutes into church we take some time to say hi to people around us. When that time came today i turned around and found so many of our friends were there. It felt so nice to be the next generation of people raising our babies together in this beautiful church.
A little side note, our church, probably for the past 5 years has had a huge lack of younger people. It's hard to compete when you have massive churches opening all around our area.
So to see so many of our friends all here at the same time as us felt so fantastic. It gives you that happy giddy feeling. I love the church we go to, i grew up in this church, was confirmed, graduated, got married, My hubby is a Deacon and we Baptized both our daughters there. It means a lot to me that it does well and pulls people of all ages in.
Not a very exciting post, but it's what made me happy today!
A little side note, our church, probably for the past 5 years has had a huge lack of younger people. It's hard to compete when you have massive churches opening all around our area.
So to see so many of our friends all here at the same time as us felt so fantastic. It gives you that happy giddy feeling. I love the church we go to, i grew up in this church, was confirmed, graduated, got married, My hubby is a Deacon and we Baptized both our daughters there. It means a lot to me that it does well and pulls people of all ages in.
Not a very exciting post, but it's what made me happy today!
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Things I Have Learned In The Past Year...
Happiness is the key to everything
Alway make date nights, they are so important. Just you and your man!
God has complete control, stop trying to control everything in your life:)
Breastfeeding is so amazing!
Your mind is a powerful thing
Nothing feels better then being your own person, having you own ideas and everyone loving you just the same for it:)
Friends change, you don't need to be mad at them it's just a fact of life.
I need my bible studies (Beth Moore) to keep me grounded
Just because i am a mom doesn't mean i can't be stylish
ALWAYS make time for yourself, all by yourself
ORGANIC
I will never be perfect, and i am finally ok with that
I miss Isabel and wants her to move back to Chicago!
Running my first half marathon is a wonderful mental break:)
To love my puppies just as much as before my babies, they have feelings too!
I want 3 more babies and i want them before 35 (this goes back to #2, if i could choose i would have 5. What God has in store for me is completely unknown)
Great friends are hard to find, i feel lucky to have a met a few lovely ladies and rediscover old friendships this year that have changed my out look on everything.
Parenthood, it the BEST show on TV. Laugh so hard every week!
Age means nothing.
Times moves very fast, i now have a 26 month old and a 8 month old, i have known my husband for 12 years and been married for 4! Didn't i just get engaged:)
Giving birth naturally is the best way for me! Would never look back. It's so empowering!
I want to travel everywhere, i want to see all the beauty of this amazing world and i want my babies to see it too!
Your neighbor does not have it better then you, everyone is fighting some sort of battle
It's important to always be a good friend
Finding the positive in everything is so much better then the negative.
Money will not make you happy
Real forgiveness feels so good
Gossip is very dangerous
Having a budget, surprisingly is so freeing!
My family is the most important thing in my life
A job is never real security, you have to be secure in yourself, your marriage and you family to have real security
Nothing taste as good as being thin
God always provides, ALWAYS
Giving birth is the most amazing thing I have ever done, I LOVE labor and delivery!
Finally, even though i don't always feel like Super Mom, I AM!
Alway make date nights, they are so important. Just you and your man!
God has complete control, stop trying to control everything in your life:)
Breastfeeding is so amazing!
Your mind is a powerful thing
Nothing feels better then being your own person, having you own ideas and everyone loving you just the same for it:)
Friends change, you don't need to be mad at them it's just a fact of life.
I need my bible studies (Beth Moore) to keep me grounded
Just because i am a mom doesn't mean i can't be stylish
ALWAYS make time for yourself, all by yourself
ORGANIC
I will never be perfect, and i am finally ok with that
I miss Isabel and wants her to move back to Chicago!
Running my first half marathon is a wonderful mental break:)
To love my puppies just as much as before my babies, they have feelings too!
I want 3 more babies and i want them before 35 (this goes back to #2, if i could choose i would have 5. What God has in store for me is completely unknown)
Great friends are hard to find, i feel lucky to have a met a few lovely ladies and rediscover old friendships this year that have changed my out look on everything.
Parenthood, it the BEST show on TV. Laugh so hard every week!
Age means nothing.
Times moves very fast, i now have a 26 month old and a 8 month old, i have known my husband for 12 years and been married for 4! Didn't i just get engaged:)
Giving birth naturally is the best way for me! Would never look back. It's so empowering!
I want to travel everywhere, i want to see all the beauty of this amazing world and i want my babies to see it too!
Your neighbor does not have it better then you, everyone is fighting some sort of battle
It's important to always be a good friend
Finding the positive in everything is so much better then the negative.
Money will not make you happy
Real forgiveness feels so good
Gossip is very dangerous
Having a budget, surprisingly is so freeing!
My family is the most important thing in my life
A job is never real security, you have to be secure in yourself, your marriage and you family to have real security
Nothing taste as good as being thin
God always provides, ALWAYS
Giving birth is the most amazing thing I have ever done, I LOVE labor and delivery!
Finally, even though i don't always feel like Super Mom, I AM!
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
What I'm Loving Wednesday....
I Won Two Things This Week....
First off i want to thank Heather over at Live.Love.Laugh (one of my daily reads & prayers) for choosing my caption to the picture of her ADORABLE little lover, Brayden!
Marie over at Button Blossoms for nominating me for the
This is my very first award! I absolutely love blogging and all the wonderful friends i have made doing it!
There are rules that go along with receiving the award.
1. Thank and link back to the person who awarded you this award.
2. Share 7 things about yourself.
3. Award 15 recently discovered great bloggers.
4. Contact these bloggers and tell them about the award!
7 things about myself, hmmm
- I am a sucker for romance
- God has blessed us with two baby girls
- I LOVE blogging & meeting new people
- I'm a runner
- I am married to a wonderful Man who i have known for almost 12 years now!
- I love being out doors
- I love to craft
The blogs i have nominated are:
Appreciate Each Day
Strong.Happy.Mom
Ashley Gierke
Two Sister Two Suppers
A Day In The Life, The Thompsons
A Pretty Cool Life
Steve, Monica & Ashley
5th Belle Avenue
Ben and Katie
Tickled Pink
I Will Never Fail You Or Forsake You
Better Bitty Bite
The Chronicles of Nernia
Quinnterruption
Some Catchy Thing
Sassy Sawyer Adbentures
Series of Steps
Kara's Kolumn
I LOVE all of these blogs. There were a few more that i adore, but they were already nominated! Yeah to all my wonderful blog friends! Love you girls!
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There are rules that go along with receiving the award.
1. Thank and link back to the person who awarded you this award.
2. Share 7 things about yourself.
3. Award 15 recently discovered great bloggers.
4. Contact these bloggers and tell them about the award!
7 things about myself, hmmm
- I am a sucker for romance
- God has blessed us with two baby girls
- I LOVE blogging & meeting new people
- I'm a runner
- I am married to a wonderful Man who i have known for almost 12 years now!
- I love being out doors
- I love to craft
The blogs i have nominated are:
Appreciate Each Day
Strong.Happy.Mom
Ashley Gierke
Two Sister Two Suppers
A Day In The Life, The Thompsons
A Pretty Cool Life
Steve, Monica & Ashley
5th Belle Avenue
Ben and Katie
Tickled Pink
I Will Never Fail You Or Forsake You
Better Bitty Bite
The Chronicles of Nernia
Quinnterruption
Some Catchy Thing
Sassy Sawyer Adbentures
Series of Steps
Kara's Kolumn
I LOVE all of these blogs. There were a few more that i adore, but they were already nominated! Yeah to all my wonderful blog friends! Love you girls!
Monday, February 21, 2011
He was meant just for me...
One of my good friends is in the hospital and was diagnosed with MS today. I have been friends with her since sophomore year in college. She just delivered a beautiful baby boy 6 weeks ago and is now faced with this new hurdle in the road. She is strong, smart and wonderful and she will deal with this crazy new issue just beautifully.
She said to me when we were talking today that her husband is so amazing and was made just for her! Who else would deal with everything that Melissa is? I started laughing. She is one of the funniest people i know. I know that Brad doesn't deal with her, but loves everything that she is. When you take those vows, for better or for worse, (shockingly there are still a few of us left who actually believe in them) you have to know that while there is a lot of "better" there will also be a few "worse" and sometimes those "worse" moments seem to outweigh the "better"ones.
It got me thinking of how i feel the exact same way about B. We have had our ups and downs and i sometimes think the very same thing Melissa thought. How in the world does B put up with me sometimes. I mean lets not get to out of hand, he is handful at times too, but who isn't. I feel like we are puzzle pieces and we fit together just perfectly. Our whole beings were meant to melt into each other.
Anything that is weak inside me is strong inside B and vise versa. When B may be weak in something he is normally strong in i instinctively become strong. It's amazing to think that God made B just for me and me just for him. It's amazing to me how God let us become best friends before we became lovers. It's amazing how he knew all about our lives and the minute we would meet for the first time before we had any idea. It's crazy to think that we defiantly crossed paths in high school (while he was probably chasing after another girl and i another guy) and didn't even know that our soles were meant for each other. Ok i am going off on a tangent now. Back to the point. It's wonderful to think that during out "worse" moments in our lives we have men here to keep us together, to be our crutch and to be our biggest cheerleaders.
Melissa and Brad are such an amazing couple and so adorable together. Better then that you can tell the love they feel for one another. Brad is so caring and so reassuring for Melissa whenever she is doubting anything and Melissa will laugh at whatever Brad says. This is defiantly an interruption in their lives, but i know they are both strong and will get through this with flying colors. Melissa, Brad was meant just for you and you for him. I love you guys!
Please pray for them both:)
She said to me when we were talking today that her husband is so amazing and was made just for her! Who else would deal with everything that Melissa is? I started laughing. She is one of the funniest people i know. I know that Brad doesn't deal with her, but loves everything that she is. When you take those vows, for better or for worse, (shockingly there are still a few of us left who actually believe in them) you have to know that while there is a lot of "better" there will also be a few "worse" and sometimes those "worse" moments seem to outweigh the "better"ones.
It got me thinking of how i feel the exact same way about B. We have had our ups and downs and i sometimes think the very same thing Melissa thought. How in the world does B put up with me sometimes. I mean lets not get to out of hand, he is handful at times too, but who isn't. I feel like we are puzzle pieces and we fit together just perfectly. Our whole beings were meant to melt into each other.
Anything that is weak inside me is strong inside B and vise versa. When B may be weak in something he is normally strong in i instinctively become strong. It's amazing to think that God made B just for me and me just for him. It's amazing to me how God let us become best friends before we became lovers. It's amazing how he knew all about our lives and the minute we would meet for the first time before we had any idea. It's crazy to think that we defiantly crossed paths in high school (while he was probably chasing after another girl and i another guy) and didn't even know that our soles were meant for each other. Ok i am going off on a tangent now. Back to the point. It's wonderful to think that during out "worse" moments in our lives we have men here to keep us together, to be our crutch and to be our biggest cheerleaders.
Melissa and Brad are such an amazing couple and so adorable together. Better then that you can tell the love they feel for one another. Brad is so caring and so reassuring for Melissa whenever she is doubting anything and Melissa will laugh at whatever Brad says. This is defiantly an interruption in their lives, but i know they are both strong and will get through this with flying colors. Melissa, Brad was meant just for you and you for him. I love you guys!
Please pray for them both:)
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Ask and you shall receive....
So i asked myself what does God want me to do? Whats my place in this world at this exact time? We have some older women in our study who are so smart and so amazing to listen to. One of them told me that she still struggles with this issue. Her advice was to obviously pray about it and listen to what God is saying to you. So thats what i did....
Here is what i got, Katie, all you need to do in this time in your life is be a Mom & Wife. Raise the most amazing little girls you can. God gave me two little girls very close together for a reason. Pay 100% attention to them and soak up every single minute of them, because they will grow up very fast. I mean baby W is already 7.5 months old.
Your masters will be there for you to get in a few years and so will jobs. I am finally ok with all of this. I feel like the most important job i have right now is to raise my little girls, once we are done having all our kids (God willing 4) all those "other" things will still be there waiting for me. On the other hand my babies won't be frozen in time and need to be nurtured, loved and given a lot of attention to right now.
This new revelation has given me the space to breath again! Its a new fresh outlook on life and what my purpose is at this exact moment. I am still going to run the Soldier Field 10 miler this May and have little delights for myself, but that wanting to be everything to everyone is simmering on the back burner. Its all about my family at this point. Couldn't have asked for better direction from God! He really does answer if you ask!
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