so, i am finding i don't have much to write about.  we just had a really great weekend with my parents and my two nieces.  luke absolutely loves having people around all the time.  we had luke's birthday party on saturday and luke had an awesome day.  there is really nothing going on this week, but we are excited for more company this weekend.  my cousin katie and her boyfriend dan are coming...yea!!

my newest adventure begins wednesday night.  i am going back to teaching in our mpact girl's ministry (better known as missionettes).  i have taken a 3 year break i guess, since having luke and i am ready to get back in.  i have a love for teaching young girls and i hope that they can learn from me as they always teach me things along the way.

i am preparing for todd to leave to work in st. louis starting july 7.  it will be interesting having him gone all week, but we will survive.  he starts on his master's degree in august, so he will be busy then and life as we know it now will probably change.  this is a good move for us, especially for our future.  sometimes full time ministry is hard to find and by him being able to teach we are always ready to go where god wants us to go...part time or whatever.

my boy is three...i'm ready

i am having a hard time writing this morning.  i should have done this last night when all the excitement was going on.  sometimes after a fun weekend or special time i am in letdown mode on monday, or whatever day it happens to be.  we had so much fun celebrating luke's 3rd birthday yesterday and trying to keep father's day important too. (that didn't work out so well for todd, cause i didn't do such a great job with that)  we did have a great day with luke and as always todd was an amazing dad.  the day for us started out at church and luke was shown so much love for his special day.  we barely got in the door and he was being given birthday wishes and hugs and gifts.  a couple in our church brought him a cake with a tractor on it for his whole class.  (his new class, by the way i am glad to be done with nursery)  after church we went to bandana's for lunch and then stopped at toys'r us and picked up his bike.  he has been saying for months "i want a red bicycle and a blue bicycle"  in the end he picked out one bicycle that was green and blue.  we came home and while luke took a much needed nap i got dinner ready for company.  our friends paul and jalaine came over.  todd put the bike together (happy father's day again) and luke was so excited to ride it.  he finally got on and it was fun to watch him try to ride it.  the first time he went sailing down our cul-de-sac, he tried to turn too quick he wiped out and was impaled by the handlebars.  he was fine, but after that he had a healthy fear of his new wheels.  i think he is going to love it and by the time we came in he was gaining back his fearless tendencies!!  i love to watch him learn something new.  the day ended talking to most of his cousins on the phone and then crying because he wanted them to come to our house right now.  it is so hard to explain that he can't see them whenever he wants to because we live so far away from them, but i know we are where god wants us to be.  it just breaks my heart to see him cry and say "i want them to come to my house right now!"  or when he gets in trouble or upset and cries "grandma" "grandpa".  we love kansas city, but sometimes it is really hard to be away from family.  soooo...on a lighter note, by the time we went to bed he was asking about one of his new favorite people, a girl at our church, amber.  he said on the way upstairs "amber's my girlfriend"  i laughed and thought to myself we're in trouble...amber is 11!!  i can't believe how fast the last three years have gone and i try to enjoy every moment possible and not just wish he was past the current phase or season of his life.  because, as i have already seen many times over the three years as a parent, you go from one phase to another, some good and some trying.  this last year has definitely been trying but we are now ready for what i am going to call the thrilling threes;)  i hope they are even more fun than those you know what twos!! thanks for reading my rambles and next time won't be all about luke. happy birthday to my favorite boy in the world. i love being your mom.

here goes nothing...

so, this is all new to me and probably won't be very interesting to anyone else, but...i've wanted to journal for a long time with no desire to actually write, so when my cousin started his blog i thought what a great idea. (thanks tim!!)  i spend enough time on the computer, why not make good use of my time instead of just catching up on all my friends.  i will probably stay on myspace and facebook, but i have to admit i've lost interest in doing anything with it.  right now being a parent takes up about 98% of my time, so just know that is probably what i will write about mostly.  i have been encouraged to journal about my time with god and i hope to do that as well.  also like tim i am not very good at talking about the struggles i go through, so i hope for me this will be an outlet.  i also wish for it to be a way to keep those loved ones now far away up to date on luke...because i know most of the time...it's all about him.  i hope you enjoy.  i know i already am loving it:)