the back door

...or just someone in process! i wrote several weeks ago about my motherboard exploding or imploding or whatever it is a motherboard does when she decides to stop working:) well, God has continued to specifically speak to me about lots of things, and now i'm listening, obeying, and living freely. you see, friends, while i wasn't necessarily being naughty, i had allowed my life to get a little out of whack. summer was stressful with creating creator camp, creating journey junction, putting both creations into action, and trying to maintain some kind of order to my home. oh how i longed to sit in an open field like the picture above and just be. for me, that is drawing near to God and therefore restoring order. however, that wasn't happening at all. then the motherboard episode kind of knocked me to my knees. God was definitely trying to get my attention and attention he got. since then He very clearly spoke to me about boundaries. i work "part-time" yet, bec

one of my morning things is to have music on in the kitchen. i honestly don't know why because there is enough commotion but i guess it makes me feel better. princess has quite the passion for music - klove in particular. the other morning, a song came on that talked about having one life to live... here's the conversation that followed: princess: mom, there is something i don't understand with that song. me: what is that? p: why does it say we have one life if we have 2? one here on earth and one in heaven? me: well, we do have 2 lives, but we only have one chance to make a difference. p: huh? me: well, when we get to heaven it will be too late to tell others about Jesus. we only get the chance to do that with our life here on earth. p: so, only the people who know Jesus will live in heaven? me: yes, that is why it is so important to tell people about Jesus. p: (after a few moments of silence) i'm so glad my friends all love Jesus too!! with that she bo

several weeks ago now, princess turned 8! it is hard for me to believe my teeny baby girl is growing up, but she surely is. with our big move this winter we promised our kids real birthday parties. but we managed to take a vacation just before her birthday and start school right after. my dear princess requested cake balls for her birthday. strawberry cake with white chocolate coating. so that's what i did - i love me some cake balls! princess graciously shared her birthday with oscar this year so we ate pizza here and made the trek to dairy queen. oscar seemed very thankful! i did however, manage to find a way to plan a birthday party for princess. she is into american girl, in case you didn't know, so her request was for a party in honor of the doll of year, Laniey. Laniey is all about nature - tree hugger extraordinaire. so we invited her bestest friends and had a back to nature party. whiz boy prepared a nature scavenger hunt. each girl had her own bag and list. when eve