Happy Belated Fathers Day :-)

I know it's the day AFTER Fathers Day, but I wanted to share just a few of my feelings about two of the most important men that have impacted my life, and two great men that I praise God for, not just today, but everyday.

The first: My husband

We've been on quite a journey me and this man of mine. We've learned so much together and know that we are still learning and will continue learning as long as we live and breathe. I thank the Lord for allowing me to go on this journey with this wonderful man & father.
And in this process God has blessed us with three beautiful & wonderful babies.

I can't imagine life without him or our babies in it.   I'm so grateful I get to call him mine and so blessed to have this man as the father of our beautiful children!
Anyone that God has called to put up with me, love me and take care of me deserves a big reward in heaven! & I imagine his is pretty great ;-) .... This father's day he settled, and was very happy with, lots of homemade cards, hugs, and a day of golf  :-)  God, I love this man!

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The second: My Dad.

 
      

Who although is celebrating the greatest fathers day ever with both my grandpa & Heavenly Dad, he was in my heart more so this Fathers Day :-) It seems like the older I get, the greater the ache becomes to see him again. It was 23 yrs this past April. Time has healed the hurt of loss, but the scar is still very tender and from time to time the pain returns for a moment. I am, however, so blessed to have had the privilege to been given the time I was with such a wonderful man of God. In the 11 yrs I had with him he taught me so much. And to this day I carry every talk, lesson, advice, hug, laughter, and everything he poured into my life with me. I can sincerely say even though he wasn't here the last 23 yrs, a part of him always was, in my heart. His love. And that part remains with me. Still teaching me in the moments I need it, & still whispering those words of encouragement, love and wisdom when I need to hear them.

I am certain this longing in my heart won't go away or grow smaller. But I do carry the hope and joy that one day I will see him again. I will be able to join him in celebrating our Father together. I so look forward to that day.

123....Breathe....

So, yes, I know it's a been a while since my last post. A long while.

My life, as you know it, is already crazy as it is, but these last few months have truly been a roller coaster ride.

(Wow I know how this little girl feels!!)

So many things, it seems, bombarding me or my family one right after another. It's just now starting to feel like it has stopped long enough for me to take a breath. 

I have neglected so many of my friends, and family by being the worst at keeping in touch. But I promise it wasn't on purpose.

When you're a mom of three (16,6 & 9), have a house that you still have to keep up with, work full time, have your mom living with you, & have a full time ministry, & life decided to hail storm on you, the whole "You Time" thing is really hard to come by.

No, I'm not complaining, just explaining :-)

My life, no matter how loco, is still pretty blessed.

I have to give props to my hubby, who without him, I would have already been in the loony bin. He keeps me grounded when gravity wants to suck me under. And he talks me off the ledge when I'm ready to call it quits. 

I sure do thank my God above for giving me such an amazing baby daddy! :-)

And of course, the one and ONLY one that keeps me going day to day in this crazy thing called life, the one that holds me, calms me, covers me, listens to me and loves me furiously 24/7 and NEVER gets tired of me... My Father God. If not for Him and His word, I would be a hot mess!

I don't know what's been bombarding you lately. Or what roller coaster ride life may be taking you on at this moment, but hang on, hold on tight to the Father, because believe it or not He is holding you. Take a few moments every day to close your eyes tight, sit still and sit quiet and just listen. You will hear the sound of His heart beat where He's holding you close reminding you that you are not alone and don't have to be afraid. 

He loves you, passionately, intensely, furiously!

And remember to breathe ;-) 

Lovely Day!

Saturday my little man requested a "Fun Family Day". So of course we had to oblige.
Since my little guy likes planes, we took him to the airport where there's a cafe, and had a delicious lunch looking out on the airport as the planes came and went. Afterwards we took the kids out to the  picnic area so they could see the planes from there. It was so fun seeing my little guys face light up whenever the planes came in and took off. Of course now he went from wanting to be a fireman to a pilot. I told him he could totally do both!                                                                                                                                                              

 

                                                       








                                                     
                                                                                  
                                    And then, while the boys went shoe browsing...
                                    The girls were stylin in some hats ;-)

                                               Sooo Coool  ;-)                                                                  

                              Why who could it be?.......

So after plane watching, some fun at the park, getting some fake tattoos, frozen yogurt, and playing around at the store. 
We ended "Family Fun Day" with a great family movie and popcorn. 
I highly recommend "Family Fun Days"! :-) So glad my little man is a genius! ;-)

MAMA MIA!

Ok,since school started I have walked my 6 yr old son to class every morning. I mean, I know he's growing up and I did the whole "letting go" business by showing up the first day of kindergarten, so he can at least give me that much right???
.......WRONG!
See, last Friday his daddy took him to school, and my son asks his dad if he can please walk to class by himself. Of course his dad said yes and so come Monday he tells me this on our way to school and says he wants to continue to walk to class by himself! After a little hyperventilating and what I think may have been an anxiety attack I asked
"Are you sure??" hoping he would see my heart breaking and feel sorry for his momma and say "Of course you can walk me mommy" ....Nope, not a chance! "I'm REALLY sure I want to walk myself to class" were the words that he said that pierced this mommas heart.
So of course like a good mommy I drove through the circle drive instead of parking. Watched as the teacher opened the car door and greeted my little man with a "Good Morning" and watched as he carried his oversized Iron Man backpack and Cars lunch kit with him through the front doors. Of course me being the crazy mommy that I am. I drove around front and parked my truck and watched as my son came out the side doors and crossed the little outside walk and into the hall where his class is. And I have been doing that for the last week! Now don't you judge me!
Today, however, I couldn't park in front cause some other 10 cars decided to block me!
So, after another anxiety attack and a frantic phone call to my hubby who was in the middle a meeting but calmly talked me down, I was ok.
Yea I know, crazy mom. You know, I don't like the way that sounds so much, so how about in spanish La Mami Loca? Yea I like that better.It sounds like it could be a gangster name. ;-)
So there it is. Another morning in the life of La Mami Loca!

Good Day Sunshine

I must admit, today has been pretty good ;-)


I got to sleep in a little later than I normally do, because my oh so amazing husband took half a day, got up with the kids, got them dressed, fed and off to school. *deep breath* that's why I am in love with this man. Did I mention he's amazing...;-)
Had an appt. for a medical test I had to have done, and as fun as it was NOT, I passed with a good report, thank you Jesus! So I know now I'm not dying and I can stop going through the cemetery headstone catalogue. Yes, there are catalogues.  ;-)
And to make it even better, after dropping my sugar daddy off at work my 15 yr old took ME to a nice relaxing lunch at the airport cafe. 
We sat, ate, talked girl talk, laughed and then walked around outside. The weather was PERFECT, the company was PERFECT, & yes my Patty Melt was PERFECT! lol
And so, of course, here are a few pictures of me and Big girl. I still can't believe she's old enough to buy her momma a meal. Oh boy!

........Love this kid!

"Under my Umbrella, ella, ella"

"In every life a little rain must fall"  
Pshhh! Yea right, try a Tsunami or a hurricane!
Thats what this last week has felt like.
 It's been filled with family drama, personal drama, Church drama, Yo mama drama. You name it, there was drama!
I felt like every time I turned around someone was miserable and was determined to cause misery or was trying to bring me down with their negativity & discouragement.
And I don't know about you, but I can only smile & remind myself of the love Jesus only so long when I begin to wonder if WWJD-(what would Jesus do) is really slap some people down & tell them to stop all that drama long enough to let Him speak into their lives! 
By about yesterday I sware I felt like I was in a scene from one of those freaky movies where I was standing in the center of a tornado and everything(& everyone) was swirling all around me at once and all I wanted to do was disappear! (or make certain people disappear!) 
I know The Shirelles said, "mama said there'd be days like this" but I thought they meant those days would be a little more sporadic! 
I think, right now, I like LL Cool J's sentiments better- "Mama said Knock You Out!" ......

 I sware I'm not losing it. (cause you can't lose something that's already gone! lol J/K!)
Just been "one of those" weeks. 
I KNOW I'm not the only one, so here it is-
 As long as we keep trusting in the Lord and not in ourselves -We can do all things (& make it through all things) through Christ who strengthens us. 
Even in those moments when it's "just to much" we can hide in the shadow of his wings and rest until we find the strength to keep going.
& When all is said and done I'll be a stronger woman, mother, friend, daughter, & leader for not letting go or giving up and for clinging to, listening to & being obedient to Him.

And remember, when life brings the rain, just dance.

Warning: This could be hazardous to your health!

Yep, that’s right, I’m still here.

Let me catch you up a little bit on what I’ve been doing this whole time.

Let’s see, I can even describe it in one brief sentence……

Being a mom, wife, woman, daughter, sister, friend, worship leader, babysitter, among many other things.

I’ve been keeping busy, which is good, cause I don’t do bored very well.

For the past, uhm not quite sure how long I’ve had this blog, but for as long as I’ve had it and have tried to be consistent in writing in it (which has been a super fail), I’ve tried to figure out exactly what type of blog I wanted to keep.

I’ve read other blogs, and have sorda just been “trying this out” without really knowing what, I guess, my “theme” would be.

So here’s what I’ve come up with…..

I’m just going to stop trying so hard! I’m not going to THINK about it anymore. I’m just going to write.

I’m going to write about what I know and do best.

And that, friends, would be about all the sweet, crazy, and sometimes sarcastic goodness that is me. And all the sweet, crazy, ups & downs that is my life. 

I did decide that, in my case, this blog should come with a warning.

So here you go......

"WARNING!:

Read at your own risk! This blog may, at times, contain severe doses of sarcasm and ranting and raving. 

At other times it may contain some really deep, mushy, gushy type stuff. And on some occasions comedy, drama, and action, if not all three! 

This blog at any given moment can go from rated G to rated R!…OK OK, maybe not rated R… maybe rated PG-13.

The topics on this blog are not limited to any one theme and may go from raging hormones and irrational ranting about family and children to church life, God encounters and Brad Pitt. 

Side affects may include, and are not limited to, whip lash; dizziness; sudden outbursts of laughter, tears and possibly other bodily fluids, loss of breath from astonishment; and in some very rare cases chronic yawning from boredom which only occurs in those who have Lackohumor Disorder."

So there it is and there you have it. I promise to write at least once a week or more. 

I'm still working on my "Firsts" list, which is turning into an epic fail, but I'm trying!

Now I must leave you, because if I'm not mistaken, that was a shatter I just heard in the distance and the gasp and "Oooooo I'm telling!" from a 6 and 9 yr old. That's my cue! ;-)