Bieber Fever

Abigail and Ash couldn't wait to go see the new Justin Bieber movie.

And if I was telling the whole truth I'd mention that I was excited about going to see it too.

The girls talk like they are going to marry to him or at least be his girlfriend.  And Abigail keeps saying, "I just wish I could talk to him or meet him!" and Ash, she just says how much she loves him.

Bieber fever has hit!

So, over our 4 day weekend the girls, Michayla and Abigail's friend, sister and mom and I all went to see it.

Of course, before we could go we had to go find some *cute* JB shirts.

We LOVED the movie!  Really!  I laugh at how many times I actually teared up during it.  And the girls they are even more crazy about him now.

Ash is constantly making a heart with her hands when she talks about him, it's too cute.

And Abigail, she now wants to be a famous singer.

Help me pick a title

I couldn't decide, it was either going to be

2 year commitment

or

drumroll, please

or

the best birthday gift ever

or

brace face

or

metal mouth

Which one do you like best?

That's right folks, I got BRACES today!!!!

Here's my smile before

Here's my smile during 

and I can't wait to show you the after picture, but wow, that feels like forever away at this point.

Heart Attack

Since I could post about V-day 3 days after the fact, I figure I can post about one of my favorite v-day tradition/decoration now too.

I saw on a blog a couple years ago, (not sure which blog) about a mom who did a 'heart attack' on her kids bedroom doors each year for Valentine's day.

I loved the idea and started doing it with my family.

I cut out hearts,

we write a sweet valentine note to each member of the family,

and then I hang them above the fireplace.

It's like a little heart attack banner of love.

Sweet Love

The girls woke up to a little something from us on Valentine's Day.

I couldn't wait to give them their present, I'm actually surprised I didn't give it to them early. The girls each got a cute new hairbrush!  Up until now they've been sharing one, which they can't ever seem to find, which leads them to have to borrow J's ... and I'm sure you can guess, he isn't very fond of that.  Gone are those days, they now have 3 hairbrushes, that should be enough, right? Right.

(Sorry, I just had to give you a little history so you'd be just as excited about the new hairbrushes as we are. ;o))

Sweets were also waiting for them, a V-day shirt and a heart cup, all in a cute heart shaped basket.  The girls loved it all.

I woke up before J left for work and we exchanged cards.

And then I thought we were done.

I wasn't even really planning a nice meal or anything, just a typical dinner, whatever I could come up with, with what we already had.

But that afternoon when J got off work he called from Costco saying he'd pick up dinner.  How sweet.  A nice steak dinner, that he'd grill, perfect.

He walked in the door with flowers, and not just flowers for me but flowers for his 2 little valentines too.  You should have heard the squeals, the girls were thrilled.  They each got their own vase, their own flowers from their daddy, so sweet.

J continued, he had the girls help him set the table.  They found candles and sparkling juice.  We enjoy a nice candlelight dinner, just the four of us.  Ash said it was the best day ever.

We clean up, J goes up stairs to iron his clothes for the next day, the girls are playing in the cardboard house J built them over the weekend, and I go to the office to get online.  J comes in and says he has another surprise for me.  More?  He takes me to the kitchen and has me pick out some tea and then walks me to the couch.  On the couch is my blanket and e-reader.  He's downloaded a book for me and says I can sit and read until bed, he'll take care of the girls and put them to bed by himself tonight.  Ahh, how nice.  It was such a thoughtful, sweet gift. 

I love him, I tell the girls all time to find a husband like their daddy.  And the great thing is, J doesn't just treat me like a princess on Valentine's Day, he does sweet things for me and the girls all year.

I love you J. 

working in me

I've been {hopefully} better at listening to the Lord's prompting, since the whole eye opening experience I had when my car broke down.

And guess what I think he's prompting me to do...

tell about how I experience Him in my life.

He is real, He is alive, and He is working in me.

I've thought of this before, but haven't done it, at least not on the blog.

I've thought about how I want the girls to know me in a deeper way when they go back and read through my blog one day.

I think about how I love to hear how the Lord is working in other people's life and wouldn't it be great if today I had a book that my mom had kept, a journal of how the Lord worked in, healed, strengthened, and molded her.  It would be such a treasure.

I wrote out a post just this week on a question Abigail asked me and how surprised I was when at church on Sunday the pastor said part of my answer in his sermon, I thought wow, it's amazing to see the Lord working and orchestrating events and conversations in my life.  But still, in my hesitation I decided not to post it.

  Then this week I woke up and read a devotion that gets emailed to me from Internet Cafe.  The first few lines really spoke to me.  That's why I'm not posting it, I'm afraid.  I'm afraid I'll say the wrong thing, I'm afraid I wont be a good testimony.  But I shouldn't be, the Lord wants me to be open, the Lord wants me talk about him, the Lord wants me to share how he is working in me and making himself known to me.

So, I'm going to.

As I'm typing this post, the girls just came in and are listening to music, singing and dancing.  Abigail said, "let's listen to my favorite song, Great God."

 The lines in the song are speaking to me, how perfect that they came in right now to sing this song!

We wont stop till the whole world knows, you're a great God, great God

All the earth will see that you're a great God!

This is what I'm talking about!  It's even in these little moments I see Him working.

A little LOVE

I packed a little extra LOVE into Abigail's lunch today.

I know, she'll know, just how much I love her by the treat I packed,

since food speaks to her heart loud and clear.

I *pink.puffy.heart.marshmallow* you!

Super Bowl 2011

 This weekend we (okay the girls) played in (what I've decided should be a yearly thing) the first annual 'neighbor super bowl'.

 

It was fun being a spectator for this game.

Right Now

Do you want to know what we're doing right now?

Ash is howling.

Yep, I said howling.  She's watching Alpha and Omega for the second time tonight.

Yes again, I know, that equals a lot of TV time for one evening.

Abigail is watching with her, but it's only her first time seeing it.

She's was at the boys's house for dinner when Ash and I first started the movie.

Jake is passed out sleeping.  He's usually always sleeping by this time but tonight he has good reason.  He enjoyed a walk with us to the school to play and then got some play time with Ruby.  It's funny to watch those dogs play together.  I've never seen Jake play with any other dog the way he does with her.

Jason, he's at work and works all weekend.  So, it'll be a low key weekend for the girls and I.  That will be good.

Me, I'm surfing blogland and playing with my new V-day (early) gift.  We're going to get rid of our home phone soon.  We keep laughing at how hard of a decision/change this is for us.  I'm going to have to get better about knowing where my cell phone is and having it on me all the time.

What's everyone else doing right now?