Final Exam for this semester

My final exam for this semester is in the morning at about 10ish/1030ish. Pray that I do well. I am exhausted and sick. I am having MAJOR test anxiety-- don't know what that is about! Well, actually, I do. I am ready to be finished with school. I am ready to have my life back. I am ready to spend lots and lots of time with my kids. I am ready to not rush anybody into anything. I am ready to have some patience. I am ready for time to not matter as much. I want my family back. I miss them. I broke down and cried tonight. I can't study. I haven't been able to study for this finaly because of guilt. Guilt about NOT spending enough time with my kids. Guilt about being a sorry mommy that works all the time. Guilt about being guilty. God, I know this is what you want me to do. PLEASE, give me the strength and the wisdom to get through. . .

Kate has a new love

Today I got a call that there were some kittens found in a dumpster and one was calico. I said I would only have a calico cat (this was what my first pet was). So, we went to look at them. The calico looked good, but Kate IMMEDIATELY fell in love with what I think (hope) is the runt of the litter. There were six kittens total and the one that Kate fell in love with (her name is now Strawberry Shortcake) is about half the size of the others. She plays and eats and has peed, but I am worried she might be sick. She really likes to sleep and she is so much smaller than the others. Will is going to take them both to the vet in the morning. Hopefully, whatever she has is treatable, because Kate is in love with her. She informed me that her kitten was the best kitten in the whole world.

Oh, and her name. Originally, Kate named her Ella, but after we arrived home she changed it. She said she didn't look like an Ella, she looked like a Strawberry Shortcake. We couldn't get anything shorter out of her. . . I'll let you know what the vet says about her health.

Since I worked on Easter, I didn't get to see the girls in these dresses on Easter

Easter baskets came a day early at our house

Since I had to work Easter, the girls received Easter baskets a day early. Seeing that Easter is not about the presents anyway, this was NOT a hard decision to make.

The Christian's come to visit!

Tina, Gino, Corbin, and Caroline Christian came for a visit over Easter. They were mostly here to see their family, but we were able to spend a little time with them also. Corbin and Kate have been playing together since they were about 6 months old (until Tina moved to Utah). It is amazing how much they have grown! It is also amazing how much they LOVE each other. They wanted to ALWAYS be right next to each other, the whole time they were here! It's so sweet. Caroline and Cali did fine playing together. Cali was mostly just "watching" as these two "strangers" played with her things.

I miss you already, T!

I really do

I really do have pictures to post from our visit with The Christians and from Easter. It will be later this weekend before I can post them though. If you are reading this, I would really like a quick prayer for my test on Friday morning. . . that would be great! I'll post back soon!

The THIRD day

I wonder what the disciples were thinking many, many years ago when Jesus had been crucified the day before? I wonder what they thought as they spent their Sabbath day without Him? Do you think they felt deceived? Do you think they were totally and utterly confused about the whole situation? Do you think they just wanted to move on with their lives and put the past behind them? Unfortunately, I think that is how most people will view tomorrow, Easter. It’s just another day. But it is NOT just another day! Our future did not end at Christmas, when we celebrate Jesus’ birth. Our future did not end at all. It exists because Jesus Christ is real. He was born. He fulfilled prophesy. He died. He overcame death and rose again on the third day. I’m not here to convince anyone. I am here to discuss the facts, to share what I know to be true. Maybe someone will be intrigued by the facts, pick up their bible, and discover for themselves who Jesus is. I don’t have all the answers, but He does.

The angels spoke to Mary and Mary Magdelane. The angels reminded them how quickly they had forgotten. They said, “He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again’” (Luke 24:6-7).

Tomorrow, we celebrate that day. The third day. Don’t forget.