one night is not enough.....

just found this post....i have even more pictures and more to say about this but this will have to do for now.......

 

ONE week-end.

one week-end night is all we had free for the next 8 weeks.

the hub is going to start getting really busy at work and this mama needed some R&R.

(what mama doesn't??)  

thankfully, our bff's needed a night away too.

so...we went. 

the Westin, in downtown Bellevue is our VERY favorite place to stay.

it's right across from great shopping and superb restaurants.

it was just one night but it's amazing how much fun a person can humanly pack into 24 hours. 

we shopped, we laughed, we ate really good food (which dale REALLY liked), we ate greasy cheeseburgers and had NO guilt about it. and then we laughed some more.

we are so thankful to have friends that just 'get us'.

we love spending time with these two.

always great conversations.

never a shortage of topics.

thank you dale & kathy wubben....

out for a walk...a nice looonnnngggg walk.

i don't really know what we were laughing about but obviously, it was extremely funny.

we found a great little pub with really good, ice cold beer. even kath, who HATES beer drank one. (and liked it)

she's strange but i luv her.

i love you babe.

prayers for day's 16 & 17

Day 17..
Growth in Grace~
"i pray that they may 'grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,'"
2 Peter 3:18
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Day 16...
Salvation~
"Lord, let salvation spring up within my children, that they may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory,"
Isaiah 45:8 2 Timothy 2:10

it's the little things.....

this past week, i finally did something my dentist has been telling me to do for SEVENTEEN years.
SEVENTEEN years. eek.
i had my wisdom teeth pulled. yanked out from their comfy home.
and i'm happy to see them go.
i have agonized over this. stressed to the MAX about the pain and the whole unknown. i hate unknowns. (um. valentines day ring any bells??)
the morning of the surgery, i was a basket case.
and the chillin's knew it.
soooooo.....this went down. .......

after sending the boys off to wait for the bus, they all ran back in the house, had me sit on the couch, while they prayed for me (knowing i was nervous for my appointment this morning). if you look at my earlier post, you'll see our word/verse for the day was 'Prayerfulness'. wow.
please don't underestimate the power of prayer in your children's lives. they are watching....and God is working. just had to share!

thanks to wonderful drugs, prescribed by my doc of course, i have to say...it wasn't so bad.
i slept for almost 20 hours the first day.
spent the other 4 hours dreaming of going back to sleep. (i love me my sleep)
dear friends brought dinners. thanks kath, www.wubbenworld.blogspot.com and tami vw.
i so appreciate all of you who called and offered to do anything for me. friends are good. i have good friends. not to mention my mama who brought me, waited, took me home, picked up my rx's, feed me, tucked me in and just did every little thing that a good mama does. she's better than i deserve. thanks ma!

day's 7-15

Prayers for Day's 7-15.....................


Day 7...
A Servant Heart~
"God, please help my children develop servant hearts, that they may serve wholeheartedly, 'as to the Lord, and not to men,'"
(Ephesians 6:7,KJV)

Day 8...
Hope~
"May the God of Hope grant that my children may overflow with hopefulness by the power of the Holy Spirit,"
(Romans 15:13)

Day 9....
The Willingness and ability to work hard~
"Teach my children, Lord, to value work and to work hard at everything they do,"
(Colossians 3:23)

Day 10...
A Passion For God~
"Lord, please instill in my children a soul that 'follows hard after you,' a heart that clings passionately to you,"
Psalm 63:8

Day 11....
Obedience~
"I pray my children will know the adventurous life of obedience to God and learn 'the will of God from the heart,"
Eph. 6.6


Day 12....
Prayerfulness~
... "Grant, Lord, that my children's lives may be marked by prayerfulness, that they may learn to 'pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayer," (Ephesians 6:18)

Day 13...
Gratitude~
"Help my children to live lives that are always 'overflowing with thankfulness,' always giving thanks to God the Father for EVERYTHING, in the name of our Lord Jesus,'"
(Colossians 2:7, Ephesians 5:20)

Day 14...
A Heart for Missions~
"Lord, please help my children to devolop a heart for missions, a desire to see your glory declared among the nations, your marvelous deeds among all the peoples,"
Psalms 96:3


Day 15....
Joy~
"May my children be filled 'with the joy given by the Holy Spirit,"
1 Thessalonian 1:6