i'm here....

no people, i HAVEN'T fallen off the face of the planet.
seriously, i have a life outside of blogging! (not really)
thanks for being inquisitive as to why i haven't been 'gracing' you with all the tidbits of my life. give me a day or two and things will be back to 'normal'(i don't really even know the exact meaning of that word...it doesn't exist here, in my household).
oh how,i'm anticipating having my life back....

IN CHRIST ALONE....

please pause my playlist to hear this amazing song....




In Christ alone my hope is found;
He is my light, my strength, my song;
This cornerstone, this solid ground,
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm.
What heights of love, what depths of peace,
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease!
My comforter, my all in all—
Here in the love of Christ I stand.

In Christ alone, Who took on flesh,
Fullness of God in helpless babe!
This gift of love and righteousness,
Scorned by the ones He came to save.
Till on that cross as Jesus died,
The wrath of God was satisfied;
For ev'ry sin on Him was laid—
Here in the death of Christ I live.

There in the ground His body lay,
Light of the world by darkness slain;
Then bursting forth in glorious day,
Up from the grave He rose again!
And as He stands in victory,
Sin's curse has lost its grip on me;
For I am His and He is mine—
Bought with the precious blood of Christ.

No guilt in life, no fear in death—
This is the pow'r of Christ in me;
From life's first cry to final breath,
Jesus commands my destiny.
No pow'r of hell, no scheme of man,
Can ever pluck me from His hand;
Till He returns or calls me home—
Here in the pow'r of Christ I'll stand.

grandma genzink

a post from my sisters blog......


i found this quote handwritten in my grandma genzink's Bible in 2000:
oh, Lord, of the years that are left to me, i give them to your hand; take me, break me, mold me to the pattern that you've planned.

love this lor! i'm going to do a post on gram soon. she is an amazing, amazing lady. i'm off to bed so this will have to wait.....
night all.

That was then, This is now.....

i used to be single...now i'm so thankful i'm NOT!

i used to wear a bikini....never will again.

i used to worry about my wrinkles...now i call them smile lines.

i used to drive a red Honda prelude...now i drive a black Toyota sequoia.

i used to love taking pictures...still do.

i used to think parenting could NOT be THAT hard, now i realize that it's the toughest job on earth.

i used to say i would never drink coffee,now i can't go without.

i always wanted prince charming to come and sweep me away...he did!!

i used to hate it when my sister used to cross 'the line' on our double bed...now i wish we were old spinsters who got to spend every day together!

i used to listen to 'rock' music, now i hate it.

i used to hate weeding flower beds now it's on my top list of 'fun ways to spend a Saturday'.

i used to think i'd get used to my sister being so far away, now i realize that i never will.

i used to think that being married would be 'boring' now i realize it's the greatest adventure and i love being on it with this wonderful man.

i used to hate being so skinny and lanky...now i'd give my left arm to be skinny and lanky.

i used to think i would NEVER lick my fingers to clean my children's faces (gross), now i find myself doing it as we walk into church. (still gross)

i used to think my parents were SO stupid...now i wish i could have those years back to tell them how amazing they really are!!

i used to say i would never raise my voice to my children, now, i sometimes do.

i used to think i could never love my children any more than i did the day they were born, now i realize i love them more and more every day.

i used to think i had a clue how much God loves me, now i know i cannot possibly fathom how much He does.

i told my sister that she'd get hooked on blogging (she said NEVER) and now She's ADDICTED.:)