Fun at the Parents As Teacher Carnival

Tonight I took Emma to the Parents As Teacher Carnival. She had a great time, she enjoyed all the games and prizes and of course the candy! This is a time of the year we love Branson so many fun things for the kids to do. We have something planned every night until Halloween and all of them are free events! If you are viewing this through an email you may not be able to see the picture video playing below.

Emma's First Visit to the Dentist

Today Emma had her first visit to the dentist, my little girl is growing up. She let them look in her mouth, count all 20 of her teeth and show her all the dental tools. They said her teeth look great and they can tell she does a great job of brushing them. Which made me feel good, all those rushed mornings of making her brush her teeth and floss have paid off.

Since she was so good at the dentist daddy took her to pick out a toy. She picked out a salon chair for her baby dolls of course. It came complete with a blow dryer, straightener, clips, and so much more. Little girls can be so much fun!

Visit to the Pumpkin Patch

We had the opportunity to take a break from cleaning, unpacking and working to take Emma to the pumpkin patch with another family. It was such a blast. I am blessed with a wonderful family and friends!

Letting the Tears Fall

Today marks 9 months since mom passed away and it is still so fresh and seems so unreal, I still pick up the phone to call her and hear her voice. Purchasing a new house and turning 30 were not near as fun without her. But I love that I hear her voice in everything I do from decorating the house to raising Emma.
After moving to our new house I have spent some time going through different boxes and books that mom gave me over the years. In one book I found a card from mom that she gave me when I was in high school and had been having a rough time, "it said never be afraid to cry because that is how you show the world your heart." Inside the card was this story, I saw it on Facebook again today and felt like God was telling me to share it with others since it keeps coming up in my life. I think since mom has passed away I have had a harder time crying in front of others for fear I will lose it. Because no longer can I shed a few tears and move on....a few tears bring on more tears and before I know it the flood gates have opened. God is reminding me through this it is okay to stop and cry and let the world see my heart. So today, just for a few minutes I will sit and cry....and let the troubles of the world fall from my eyes with no regards to who might see.
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A little boy asked his mother, "Why are you crying?" "Because I'm a woman," she told him.

"I don't understand," he said. His Mom just hugged him and said, "And you never will."

Later the little boy asked his father, "Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?"

"All women cry for no reason," was all his dad could say.

The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why women cry.

Finally he put in a call to God. When God got on the phone, he asked, "God, why do women cry so easily?"

God said, "When I made the woman she had to be special.

I made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world, yet gentle enough to give comfort.

I gave her an inner strength to endure childbirth and the rejection that many times comes from her children.

I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else gives up, and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue without complaining.

I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances, even when her child has hurt her very badly.

I gave her strength to carry her husband through his faults and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart.

I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly.

And finally, I gave her a tear to shed. This is hers exclusively to use whenever it is needed."

"You see my son," said God, "the beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair.

The beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart - the place where love resides."

Author: Unknown