wow...not keeping up like i used to but who has time for that?!   i've been staying busy volunteering at the boys school...not in their classes but helping out all the teachers as best as i can. they just have so much to do...the teachers, i mean......that i want to do anything i can to make their work day easier....i really actually do enjoy it...i was put on earth to do my best to make others' lives easier...whether they want my help or not. anyway this update is gonna be really short cause lizzard is here....(alyssa became lisser and i have now changed it to lizzard cause tater is too far from normal to say) and i am gonna go do something else on the computer

love you ALL

wow...school is back in..YYYEEEEAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!! i know most of you reading this are hating me cause i am so excited about it but trust me, when you have kids you will understand completely. nate is in 3rd grade and jake is in 1st. i really like nates teacher. her name is mrs grantham. she is new to callaway but she had taught in alabama for a kazillion years. jakes teacher is another story. she is a really nice person but this is her first year teaching, ever and i don't feel real comfortable about that. usually i am not that picky about their teachers but i prayed about it and i slept on it wed and thur nights and i still don't feel any better about it, so i went and requested a change this morning. i guess i will have to wait until next week to find out if he is gonna be able to move.

to all those in my youth group, and to all those not in there that happen to be reading this, i hope your first few days of school went well. i hope your teachers mesh well with you and you with them. i hope you get to know everyone in your class and that you just have an excellent year.

to sunbum1938....did you come to the prayer group and not feel welcome? if so i am so sorry. i don't think you did unless you are one of my youth using a different name and if that is the case then you need to come to me personally and we can talk about it face to face. . we have never tried to give the impression that the prayer group is exclusive but if you got that feeling or someone you know got that feeling, i apologize in behalf of all that were there. we meet every thursday. come see us next week.

well that is about all for now. i gotta go get ready to pick up my kids from school. hopefully my kitchen floor is dry. yeah i actually mopped it. i must be sick or something. but it has needed to be mopped for a long time. i just havent' done it cause i have two little boys who like to stay dirty all summer. of course i wouldn't have them any other way. i love them.

my quote for now.....Expect His blessings in proportion to our waiting on Him in prayer.

i shared that with the prayer group thursday and i thought there might be someone else out there who might get something out of it

well it has been an extremely long time since i updated. been too busy. first, let me tell you how extraordinary world changers was. not necessarily the crew that i was on but i will talk about that in a minute. first, the whole EBBC group was amazing, in attitude, behavior and spirit. people that didn't even know the kids were coming up and telling us grow'd ups how well behaved the EBBC youth were and how they were always smiling and just downright nice. the spiritual growth of them all was astounding. and it has been carried home too. they have started their own prayer group. God is working big time with them and i am just so proud of them. i love them all and i just know that God is gonna bless those who continue in His ways. we all grew so much closer as a group and i think besides growing closer to God, growing closer together as a group is the best thing that could have happened.

now about the crew i was on.....i was the only one from my church on that crew...they do that to the adults...only students get to be with one or two people from their own church....anyway, i was on a crew of middle schoolers.....and boy were they lazy.....really nice and well mannered kids....but some of them even admitted that there were only there because they wanted to go on a trip....Donna......she was the other adult lady on my crew....she was something else.....she was an amazing person....i love her to death and i really need to send her an email....anyway....she worked hard and was just an extreme bundle of pleasure to be around.....

on the whole, the whole week was a success. God is good, all the time. All the time, God is good.

by the way, i think i got this bite on my toe.....it is swollen, and it is hot to the touch and it is kinda red. i will let you know what happens with that.

love to all

hey all you people that love me enough to read about my boring life!!! just kidding. not boring, well at least not to me. i stay pretty busy. for now anyway. i have play practice everyday this week and wow do i need it. i have most of my lines memorized but there are a few that just kick my butt and i can't get them to save my life. hopefully by friday i will have 'em cause that is the first night of the play. i am getting more and more nervous every night. it should be really funny to the people who haven't seen it yet.

for those of you who don't know.....i have a new baby niece who is absolutely beautiful. she weighed in at 7 lbs and 7 oz but she sure is a shortie. (can you feel the love ali?) she was only 18 inches long. if my husband knew how to put the pics from my phone onto here i would put a pic of her on here for you all to see cause she is so darn pretty.

to all of you who love me, i love you back. to all my youths, you mean almost as much to me as my own kids (when they hit puberty, i am sure y'all will surpass them................................just kidding) and i would do anything for any of you....all you have to do is ask and i will do my best to serve you

TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT MY BROTHER.....JUST SKIP THIS PART...ITS ALL FOR HIM AND PROBABLY WON'T MEAN ANYTHING TO ANY OF Y'ALL (course if you REALLY want to i guess you could) 

to my brother...if you still love me enough to check my site out.....i love you and want you to know that you and your happiness means a lot to me. that little space in between who much the youth mean to me and the kids....guess who fills that.....you and deda......just because i say things that you don't like to hear (and yes i know sometimes i say the wrong things...i am only human and a nagging big sister after all) all that doesn't mean that i don't like you or want you to be happy again.....i want you to be able to have the fun you are having now and be happy all at the same time. i hope you don't think bad of me cause i don't talk long when i text you, its just that i don't want to bother you. love you lots and lots.

to john...... I LOVE YOU!!!!!!! more than youth, siblings, and my kids i love you (although we do have our days, don't we?!?!?!?!) i would write you a big paragraph but i think the first three words say it all

for any of you who didn't get tickets to the play friday or saturday night and you want to see it, we are gonna be doing it again on sunday night during the church service at church. you're welcome to come and see it, you just won't get nuthin' to eat sunday night