tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90966096471723364992024-02-21T07:47:50.165-08:00it's all worshipemilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00550844911041348547noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096609647172336499.post-4663171291268070062011-01-03T10:00:00.000-08:002011-01-03T10:06:15.708-08:00Year in Pictures, 2010<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">There is so much to say about 2010!! </span></b></span>I've missed some significant events over the past couple of months, so I thought instead of trying to catch up, that I'd just do a little year in photos. :)</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It's amazing how blessed our family is.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><i> I'm blown AWAY. :)</i></span></div><div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">January - After weeks of being snowed in, we retreated to Coco Keys for a sanity break. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Annabelle got to take swimming lessons with her bestie. She still asks if she can go again. :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kurt surprised me with a dozen roses for Valentine's Day.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">February - Celebrated Bestie's birthday.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">February - Kurt's first surprise party! Celebrating his 30th :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">March - Braved a vacation to Disney World. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">March - Celebrated Alex's 9th Birthday</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">May - Last Day of School!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">May - Dear friend's wedding in TN. So grateful to have been there!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">June - Hillsong Concert with the Worship Team. SO GREAT.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">June - The kids went to the Renaissance Fair.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">July - Crazy Summer Fun :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Started Summer Classes at Regent University</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4th of July!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Summer - New relationships with special friends. :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">July - Howland Family Reunion</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">July - Celebrated the arrival of sweet Eliana</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">July - Celebrated Anna's Bestie's 4th B-day</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">August - Went to visit my dear friend and it turned into a Lake Vacation! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">August - First day of School! 2nd and 4th grades!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">September - Got to work on the awesome Lifegate CD recordings.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">September - Scouting in full swing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">September - more camping out with scouts</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">October - Celebrated 10th Wedding Anniversary with Kurt</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">October - Fall Party with amazing friends. :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">November - Moved into our new house!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">November - Killer CD release concert at Lifegate</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">November - Playing games with family on Thanksgiving Day</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">November - Celebrated Annabelle's 5th Birthday</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">December - Celebrated Isaac's 8th Birthday</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">December - Great ending to a Great Year<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Twas the Night Before Christmas</td></tr>
</tbody></table>emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00550844911041348547noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096609647172336499.post-12629327462764936042010-11-28T06:35:00.000-08:002010-11-28T06:56:16.089-08:00Thanksgiving!!We went to the<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> grown-up</span></i> Wagoner's (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Kurt's parents</span>) house for <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Thanksgiving</span></span></b>.<br />
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It was my <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">first </span>one <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">back home</span></span> with my family! I was so <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">content and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">happy</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"> </span>the whole day. Besides providing <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">amazing</span></i> food, the Wagoner's are <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>HUGE</b></span> board-game fans.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kurt's sister couldn't stop laughing.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kurt had to wear a hat with a chin strap.</td></tr>
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I took some photos that look like I've unpacked and decorated everything. <b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">This is not the case.</span></i></b> However, I did hang some pictures on the walls and put sheets on the bed. And I set up spaces for each of us to hang out and get a little comfortable. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The rest is still boxes</span>.<br />
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I've been pretty wrung out with everything going on, but I love my friends and I love my family, so I got myself out the door.<b> It was a good weekend... </b>And those that have known me for any length of time know what a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">miracle</span></b></span> that is.<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Celebrating with my family and friends.</span></b>...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"> It's All Worship.</span></span>emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00550844911041348547noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096609647172336499.post-48856661622347046462010-10-28T11:16:00.000-07:002010-10-28T11:16:52.454-07:00Meet My BoysIn light of yesterday's trip to the kind lady doctor, I wanted to write about my <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">BOYS</span></span></b>.<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alex</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Isaac</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> are 21 months apart. </span><br />
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<b>This is a cool story: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></b><br />
I was barely 20 years old and about 7-8 months pregnant with Alex when clearly as any flesh and blood human being, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I heard God say, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">"Alex will have a brother close in age to him that will help him fulfill his mission in life"</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">. </span></span><br />
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I know people say all of the time that they heard the voice of God say this or that... or an impression or a dream of a vision. <b>I know that God speaks</b>. Usually, my personal policy is to wait for confirmation, but I was dreading it. <i>I did <b>NOT</b> want to have another baby right away.</i> Kurt and I hadn't been married a year, and we wanted to spend some time just the three of us before getting on to the whole big family thing.<br />
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Every month that went by, I waited. We took precautions, but I knew it wouldn't matter. The same month that Alex turned ONE, I knew... <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><b>here comes his brother</b></span>!<br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">We named him </span></i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Isaac</span></i></span></b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> because he was a child promised to us.</span></i> (Even though, unlike Sarah, I never asked... It's ok. God knows what we need even when we don't ask...)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">These boys... Alex was vibrant, precocious, strong willed, and determined from the start. Isaac was a pretty laid back baby - happy to toddle behind his brother. UNTIL HE TURNED THREE. Then it was like a flip was switched in his brain and he sprang to life with the kind of energy that can only be explained by a divine locomotive engine in his soul. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Alex</span></b> is a concrete thinker. He likes things to be orderly and predictable. He's quick to judge whether or not something deserves his attention, and he chooses which rules apply to him and which he feels he can rise above. This makes him a calculated risk taker. He's got a strong sense of self, but I think some of his apparent confidence is his unwillingness to share what he's really thinking. He feels deeply - more so because of his ability to grasp the complexity of emotion - but he usually keeps it to himself. <b>Alex</b> has a powerful sense of justice and a quick mind. He feels the most loved when we have long conversations. He thinks a lot, questions a lot, and is a solid, determined kiddo. Even with a 9 year old attitude. ;)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Isaac</span></b> is a "leap before you look" kind of kid. He's a no-holds-barred risk taker. The world is abstract to him. All rules can be bent or broken, including gravity. He's experiential - he wants to test it out and figure out the results for himself. He's constantly creating - from art to construction to cooking to music. He's emotionally intuitive and closely attuned to the moods and attitudes of others. He feels deeply, like Alex, but he wears it all over his body. He's wiggly and adventurous and loves to cuddle. He feels the most loved when we're spending time together or snuggling. He dreams in technicolor, thinks so far away from the box that he doesn't know it exists, and is an unstoppable force. </span><br />
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Both boys, while unique, will compliment each other well, just as God forewarned me. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"><b>They also seem to hurt themselves. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">A LOT.</span></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Alex</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> claims 2 sets of stitches in the head, a broken collar bone, a fractured wrist, a torn soft pallet (by jumping off of a table with a pen in his mouth), jammed fingers, and the usual scrapes and bruises.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Isaac</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> has the proud honor of 1 set of stitches and 1 set of staples in the head, a broken nose and chipped tooth, a badly broken finger that almost required surgery, a concussion, a few black eyes, and </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">as of yesterday</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, a fractured pinky. </span><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Note that none of their injuries have prevented them from running around and hurting themselves <b>more.</b></span></i><br />
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I know they've been protected from far worse. And boys will be boys. But they sure do keep us on our toes.<br />
We love them dearly and truly - even through the rough times. And we're thankful for them.<br />
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<i>Psalm 127:3 "Sons are a heritage from the Lord, children a reward from him."</i><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Parenting our boys: It's All Worship.</span></span></b>emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00550844911041348547noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096609647172336499.post-30144921612421781662010-10-27T10:28:00.000-07:002010-10-28T14:16:21.533-07:00mornings...Ok, true confessions time.<br />
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When I heard my oldest boy <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">shriek</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"> in a maniacal, hyper-spazzy cackle</span> at <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">6:00 this morning</span></b>, <b>my body was in his bedroom</b> and <b>my mouth was open</b> <i>before</i> my <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Spirit-Girl </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">(the part of me that listens to the voice of the Lord)</span></i> woke up. Doors flung open, and cold, distant words slid out of my mouth. I pointed at Alex and his sleeping bag and then to the couch. I ordered Isaac not to move a muscle from his top bunk and decreed that <b>both </b>make no sound until I told them it was time to wake up.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">1) Isaac does not operate well on very little sleep.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">2) </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">I</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> do not operate well on very little sleep.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">3) Hubby is out of town, and hence unavailable to </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">lay the proverbial smack DOWN</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">4) Admittedly, I've been a little bit emotional lately, and so maybe... </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">less</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> rational than one might hope?</span><br />
5) <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">DON'T PLAY THE <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">DS</span> AT 6:00 AM AND GET CAUGHT!</span></b><br />
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I went back to bed and prayed that God would somehow remove every angry bone from my body. Ugh. I was fuming on a level that was slightly exaggerated for the circumstances.<br />
Finally, my alarm went off, and I turned my iPod to Sean McDonald to hopefully set a better tone.<br />
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By the time we got to the school, I grabbed Alex's hand and said, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"><i>"I love you. Sorry about this morning, we'll do better next time."</i></span> He nodded and then walked with his brother into the building.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Don't you hate it when your day starts off with a missing wheel?</span> It's like I need a "do over" button so that the rest of my day doesn't follow the pace of the first hour or so.<br />
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<b>PS:</b> As a consequence, Alex is cleaning out the insides of all of the trash cans (to get that nasty stuff out that misses the bag), and Isaac is cleaning the boys' bathroom. Maybe tomorrow they'll sleep until it's time to get up - <b>or at least be quiet about it!</b> ;)<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">Lord, I know that your mercies are new every morning. Can we extend that to every half hour until lunch? Love, Emily</span></b><br />
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