Coming So Far!

When we moved to Texas, Megan was so disoriented. I believe that she felt lost. She experienced the same emotions that we had. We left a wonderful place where family and friends could comfort us and stand by us. We came to a place where we really knew no one. Meg is shy and scared a lot and anything knew for her is a big deal. When we first got here, she would not play soccer and would scream in the car before the practices. It took her 6 weeks to talk to her kindergarten teacher at school. She has always had a shy side. I know this shy side of her has to do with fear. If she is comfortable around you, she tends to come out of her shell.

Since 3 years ago, she has started to bloom a little. I see the sweetness of her soul. Sometimes when a child is having problems adjusting and their behavior is not pleasing to you, we tend to forget the child behind the problem. As Meg continues to grow up, I have began to see a wonderful godly girl who really loves the Lord and desires to do the right thing. I am excited to see how the Lord will use Meg when she grows up. It really has been a privilege to be her mom! She has come to far. She now is on a soccer team, has friends at school, and talks at church.

The Crossover weekend!

We have finally gotten our internet changed, and now I can post some pics from the crossover retreat with the teens. We played and watched all weekend and it was great!The girls favorite was pickle ball. Steve looks pretty good in the crud war! The teens had 3 rounds of it and they got to throw flour, shaving cream, and then horse yuck on eachother.

I need to say that this last week has been extremely hard. We had an incident that I can't talk about. And yesterday, Steve had his second test done on his throat. They stretched it again, and they said that they would have to do it again in 8weeks. We also heard tonight that Steve's oldest sister is in the hospital for some tests.

We had 2 soccer games today and another one tomorrow. Maddie's team killed the team they played and Megan's team only scored one point and got beat pretty bad.

Some good news from this last week is that my brother's family is moving back to the Tricity area. He just accepted a job with King Pharmaceuticals in Bristol. I am excited for him and Teal. Now, with there new addition, they can be closer to mom and dad. I am sure that they will take advantage of that free babysitting that grandmothers do!

3 Tues

1. We got back from a youth retreat late Sunday afternoon (pics later). The girls and I had a good time. Steve did too. He sure was exhausted on Monday. I think he caught a cold and just gave and gave and gave. We had 200 on the retreat. He was short a leader which was stressful, but it worked out okay. We had a speaker brought in for 6th and 7th. Steve taught the 8th. Alot of the 8th grade was thanking Steve for his honesty on Love, Sex, and Dating. I heard that they had their traditional burning at the bonfire after the 8th grade girls left! I am not sure what Steve burned? All in All, it turned out to be a good retreat! I think there was some decisions made about Christ, which is exciting!

2. My next exciting event is a field trip with Megan. They are going to the Dallas arboretum which is beautiful this time of year.

3. Also, we are finally changing internet providers. Finally! It has been very frustrating and a painful. I would not recommend it.

Growing Up

As I picked up Meg from school yesterday, she walked out with her bag of goodies. She and Steve had participated in the American Heart Association Jumprope thing at her school. She raise money and jumped rope for it. She received gifts for raising money. I thought she looked so cute with her big bag of stuff. She looked so proud and excited. When we got to the car, she pulled up her shirt a little and clipped to her belt loop was a radio that had earphones.

At the time, I did not think much about the radio. We got home, and she crawled out of the back. She had the earphones in, and I realized that I had no idea what she was listening too. It scared me. I told her that her dad probably needed to approve what she listens to. She told me that it's okay I don't listen to the words. Oh my! Can you believe it? I use to listen to teenagers say the same thing. I can't help worrying about the future.

The neat thing was that she was clicking through stations, and said I better turn the station because this is rap music. I think that it is bad. I did not even know that Meg knew what rap music was. I am consistently praying for my kids to make the right choices and lean on God for their direction. I know ultimately they have to be gently guided with a lot of prayer.-Seeing your kids grow up is hard.