Transformed and Resting!

Don´t fall to the same temptations as everyone else in this world. Don´t get rattled and stressed.

Let God change you from the inside, 

Renewing your mind, making it clean and pure for His use;

 So that you know what is good and beautiful in God´s eyes.

Here are some of the other verses that stood out to me in chapter four of Stressed Less Living.

Joel 2:12-13 says that we should then turn to the LORD with all our hearts with fasting and weeping. 

(good thing because I did a lot of weeping this past weekend)

 Psalm 118: 8 spoke to my heart, telling me that I can trust God, that He knows what He is doing through my husband.

Psalm 25:1-2 tells me to lift up my soul to God and trust in Him! 

He is great and awesome. He won´t let you be ashamed!

Rest in Him, 

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He´s been ours for a decade!

Here is a quick flashback of the past decade measured by our second son. He is the quieter, pensive, peaceful, playful, sweet, fun loving member of our family. What would we be with out him.

Happy 10th Birthday to our big little man,

Andrew Jay!

 May you continue to grow into a great young man of God. You are already showing so much fruit and growth, living for Jesus daily.

We love you, Andrew!

Make a photo book

Love Mommy, Daddy, and your best buds

Linking up with Friday Photo Flashback.

Whatever you Eat or Drink or Whatever You Do, Do All in Name of the Lord.

"That ye might walk, worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;  Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power..."

Colossians 1:10,11

Weekend Flash

HERE AT GOSPEL2GIJON, WE ARE SO HAPPY IT´S THE WEEKEND!

We want to stop and share some the blessings of our week.

1. A very smooth school week, almost every lesson taught and every quiz and test given. I am so thankful at how well the boys are doing!

2. Our schedule flowed fairly smoothly as stated on my last post. Only a few minor changes as to my wake up time. We had an unexpected, but very welcomed guest come in Tuesday from Bolivia very late. Then it was up late talking and getting ready for school the next day.

3. We kept up with all our dishes, and laundry this week, even with a broken dryer. (It has decided not to heat up anymore.)

4. And I am especially thankful for a nice guilt free nap today!

Ok, so humor me and pretend that it´s still Friday for a moment. I missed out on Alicia´s meme yesterday, due to a lot of running around from music practice, to working out, to karate, and to getting groceries. I suppose I could post the night before, but I like to live on the edge a little.

Here it is. What you all have been waiting for. (right?)

My wedding pictures.

The ceremony was on one of my favorite bays that flow out of Lake Ontario. For those who have never been to upstate NY, it is one of the most beautiful places to live in the Spring, Summer and Fall. If you like snow, then you would like the winter too.


My uncle did our ceremony as I had always wanted since I was a little girl. I wasn´t one of those who plans her whole wedding out from the time she is 5, but I did have that in mind. He had also done my parents wedding. There was one other thing that was important to me. I wanted an outdoor wedding on the lake. I wanted it at the lighthouse originally, but just in case it rained we had it at the country golf club. The Lord blessed us with an awesome day!

Here we are at the lighthouse after the ceremony.

This was one of my favorite proofs of which we never got copies made.

And we were off!

Off to El Paso, TX to begin my first year of teaching as a second grade teacher and my hubby to be an assistant pastor.

Our marriage is even more beautiful today. I am so blessed beyond my wildest dreams! Thanking my Lord for my marriage of 12 years.

Photo Journal ~ Making My Home Sing Activities

Photo Journal

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Activities that has made our "home sing" this weekend.

Dog sitting

(our dog is the one on the left, Emmi. The Yorkie is our friend´s dog, Dior.)

The boys loved taking care of Dior. They did a great job!

Fireworks

Here we are waiting for them to start. We had a picnic supper and ice cream.

Saturday Activity

Guess what we got to do?

It was hot and we couldn´t go to the pool or the beach sooo...

Hoping you all have a lovely week. My goals this week are to get to bed earlier, start easing into a better schedule to make our first week of homeschool go smoother, keep up with my 30 day shred exercise DVD and keep eating for Making the Cut and of course spend time with my Lord first and formost!

Summer Fun to Summer Separation Anxiety

Nothing like exploring the rocks on the coast. We opted to stay out yesterday for some playtime. The boys and I had a blast! Here are some pictures of our adventures.

What in the world are they looking for?

OOO.... Creepy Crawlies!!!

I actually saved a baby crab! He was flailing on the rocks. The boys all lifted up a cheer for me.

Ok... in this picture I was just calling the dog. I wanted her to look up.

They were all daring each other.

Guess who went first? The youngest! I missed his picture, though.

Now for Summer Separation Anxiety! The head of our home has gone away. He is in his brother´s wedding in California. We have to say goodbye for a week. We are happy for David and Cori but we are really spoiled as we don´t have to be away from each other much. I told the boys it´s just like Daddy´s going to camp. That seemed to help.

All is well on the home front as long as the boys get along. We hope to go for bike rides, play some B-ball, and read some good books to help pass the time.

"We miss you already, Daddy!"

Missin´ These Moments

My Friday Photo Flashback

My second son at 9 months.

After having little young guests this past week, I really miss these moments when mine were this small. The cuddly times are the best!

Have a great weekend!

Let´s enjoy them while we have them.

Alicia @ More than Words started "Friday Photo Flashback" because she had so many pictures from her PRE-digital camera days. She thought it would be fun to scan them and share them with everyone. We are having so much fun doing this, and would love for you to join her, too! So dig out the photo albums and put your scanner to good use! Go on over and link up.

In Your Honor

No, it´s not another caption give way, but it is

Friday Photo Flashback.

Alicia @ More than Words started "Friday Photo Flashback" because she had so many pictures from her PRE-digital camera days. She thought it would be fun to scan them and share them with everyone. We are having so much fun doing this, and would love for you to join her, too! So dig out the photo albums and put your scanner to good use! Go on over and link up.

Here in honor of my week alone with my oldest son, Isaiah, I post for posterity, his craziest picture as of date. He has always been such a fun loving boy. Yelling out just at the craziest moments. (yes, scaring me half to death sometimes.)

This picture was taken our first year in Spain, 2000. He traveled so well. Just took everything in stride. Loved every new experience and never wanted to miss anything. May these charater traits be used for God´s glory.

"Go get´em, Isaiah!"

For Spain´s Harvest,

***Check out the winners of the Caption Give Away Contest here.***

Announcing ... Caption Give Away Winners!

And the the winning caption is...

"Where did he come from?"

Submitted by Nina @ Portugal Bound

Please remember my hubby picked the finalists without knowing the authors,

and you all did the voting.

She got 27 votes.

I am so happy for you, Nina!

Congratulations!

Hope you enjoy these.

You won these fabulous prizes from our mission field, Gijón, Spain.

mini oil painting on wood.

And the famous Madreñas!

The second place winner is...

Joye @ theJoyful Journey

her caption was;

"Ummm... How do you turn this thing OFF"

Joye received 10 votes.

Joye, you won this little trinket from the mountains of Asturias, Spain!

Maybe one day you will come and visit this gorgeous land.

The Third place winner is

Lorrie @ My Spot on the Shore

her caption was

"If I just move my hand a little closer...
I can plug him up and fix all this."

Lorrie, you have won this olive oil pitcher from the Peaks of Europe.

(please remember these are only about 5 in. tall. but they are authentic.)

Congratulations, Ladies!

This was so fun!

I thought all the captions were so cute and, want to thank all of you for joining in.

To finish off a great day, I post for you pictures taken from my phone this lovely afternoon.

Did you know a colt born from a white horse will not be born white but will shed his coat several times before becoming white? I just learned this today.