Entry for April 16, 2007
When you talk, do not say harmful things, but say what people need—words that will help others become stronger.
Ephesians 4:29
Entry for April 15, 2007
Good Sunday to all!!!I am so happy to be able to blog again! Today we were able to go eat with Grandpa Richard, Grandma Yolanda "Yaya", Aunt Heather, and Uncle JJ. It was so much fun. We went to Pericos on Sonterra. It was good! ;) Yummy! Rachel was given a CUTE purse by Aunt Heather and Uncle JJ!! It was so sweet of them to think of her! She loves it, as you can see from the picture. The purse had some accessories with it (cell phone, compact w/ mirror, and coin purse). THANK YOU Aunt and Uncle!!!! We are so blessed to have them in town with us... they are so much fun and Rachel enjoys giving Uncle JJ "fives". So much fun! :) God bless you and keep you safe! Love and Blessing from God!
Entry for April 14, 2007
Here's mom and Rachel and a closer pic of the river! :) It was nice! :)
Entry for April 14, 2007
Rachel, Mom and I were able to go to the Guadalupe Gorilla Challenge Family Picnic for my church (Oak Hills) this morning. The picture above is one that mom took of Rachel and I next to the river. We didn't stay long because it was TOO cold. Mom and I could have probably handled the cold because the sun came out soon enough, but poor Rachel was frozen! We didn't want her to get sick so we left. It was so beautiful though. We enjoyed seeing the river... it was going fast. We were talking about getting the family together one weekend to go to the river like we used to when we were smaller. I miss that so much! I want Rachel to be able to experience that too. I have such fond memories of my cousins, my brother and I playing in the cool river on a hot day. Our aunts and mom taking care of the food and making sure everything was just right. (Cutting up the watermelon for a snack.) The uncles barbequeing and having some good conversation on the side. :) It was such joy to see the family like that. I also have a GREAT memory of Lala (our grandma Marquez) sitting in the middle of the river (even when she had only one leg) enjoying the cool river and just washing herself. It was so great to see! I will always have those beautiful memories of the family and the fun we had! Well, enjoy this pic and maybe you too will have a good memory of going to the river! God bless you all!
Give thanks in everything; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
1 Thesssalonians 5:18
Entry for April 13, 2007
Hello all! Happy Friday! :) I am so glad that the weekend is here! I wanted to add a pic of our new addition(s) to our family... our fish! ;) Rachel loves Nemo and Little Mermaid and anything that has to do with fish, the sea, and water (except when we wash her hair). Well, we mentioned the fish obsession Rachel had to Ben's parents and they bought her a fish tank with fish and all!!! It's great! :) She just loves the fish! She calls them "pishy-pishy-pishy". She LOVES to see what they are doing and absolutelly LOVES to help us feed them!!! She just can't wait to see them eat their food! She makes a cute sound effect for eating. It's adorable! I'm trying to catch it on video, but I haven't been able to yet! :) Well, I hope all is well and I pray that your weekend is a blessed one! :) God bless you!!!!
Entry for April 20, 2007
Rachel is doing just great! She's becoming more independent daily! I'm having to set more boundaries as she explores and wanders off more! (YIKES!) It's a totally new thing for me, but I'm enjoying every minute! It's funny, you know, that 2-3 people JUST this week, have told me that staying home is the best thing that I could do right now. They were not only people that I knew, but also strangers that I met! It was like God telling me that staying home is where HE wants me to be and that I SHOULDN"T take it lightly. Believe me there are days when I wonder what it'd be like if I was teaching and had some extra money to buy a house and other things, but I AM DOING WHAT I LOVE RIGHT NOW! The materialistic things of this world CAN'T compete with the time I have with Rachel. :)
Entry for April 19, 2007
Hello all! I hope you are all doing well. We are all doing great! :) Thank our Lord! He's so good to me and my family! :)
Well, yesterday, Rachel and I went to our little lake (we live at Hidden Lake apts. so we DO have a lake, sometimes a pond when it doesn't rain). I tried to take a pic of Rachel and the lake together, but just didn't/couldn't. Well, here is the one that I did get of Rachel smiling while looking at the lake. It was a beautiful spring day! It was such a blessing from God above to be able to enjoy it. I wanted to share this special moment with you all! God bless you and keep you safe! Keep in touch!
Entry for April 19, 2007
Good morning... I was just emailing my brother and was sharing with him a scripture from Ephesians, but I thought... I need to share it in my blog. It goes like this...
For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10
This got me thinking about how I'm walking. I seem to be closer to God and in His word when I'm feeling anxious or sick, but I need to do that DAILY and forget about the ways of the world. I feel like this week (especially) I've been struggling to get my bible study comlete because I rather watch tv or be on the computer or just do nothing and veg. It's not good. I need to be constantly in the word of God and wanting to learn more about Him and BUILD my relationship with Him. I am praying that the Lord guide me on this and that I will take the step to be strong and continue learning from my God. I want to please my Father in heaven. :)
Entry for April 17, 2007
Okay, I have to explain this wonderful picture to you all. Rachel is smiling this CUTE smile because her Grandma "Lala" is saying "Te quiero, Te quiero, Te quiero!" in the background. It's so funny. Rachel gets all giddy when her "Lala" talks to her with such love and endearment. She really knows that she's loved very dearly! What a blessing from our God!
Entry for April 17, 2007
Hello all! I hope you are having a good week!!! I am, thank my GREAT God! He can really make a week so much better than anything we humans can imagine! I know that sounds kinda weird, but it's so true.
Well, I wanted to show you all a pic of Rachel talking on her new cell phone that she got from her Aunt Heather and Uncle JJ. It's so funny because she looks so grown up! I am so amazed at how fast time is flying... I feel like she is going to be going to college soon! (I know, that's really rushing it, but it feels like the time is flying by TOO fast!)
I hope and pray that you have a great rest of the week. Please email me to let me know how you are doing. I love to hear from my friends and family.
Entry for April 27, 2007
Hello all! I've not blogged with pics in awahile bc our main computer is in the shop! :( We are definitely dependent on that thing and it's crazy! I didn't realize until it was gone! :( Well, hopefully our memory will be saved, if not, we've lost ALOT of pics and videos and documents and other things. :( We're still praying that it isn't all lost. Well, I hope you all are having a good Friday. It's Fiesta! We don't do Fiesta, but I'd love to hear of anyone who did! :) We will just enjoy our day together (Ben's off today).
I do have a story about Rachel, she woke up with a runny nose today, so we figured she had allergies. She was pretty normal all morning and when we were getting ready to go to lunch. (We had plans to go see Chrissy (my cousin) during her lunch break at Las Palapas to visit and catch up.) Well, that was the plan, but that's NOT what happened. Rachel seemed to be very uncomfortable in the chair at the restaraunt, so I had her in my lap and she just KEPT crying. She was not able to stop (that's not like her at all). SHe had RSV when she was 7 mos. old and you couldn't tell bc she was still so upbeat and for the most part herself, so crying uncontrollably is not like her at all! Well, she cried for another 10 mins or so when I finally told Chrissy and Ben that we'd have to go. I didn't know what was wrong with her. She was so uncomfortable and me holding her wasn't helping either and people in the restaraunt were starting to look and stare to see what we were doing to the poor child. Well, we got our food togo and put her in the car and she stopped crying and was a little better, but her eyes were all puffy by now and she just looked miserable. :( We said or good-byes to Chrissy and apologized (of course she totally understood). Rachel fell asleep like 3 mins. into the drive and was out. She slept for about 35 mins ( we ended up staying in the car to eat our food so she could just sleep in the carseat upright, which would help her breathing with a runny nose). (The things we do for our kids!)Well, she finally woke up and was still fussy. We didn't know what to do, but she didn't have a temp. I finally put on Elmo and she was like if nothing happened. She ate while watching Elmo and was pretty normal again. She was pretty gassy, so I figured that her stomach was bothering her at Las Palapas, so she was in pain from that. She let a lot of gas out during her video and then she was pretty normal again. It was good to see her like that again. We just put her down for her 2nd nap and hopefully she will sleep well.
Wow, what a day! I was happy that Ben was here to help support me. It' s such a blessing to have a wonderful husband who helps out as much as he does. :) I am going to still thank my God for being with us through good and bad. He keeps up going strong and that's what we need on this earth. :) Thank you Father God!
Have a nice weekend and keep in touch!
Entry for April 24, 2007
“Come to me…and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28
This is today's devotional from Max and I wanted to share it with you all because it has ministered to me greatly recently. I was having a hard time sleeping in December and some of January, but going to GOD when I was worried or anxious I found that HE DID give me REST! I am so greatful to HIM for all that HE has done for me. I am so glad that HE's right here with me at all times! I am feeling so much more peace and comfort because I am learning to go to God first and trust in HIM! I hope that you are uplifted by this too. It is so true and can work for you too. I pray that you are doing well. Keep in touch!
Entry for April 23, 2007
I wasn't able to "blog" this past weekend because we were having problems with our main computer. It's sad how much we rely on our computer and use it! We are going to take it to get fixed today or tomorrow, but we're praying that we don't lose all that is on our hard drive because we had many things on there including all the pics of Rachel that we've taken in the last 2 years! I am so sad about losing that. Also, Ben had many things saved on there for his school and classwork for his master's classes, so I hope that he doesn't lose that either.
I know that this is a little thing considering everything else going on in the world, so I'm not getting down about it. Thank God my family is together and we're safe and healthy. I know that we have God to help us through anything that happens, small or BIG!
I pray that this finds you happy and healthy! Please let me know how you are doing, I'd love to hear from you too! God bless you all! Love, Melony
Entry for April 23, 2007
It takes wisdom to have a good family, and it takes understanding to make it strong. Proverbs 24:3
Do you believe in your kids? Then show up. Show up at their games. Show up at their plays. Show up at their recitals. It may not be possible to make each one, but it's sure worth the effort....
Do you believe in your friends? Then show up. Show up at their graduations and weddings. Spend time with them.
You want to bring out the best in someone? Then show up.
Great devotional from Max Lucado! I just wanted to share! :)
Entry for April 20, 2007
About Ben:
he's teaching 7th grade math this year. The previous 3 years he was teaching 6th grade math/science. He's also been taking some courses in Science for the masters program that he's in right now. He's studying hard after school and on the weekends to keep up with his studies at Incarnate Word University. I don't know how he does it! I'm like totally not into science like he is. :)
How Ben and I met:
For those of you who don't know how we met, here goes. We went to Clark high school together (Aug. '91) and both of us were in band in the percussion section (I knew then, that I liked him, but didn't say or do anything bc I was TOO shy). We became friends for the remaining years of high school. During our senior year, we started hanging out more outside of school. I wouldn't call them dates, but just hanging out (BTW, we started working at Bill Millers too at the same time during our Junior year in HS.) It was funny! So we really hung out alot and we started dating a few times during our senior year, but by prom he was ready to take it a step further and become bf/gf, but I was not ready (too scared by then). :)
Well, he went off to TX A&M and I stayed here @ UTSA, and we started writing to each other and keeping in touch through phone calls and by January 1996, we were "officially" bf/gf! ;) (I was a real "prude" so it took me awhile!) We've been together ever since and were engaged in March 1999 and married in June 2000 (only after we graduated college). :) It's all gone by so fast! I am amazed at how time flies when we are having fun! :) We are going to be enjoying our 7 year anniversary on June 3rd! I can't believe it! Thank God, we're stronger than ever and more in love than ever! (Don't get me wrong, everythings not perfect, but we have a great relationship, thanks to God!)
Well, I just went on and on and going down memory lane for me is so much fun!
Entry for April 15, 2007
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