Rachel and her baby dinosaur

Rachel loves watching the Backyardigans now. It's great b/c it comes out at 4:30 on Noggin. That's when I cook dinner, so it works out perfectly. :) Here she is watching it, her eyes are glued on the tv, just like her daddy! ;)

The "ferret" is a toy that she got from one of her happy meals. I thought it was a dinosaur when I pulled it out of the bag and now she calls it her baby dinosaur. I keep trying to tell her it's a ferret, but oh well. (Now we don't even know where the ferret is!) I need to remember to put them away and give them to a teacher who can put them in their treat box. These can be so annoying all over the house, at least we can put them to good use.

"BABY DINOSAUR!"

Game Night

Hello all! I wanted to post some pics of the HS football game that we went to on Sat. night. We saw my cousin, Matthew, play a solo for the marching band. It was so cool! He did FABULOUS!!! He's so talented. He plays the bassoon, but he marches the saxophone (he had to learn a whole new instrument to march- now that's dedication). :) Well, he's done so many wonderful things with his bassoon. He is in YOSA (and he went to Russia last summer with that group! He's gonna be a musical star... I can see it! :)

(Matt's next to the drum major podium on the left)

(Here he's playing his solo.)

I didn't get great pics, but it shows him getting ready to play his bassoon. He marches off the field, then he get's his reed and bassoon and waits for his part. He did great!!!! I was so proud of him.

Another fun thing about the game was that it was O'Connor (my cousin's school) vs. Clark (our old HS). It was fun to see what they are doing too. To hear the drum line and all was neat (Ben was a base drummer and quint player, I played cymbals and the "other" percussion instruments). It brought back ALOT of old memories! I think I was getting on Ben's nerves when I kept asking him about the old days and what he did and how he felt (we were friends back then, but we didn't talk as much as we do now, so I had to get his take on things). Well,it was fun. I do remember the games being fun and tiring at the same time! You can sit with your friends and just laugh and play music and just be a kid. Well, it was super to go back down memory lane again. And now that I think about it... I LOVE THAT BEN AND I HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCES LIKE THAT B/C WE WERE REALLY ABLE TO ENJOY TOGETHER (15 yrs. later). That's another thing... i felt soooooooooooooooo old. The kids are so young! They are carefree and just full of energy. Matt (my cousin who we saw play that night) was only 18 mos. - 2 yrs. old when I was in the HS marching band!!!! augh!!! Time does fly!!! Now I told him that Rachel is like he was to me and when she's in marching band, he'll have a little one to watch her! ;) The circle of life! :)

God's Boxes

God's Boxes

I have in my hands two boxes,
Which God gave me to hold. He said, "Put all your sorrows in the black box, And all your joys in the gold."
I heeded His words , and in the two boxes,
Both my joys and sorrows I stored, But though the gold became heavier each day,The black was as light as before.
With curiosity, I opened the black, I wanted to find out why, And I saw, in the base of the box, a hole, Which my sorrows had fallen out by.
I showed the hole to God, and mused,"I wonder where my sorrows could be!" He smiled a gentle smile and said,"My child, they're all here with me.."
I asked God, why He gave me the boxes, Why the gold and the black with the hole? "My child, the gold is for you to count your blessings,>The black is for you to let go."

My sweet sister- in- law, Heather, sent this to me in early August and I kept it so that I could post it. It's so wonderful to remember to give our burdens to God. He can and will handle our problems. We must have to give them up and trust in Him. I'm learning how to do that. God bless you! :)