You Know Who You Are...

First of all, I don't have to defend myself to you... I am her parent and that is that. You have parents and rules. She makes her own decissions about friends. I don't have anything to do with her decission to not be your friend. Second... I do NOT judge you, You have just as much right to go to church as anyone. Third... the little letters you keep posting are called harrassment. I don't care what you think of me I'm not here to make friends with the teenagers my daughter goes to school with.

So. don't try to psyco analize me, you don't even KNOW me. Also, Don't keep trying to harrass me or I'll be forced to take legal action.

NOT KIDDING,
GIDGIT

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Next, there is Sarah, she is Megan's older sister. she just turned 3 and is a smart little cookie. For the last year she has grown and her vocabulary has grown so much! I get such joy from having them around.

Then ther is Riley who is 4. 1 year and 1 day older than Sarah! She is SO smart and has a huge vocabulary it is fun to hear her say; " well actually, my mommy works at the quesadilla store". It is so cute!

And of course there is my Elsie! She is the best. Eventhough she has only been here for almost 3 years and just turned 18 she is a great kid. We love her so much. She is your typical teenager who is trying hard, to make her place in the world. She is learning how to allowe herself time to become an adult, and not trying to rush it so much. She is a wonderful young woman . We've had our moments and "issues" but as a whole things are good. I am learning from her and she is learning from me, I hope.

One thing that I have learned about her is that recently she broke up with her boyfriend and was able to move on rather quickly and still be amicable with him and his new girlfriend! I guess I have a tennancy to hold a grudge but she did so wonderful with the whole issue! I was sooo PROUD!
Ernie and I are so blessed to be able to watch her grow in maturity and in spirit. She has come a long way since she frist came here! We are learning to be a family and sometimes outsiders can't see us as a unit.

Yes we have conflict but we grow from it and learn. We become closer and stronger. I thank God for the ability to learn from eachother as a family. WE ARE A FAMILY and nothing or NO ONE will change that!

ME.

Sometimes I get the feeling like no one is out there. But then I read other blogs and know that there is. I am a stay at home mom. I choose to stay home and raise my teenager and I also supplement my husbands income by babysitting. I am helping two other women raise their daughters by giving them a safe enviroment to come to.

I have fallen in love with these girls and I love having them in my home. Megan is the youngest and she captured my heart over a year ago. She is not quite 2 yet and is just the cutest little thing. She loves to cuddle and snuggle, and even though she is very sensitive and cries very easily she has my heart.
Okay... I have to go I'll post about Sarah and Riley later..

Why you shouldn't complain about What God hasn't done for you.

What is it with the people who think that God just dumped some bad situation on them? I mean don't they realize that God gave us FREE WILL? After all don't you have the freedom to live wherever you can afford to live? And don't you have the freedom to marry or not marry? God gave you life and his WORD the Bible to live by, but He also gave you the choise whether or not you want to live by it. Of course if you choose not to accept His Word as truth and reject His son then you get the other end of the stick.
I believe that God doesn't want any of us to die. He called death our enemy. He offered us a way to defeat death, he sent his son to earth for our redemption. Jesus came and died the most horrible death for US!
All you have to do is accept him and do your best to serve him and you are guarnteed ETERNAL LIFE!

Okay my sermon is over! :) I just felt that I needed to post that.
I just don't understand why people complain about God. Look at the things God HAS done for us. He knows what is right for us. He knew us before we were formed in our mothers womb. He even know the number of hairs on our heads.
Why can't we just trust God to show us the right path in life? Why do we constantly feel the need to try to do things ourselves? After all aren't we supposed to be made in the image of Christ? Didn't Christ give his life to his FAther?
Thank you Lord for giving us such a Wonderful example to fashion our lives after. Thank you for your forgiveness when we don't try to live our life for you! Thank you for the ability to choose to love you!

Trying To FLY

I signed up for a membership at FLYLady. I have been learning to take Babysteps in eliminating CHOAS!
It is really intersting! I have so much clutter in my home and I am sooo ready to get rid of the mess. I have 3 girls all day and it will be nice to get rid of the excess so that they and I will have some room to function. I am learning to take care of me so that my home will reflect my love for my family.

I also am encouraging anyone who is stuck with tons of clutter to try FLYLady!

So far I have had some trouble getting motivated but I think that is due to lack of sleep. I am working on getting the right amount of sleep so I can function durring the day. My goal is to NOT take a nap with the girls and to work on cleaning my house.
I am going to build a FLYLady Control Journal today so wish me luck and send your prayer my way!

WOW I'm Really Slacking!

Well things are going okay here at the Graham home.
I have been busy with 3 little girls now. Riley(4), Sarah(3) and Megan(22mos.). They are just the cutest and I might post some pics later if I can get them up loaded from my phone.

So the new ticker is for my Sister Kristina who should give birth to my new Neice Elizabeth Jade in March. I am excited! She will be joining a Big brother Tanner (4), Rebecca (2) and Abigail (1). Becca and Abby were born exactly 11 months and 2 weeks apart! My sister really has her hands full! I am so proud of her though she has turned out to be a great mother! I have a picture of Tanner you can see him on this post.

This is my mom and Tanner! We took this in 2004 at Elise's 17th Birthday party. This picutre is not far off from what he currnetly looks like. He's just taller. I love this kid so much, I didin't think I could love my sisters children so much! :)

Well any way I know alot of you who read my blog are Christains. I am going to ask you to be in prayer for my Cousin Dara and her Husband Stephen. They are stationed in Ethopia and have adopted a little boy. Now that the Air Force is sending them State Side the Ethopian government is trying to keep them from bring the baby home. Please pray that God will move in the hearts of the people who are doing all the visa paperwork so that my cousin can bring home her baby! They desirve to be happy and have a family!

I hope everyone is having a super good week ! Please feel free to let me know you stopped by! God Bless!

Gidgit

The Pregnancy Ticker

I was waiting until someone asked about it to explain.... I was quite excited to find out that my Brother and his wife were going to have a baby. Last night she miscarried. :( I cried with her and prayed for her,(she's not to in to letting me pray with her), and I know it just wasn't in God's plan for them at this point in their young lives. They are 19 and 18 and are just starting college and working full time and don't even get a day during the week were they can just do nothing. Maybe this is God's way of telling them to wait until they are more stable. I know I am certianly hoping that they won't keep trying to get pregnant now that she's experienced this loss. I love them but they are so young and really don't have a clue about what they are getting in to. She even told me that her family was angry about it because it was so soon. Well any way I'll be removing the ticker today,,,, I do have a neice due in March so maybe i'll creat a pink one to announce her arrival!

A New Chapter....

Yesterday I started keeping a new little girl along with the two I already keep. "R", is a very sweet, yet smart almost 4 year old girl. She has beautiful long brown hair and brown eyes. Quite a change from my little blue eyed beauties S & M. So the three girls so far have gotten along rather well. They really didin't spend much time together yesterday as R was not feeling well and came late and went home early. So today she will be here around 11:30 ish and hopefully the three girls will get the chance to socialize for the afternoon. After Ernie gets home from work we are going to go looking at minivans so that I will have a larger vehicle to tote around all these girls in! It is exciting to me to get a new car because I love having something I can depend on to get us where we need to go and not have to worry about something going wrong with all the girls in the car. I will be taking a total of 4 just about everywhere I go from now on! I love it! I don't think Ernie understands that I have such a soft spot in my heart for little girls and I love keeping these 3. I just can't wait to get to do things with them. I mean S & M are fun to do things with so I know that adding R to the mix will be wonderful! Okay enough with the girl talk. God Bless Your day!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!??

So it is the 3rd day of the new year already and... you guessed it... it's BACK TO SCHOOL!
Elise was ready to get back to getting her junior year over with. She is so ready to be finished with high school. I remember being so ready to go back to school so I could see my friends. I guess since she spent most of the Christmas holiday with her friend, she's ready to get back to business.

Christmas was great if you read my previous posts. New year's eve we went to M & M's house and ate junk food and watched football. We talked and had a lot of fun! We love having them as friends!
I have heard alot of people starting to get the blues.... I so know where they are coming from. I think I have a tendancy to over analize things and therefore cause myself more stress and depression than I need or want.

I know that with this being a new MONTH forget about the new year... we will have new bills to pay but I know God will allow us to get things taken care of. I haven't worked in 2 weeks and I really need for the girls to get back so I can make some money. I just pray that their mom doesn't try to put me off. I also need to find a couple more kids to keep during the day so I can help make some extra income.

I have high hopes for this year however! I am looking forward to seeing what it will bring. I have a new baby neice due in March and my sister -in-law is pregnant and due in August.
In July we have our annual family reunion and we are looking forward to going to that! I'll be 29 this year and that's not to scarry! :)
Ernie will be 31, and my dad will be 50!!! I love to tease him about that!
Well, I guess I better get off here and get some things done before the girls get here this morning!

God Bless your New Year!