Adventures in Statema Land: 4/24/11

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Now that you are 5.....

......we would lik to know a few things.

Grace,

1. What is your favorite breakfast food: pancakes with sprinkles, turkey bacon and sausage.
.......lunch food: Peanut butter & honey sandwich
.......dinner: Cheese Pizza
.......fruit: plums, strawberries and cantaloupe, too
.......vegetables: yellow tomatoes, although that is a fruit, right mom?! My favorite veggie is red peppers and carrots raw with dill dip.

2. What is your favorite movie or show: Toy Story 3 and my favorite video is Diego

3. What is your favorite drink: chocolate milk, juice and Carmel apple spice (but I drink water the most).

4. What is your favorite thing to do outside: play hid and seek and hide eggs and balls for people to find. I also like exploring places outside when we hike.

5. What is your favorite thing to do at a playground: Go on the swings and play hide and seek.

6. What is your favorite color: Pink

7. What is your favorite number: 2

8. What is your favorite letter: P

9. What is your favorite ice cream: Vanilla

10. What is your favorite insect: lady bug

11. What is your favorite inside toy: Playing with Little Baby and Jessie

12. Do you like crafts? Yes. School crafts. I love to color a lot.

13. What are your favorite kind of books: Flap books and Seek and Find books

14. What is your favorite board game: I Spy

15. Where is you favorite place to go during the week with mommy: Bounce Central

16. Who are you good friends: My bestest friend is Gracie Turner. My other friends are: Hannah and Emily, Eden and Ezri, Cooper and Eme, Ryan and Lauren, Levi and Libby, Payton, Chelsea, Jenna....

17. What is your favorite my little pony: Pinky Pie

18. What is your favorite puzzle: I love all the puzzles, except for the huge ones.

19. What is your favorite thing to do with daddy: play hide and seek. Wrestle. Play ball. Everything I do with daddy is my best thing.

20. Do you like being 5? Yea.
What do you like about being 5: Being able to do more things than little kids.
Like what: Like, listening to my mommy more. I can do things that bigger kids do in shows like Karate and Kung Fu (Ummmm.....we just watched Kung Fu Panda for the first time last night) and jazzercise. I can dress myself now. I also do not fall off my bed. Mom, I am done with you being on the computer and asking me questions. Let's play now.........

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Ecclesiastes 3

There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens:.....

I think about this verse every time there is change brewing in our lives. Change is a constant, but there are times more than others where I can feel the change deep with in my soul. Now is one of those times. A new season. I love how this is happening as spring has sprung upon us. As I watch the flowers blossom and the birds swirling about the sky in excitement of much warmth to come I feel that same sense of joy and unknown in my spirit.

....a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,....

I take a deep breathe and sigh a breath of relief knowing that God is in complete control and I have nothing to worry about or fear. And, there is really nothing I can do to change the course He wishes us to follow so I am resting in that and praying for continued peace.

I send this hoping for some prayers to be lifted up our way.

1. KINDERGARTEN

Grace starts Kindergarten in five months.

At the moment we have no idea where she is going to go.

She is currently registered at 5 different schools. But, the school we really want her to attend is: Ellensburg Christian School (ECS). The catch-it costs money. Money we do not have at this moment. We have been drawn to ECS since we moved here but put it on the back burner as we thought-there is no way we could ever afford to have Grace go to that school. But then a wise friend told us a few weeks back to not put a limit on God and to at least try. So, we went to the Kindergarten Coffee, turned in all the paper work & submitted financial aid forms. And, now we wait. Wait to be interviewed, wait to see if Grace makes it in, wait to see if our financial aid goes through and then wait and see if God provides a job for me that will cover our school loans and her tuition for school. There are a lot of what if's but God is BIG. Bigger than money, than loans and bills, than schools. He's bigger than all our worries and concerns, so we will see.

2. VEHICLES

We have been trying to sell our Subaru for a few months now. Someone was going to purchase it but it fell through after we held the car for them for a few months. And, we just found out our "new" used car needs some major work done and it is going to cost a lot of money-money we do not really have since our car has not sold yet. Our prayer is that 1. our car sells quickly and 2. that our newer car last for many years with no other problems. Oh the woes of having used vehicles.

3. HOUSE IN FL

Our house in Florida still has not sold. It has been on the market for about four years now. Something may be changing over the next few months and with out being too specific we would love your prayers for protection for our family and finances while things change and mold about.

4. WORK

I am in the process of slowly looking for part time work for the fall. There are a few ideas/options floating about. Trying to fine tune things and trust that God will provide the perfect job(s) that will work beautifully around Gracie's school schedule and provide the adequate funds to pay for our school loans & Gracie's schooling (if needed). If I have to work, I want it to be something I am passionate about. Something that feels unlike a "job" and yet at the same times provides for the needs of my family.

With all these requests a lot of waiting and patience is required-two things that are hard to come by at times. We greatly appreciate your prayers and love through all of this and will keep you updated as things move forward.