Valentines, Birthday, Plus.....

Starting with the pictures on the bottom....

We had a great Valentine's Day. I found a can of pillsbury cinnamon rolls at a store. Something they do not sell here. So I bought a can for a special surprise on Valentine's Morning. All for Andy,, who was clearly not awake. But he procedeed to eat his cinnamon roll in his sleep, I took this picture which is so funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Next came my b-day. Some of the other missionaries here surprised me with a massage at the spa. So that is us and me in my rockin robe.. Getting ready for a prenatal massage.... Yeah.

That is a picture of the beautiful ice cream cake that Andy surprised me with. He also surprised me with a surprise party.. It was a wonderful birthday.

The first pictures are of baby Henry at 24 weeks he is kicking lots and doing well...

Anyway this is all from our week full of love.........

I will end it with a beautiful quote:

Duty can pack an adequate sack lunch, but love may decide to enclose a little love note inside.....

Obligation sends the children to bed on time, but love tucks the covers in around their necks and passes out kisses and hugs (even to teenagers!)........ Duty gets offended quickly if it isn't appreciated, but love learns to laugh a lot and to work for the sheer joy of doing it. Obligation can pour a glass of milk, but quite often, love adds a little chocolate.

Baby update

Just wanted to say that Henry is doing well.
He is 24 weeks now..
Kicking lots in the morning.

I feel like I have been worried about him, that all is well inside and nothing is wrong.
The doctor says all is well, I still have been feeling anxious though..

Today I found this verse in the Bible, and it has given me lots of comfort..

Isaiah 46:3

I created you and have cared for you since before you were born. I will be your God throughout your lifetime--until your hair is white with age. I made you, and I will care for you. I will carry you along and save you.........

Just thought I would share.

LOVE

I read about this little girl on a friend's blog, a couple of weeks ago and it has just touched my heart so much. Her name was Tuesday and she died on January 30th of a neuroblastoma... Which breaks my heart.

Anyway, I have been reading her blogs and they are so inspiring. Nothing but LOVE ooozes from their family, at such a horrible time.......

And I feel really that it has made me love my baby who only is inside of me right now,,so much more. Love you lots little HENRY.

I just wanted you all to meet Tuesday and maybe she will remind all of you how precious life is and how we should all try to be more about LOVE and less about other things... Also lift up a prayer for Tuesday's family, becuase I can only imagine what they are going through right now.

Raspberry Shortcake

Just wanted to post a few pictures.

Last week we had the super bowl over here at our house with all the Engage Students. I made some mean chilli and cornbread and we watched the Cardinals die..........

The week before we headed for a group meeting in a city about 45 minutes from here. It is called Chapala. They have a huge colony of Americans and Canadians who are all retired and live there. Sort of weird??? But anyway, they also have a huge amount of raspberries they grow. So we bought about 20 lbs of raspberries for 30 U.S. dollars.. Pretty darn cheap..........

We are about to open the Youth Center this week. Tuesday is the grand opening. I will post pictures of it soon..

Everything else has been good. The weather is great, and they opened a Krispy Kreme about 20 minutes from our house...

Have a great day..

Irrational Fears

I decided to sit down and write one of my irrational fears..... No, it is not YOGURT.

I need to explain a little bit first....

I live in a gated community or as the refer to here...Coto...

It is very safe, few people other than residents are allowed to come into this neighborhood. This is just where we are renting this house for now.. I really like it, it has a little park for children and outside of the Coto is a huge public park..REALLY nice..

So, saying all that, I need to explain that many residents here buy YOGURT from this really nice lady who sells YOGURT from the back of here really nice SUV.

She came up to my house like 3 months ago asking if I would like some of her homemade YOGURT. I happen to love YOGURT so I thought I would give it a try..Foolishly thinking that it would be similar to my all time favorite YOGURT Anderson and Erickson........

Well, it is not similar.. It is not even good at all..I know big surprise since she sells it out of her trunk...........It is well packaged and put in coolers with tons of Ice packs, and it is cheap.. I must add..

Anyway,,now here is the part of my irrational fear.

She told me she comes once a month, well that was a lie..I find myself buying this sick YOGURT every 2 weeks..I not only buy one pint of this stuff,,,I add in another just because I can't say NO..................................................

So,,I now have a paranoia that she is coming to the house on certain days and I keep the curtains closed. One time, she came and I did not even answer the door..I am such a wussy.
The last time she came, Andy was here Thank God, and told her we did not want any YOGURT..

But Believe ME,, SHE WILL BE BACK...

I have had dreams of this lady, my dream is that Andy tells her we HATE the YOGURT and that she cries and goes away...

It is Psycho.......

I do know that really I should be honest and just tell her that I don't want any YOGURT, but I don't know..I really don't like hurting people's feelings and I for whatever reason think that I would..

Anyway, just thought I would give you all a glimpse in my crazy mind..

P.S. She owns this really nice white SUV, and I have looked for it about 10 times today..AGGGGGGGGGGGGGH