Beautiful Life

Once again, I have had too much time since my last post and much has happened. One of the newest changes is that my sister and her boyfriend, Matt, moved into my house. On July 13th, Matt called me and said that he and Jennifer were no longer welcome in his mother's house (long, stupid story) and asked if the offer for them to live with me was still open. Of course it was! So that Saturday, me and my mom helped them to move to the house. Really sucked because that had to have been one of the hottest and most humid days this year! It was nasty out! But they are all moved and settled in. So far, it has been really nice having them there :)

What else, what else? Ooohh, I finished my 4th step!!! Yay me! That was really hard to do, too! It took a few conversations with my sponsor, but I finally got it done. I had written a few things down here and there, but I knew I needed like an hour or two alone, by myself, in the quiet, to really do this step in my program. I came home one day a couple weeks ago and the only one at the house was Matt, and he was in his room. I had been planning on mowing the lawn, but I saw my opportunity to do my 4th step. It took me just over and hour, but I got it written down. I laughed, I cried, I gritted my teeth, I prayed, and I did it. And it was not nearly as bad as I thought it would be. I know there are a few things that I need to add since that day, but I will get there. I have also scheduled my 5th step with my sponsor. Another step that I know may be hard, but I am really looking forward to it now. I just can't wait to stop looking in the rear view mirror and get this crap outta my life!

This summer has gone by really fast! Steve and I went fishing on the 4th of July and got really, really sunburned! His whole back and shoulders and my back, chest, and legs were seriously red for days. Like, glowing in the dark red! One of the most painful sunburns either of us has ever had! And we haven't been fishing since :( I think we need to bust out the fishing poles and go to the lake this weekend!

Serenity starts 1st grade in just a few weeks! I can't believe it! My baby is in 1st grade this year! The older she get, the faster time seems to go by. I wonder if it will go by even faster with my future children? Does time go by exponentially faster with each child? I sure hope not! I want to enjoy these days and make them go by slower, not faster. Serenity can be such a little stinker some days, but I have seen some amazing changes in her recently. Like this past Sunday, for example. Because I am a volunteer at the Crossing, she is in Orange Planet, a class for kids of volunteers to learn leadership skills and how to help and volunteer around the church. So Sunday last week, I was on the schedule for all 3 services on the SIT team. Serenity said she wanted to be with me for the last service and I said I would think about it. Well, I got her from her class before the third service started. I was short a couple people, so I asked Serenity if she wanted to help and she was like YEA!!! So I gave her a job to do and she did so great! She was nervous about greeting people, but she did it anyway and I was so proud of my little girl! She served her Jesus with such excellence! It was so amazing! By the end of the service, I think she was a little tired because this is what she did while we were waiting to do the offering:

How many times do we, as adults, want to just put a bucket over our head and pout? I know I have! I sent this to my team leader and she got a huge kick out of it! I guess I didn't realize when I took the picture how funny Serenity looked... What a cutie :)







There is more to blog about here, but I could go on all day. So much has been going on in my life, but that is for another chapter in the life of Lala.