sewing class

Today I am off to my sewing class. It is a 12 week long class and today we are making a bag to hold all of our quilting suplies. I.can't.wait. no really. I am so excited. I just can't wait.

Because I love this...

Matt 19:6 So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. THerefore what God has joined together, let not man seperate."

This week I have been starting to pray and think about the next couple's event. Maybe I should go back a bit.... several years ago I went to a couple's dinner at church and had such a wonderful time I wanted to help with the next time. Over the next few years I learned the in's and out's - uh, am still learning- of how to throw and event for a crowd. I have also been blessed over the past few years to always have a partner in crime. Someone who wanted to "go for it" with me. That is what really makes everything come together, if you have God, a great partner, the event works out beautifully. So back to date...this year I had so much fun working on this project. I mean I really looked forward to everything. I was working with another Brooke and over the course of the planning found a great friend too! Our husbands were quite patient with the Brookes during this time as well:) This dinner was something I had not done before. It was a murder mystery, dinner, and dance. Previously we have only done dinner/dances. I must say that God just paved the way for this event. I was so nervous for things, and prayed hard for every little thing and God provided it! RIght down to the lights! I mean it was really just amazing how He took care of the little details of this event to really bless couple's for the night.
When we saw everything set up, it was really breathtaking. I mean everything we had imagined. I hope others had as much fun as we did and so here we are again.... thinking about another event. Because I love this. I love watching the couple's faces as they walk in. They just light up. I love seeing them gaze into eachother's eyes. I love giving people a night out where they can enjoy what God has joined together! I love being with my hubby too!
So a Spring fling, a Summer night out, try for something more on a regular basis like every other month. Just not sure yet. We had so much more help than ever before last time but we could always use more!!!!

It's all about the $$$

Well we have officially started allowance up in here! Yes, my two oldest can now earn three bucks a week, and they are all about it! But I didn't just fly off the handle and start giving them 3 bucks, oh no, I did my research about allowance and how I should maybe handle it. And here is what the hubs and I came up with:
We decided that as an adult you are not payed to keep your room clean, or straighten your toys, but you are payed to go to work- to do work for other people basically. So we sat down with the boys and told them that the marble jar would still be in full effect and they can still earn all their marbles but in addition they can now have three extra chores and earn three dollars per week for doing chores that normally Momma does. They got to pick what they did and they are doing a great job at it. HW dusts, helps with laundry, and helps clean the bathroom toilet and counter. HN does the windows, helps with laundry and does the floor and tub in the bathroom (their bathroom) THey still have to be guided through the chores, but really they surprised me by how thourough they were with all of the cleaning. And they were fighting over cleaning the toilet. lol I know that won't last long so I am going to live it up. If they have kept up on their chores throuhout the week they get their paychecks at the end of the week. Now here is where they must learn a little something. $1 goes to savings jar not to be touched, $1 goes to the offering jar- which they take on Sunday to church and the kids ministry I believe sends in to kids in another country-, and the finally $1 is theirs for the spending. They can save it or go spend it. They saved it last week, cause really you can't get anything with just one dollar. But now when we go out and they are asking for something in the toy section I will tell them, sure do you have enough in your allowance? It gets them thinking a little bit. And they LOVE having their OWN money. LOVE IT.
It is a win-win in the Lamberson House!

We are an Uncle and an Auntie. Again

The long awaited baby Asher was born late Dec. cute as a button. Now we have two precious nephews. Last night we finally got to go over to Jamey and Kadi's house and visit with them and snuggle the little bundle, love. He def. looks like his Mommy. There is nothing like holding a new baby, so calm and quiet.
I am missing my other nephew too. I hope the pass is clear so LJ can come over and visit soon. The boys do love playing together and Jakey loves to do what the big boys do. It is so funny, even though Liv is closer to his age he wants nothing to do with the girl unless she is his only option. haha. If the boys are there he is all about the big boys:)

Welcome 2012

So ya know when you were little and they made movies set in the future and it was always 2015 or 20... well then there would be flying cars or hovering skateboards or pressing of buttons to bring you food, robots that were your maids. Or you could get into a tube and go from one place to another, phones that you could talk on and actually see the people's face! oh, wait that one is true... Anyways, I remember sitting as a little girl and thinking I wonder if in the future they really will do all that kind of stuff. Future, I am sorry to say you disapointed me in this area. There are no hoverboards, No magic buttons to push and make food magically appear and let me tell ya what, some nights I could really use that!! No flying cars, though that kinda makes me nervous anyways. And the real big one... CLEANING ROBOTS!!! Now ok, I understand that if I were going to have a robot maid I would have to pay a hefty amount for that, but ya know what, I think I would be ok with that. I would just save up for it. Just think about this, you go about your day after breakfast and head to start laundry, but wait! It has already been done by DOT you Daily Operations Tech! The dusting, that is always there, always. no more DOT took care of it. The bathroom, done. ahhh...that would be grand. just sayin folks just sayin.

ok but back to real life, what am I really forward to. Well starting this month I am going to be taking a sewing class on Sat's. That I cannot wait for! I have been trying to do more projects lately and really enoying it.
As always I look forward to what God has in store for our year.

2011...where has time gone?

So here I sit, Dec. 31, 6:30 in the am. Looking back over my blog I kind of have to chuckle. I mean I would really and truely love to write on here every day, but for anyone with kids ages 2,4,and 6 ya know what I'm saying here. That just ain't gonna happen. There are just so many other things going on that blog update just aren't top on the totem pole. And with FB, I am able to get all of my pictures up there that putting some on here almost seems redundant. Maybe I need to find a purpose for my blog. Right now it is my ramblings, and our goings-on, my inner most deepest thoughts..ya ok, maybe not that. But you get it, I just sit down and basically thought-throw-up all over the screen. Maybe if I purposed it...eh. ANYWAYS back to this year...
It sure was an eventful one!
We have taken some fun trips this year had a good time visiting with family. The kids have been making such huge changes this year. Henry is in first grade and I think the change of him going all day from half day was actually harder on me than him. It is weird at first to have your kid gone all day long. I found myself looking at the clock waiting for school to get out. I have seen him grow so much this year in school and we have learned so much about him. We have learned he has a love and a gift for math. We are also grateful that since his surgery he can now hear everything completely clear. I think it was eye opening when we were in the kitchen and he said "mom what is that noise is sounds like sssshhhh," it was the dishwasher. THe poor kid had never heard the dishwasher before! Finally we have learned from Henry's teacher, that he has a love for the Lord and he is unafraid to share that even when his Momma and Daddy aren't around. This has been one of my greatest joys. Before sending him to school I did honestly struggle because I felt slightle alone in the public school area. It seemed everyone I knew was doing homeschool or private school to protect their kids. But Nash and I prayed about it and there was always this still small voice-and sometimes not so small- that said we are to raise our children so that they can tell others about the Lord. If we can tell someone about God, so can our children and we should present that oportunity to them. We are all God's little lights that need to shine. And if problems arrise, as they have and will, it isn't a setback or an attack but an opportunity to teach how you take a wordly problem and deal with it in a Godly way. -ok, I deviated slightly, but just after Christmas break started I got another note from Henry's teacher saying that when they were asking what Christmas meant kids were saying presents, toys, family, and HN said It's Jesus' birthday!! I am just so joyful for him and continue to pray that he get Christian teachers, especially in his younger years.

Now to my middle man, Hudson. This boy has done much growing this year. I remember last year when he was at preschool. Yes, we are doing two years of preschool with him. He is a wild monkey at home. Funny, telling jokes, comedy beyond his years, I mean really. And honestly it probably has gotten him out of trouble a time or two because when you are laughing you can't really discipline now can you. But anyway, when he would be at school I noticed the kid didn't move! He just sat there. No talking, no singing, just moved from one thing to the next and only talked when he was talked to! I was shocked. I mean, this was not my son. So this year I have been talking with his teachers asking if he is coming out of his shell a little, both at preschool and at sunday school and he is. I am happy for that. Also, this little stinker is smarat as a whip but not motivated. Nash just had an idea to base his letter learning and everything all around mighty machines. Oh how I love that man sometimes. So here is where I click save. and finish this post late. time to work on HW's new thing now!

Well I am back, a whole year later... ok how could I resist that one haha. Onto Little Sister, she is mischievious, sweet, girly, yet has no problem getting in there with her brothers, or bossing them around. She has obviously grown so much this year two, at this age any child does. She has always been a talker from early on and now it is fun to watch her as she is mothering her babies, or pretending to put on makeup with me in the bathroom. And just a week before her 2nd birthday she moved to a big girl bed. She was just so much more comfortable once we did that. More room to roll around and sleep sideways the way she likes:)

What have Nash and I done. Well I am going to start subbing again soon, that will be fun. But I think the thing that I have enjoyed the most this year is in the mornings before I make breakfast Nash and I have been doing a bible study together. I have just loved that so much. We are just about through with our devotional book and we are currently reading Isaiah.

This almost feels like a Christmas letter, but at the end of the year it is kind of fun to sit down and just think about everything that has happened. Now there has been things that have not been so great this year as well...
My Auntie was diagnosed with Melanoma and had to recieve radiation treatments but ya know through all of that there is a praise, I think she might be finding some strength in the Lord so for that I am so very thankful. And after the last treatment things are looking good!
My Uncle also has been fighting cancer, but has been perserving, this I KNOW has been through the power of prayer. You can just see God's hand in this surgery guiding these Dr.'s. Are all of these things horrible and do I wish they weren't so, yes, but it is God's plan and not mine and He will use it for His glory. And finally my Grandma died. And while that sounds horribly tragic, I am actually relieved for her. She has had several strokes and things over the past few years and in all honesty how could I want to keep her here when there is something better.

So this year has been a wild and crazy one, but what year really isn't. I am already looking forward to what 2012 will hold!