Happy Birthday Jamie!

Happy 37th Birthday to  my wonderful Hubby!

Here are 50 facts about Jamie ……

50.  He was born in Kansas and he lived in a really small town.
49. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Sales/Marketing, Business Management.
48.  He graduated from New Mexico State Univ.
47.  He had risky eye surgery when he was 3 to correct a lazy eye.
46.  He wears a size 13 shoe.
45.  He loves black coffee!
44.  His favorite color is green.
43.  He has worn glasses since he was 3.
42.  He has 2 older sisters.
41.  He moved to Phx from New Mexico in 1996.
40.  He used to teach traffic school on the weekends!
39.  Is the Store Manager at The Maytag Store in Gilbert.
38.  He loves gadgets.
37.  He loves weather, and wishes he would have been a Meteorologist.
36.  Growing up in Kansas, he used to chase tornados.. I know… crazyyy!!
35.  He does not like tomatoes or onions.
34.  He’s a “meat & potatoes” guy!
33.  He loves Hot Tamales!
32.  He loves peanut M&M’s!
31.  He loves God!
30.  His wife and kids are very important to him!
29.  He loves to be on the lake boating.
28.  He likes to load the dishwasher a certain way!  (efficiency he says!)  
27.  He was a bachelor til he was 30!  (then met me!)
26.  I never have to pick up after him (hence being a bachelor so long!)
25.  He just starts doing the laundry without anything being said. 
24.  Denver Broncos is his favorite football team.
23.  He loves to watch the D-backs play … and any other game for that matter!
22.  He is 6’5″ tall  (yes, a whole foot taller than me!)
21.  He drinks a ton of milk!
20.  He loves mexican food.
19.  He hates seafood.
18.  He has green eyes.
17.  He’s not bashful about talking in front of others. 
16.  He’s a great sales person!
15.  He used to play the drums.
14.  He would love to live where it snows and has seasons again.  (wife says um not so much!)
13.  He used to go snow skiing in Colorado when he was single.
12.  He has been to Germany on a 10-day backpacking trip with friends.  (again, before he met me!)
11.  He loves the computer.
10.  He loves his little girl!
09.  He is a hard worker.
08.  He’s a wonderful dad!
07.  He’s an awesome husband!
06.  He loves our small group friends as they’re our own family!
05.  He is a creature of habit!
04.  He sticks to a routine.  (wife needs to break him of this!  She loves spontaneity occasionally!)
03.  He loves a good breakfast in the morning.
02.  He is frugal.
01.  He is MY husband … I love you Jamie!!!!!
 

 

My Little Cupcake

My Little Cupcake

It doesn’t take much for my little girl to be completely thankful and surprised at one inexpensive gift.  She has talked about a cupcake maker for months … after seeing one at Walmart.  When she opened it, she hugged the box for about 10 min. and couldn’t believe she actually had her sweet little hands on one!  Of course I’ve been bugged a million times since Christmas morning … “mommy, we have to make a cupcake now..”   And that is what we did … yesterday …  the day after Christmas.  She is so precise on how the machine works, as she watched her daddy put it together.  I’m telling you – this girl doesn’t miss a thing!  (hmmm, maybe she’s got mommy’s trait of being observant of everything!)    She was so proud of her chocolate cupcake!  It’s so neat to watch the innocence of kids and the smallest things can make their day!  I love you …. my little cupcake!

Get off your knees … and Pray!

This is the Title of the latest book I am reading.  I cannot put it down!  It is written by Sheila Walsh.  She is a phenomenal Author and guest speaker at the Women of Faith Conferences.  Which I was so humbled and excited to be a part of this year!  She truly has a gift of speaking, and sharing her testimony and the Love of God! 

I want to share a few thoughts in her book that have changed my perspective and my heart ….

ALL ABOUT LOVE -

Prayer is a way for us to experience love.  And not just us showing our love for God, but receiving love from God!  God longs to share his heart with us.  He is not looking for perfect robots to follow directions but people who will share his love.  I think it’s very difficult for us to embrace the love of God because we have never been loved that way before.  That’s because all human love – even the best we have experienced – is conditional and is impacted by our behavior or changing circumstances. But God’s love is not. 

Think of how the  love of God has for us is vast like the ocean.  It is not beaten or diminshed by time.   It is constant, strong, and eternal.    There are so many things in this world we can pray for – so many things to ask God to intervene in and change the course of our future.  It may not be an answer we see in our lifetime or even ten lifetimes.  But unless we pray, we cannot hope for anything different. 

PRAYER MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN US

How would it impact your life if you walked around everyday with a deep awareness of being overwhelmingly loved?  God wants people who will share His heart and work with Him for things that have eternal worth, not simply people who place value on the words of the moment.  If we can look at prayer that way, there’s no way we can doubt the difference it makes in our lives.   And yet we can’t help but get discouraged when we are desperate for God to act and heaven seems silent – when even though we want to share His heart, He appears not to see that ours is broken. 

Our enemy would love to keep us so distracted and busy that we forget to focus on what really matters: our relationship with our Father.  Family, work, friends, even church – if we’re not careful, all these things can end up robbing us of the joy of being children of God.    Are you too distracted with earthly things, people, work, and selfish things?? 

God is waiting to speak to you …. are you listening?  Are we being still enough to listen?  He wants us to come to Him for everything… every small detail of our daily life.!