Birthday Blessings

Hi all!  I am feeling so blessed and wanted to share!  It is only 1:00 in the afternoon of my birthday and I am feeling the love.  Thanks to everyone that has sent me birthday wishes...I love you all! The abundance of messages brought tears to my eyes and feelings of love to my heart!!
I have had a fun-filled day already.  First, I was awakened this morning to coffee and gifts in bed and kids singing!  Bob had to got to work!  Then, I took the kids, with Nana, Bumpa, GG, and Melissa, to the Easter egg hunt, games, story time, and lunch at Coastal Baptist Church.  It was great.  So much fun and we were able to fellowship with other believers!  Now I am awaiting Elaine's arrival so we can celebrate her birthday, which is tomorrow, and color some eggs and sit by the pool and catch up! Later, Bob and I are going to dinner at PF Changs.  I am being showered with gifts from my family and friends too.  As I am typing I received a large package from Brian!  What an awesome birthday!  And...I get to celebrate my Savior too! Happy Easter everyone!  Love and Blessings,
BECKY 

Hunger

Hey there!  Have a lot on my mind today...the work week is almost over and I am ready for the weekend.  My Birthday weekend...long weekend due to Good Friday and Easter!  Thank you Jesus!  :)  Thank you for dying on the cross and coming back alive!  Thank you for believing in me and blessing me so much!!

Getting ready to head to church; Awana and choir practice...this leads to my current thoughts about HUNGER.  Not, hungry, ohh I need a steak, hunger, but Spiritual Hunger.  I was listening to the radio this morning...91.7 The Truth, the sister station to 88.1 The Promise.  A preacher, David Jeremiah, was preaching a message about having unrest in your heart, realizing that when the world's problems burden you, it means that you have a Hunger to know God and to learn how to be more like Jesus.  He mentioned that many Christians associate with friends and fellowship with people that have this Hunger.  The more you spend time together, the more it rubs off on you, develops in you a desire to have what they have.  I find this to be SO true.  My best friends are my fellow Christians at Fort Caroline Baptist Church.  They may not know it, (some of you are reading this now), that their love for God, their Spiritual Hunger, and devoted faith is rubbing off on me.  Thank you!!

Have a blessed evening everyone.
BECKY 

A Lot on My Mind...Ramble On and On

My mind is racing...I have so much going on.  

I am so glad that the FCAT is over!  My poor 8th graders had 4 days of testing.  This is awful.  How do the high up education people and officials think that is the best way to find out what a student knows and is capable of?  Whew!

Taxes are due tomorrow and we aren't finished, so I will be filing an extension and mailing it tomorrow.  Time just got away from us.  Boo!

I need to sit down with my hubby and address our invitations for our Rededication ceremony coming in a few weeks.  Man, time flies.  I need to get organized.  I need addresses in order to address invites!  LOL, I am very excited that my mom and dad, my sister Sandy, and my niece Robin are coming!  I can't wait!  That reminds me too...I have to get with my friend Raney who is fixing my dress!

My birthday is next weekend!  So happy to have Friday off and the next Monday off for the Easter holiday!  What a great birthday present!  He is Risen!! 

Bob and I are teaching our LifeGroup class again this Sunday.  This has been a wonderful experience for the two of us!  I love seeing the Lord work in him.  I am a proud wife!  Bob has grown so much closer to God in the past year and I love it.  He is so excited to be going to Haiti with a bunch of other church members in August.  They are heading on a mission trip to an orphanage there.  He is very excited to prepare for this journey and is excited to see what God has in store. 

Better go...I could ramble on all day!  Laundry is calling!  

BLESSINGS!

In the Middle of My Little Mess.....I AM SO BLESSED!!! Things Could Always Be Worse!!

     Let me just say....that I am SO BLESSED!  My God takes care of me and provides for me in every situation.  Philippians 4:19 says, "But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus."  Read it and believe it!  This is my father-in-law's favorite verse.  It is ever so true.
   I am currently in Michigan visiting family and my travel to get here was, to say the least, a bit stressful.  It started off great.  I was dropped off at Jacksonville Airport and had a nice experience with my first flight into Detroit.  Then the MESS began.  As I hurried to get to my connection, on and off the tram, over two Concourses, I was dying to go the bathroom and pretty starving.  It was after 9:00 pm.  The connection was said to board at 8:55pm for a 9:30pm departure...so I was HIGH TAILING IT!!  I found the gate and rested for a second.  I saw that I had a few minutes, so I went to the restroom.  I got back to the gate and the time of departure changed to 9:48.  Ok, I thought, no biggie. Only a little bit behind.  I texted my mom and niece who were headed to Flint to pick me up.  The rest is a pretty LONG story....the 18 minute flight from Detroit to Flint, turned out to be 4 hours of waiting and unknowing.  My mom and niece had to come to Detroit and get me, Delta cancelled the flight due to mechanical problems.  So....here is where I give the credit to God.  I was praying, my family was praying, that all would be ok.  I sat on the plane, on the runway, for over 2 hours before they decided to cancel it.  What would have happened if we would have taken off?  God was providing for me, protecting me.  I also had a pretty positive outlook compared to many other enraged passengers.  I was very happy that I was not travelling with my 2 small children and that in many ways...this could have been worse.  Always remember....in our own little messes...we are so blessed!  God is Good ALL THE TIME!!
BLESSINGS!

It's Over!

Well, my sad and boring Spring Break is over!  I have officially been back to work today.  Why did I give my students a report due right before Spring Break?  I had 48 reports to grade, comment on, and put in the grade book today!  What was I thinking?  A teacher's work is never done!  Especially those of us who have families!  I think I heard "MOMMY".....wait no...."MMMMOOOOOOMMMMYYYY!!!" about 80 times in the past 2 days alone!  Alaina and Wesley are some needy kids!  Especially Wesley....at one point I said I am going to change my name...to DADDY!!  LOL  Bob works so much...it is me and the kids a lot of the time.

Anyway...I am looking forward to this week SO MUCH!  I finally get to do a little something for myself.  I am taking a SOLO trip to Michigan for a few days.  My niece Robin is marrying her high school sweetheart!  I am very excited.  Bring on the week!  Love and Blessings!!