Welcome October! It's Park Day!

This is where I should apologize for not posting for so long, but I am not going to do it.  I refuse!

Here is where you get an update.  It is October.  I can't believe it, but it is finally here!  What does that mean to us?  Well, first off, Steven is getting ready to turn 4.  Yep.  That is right.  FOUR!  I am going to start school on the 15th.  Yes, I am again going to start school.  I know, I have done this before, but this time...  October is also a host of all sorts of other anniversaries for my family that we are REFUSING to celebrate this year!  I will stomp my foot and scream if you try!  ;) 

So, it is October and we are looking forward to it!!!  To start this month in style, we went to a park after school and played.  Here is our proof!

My Birthday Niece...

Time seems to fly by faster every year.  As I celebrated another birthday, I became an Auntie again!  My little brother is now a Daddy!  Where has the time gone?  I remember walking him to and from school & pushing him around in his stroller.  WOW!

This new addition leads me thinking.  (YIKES)  How am I going to minister in this little girl's life.  What will my role in her life be?  I am a single mother.  I am raising two little boys by myself.  I am trying to go back to school, work and still raise up godly young men.  I am jointly raising a young man and a young lady.  Trying to speak truth into their overwhelmed lives.  Praying for them all the more as high school and middle school loom in the near future.  I am trying to live a life in accord with my Savior, falling short regularly.  Praying that in spite of my failings that my children would see Christ.  Now I have this little niece.  She is going to need me.  She is going to need me to pray for her, her parents and her siblings & grandparents.  I pray that I will have a regular relationship with her.  I pray that I can always be here for her as I would my own children.

So today I wake.  I read my Bible, I give thanks for little Aubree Joy.  I pray that we will be close, that I would be faithful to be there for her.  I pray that my children would have a wonderful relationship with their closest cousin.  And most of all, I pray that Christ would be more evident in my life and my actions and that my love for Him would grow continuously!   

Almost a Month!

I have the greatest of intentions for this blog.  Here are a few of the things that I planned for it...

1. Write about daily things
2. Write about things that I find encouraging in the hope of encouraging other single mothers
3. Post pictures for family
4. Share what I am learning

That being said, I am having a bad start.  Sorry!  I could blame it on so many things, but lets chalk it up to that fact that I just haven't chosen to.  This is something that I am planning on incorporating into my day, but we will see where I can squeeze it in! 

For today, I will leave you with this...

                                          ...my little mud monsters

Welcome!

For those of you who know, I tried out WordPress for a while, but I did not find it as user friendly.  So here I am, back at Blogger, with a whole new blog!  I felt a new blog was in order to document this new phase in my life.  New Phase?  That is right.  Coming this fall, I will be going to college (again), Conner will be starting high school, Claudia will be starting middle school, Jonathan will be starting kindergarten and I have a strong feeling that Steven will be going to preschool.  So, we will be a family entering into new academic realms for all!  That is not so bad, right?  Well, could you please remind me of that when I am stressing out about what my family is going to eat for dinner.  : )

So, I hope to blog more about what we are doing, learning and thinking.  More so for an encouragement to myself, but maybe someone else could be encouraged along the way!  I look forward to talking to you soon!
~Sarah