Prayerful Politics

When I think about the upcoming election to be quite honest it worries me. I think I know what direction our country needs to go but it really isn't up to me. I can't help feeling helpless. I know that the best thing I can do for our country, our current leaders, future leaders, our economy, and government is to simply pray. I stumbled upon this site, which I think is great. I encourage you all to join me in prayer.
Here is the site:
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Thankful....

As I sit here tonight listening to the silence of my home,(which means everyone is fast asleep) I am overwhelmed with a sense of gratitude. I am thankful for my wonderful, magnificent, amazing, husband who has loved me unconditionally and taught me so much about...well really everything. He is the most inspiring person I know and I am so grateful that he chose me all those years ago. I am thankful for my three beautiful children, each one special and unique. They add so much to my life, I can't even describe it. I am thankful for the abundance of family that I have surrounding me and the support and love they provide. I am thankful for friends, new and old. Most of all I am thankful for Jesus Christ and the blessings that he has graciously poured out onto my family. I am not worthy of his blessings and most certainly not worthy of his love and forgiveness but he is always there for me. He is always a comfort and my strength even when I don't know it or ask him to be, he is constant. I am thankful for his convictions and his call to serve him, for out of my obedience comes my biggest blessings. Thank you Jesus!!!

Big news...Little town!

Well it's official, when you come to Alaska and more importantly Wasilla you can find yourself shopping at TARGET!!! Today was the soft opening, the grand opening is Sunday. Jeremy and I were invited to the special contractor opening last night. Jeremy was less than thrilled but very supportive of my enthusiasm. :) Tuesdays are our weekly "date night" and he was sweet and never complained once in the five or six laps I did around the store!! Afterwards he took me out to dinner. What a lucky girl I am! I have to admit that I'm pretty exited, Target is a huge addition to the shopping choices in Wasilla. Sad but true. :)
The girls were dying to check out the new store so after dinner was cleaned up we left the boys on the couch watching airplane movies and headed out! I think the kitchen may have been cleaned in record time. I have never seen the girls work so fast. When we got there the game plan was to browse the entire store and they could choose one item to purchase. They ended up with more than one item but only one item was an unessesary purchase. They both chose these super soft bathrobes. We have been looking for cute kiddo bath robes for a long time so they're happy and can't wait to shower in the morning.

Fall Fun!!

When we got home from the cabin we decided that we had better get the most terrible job of the year (a.k.a raking) finished. There were still a few leaves on the trees but we knew that winter was coming FAST! We got the whole yard done to perfection, I think we even raked some of the driveway! It looked AWESOME, that is until twelve hours later it was buried in five inches of snow. :) We had an actually surprisingly good time with the task, Landin took a nap and the girls helped out. The job was finished with some great pictures, one broken rake, and dinner at Chili's.

First snow.....at the cabin!

This past weekend was quite eventful. We made our last trip to the cabin for the summer. When we got there Mother Nature reminded us that winter was coming. It snowed, melted, snowed, melted and snowed again all the while giving the kids plenty to do. They built the first snowmen of the year, played in the mud, fixed the melted snowmen, and so on... I cleaned out and packed things that needed to go home for the winter, kinda bittersweet, and Jeremy worked on things around the property and of course went fishing just one more time. The next time we go will be with snowmachines. I am looking forward to it! Bring on Winter!!!

Catch up post #5...Mmmmmm....Raspberries!

A friend called the other day (actually a couple months ago but I'm behind and kinda sorta catching up)and said that her raspberry bushes were loaded and in need of a harvest. The kids and I went over to her house the next day and loaded up!!! We had lots of fun and while Landin was NO help at all...he dumped the bowl many times!!! He had fun too. When we got home I was feeling domestic (for some strange reason ) and decided an attempt to make a pie(my second pie EVER). While it was not that pretty, it tasted good and I was proud of my handiwork in the kitchen.

Catch up post # 4...Zip strips, Cotton Candy, Caramel Apples, and RIDES!!!

Here are a few pics of the 2008 Fair outing. We went on a zip strip day and so the majority of our day was spent at the rides. We snuck off to get food every now and then, but it was always back to the rides. Daddy was able to meet us there after work and went on a few "BIG KID" rides with Lexi. It made me sad to think she was old enough to want to go on them. Lainie also was allowed to ride some of them, she barey measured tall enough. Landin stayed in the stroller most of the time...mostly because I kept giving him yummy treats to eat. My "fair" train of thought was that if he was quiet and in the stroller it was better. Probably not the best parenting moment, but hey, it worked and he didn't even get a tummy ache!