Update

thank you for your prayers for paul. he is home. please continue to pray for answers and that paul would be healed completely! pray for rachelle as she cares for him.

Pray...and then Pray Some More!

this is my lifelong friend raChelle and her husband paul. (when i say lifelong, i mean we met when we were around 16 months old and have loved each other ever since!) today, well i guess technically yesterday was her 30th birthday! what a great time to celebrate! we had a night out planned for all of her closest girlfriends...

the plans got cancelled. paul is very sick. he is in ICU right now. lots of things transpired today, i will leave out the details. my point in telling all of you is he needs your prayers. today a miracle happened, to my understanding we could have lost him but GOD had another plan...there was a miracle 30 years ago in the birth of rachelle janae lundy and today another miracle! thank you GOD!

Dear Lord Jesus,

First I want to say thank you for saving Paul today! There is no other explanation other than YOU stepped in and rescued Paul. Thank you for giving us this huge miracle! There are no coincidences, only Divine appointments. Thank you for Paul's life. He is a wonderful, amazing, kind, talented man of God! I thank you for bringing RaChelle and Paul together! They are the most remarkable couple! We give Paul to you right now. Lord, only you know what is going on in his body! I pray that you would find a Dr. that will fight for him! Help them to find out exactly what is going on, give them answers. Help them to not give up until they find them. Lord, be with Paul, relax his mind. Give him rest. Be with RaChelle right now and give her a peace that only you can give! We love you and we trust you, we know that you are in control. Thank you again for the gift of Paul and RaChelle!

In Jesus' Name,

Amen

'Ode'

so i'm sitting here with sleeping babies, jesse's helping my brother move back into town from bend and i've got some time...a little. what should i do??? post, that's it! but what? there are a lot of things going through my mind as i sit here. so here are the random, totally random, super totally random things.

i wish my blog could be cool, with lots of sweet finds and awesome decorating ideas, and delicious treats.
i love bakerella's goody's.
i love bliss's i heart monday list.
i love reading all of my great friends inspirational stories of their lives being played out in their blogs.
i love my aunt laurie, she is so amazing, it is so cool how we are closer than ever and it is all because of a great friend and someone who i look up to, natalie from sparrow! do you know that natalie? you are the reason for all this madness? not only am i closer to my aunt because of worthy goods, but my mom see's me differently now, we can work well together, my mom and i have a greater connection because you came into her life! i have seen my mom open up like never before and take risks! that is the most amazing part of this whole thing. because of you, natalie, my mom is has grown into an amazing, creative, outgoing, person (not that she wasn't these things before but now she is the enhanced 2.0 version). thank you for being my mom's friend. and i have met the coolest people in the world (you being one of them). i love the barnhouse boys, i love rebecca and all the other fabulous people from past sales. i know this is a mushy mess but natalie you are so special and i am so thankful for you, and i am excited to spend thanksgiving with you and your precious family! your imprint on this world is much bigger than you will ever know!
wow that turned out to be an 'ode to natalie'...but i feel it, it's true, so AMEN!

Papa G and Gramma Kristi Came to Visit

yay! papa g and gramma kristi came this weekend, we love you guys, thanks for coming!

daddy and son, push papa g push!

Preschool and More...

annabelle loves preschool! and i think she has the most amazing teachers, mrs. atwood and mrs. sims, ha ha. one week mrs. sims' (christie) is in charge then it's mrs. atwood's (my) turn. we have a blast and the girls are excited about learning, it is perfect for them and us. do you like their turkey hats?i had to write about this craziness! annabelle is not your normal child, she picked this to eat for lunch: oranges, tomatoes, hummus, sesame vegan crackers, and a cheese stick and she ate every bite. this is the same girl that really doesn't like sweets, she would rather have fruit than a cupcake or candy! what is this and how can she be my child??? i love her so much, i should take some of her great eating tips and put them into practice! what do your kids want to eat for lunch?

Auntie Holly Came to Visit!

jesse's sister came to visit this weekend and we had a great time! holly brought her babies, simba, mckinley, and peekay. the kids had such a fun time taking care of the dogs.
holly took us out to the new olive garden, we had the best meal ever, sawyer slept right up until the food was served.

annabelle and daddy raked and raked and raked out back while auntie holly took pictures and let the dogs run around.

we took the dogs on walks in the rain, in the dark, and we took them to the dog park. mckinley rolled in dog poop twice eeewwww, we washed him at the dog wash...we love him anyway!

the kids love their doggie cousins, they can come back anytime!

annabelle loves holly so much they are inseparable. thank you for coming holly we love you and we can't wait for you to move here some day soon!

Neewollah...or...Halloween!

i know this is a little late...but better late then never, right? we call halloween neewollah around here. our church has this totally incredible, super awesome, completely free event every year and it's called neewollah. so this year we did things just a little different...we went trick-or-treating before we went to the big par-tay (this was our first year). sawyer wasn't so excited, argh! but after we told him that he got candy, he was a little better...

"did you just say i get candy?"

isn't that the most beautiful ladybug you have ever seen? my bestest friend in the whole world cathy, made that amazing matching little emily costume, she is beyond talented!

it was the most perfect night, the weather was perfect and the kids had a blast! the kids took turns knocking or ringing doorbells they laughed a giggled and so did i. sawyer would say to everyone "i'm a pirate, argh!" and annabelle would say, "this is emily and she's a lady bug too!" they crack me up.

can you believe this lady? i had to take a picture. sawyer found his 'matey'. and look at the smiles on my girl, man, i love her! overall perfect, perfect, perfect, night and i can't wait to do it again next year!