Softball

Randy has been playing softball this fall as part of our church's team. Let's just say, it has been an exciting season. Usually Courtney and I meet up and chat and watch our husbands play. It has been great to have a definite hour plus to catch up and hang out. Here are some pictures from my phone (reason for lack of clarity):

Seth up to bat

Seth again (I think)

Randy up to bat - look at that form!

After a great hit

Look at that blur

Sundays and headaches

Today was a strange day. Good, but strange. I did wake up at 5 instead of 6. Not because I didn't set my clocks back, but because my cell phone (which I use for my alarm) didn't change over to the new time. It felt so good to turn the alarm off and sleep for another hour! Ah, the joy. Then I got up, got ready for church, and headed off for another Sunday of KidRidge fun. I usually cover the 9 am service and attend the 11 am one with Randy. Well, we had an abundance of kiddos today. After having less than normal attendance the past few weeks, today we had 62 kids in the 9 am service! We normally average about 45 to 50. So Jami and I did extra duty in the nursery since one volunteer didn't show. Fun times. Then the 11 am service rolled around. 4 of my volunteers didn't show! Normally this wouldn't be a big deal, and thankfully attendance was down for the 11 am service. So I did nursery duty again. After 2 naps, 1 bottle, several animal crackers, 5 book readings, and diaper duty, all were picked up by their parents. And thankfully all were happy when they left. Oh, and I left out that during all of this I had the beginnings of a major headache. I can say it wasn't brought on by the kids, they were as sweet as ever, I think it was sinuses to blame. We headed home, Randy picked up Freebirds for lunch (thanks honey!), and I crashed after taking migraine meds. An hour later, the headache was still there and wasn't getting better. I tried Motrin - nothing. Finally, I asked Randy to go get some Excedrin to see if that would help. It did! By about 5 today the headache was gone. Days like this make me glad they don't happen everyday. I can handle them every once in a while. So now I'm headed to a friend's house to work on designing her Christmas cards and to watch the Unit later on. Our husbands are at a movie, so we are taking advantage of the time to work on digital scrapbooking. So I know this was a random post, but today was a random day. Hope you have a great evening! Stay tuned for another update tomorrow!

National Blog Posting Month

So I learned yesterday that November is National Blog Posting Month. Basically it is a challenge to post a blog everyday for 30 days. Considering I do good to post 3 times a month, posting everyday for 30 days seems like a stretch for me. But since I'm willing to try, here goes nothing. For the next 30 days I'll attempt to post a blog each day. They might be random. They might be silly. They might even be serious. So sit back, relax and enjoy a month in my life. Maybe you'll learn something.....

God's timing (part 2)....

Randy found out yesterday he did not get called back for a 2nd interview with Arlington FD. We were both disappointed, but know that God has a plan. We just have to trust and obey. Not really sure what the next step will be now. We'll keep looking for other departments that are hiring in the meantime. We would appreciate your prayers in all this.

One thing that I did learn (again) from yesterday, is that we are blessed with more than we realize. Yes, this is the 2nd time the job/interview process hasn't worked out for us, but we do have so much to be thankful for. We have jobs, cars, a nice apartment, clothes to keep us warm, food in our pantry, friends and family who would do anything for us, a church that we love being a part of, and so much more that we don't deserve. A friend of a friend was diagnosed with Leukemia last week and started Chemo last Saturday. She is our age. Another friend of a friend is attending college in the US, while her family is in Africa. She is grateful for hand-me-down clothes that wouldn't be missed in someone else's closet. I could go on and on. The point being, God has blessed us with more than we need and deserve. We need to be thankful for it all, even when things don't go quite as planned. :)

And I close with the 1 picture I took when we went to the State Fair a few weekends ago....enjoy!

Election Newsletter

I am posting this because I believe it is worth reading. I know there is a lot of hype and hoopla about voting this year - and for just cause. We need to be in prayer between now and November 4th for our country, our next president, and our world. Please take some time and read the article in the link below. Thanks for reading!


Rachel

http://www.citizenlink.org/pdfs/2008-10-c4newsletter.pdf

Be Praying!

Randy is interviewing with Arlington FD today at 9:00 am. We know that the outcome is in God's hands and not ours. Thank you for your prayers. We appreciate them more than you know!

(I scheduled this post ahead of time. No, I'm not up at 6:00 am!)

What we've been up to

So what have we been up to this past month? Well, a lot actually. Randy got the conditional offer from Cedar Hill FD and went through the last round of testing. After the results were in, he didn't pass so they didn't give him the job. We were bummed. But we know that if that wasn't the job God wanted him to have, then something else is out there. So we are trusting in that. He is now in the interview process with Arlington FD. I'll keep you updated as things progress.

We also met with a Realtor to start looking for a house. Our lease is up in a few months and we both are excited about the possibility of having our own house. Keep us in your prayers. Stuff with the economy and financial markets are so up in the air right now and we want to make the right decisions.

Last weekend our church, TCAL, had its 2nd Anniversary Celebration. 2 years ago in October, we started having weekly services. Wow! Look where God has brought us now. We went from 40-50 a week to averaging 400 in September. It is all God. Randy and I have been serving in the kids minstry since the beginning and we've gone from max 15 kids to over 100 a week! Now we have 2 services, so that adds a new dynamic to the picture. We had a Celebration Picnic & Baptism on Sunday night at the property. Here are a few pics from it: