Just checking in...

God is GOOD! I haven't had time to write, because life has been busy this week, but I had to take a quick moment and give GOD the praise for what he is doing in our lives this week!

The Big Fresno Fair

Yesterday, My friend Heather (Who also homeschools her son) and I decided to take a haitus from school and do a field trip to the Fresno Fair. Wow.. it was fun, we got to see everything and the crowds didn't seem to be too bad since we went during the day. We enjoyed going through all of the awesome commerce building exibits and SHOPPING.... they have so much fun stuff in there. We fell in love with these chinese head massagers, which I can imagine would lessen a headache anyday... of course we both needed one. Ha ha

The boys and Trinity loved the play area so much, wow, they have really expanded that. It was alot of fun for them. Then we went to the animal section. We saw some of the most interesting chickens... some of thier feather paterns are down right stylish! WOW.. I couldn't believe how cool some of them looked! (See pictures).. They needed accessories! We also had the opportunity to see 3 little JUST born lambs... awwww.. I could have stayed in that area all day.

All in all, it was a great day and a very successful fieldtrip. It was educational for the boys, they got to pan for gold... they loved that. They had alot of amazing tidbits about the different plants or animals to share from thier studies. So it was a good day and I am so thankful that we have the opportunity to do things like this. We are blessed and God is good!

God answers prayer - But why not the way I want Him to?

I was looking through some old things, and ran onto this article that I had saved.... it spoke to me all over again. I thought I'd share.

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God answers prayer! The beauty of God answering prayer is just that; He answers us! God, in His ultimate and unfailing love desires nothing less than our absolute best. Sometimes, what we think is best is definitely not beneficial for us. Often, we aren't able to see that until time passes and we can look back and see how the situation played out. God knew what was best for us all along!

If a father takes his daughter into a candy store and tells her she can have anything she wants, the little girl would walk wide-eyed into the store eyeing all the sweet treats. The father, knowing his daughter is allergic to chocolate, wouldn't offer her a chocolate bar even if she asked for it. Does the father not care about his daughter's desire? No, the father is bearing the responsibility of parenting and doing what is best for the child.

In this same way, God always answers our prayers with our best interest at heart. God stands to gain nothing from us, but we stand to gain everything from Him!

So, next time you fail to get the answer you want or the next time you feel like God is simply being quiet, set your concerns aside and trust Him. With time, you'll see His protection and divine hand in your situation.

1 John 5:14-15 says, "This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us - whatever we ask - we know that we have what we asked of him."

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“Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time.” - Oswald Chambers

Trying this out.. :)

This is my official first attempt at blogging, a friend suggested that I wasn't keeping her informed enough! LOL! :) It's hard with busy lives these days, but that's no excuse!

Let's see... my days are taken up with homeschooling mostly, but there is alot of great stuff going on. The biggest new thing is Nathan and I just returned from North Carolina to pick up my grandpa and move him to California! That was great fun, and I am so happy to have him here! :)We had a fun trip, made alot of good memories, and saw some pretty crazy bugs.. (definitely worth mentioning)

I'll try to start posting regularly, but here's a start..

I'll also post some pictures from our trip to NC.