i love...

Tonight we were all laying on the floor in the living room watching the OU women play basketball. Totally out of the blue, John Mark sat up and said:

"I love my daddy."
"I love my mommy."
"I love my playroom."
"I love robot John Mark."

And laid back down to snuggle.

I love that kid.

a day in my life

Since I am always sharing funny stories about John Mark, I decided to share my own embarassing story that happened yesterday.

I guess I should start with the background. A couple of Saturdays ago, I was looking around on ebay, you know- just for fun. This is when I always get myself in trouble... I found a place selling brand new Toms, and the starting bid was $15. Always one for a good bargain, I put a bid in. I set my "high" bid at $20, thinking there was no way on earth I would win. Then last Thursday, Micah informed me that I had won!! Sweet- $25 Toms are quite the deal! So my new shoes got here Monday and I was super pumped to wear them yesterday.

Now... on to what happened yesterday. If you have Toms, then you probably know this already. If you don't- consider this your warning. The bottoms of those puppies are SLICK! I'm not talking "heels you haven't scuffed yet"... I'm talking "falling on the ice" kind of slick!

Yeah, you know where this is going.

So yesterday, I ran to target after work to pick up some frozen waffles for John Mark (that's all he wants for breakfast these days. well, that and sausage, but that's a different story for a different day) because we were out. Having almost fallen several times in the office, I was being quite careful as I walked through the tile floors of target. I was fairly proud of myself for not sleeping.

But you know what they say... Pride goes before the fall.
In my case- literally.

I was standing in line. STANDING IN LINE. Not even walking down an aisle... standing there, when Leanne Rimes on the cover of US Weekly caught me eye. I always knew gossip magazines were trouble... anyway, I stepped over to grab the magazine and read while I was waiting when it happened.

My right foot didn't have traction and I felt myself falling, so I tried to catch myself with my left foot. Unfortunately, I had Toms on both feet and that shoe was no better equipped for catching a falling girl than the other. So I crashed into the checkout counter and landed flat on my bottom- right in the middle of the checkout line at Target.

And that my friends, is the story of my life- right there.

for such a time as this

A lot has been going on lately-
not only in my busy, busy life,
but in my mind and in my heart.

Two weeks ago while I was out for my run,
I had a little talk with Jesus.
I realized that I just couldn't go to TN for my race.
I probably looked like a crazy-
running, crying, singing...
but I didn't care.
The greatest peace washed over me.

Little did I know, life was going to get hectic.
I need to be here...
I need to be focused...
and my focus can't be running.

But you know what?
It's good.
I'm right where God wants me.
I've been put in this position-
"for such a time as this."

"It's all about you, Jesus
and all this is for you..."

please pray!

A dear, dear friend of mine is in a horrible place right now.
Her son and his wife were in a terrible car accident yesterday on their way to California.
She and her husband flew to arizona yesterday to be with them.
Her son has multiple, very serious injuries.
Please pray for this precious family.

a laugh a day

Seriously- I think I could post a funny story about John Mark every single day. We live in our very own comedy show!

Here are the stories from the weekend.

Penguin Shoes

Friday evening we were getting ready to head to our usual Friday afternoon spot- Cuppies & Joe. I told JM to get his shoes from his bedroom and he said "new shoes?" I replied yes and walked into the kitchen. I heard something about "penguin shoes" and then nothing for about 10 minutes. I called to the back of the house where he was and he said "just a second... i puttin' on my penguin shoes." Having no clue what he was talking about, I got the camera because I knew the was going to be good. This is what I saw when he came into the kitchen. Don't worry- the cup of pens, that's his cup of "coffee."

Robot John Mark

A sweet friend of ours was cleaning out her toy room and gave us a little tikes police car. John Mark has spent everyday for the past two weeks playing in that car. This past Wednesday Kristen brought the matching gas pump to the office. You would have thought the thing gave out candy or something as excited as John Mark was about it.

But that's not the best part of the story. Thursday evening he carried the gas pump into the living room from his playroom and sat it down on the couch. This was our conversation:

JM: "My friend John Mark wants to snuggle you just a little bit, my mom."

(he refers to Micah and I as "my mom" and "my dad"... who knows why!)

Me: "Oh.. okay... so now the gas pump is your friend?"

JM: "yeah, my mom- he's robot John Mark."

(said like it was the most OBVIOUS thing in the world)

So for the rest of the weekend, when we would eat, "Robot John Mark" would sit at JM's little table with fake food from his kitchen. He would get "milk" at night and JM puts him to bed each evening in the playroom before he goes to bed.

What a beautiful friendship. :o)

"the apple of His pie"

A sweet friend of mine gave me a set of bible verse cards for kids who can't read when I was pregnant with John Mark. We've been learning a verse every couple of weeks for the past several months. I finally got video of John Mark saying his verses to us. Enjoy!


PS- friends with babies/or babies on the way, let me know if you'd like a set!! i would LOVE to make you a set!

a john mark story & video

Last night we were reading about how God made the world. Before I got to the part where he made Adam & Eve, I asked John Mark if he remembered who the first people God created were.
He looked at me and said: "uh... Jesus and.... Sissy Bird. yep!"

(sissy bird is my friend lesley...
don't ask why she is sissy bird...)

And here is another funny video of John Mark showing off his "slam dunk" dance to mom & dad.

first date

John Mark and Caroline had their first Cuppies & Joe date a couple of weeks ago. Here are their pictures.

sitting at their "little table"

this is my girl!

so studious


a glimpse into their future, perhaps?

seriously- how cute are they?

preschool... really?

Can I just tell you how big my baby is getting? Too big... that's for sure! I enrolled him in preschool today... PRESCHOOL. Now granted, this is pending him ever cooperating and ACTUALLY being potty trained... Otherwise he'll end up in the big kids class wearing pull-ups. And that my friends will be a sad day.

busy little bees

Oh my word- where did February go?

And March is flying by just as quickly...

I can't even believe it!

I apologize for my lack of updates-

we have been so busy I've barely had time to think!

Let's see... 2 weekends ago was Big Weekend.

This is our annual event with over 600 students from all across Edmond.

It's so much fun, but man does it wipe me out!

Last weekend we had the Ladies Retreat at church.

Nat was in town from Houston,

and we had a fabulous weekend.

I learned a ton and had a great time.

Micah has been busy gearing up for summer.

MS Camp... 8th Grade Trip... VBS...

I can't believe all of this is coming so soon!

He is also busy planning his annual guys only camping trip.

John Mark is busy just being silly.

I'm posting a video of him at the end of this.

He is spinning and singing "How Great Is Our God."

At the end of the video he tells us to "clap guys"...

Enjoy!