Another Year

Older.

I am knocking on the door.

of the big 4-0.

In many ways I feel older.

In other ways I can't believe I'm 39!

Until the last few years, my dear, sweet darlin

had convinced my boys that I was 4 years older

than him.  LOL

I had a great birthday supper last night at my folks house.

Today, I had a good birthday dinner with 2 dear friends.

Tonite, hubby and ZB aren't feeling so great.

I am needing to continue on the laundry and house cleaning.

I need to get organized for a little scrapbook

get-a-way this weekend with some friends.

I need.I need.I need.

I want. I want. I want.

What I really need to do is get on my knees and be in prayer for those

suffering from great devastation.  It is literally everywhere I look.

What I want is for everyone to know the Lord and seek his face.

Has anyone else noticed these things?  I feel so guilty at times for

not doing more to win people to God. 

Before I can do that...I must look at myself.  Am I showing the light

of Jesus in my words/actions?  Do people see something about me that is different and want

whatever it is?

I know I certainly don't Shine at all times.  But I am thankful that I am a

work in progress. 

From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets,

the name of the Lord is to be praised.

Psalm 113:3

Isn't this gorgeous?  Sunset on our way home from

the basketball tournament Saturday night.

We were in the Flint Hills.

Beautiful Country.

CB's Team.  He is back row, 3rd from the left.

These boys played their little hearts out!

We have been on this traveling team.  Didn't get

to make it to a lot of tournaments~which was great

for us.  There are three 4th graders and then six

5th graders.  So we are a young team.  All of our

tournaments were against 5th-6th grade teams.

We decided at the last minute to play this tournament(they had a cancellation)

 haven't played in over 1 month.  We had 3 games.  First game was a blow out-we were

the ones blown out(let me say that the boys had not won a game all year)

The team we played had 4 boys as tall as me(5'6"ish ;).  CB is the tallest

on our team at 5'ish.  Second game, we play with them, it's a 1-3 point game

until about 7 mins left and we just kind of fell apart.  But played MUCH better!

3rd game, playing for 5th/6th place.  CLOSE game the whole time,

we get behind 3 points, we shoot a 3 pointer at the buzzer and tie the game!

O*V*E*R*T*I*M*E

2 minutes.

We win by 1 point!!!!

We were sooooooo EXCITED and so Proud!

Great effort and so much fun to watch! 

Well, I should have posted a warning about LONG POST. 

Be Blessed this week and better yet...BE a Blessing to someone!!