just because

well g is napping and jay is hunting so i thought i would blog. it's dangerous when i don't have a topic... i cannot believe its already new years eve. seems weird to start 2014. i'm not really a goal setter in general so making a new years resolution seems extra pointless for me.  i certainly have things i'd like to do. definitely changes i'd like to make. but i wouldn't call them resolutions. hmm, let me think of what i might like to see happen in 2014... - new curtains in our bedroom - wear makeup and real clothes more often - take more pictures - stay in Gods Word more consistently - pay more attention to people around me - read more - slow down - see jays family more often - hopefully a potty trained g. i'm scared. never had a penis, don't know how to train one.  things i'm pumped about in 2014... - meeting sweet Julianna Asher Dunlap!!  - watching g grow up and being able to have real conversations with hi...

well christmas is over. no worries. i've been listening to christmas music since oct and had my decorations out since nov 15. NO SHAME. truth = i did take down all my christmas stuff and clean my house before we left town on dec 22. again, no shame. i like to come home to a clean house. we celebrated christmas with my family last saturday. i started the day with a 10 mile run (4 of them with a friend, yay julia!) and then got myself ready to go my folks. my mom told me the day before that we were having a "different" meal but there would be something for everyone. haha. she wasn't kidding! it was awesome and hilarious. listen to this... for the men:  steaks. and they were DELISH. i think it was beef tenderloin. for the kids: pancakes! chocolate chip, regular and an assortment of fruit to eat on top or with it. also: some egg souffle that was so good. tomato gravy, rolls (i think?) for me: sweet potatoes for everyone: homemade eclairs (YUM) and homemade...

you know how you can hear something numerous times but then for some reason you hear it again and it just clicks?? well that happened for me several weeks ago and it has been life changing... when it comes to other people or life in general i wouldn't consider myself a negative thinker. but when it comes to myself...i have been very much a negative thinker. i put myself down often. sometimes i would just think bad thoughts in my mind and other times i would say them out loud. well, precious DeeDee taught us about the tremendous effect our words have on our lives. she taught about it for an hour and a half at our last growth group. but i told her afterwards she couldn't stopped after her first sentence and it would've been enough to convince me. she said, "In the beginning, God believed and spoke creation into being." His WORDS created!! wow. that grabbed my heart and mind. so since then i have really been challenging myself to watch my thoughts ...

i really love Jesus. i am truly amazed by Him and His faithfulness. this week has been full of miracles in the life of the Robbins. i get weepy thinking about it all. simply precious. if i tried to share all the details of their story, i'd fail. here's a link to their blog :) http://us4.campaign-archive2.com gabe is the coolest kid ever. some of my favorite G things lately... - he says "thank you, you're welcome" all together and i love it. - he is enamored with christmas stuff just like me! - he cracked us up the other night. jay put him down and he said "bye bye" which is normal. but then he kept talking and playing in his crib. so jay kept saying "go to sleep!" and gabe would reply "night night!" too.darn.funny. - we went to visit the Robbins at the medical center. he must've said "ride" and "robot" 100 times. he thought the machine that checked keris vitals was a robot. - mom got him some rockin...