Love Challenge

Rules of this challenge:

1. There is no limit to how long the list is.
2. Be completely honest. Do not regard how others would think when making your list.
3. Don't list the obvious things that we all love. (Spouse, kids, Lord, church, freedom, etc.)

THINGS CINDEE LOVES:

1. Getting comments on my blog posts! (I need to be better about GIVING comments.)
2. The first couple sips of a vanilla cinnamon dolce.
3. Buying something dirt cheap from Goodwill that is useful to me.
4. The joy that comes from being right with the Lord and brothers & sisters in Christ.
5. When Josh and I work well together as a team.
6. When my husband grabs my hand and leads me to the altar to pray.
7. When Myah says "Pay My My" when I go to kiss her at night. (translated: "Pray with Myah."
8. When Macy gives me big slobbery kisses.
9. Sitting in my newly decorated front room and enjoying my new "french country" look.
10. Browsing in antique shops.
11. Blueberries
12. Blackberries
13. Congregational singing.
14. When I wake up in the morning, walk downstairs, and see my husband reading his Bible or praying.
15. Couples retreat, ladies retreat, and family camp
16. Fellowshipping after church.
17. Gleaning from ladies who sharpen and challenge me as a wife and mother.
18. Opening my home for food, fellowship, and fun!
19. Coming home after church and putting on comfy cozy clothes.
20. Helping with the teens at WBC.
21. Cooking for my family
22. FALL!
23. Looking at a magazine. Some of my favorites are Better Homes and Gardens, Family Fun, Country Home, Cottage Living...
24. When my kids scratch my back with their tiny little hands.
25. When Josh plays with my hair
26. Running my fingers through my kids hair
27. Nursing my baby
28. When Macy stops nursing and stares at me then after about 30 seconds gives me a big happy grin and continues to nurse.
29. The immediate joy and relief after giving birth
30. Knowing I did my best at the end of a day.
31. When my kids are in bed and it's "me" time. (Being honest.)
32. Getting a new outfit.
33. Feeling pretty. (this has a lot to do with the small things...hair fixed, makeup on, toenails painted...for me anyway.)
34. Cooking something new and YUMMY!
35. Anything chocolate with a glass of milk.

I will end it here although I could go on and on. You take the challenge. It was fun, thought provoking, and a little eye opening.

Here's the deal...

My camera has issues thanks to my 2 year old whose name I won't mention. It's not my fault at all that I left the camera sitting on the counter with the strap dangling from the side. It's not even my fault that she got all curious about what the hangy thing was and couldn't resist the urge to pull it off the counter causing it to hit the ground and break the battery compartment. This actually happened at our old house and up until now I've been using silly electrical tape (because I have no duct tape) to hold the batteries in but of course any electrician would know that electrical tape isn't meant for holding the battery compartment of a very nice camera that this guy got for his wife for Christmas 2 years ago together. Did you get that? Anyhoo...I can't find batteries either. Why would I be looking for batteries? ...because someone I know whose name I won't mention took the batteries from my broken camera for his playstation remote. So there are 4 reasons I've not posted any "new house" pictures yet. 1. My 2 year old broke my camera, 2. Someone took my batteries, 3. I am still decorating, 4. I hope to have most of you over anyway for fellowship. On a different note, I am SOOOOOOOO excited about the Couple's Retreat! Here's an older picture just for the sake of posting a picture...I thought this was so sweet.

My 2 handsome boys!

Myah's 2nd birthday!

My little girl turned 2 on Wednesday, February 4. Not so long ago I felt those first twinges of labor and remember calling my mother in law early Sunday morning to hurry over as I had to go all the way to Tacoma. I remember my labor intensifying greatly on the car ride to the hospital and getting there to find out I was 8 cm. dilated. About an hour later I was in the birthing tub 10 cm. dilated in the pushing stage. Mrs. Emily arrived and 30 minutes later my first little girl whom I had longed and prayed for entered the world. We named her Myah Emily Casaus after our lovely Pastor's wife who attended the birth and lended her aid. I remember Josh turning on the Superbowl a couple of hours after she was born. I miss those days in the hospital learning the ropes all over again with another newborn baby. I miss the joy and anticipation of introducing her to the world for the first time. That is a phase that's finished now and yet I still have that "proud mama" feeling of my little girl. She is such a joy and delight and I must mention, loads of fun to dress! We had a last minute "party" for Myah at our new place. The McClure and Bedsole families showed up to help us celebrate our little princess, Myah.

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Thoughts

So exhausted...moving...hard work. Chastening...even harder work. Unpacking, organizing, chastening, instructing, loving, playing, chastening, praying, running errands, lunch with a friend, chastening, up the stairs, down the stairs, aching muscles, coffee break, blog post...a summary of my day. God's good!
Boring post?...here's some pics...




Firstborns...blessings!