Monday

Well I started out getting ready for work a little early because the new high school below my work finally opened and I was worried about traffic. Plus on Monday's when I take Aydan to his cousin's house, I pass thru 3 districts and I just wanted to be on time. 7:45, I clocked into work and ran into NO traffic on my way to work. I could of had more time to sleep. But now I know...Aydan and I got our hair trimmed today. Aydan did a good job, right until the very end just as he was snipping his last snip did Aydan start crying. I have no reason why. I think he did okay with me. I have my hair straight at the moment so we will find out when I put mousse in it for tomorrow.
3 more days and vacation here we come. Even though it might rain the whole entire weekend I believe we will have fun. Plus it might be warm enough to go and play in the rain anyways!!! I am trying to get everything finished for this weekend at work because it is the end of the month. I believe this will be a good month...at least it looks that way.
I need to pack, and I want to go to the married couples thing tomorrow night at church. Mariano is going to school but I know that I will always have something to work on on my end of the marriage. So I am undecided. Course I could get off of here and do some packing but I am actually comfortable at the moment.
Aydan has learnt his 'tongue.' I can ask him where is his tongue and it sticks it out. Funny now so I hope it will stay that way. He knows where his nose is, Nana is working on the eyes and I am working on the ears. But Aydan loves the song Deep & Wide. When it is just me and him in the car, we sing constantly. He babbles along. Today I picked him up to get a hair cut, once we got on the road and started saying, "Deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, deeeeeeeeeee." He hasn't learnt to add the "p" to it just yet. But we are working on it.

Weekend!!!

My favorite part of the week.....5 1/2 more days and we will be on vacation!!! With friends!!!! who have cute, adorable kids!!! But with the tropical storm doing its thing, I am praying that it stays south of here. Then I got to thinking about how BIG God's ears are. He hears everyone one's prayers about the storm. Think of that...people in Florida are asking that it goes away, I am praying that it goes somewhere besides where I am going...and God has that all under control. Then not to mention the prayers that has nothing to do with the storm. But the amazing thing is, is not that he hears them and has them all tallied up, but that he can ANSWER every single one. WOW....I could go on forever about that topic.
Mariano is weed eating, Aydan didn't want to go out with him. Aydan doesn't care for that but likes to help mow grass. This morning I got up, used the bathroom, brushed my teeth, got some tissue paper to blow my nose like I do every morning and throw in the toilet. While I am blowing my nose, Aydan grabs the white wash cloth this morning, 'blows' his nose, and proceeds to throw in the toilet. I had to tell him "No" because I didn't feel like fishing anything out of there. I thought that it was cute. We plan on going to the Drexel Fair tonight. Mom took Carter and Aydan on Tuesday night. I have pics but I will have to post them later, but it was the first time that Aydan rode rides with out crying. Actually like them, so Mariano said that he wanted to go tonight to watch him.
We got the pictures back, actually a while back, with Carter and Aydan. I am going to have to cut them to hand out. They did really good, but I am not surprised because they are BRADSHAWS!!! And ain't nothing bad about that...
Well I am off to clean the rest of my house, I am trying to wear Aydan out for a good nap so he will be in a good mood this evening...then get a Sunday School lesson together...pray about what portion I have to bring to the service.....

Quick Ketchup...

Forgive me, forgive me, forgive me....I have been slothful with my blogging. Mariano is watching Guatemala vs. United States so I am hollering "Vas Estados Unidos" which is go United States. Aydan is just hollering. This is really the only game of soccer that I like, can you figure out why??? I told Mariano that the US has always won and that was 'prophecy' about our household as well...lol. At least I thought it was funny, he didn't.
Well what a service. I was encouraged and I believe others are as well. I love our congregation so much and the freedom/liberty that is there. I feel like we are all on different spiritual levels and when someone has a different conviction, we all get along just fine with it. I truly feel like we are family, God's family, and that we have worked along time to get where we are. But we are only where we are at because of God. We have to keep blessing him and he will in return bless us. Of course, our reason to bless God should not be because we get something in return...we love him and he loves us!!! Can you believe that God, the one who created everything loves ME??? I feel so special!!!
Well I had a funny conversation today at work. Let me give you a little history, a few months ago our lady in shipping called and said that this Asian lady will be in to give her some make up that she bought. This Asian lady sell something like Mary K, I don't because I don't wear makeup. Anyways after they got through talking, shipping lady leaves and the Asian women walks up to me and points her finger to my forehead and said that I need to do something about that. My pimples. Now what do you say to that, I just kind of laughed because I couldn't believe that she was that bold to do that. So she went into a speech that she had something to clear it up. Well she came back. Gave the shipping lady what she ordered and this time there was 2-3 other women in the office. So she comes up to the window and said that I needed to by make up. She couldn't believe that I didn't wear make-up. I told her that I believed that God didn't want me to wear make up. Her response: God made the rainbow, so he created beautiful colors for 'ladies' to wear." Hello Devil, please step away from the woman's body!!! But seriously, so I went on that I was a LADY and that I didn't need make up. Least to say it was awkward but I was proud of myself that I said what I did. But I still can't believe that lady. She will be back and thank the Lord my response will still be the same. The thing is, and it just hit me, she didn't ask anyone else for any make-up. I believe it was a test.
Anyways, last night we went to Drexel Fair. They have bracelet night every night and you don't have to pay to get it. $2.00 parking which I believe is reasonable. Aydan and Carter rode rides and shockingly, Aydan didn't cry on a single ride. They had good fireworks there as well. I want to go on Friday or Saturday night because they give a Drexel Bedroom Suit away. Very beautiful and it is real wood too.
Well we have decided to go on another vacation. Our friends have invited us to go and we are excited. I wish it was this weekend. Aydan just came to me mumbling some stuff, but whatever it was he was serious about it. I think he was trying to tell me that he daddy said something. But he has learnt to say "Carter" which he pronounces "Car-Car" at least that is what I make out of it. So I am glad that he is still learning but I wish that he could learn a Spanish word for Mariano's sake. He does understand what we say in Spanish so I am thankful for that. We met Mariano's friend in Wal-Mart the other day, she has 3 boys and they do not understand Spanish. Mom and Dad are Spanish. It floor boarded me that they didn't know. But I thought that it was kind of sad.
Two more days and I get to lay in the bed with Aydan!!! He loves to cuddle and so do I...well I am off of here to fix me some LIVER MUSH with EGGS for breakfast in the morning. Want some???

Real quick...

I am at the library. I came to transfer some money from our savings account to our checking account for this weekend. I really don't want to do that but I get paid this week, also supposed to get a raise. HR said that they put my information in, I think I will be a little mad if not because I double checked with them about that. Last raise I got, I had to wait for 2 months to go by before it showed on my check...they do get retro pay so I am thankful for that.
We are going to night to get new cell phones. I told Mariano that he needed to start sending his pictures to his email account. Last night after we got home from church he decided to start then. Want to know how many he has...130. I can't figure out how to send them all at one time. Scott said that we can. But I have been working on my pictures on my phone. Mine didn't really take good quality pictures so I really do not have that much.
I have been so busy...VBS all last week, break on Saturday, church on Sunday, Work all week, Monday and Tuesday night both in Hickory, Wednesday evening church, Thursday evening in Hickory (AGAIN but only because of my husband...long story) then we are leaving tomorrow for VA. The month of September doesn't look any good either....but GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL.
I have been thinking alot of the brother who might lose his leg and his family. I have prayed for them, they are heavy on my mind. I am praying for a miracle. Also I am have been praying for the Sister in GA who received some bad news. She is so sweet, I believe I could take her home with me. Just keep those guys in prayer....probably won't be back on here until we come back...

I know, I know, I know...

I know that I am late posting. This week was end of month. Thursday was our last day to get everything in for this month, I left work and I cried. I was just tired of things. I felt like I had planned ahead and got some things worked out, but our Track and Trace system got messed up. We were seeing shipments that hadn't been exported from Europe when others could see that it had cleared customs on being imported here in the United States. Big mess up. But it is all behind me. The song by Karen Peck, Will you hold my while I cry? I wanted to hear that so bad because that was just how I felt. Not to mention that I started that day....man do I miss that year when I did not have to worry about those things....hopefully soon Lord willing I will go through that again!!!
Mariano's mom is doing a whole lot better! She is at home and sounds so much better on the phone. Mariano rented a movie this weekend. I think that was our 5th one so far this year. THANK THE LORD...that is all in another blog, but it was Under the Moon but I think the actual name to go and rent it is in Spanish. But the movie was about a mom who came to the US illegal. She left behind her mom and her son. Her mom was very sick but she had to make money for her family. Her little boy always wanted to come over here to be with her. Finally one day her mother died and the little boy found a couple that would smuggle him into the US. The mom and the son end up together but it was a movie for the "US Government" to see how the immigrants feel. I cried alot in it, because the boy could have died trying to get through customs. It makes me think of how Mariano crossed. He has told me about it several times and I just can't imagine.
We had Carter and Aydan's picture taking Thursday night. They were all in a good mood, us adults were too...lol. But the boys did really good. They would smile for the camera and then as soon as the flash went, they would look up at the camera and see what they looked like. We were all amazed at how the hole 'shooting' went. I was proud of them.
VBS starts tomorrow. I am really nervous. Even though I teach the younger class at church, I still get nervous. Sure I can mess up and they might not even catch it and sometimes they ask questions that I do not have the answer too, but I did do one of the stories in Sunday School. My 'fruit' is joy. One of the stories was the shepherd who lost his lamb. He had to leave the 99 and go seeking for the other one. So while he is seeking, Shelly wants to know where did he put the other 99 sheep. So I had my felt board out, which is so easy for them to learn with, and I told her that they was in a fence. So Abigail points out that the "99" were not in the fence on the board. It took a lot of convincing to continue on with the story. But I have mentioned that I have been looking for that candy coin money. I want to use it in Sunday School for a lesson with the fish and two coins but I could never find it. Finally I found it, so I bought some for VBS because I have a story that that could go with. I am thinking about doing something like a relay with my story. Not for sure yet...so just pray for me and the others that are teaching!!!