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Well, again it has been a while.....

I am still reading Love Dare. I have to be honest.. I have not been reading it every day like I should. But I just read the Love vs Lust chapter. It was interesting. I will share a little of it...
The book says that it is time to expose lust for what it really is... a misguided thirst for satisfaction that only God can fulfill. Lust is like a warning light on the dashboard of your heart, alerting you to the fact that you are not allowing God's love to fill you. When your eyes and heart are on Him, your actions will lead you to lasting joy, not to endless cycles of regret and condemnation...
wow.. right..

And Gavin's vocabulary is getting so big. And I love what he has been saying.. multiple times a day he will come up to me and say... "Mommy, I lub you.." I Love it! And I am trying to get him to start potty training... this, he is not a fan of. The other day I said "Gav, do you want to go sit on the potty?" and he says "uhm no thanks." Well, alright then... at least he is polite. :)
We are battling another ear infection right now and a bad runny nose and cough.

Carlee is wanting to start swimming again. I am hoping to get her in a class for that. And Kindergarten is going well. She likes it, at least when I can get her moving out the door in the morning. She takes after her mother, and she is not a morning person. This makes mornings tough, for both of us. We are working on her Word wall words. She has not done well, until I put a chart up and we put stars by the words as she learns to read them, and then I take her to the dollar tree for every 10 words. So far she knows 17.. this has really helped.

Julian fractured his finger in Basketball. And he is doing really well in school. He is such a smart kid. And he is getting ready for baseball season. He is not so hard to get moving in the morning. He usually gets up and gets moving... at least he is easy.

Aaron is still working a ton. He is stressed too. So this makes it hard for us to get along.. he is tired, stressed and overworked.. I am tired stressed and grumpy.. ugh. His way of de-stressing is playing his video games, which stresses me more.. not a good combo. But we are trying to work that out..

I went to see my friends baby that was born at 23 weeks. He is so little. He is only a pound. I have never seen a baby so small. But he is so cute. Please keep him in your prayers. And his parents need prayer too, to stay strong.

Aaron and I are trying to decide if we can take a vacation with no kids this year. We will see. I think it would be good for us... I will talk more about it if we decide to do it...

I have been doing really well at trying to keep myself out of that "dark place". I mean in dealing with my anxiety and panic issues. I am so thankful to my friends that have helped me through... and I have been talking more to my aunt and my sisters too. That is good. I really long to be close to other women. I think because I grew up without my real mom. And it was hard for my step mom to be real close to me because of other issues.

Anyways.. I guess that is all for now..