Oh July, Where did you go?

So, I can NOT believe this month is already two days from being over....Really? Where is the time going? It seems like just yesterday I was on my way to Texas. It's been a really busy month and down right overwhelming for me to say the least. I'm hoping August will be a slower more relaxing month lol. Fingers crossed on that one. July was a good month though I saw family I hadn't seen in forever and also met new family members I'd never met. My baby girl turned 4 and she absolutely loved her birthday party and all her presents. My best friend and I made her birthday cake which was awesome! My mother and sister also had a birthday, as well as my great grandmother which was the reason for the Texas trip...July also had it's tough moments my uncles birthday was in there to which he unfortunately isn't here to celebrate :(, but my daughters birthday helps ease that pain :)..My grandparents were also in a bad automobile accident and we are very blessed to still have them with us. They walked away pretty banged up but by the grace of God they are still with us! I thank God for all the blessings in my life daily! So with the good comes the bad and with the bad the good it's what you take away from all of life's experiences that matter the most. Life is precious! I cant wait to see what August has in store ;).

Also within the month of July two of the books I was waiting for to come out from two different series made their debut's! I was so excited(still am)! I re read the first series I was waiting on and now I'm starting on the second series now. I read so many books in between that I like to refresh my memory :). They were the third installments for both series. The first one was the Wolves Of Mercy Falls. The third book was okay. I read a lot of reviews before reading it though which I dont like to do because people are different with what they like. That being say I liked the third book I was hoping it was a little different but it was still good and tied it up nicely. This second series is one of my favorites it's the Celestra series by Addison Moore. I find her to be a great author and look forward to reading more of her stuff. I haven't gotten the the third book yet because I'm back on the first Ethereal, but I can not wait! So when I read it you know I'll tell you about it!


Onto another topic...My faith was tested this week. I'm going to make this a long story short. Someone commented on a thread on facebook and basically stated their opinion on why they believe most people believe in God. Well I found what she said to basically be offensive. I'll tell you why. You can't go and say why people believe what they believe period. You just can not. Your faith or non faith or whatever you believe is yours and yours alone. PERIOD. If you do believe in God which I do. That's personal. Your faith is personal. Just like any other relationship you have with someone. It's no one else's relationship but yours. So who is someone to say what they think about why people follow God or believe in him? Who am I to say why you don't believe in him??? It's hypocrisy at it's finest. I guarantee you if I said anything about why they didn't believe in him I'd be accused of  "judging" them...but telling me why I believe in God isn't that "judging" me?? See it's a double standard with people like that who think they are so wise. My thing is, is that I have plenty of friends that don't believe in God or have other religions, and friends that just don't care either way. I respect them and they respect me plain and simple. They dont sit there and put christianity on blast because they dont believe it to exist. Like I dont put them on blast for not believing. Religion is not debatable to me it's not politics. It's your personal life's journey that's up to you. That's something that all of us will one day have to face. It's like people who sit there and try to disprove the Bible and people who want to get scientific to disprove it...Really? Why do you care so much? Why do you try so hard to disprove what I believe? If you have to try that hard to justify yourself for not believing then that's your problem not mine maybe you should reevaluate your situation. Because if you don't believe then just  leave it at that I don't harass people and try to preach to them the gospel and tell them they're going to hell because they don't believe(which I never would b/c *gasp* I don't believe in hell)..My point is why are you trying so hard if your proud of what you think and believe in why do you try so hard to disprove what other people believe and trash them and mock them??.....If you dont agree with people's religions then dont listen to it respect the fact that that's what they believe and be happy for them...But DO NOT sit there and try to speak against it. It's not your place. I have a completely different religion than most. For example I dont celebrate Christmas. Now if someone were to ask me why I would tell them (which by the way I was told when I was a child by a teacher I was going to hell) but would I condemn them FOR celebrating it NO. Now me on the other hand I've been looked at funny, made fun of, all types of things my whole life. My point is I dont care!! I know what I believe I'm strong in my faith. I dont have to go out and preach about it or shove it down someone's throat. If you want to know you can ask. It's simple. If it intriques you in any way to further study that's great! If you want to tell me I'm weird that's great! But again DO NOT tell me why I believe in God because you have no idea about my life and what i've been through nor do you know anybodys journey and their life and what they've been through. I guess this really wasn't a long story short. LOL My point is there's some things you can't debate about and that's someone's faith or why they have that faith because that's their's and their's alone. I realize that there are some churches out there that are hypocrites and there's a man teaching you what HE thinks is best...but you know ALL christians aren't like that. So my advice to someone who is discouraged by that would be to just walk away from that church and those types of people. Dont lump everybody up into one category because of it though It takes time to find a church family your comfortable with or people with your mindset. Or you could find a church family you like right away. The fact is nobody is perfect and you can't make everyone happy. It's simple. I'm going to leave off with this....I'd rather live my life believing that he exist than live my life disregarding him and find out that he does.

Birthday Cakes and Wishes!!

So let me start by saying I'm finally home from Texas, and it was an amazing trip!! I enjoyed my family so much and well everything is bigger in Texas! I'm happy to be home though with my husband whom I missed...I think he was happy to see us too(I think lol).....Anyways, So today July 12 my baby girl turned 4!!! Time has totally flown by and she gets smarter and more beautiful with every passing day. I'm truly blessed, but man I'm getting old!! Since her birthday fell during the week I got her a little balloon and some cup cakes. I guess her daddy was thinking the same because he showed up with a little personal cake :)...We're throwing her a party Sunday at the lake which is tradition and the whole family will be there, I can't wait!! I love birthday parties!! I have to ask myself though, where have the last four years gone?!? I just want things to slow down so I can enjoy life I feel like I'm constantly on the run and I can't slow down! My brain is also all over the place!! One day I hope to find the pieces and put that sucker back together again! Seriously I used to be so OCD and in control over everything, and now I just feel out of control and all over the place and no matter how hard I try I'm still on the hamster wheel!! I guess that's what happens when you get older and your chasing after two kids and taking care of every body's needs! I can't say that I dislike my duties as a mother and wife because no matter how crazy it makes me days like today celebrating the birth of my beautiful little girl and watching her as she learns and grows makes it all worth it. That goes for my son too watching them learn and seeing the excitement on their faces when they achieve something is amazing to me and I wouldn't trade it for anything!! They are truly my life and my greatest achievement!! With that said my little girl enjoyed her birthday and I hope she loves the party I throw for her this year!!

ROAD TRIP!!

So, I haven't blogged in a couple of weeks.....Last week kept me so busy and by time I wanted to blog I just couldn't keep my eyes open. This past week I've been on a road trip with my mother, grandfather, little brother, and my two kids! We drove all the way to Texas to visit family. My great grandmother turned 90 today! I'm so happy I got to share this birthday with her. I haven't seen her since 95 when we made a trip last time! I've had a wonderful week learning so much family history and spending time with second cousins great aunts and uncles and letting my two children experience something most people never will, and that's meeting their great great grandparents!!! That's just absolutely awesome!!!!! Now we are parked for the night in Tyler, Texas which is where our church headquarters are and we are going to be having church here this Saturday!! I'm truly blessed with an amazing family!! Although I must admit I miss my husband terribly (even though I don't like to admit that to him haha)!! Anyway I'll try harder to keep up with my blog on a regular basis! With two kids a cat and dog it's hard to do anything without being wiped haha!!