Busy, Busy!

Well, it has been a crazy weekend. I had some friends over Saturday night and we played some games, watched a movie and cooked out on the grill. I am so busy lately I haven't had anytime to blog, I guess I should make time though! Well, lots to do today.. try to blog later.

Life Updates

Sorry I haven't blogged in a while I have been so busy! My husband is now back on 1st which I LOVE!!! I can now clean our room spotless and not have to wait until Friday morning! Um.. Andrew is 21 months and Scarlett is 7 months old. She is starting to sit up and crawl. Andrew can now say dog, pizza and of course more. So far thats it for him, I was worried about him for a while because he wasn't saying anything except Mama and Dada. Oh and he can say Amen! After we say our prayers LOL I love it. Well, blog some more later Scarlett is getting upset.

Re-Baptism & Vow Renewals

Candy posted a blog today about re-baptisms and vow renewals. Her thoughts were that she meant her vows the first time why renew them? On baptism she said when you are saved you get baptized there are no "re-baptisms" end of story. That is my belief also. When you get baptized its symbolic of your new life in Christ. There is no reason to get baptized again. Getting baptized does not get saved or get to you to heaven but baptism is a biblical principal.


Matthew 28:18-20

18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

In Romans 6:3-5 the Apostle Paul is teaching that baptism is a symbol of the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus hence our new life in Christ.

Romans 6:3-5

3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?

4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: (KJV)

Jesus himself says that you must be saved and then baptized. Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist. We are to follow Jesus in everything and obey his Word. He was baptized and the Bible also states about baptism. We should be baptized only once. Jesus did not get baptized two or three times, the scripture reads that Jesus was baptized only once so this is the principal we are follow.

On vow renewals I will tell you about my wedding day. It was August 5th, 2005. My husband and I were only 20 and 18 years old. On a whim (because we hadn't planned on getting married for a few months) and for some crazy reason and in direct defiance of my parents we got married in another church (because our pastor would not marry us) without my parents blessing. His parents and my parents were in attendance as well as grandparents and a few friends. It was the stupidest thing we had ever done. Before the "wedding" my parents took us aside and pleaded that we could have a wedding in a few weeks that we could speed up the process and get everything together. We were engaged at the time and already planning a December wedding date. We had had a bad couple of weeks so we decided we needed to be together right then and there. We kept telling my parents no and went through with it. One good thing was my husband had already bought a nice house so we didn't have to worry about that. We were also in direct defiance of God and our church. When you do not have your parents blessing then you do not have God's blessing or your churches. We had our honeymoon at the our house. We were out of church for a couple weeks and decided we better get back to our church. Our Pastor talked to us and told us he was disappointed in us but he loved us. And that we could take our time but when we felt like apologizing to God, the church and our parents we could. We talked about it and Josh felt like we should apologize because he and I felt terrible. So we did. We stood in front of the church and apologized to God, the church and my parents. We all cried and hugged and everyone told us they loved us. Its so great to have friends in our church. We had grown up in that church so it was great they forgave us so quickly. Flash forward a year to August 5th, 2006. I was 3 months pregnant and I was having a real wedding day! We had a vow renewal in our church, in front family and friends. Our Pastor performed it and my parents and God blessed it. It was so much better having it in our church. Everyone was there to support us and it was great. We had a Hawaiian reception and had real fish in fish bowls on the table. It was a great day and we have pictures to remember it by. So this is why I think sometimes vow renewals are a good thing. This was a bad circumstance but because we had a vow renewal I don't even think about the first wedding, I tell everyone about my 2nd wedding.

Children's Chores

I have never thought of my children as a burden. That said, Andrew has always helped me in the house. He has watched me pick up, vacuum, do the dishes, sweep etc. When he was about 9 months old and pulling up. He would pull up on the dishwasher door and watch put the dishes in and as soon as he could walk he started helping unload the dishwasher. I was so amazed when his little hands handed me the plastic bowl ( I don't let him take glass out or silverware). But then my mom reminded me that he had been watching me for months so he should know what to do! Now he always helps me and I have scheduled him for his chores. He picks up his toys (which we are still learning because sometimes he refuses too, he is VERY strong willed!) helps me unload and load the dishwasher, I pick him up and let him put the dirty clothes in the washer and when the washer is done I put the wet clothes in a basket and he puts them in the dryer and (slams!) the door closed. Oh and he also puts the dryer sheet in LOL. He is so smart and helpful. Some of the other moms think I am crazy because they say they can get it done faster without the kids. But I think when he is older he will have it down pat and I won't have to keep checking him if he is doing it right! So what if it takes me a few minutes longer to load the dryer because he is running around the house throwing wet clothes everywhere because he thinks its funny! I will just teach him again that we put the wet clothes IN the dryer and we don't run around the house with them. Thats my blog for today, have a happy prayer service tonight!

Happy Monday!

You know when you just have one of those days where EVERYTHING runs smoothly?? Today is my day! I have the dishes done, the laundry folded and everything picked up. Its unusual because I am normally behind the eight ball on Monday as I am sure mostly everyone is. Andrew is already taking a nap now which is definately not normal for him. Scarlett is also sleeping. I do need to get a shower since I am going grocery shopping today but thats not a big deal because I will eventually get one. I have pics of my house in my camera so maybe I can upload them it a little bit. Then I will give you a tour of my house =)

Hubby's Company Picnic

My husband had his company picnic today at his work. He works at Thomas Built Buses. They produce school buses, mini buses, huge commercial buses and every kind of bus in between. You may have seen his logo (which is pictured at top) that goes on the back of every bus. Buses are ordered and have been ordered from every state in the U.S. Just a little background for you! We have so much fun at the company picnic. They have rides, cotton candy, roasted corn, nachos and ice cream. Of course they have hot dogs and hamburgers. We played bingo and you can win really cool prizes. I have won every year since Josh and I were dating... but I didn't win anything this year!!! So sad, LOL. Andrew and I rode a little train that took a tour through the plant and he got a lunch box shaped like a school bus, it is so cute and he loves it. Well, I guess I am going to end the blog post now and get some rest. Have a great night and a great Lord's Day tomorrow!!!

Sad Day

Please pray for a man and wife at our church. Their names are Tim and Brenda Elliott and he lost this son (Brenda is his second wife) due to a drug overdose on Sunday and the viewing is tonight. His name was Langely and he was only 39. He got saved a couple years ago and was doing very well but he got around his old friends and he started doing drugs again. I know it must be hard being addicted to something like that. I have never tried or done any drugs but from stories I have heard it must be terrible. Tim is of course very upset and showed up to Wednesday night prayer service looking devastated. Please pray that tonight God's grace and comfort will be with the family. Langely left behind his wife and his young son. The funeral is tomorrow at 2:00.