And....
the semester is almost over!! Only 2 days of classes left and 2 exams then I will have my hubby home for 3 weeks!!! Yay!! Can you say "time to tackle the to do list"! (oh and apply to some jobs)
Alethea is starting to crawl!! No she is not crawling on her knees but she is defiantly moving. She scoots all around and gets up on her hands and knees and starts rocking. My prediction is she will be crawling constantly by the end of the month. Not sure if I am ready for this yet... Its so nice to just set her down and know she can't move (far), but not anymore
The biggest news.... I have a job!! yay!! This is something that we have been praying for for months! God provided at just the right time (Jacob's job is done for the summer). I am so thrilled that God provided this job for me at just the right time. I will be watching 2 girls 3 or 4 days a week. I will be able to take my sweet Alethea with me, which is a HUGE blessing!! So starting on the 14th, I will be babysitting a 2 year old, 10month old and 7 month old! It will be crazy but so much fun!! I can't wait!!
GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME!
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
First Day of School
The first day of school has come and gone. We started the semester off with Spiritual and Ministry Formation, which is the class I am most excited about. Jacob is excited about all his classes, but I am especially excited about this particular class because it is oriented toward the couple. The professor and his wife meet with each couple/student at their house once during the semester to help them determine where God is calling them in their ministry lives. Since Sunday (the day before classes started) was spent celebrating Jacob's birthday, I didn't have time to surprise him before he left for work/class on Monday so decided to surprise him after class on Monday night. Here are a few pictures of his surprises.
I raided Target's dollar bin for some items and found some good sales on the other items to make this for Jacob. I have been reading stories from wives about doing something special for their children on their first day of school and decided that I was going to do something special for Jacob on his first day of fall classes. I love doing surprises like this but have a feeling when Alethea arrives the little gifts and notes will be few and far between. Hopefully some of you can use this as inspiration to surprise your husband.
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| Don't worry if your not an artist... I certainly am not one |
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| Included: favorite candy, pencils, yo-yo, sanitizer and some chips. |
I raided Target's dollar bin for some items and found some good sales on the other items to make this for Jacob. I have been reading stories from wives about doing something special for their children on their first day of school and decided that I was going to do something special for Jacob on his first day of fall classes. I love doing surprises like this but have a feeling when Alethea arrives the little gifts and notes will be few and far between. Hopefully some of you can use this as inspiration to surprise your husband.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Rango
As many of you now know, based on Jacob's facebook status, he won 2 free tickets to the movies. It was amazing to me that he was able to get through to a radio station let alone actually win the tickets! Let me tell you how the day at the movies went.....
Saturday morning... Jacob says "Amy I have a surprise for you today!! Its a big surprise and your not allowed to know about it." Ha Ha Ha :) So of course, for the rest of the day I kept asking and trying to pry the surprise out of him. Were we going bowling? Going out for dinner? Going shopping? But like always, he wouldn't tell me. We continued our original plans for the day: grocery shopping and studying until about 1ish. Then Jacob said "ok time to go...lets go." So we drove, and since we are new to the city I had NO idea where we were going, until we pulled into the a theater. The movies!! Jacob surprised me with a Saturday outing to see Rango!
Now, I had never been thrilled to see this movie but knew that Jacob had been wanting to see it since it came out. The commercials made it seem like a funny, kid kind of movie; when in reality it was not a kids movie. It was more like an animated adult movie. I was shocked that it was rated pg and couldn't imagine bringing our kids to see this movie. There came a point in the movie when Jacob and I almost got up and left because it was very adult and not funny.
Even though the movie wasn't great, it was sooo much fun to spend an afternoon at the movies with my hubby. We had a great time together and can't wait to win more free tickets!!
Saturday morning... Jacob says "Amy I have a surprise for you today!! Its a big surprise and your not allowed to know about it." Ha Ha Ha :) So of course, for the rest of the day I kept asking and trying to pry the surprise out of him. Were we going bowling? Going out for dinner? Going shopping? But like always, he wouldn't tell me. We continued our original plans for the day: grocery shopping and studying until about 1ish. Then Jacob said "ok time to go...lets go." So we drove, and since we are new to the city I had NO idea where we were going, until we pulled into the a theater. The movies!! Jacob surprised me with a Saturday outing to see Rango!
Now, I had never been thrilled to see this movie but knew that Jacob had been wanting to see it since it came out. The commercials made it seem like a funny, kid kind of movie; when in reality it was not a kids movie. It was more like an animated adult movie. I was shocked that it was rated pg and couldn't imagine bringing our kids to see this movie. There came a point in the movie when Jacob and I almost got up and left because it was very adult and not funny.
Even though the movie wasn't great, it was sooo much fun to spend an afternoon at the movies with my hubby. We had a great time together and can't wait to win more free tickets!!
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Jacob's Sermon on Luke 1
Jacob recently had the wonderful opportunity to preach at the Church where he served as pastoral intern. It was a wonderful, blessed sabbath day, filled with encouragement. Both of us felt extremely supported by our families, friends, and Brothers and Sisters who were there that day. For anyone who is interested in listening to the audio of the Sermon, please click on the following link.
The Sermon was on Luke 1:5-25
5 In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron. 6 Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly. 7 But they were childless because Elizabeth was not able to conceive, and they were both very old.
8 Once when Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God, 9 he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord and burn incense. 10 And when the time for the burning of incense came, all the assembled worshipers were praying outside.
11 Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense. 12 When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and was gripped with fear. 13 But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John. 14 He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth, 15 for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before he is born. 16 He will bring back many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God. 17 And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
18 Zechariah asked the angel, “How can I be sure of this? I am an old man and my wife is well along in years.”
19 The angel said to him, “I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news. 20 And now you will be silent and not able to speak until the day this happens, because you did not believe my words, which will come true at their appointed time.”
21 Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he stayed so long in the temple. 22 When he came out, he could not speak to them. They realized he had seen a vision in the temple, for he kept making signs to them but remained unable to speak.
23 When his time of service was completed, he returned home. 24 After this his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. 25 “The Lord has done this for me,” she said. “In these days he has shown his favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.”
The Sermon was on Luke 1:5-25
5 In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron. 6 Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly. 7 But they were childless because Elizabeth was not able to conceive, and they were both very old.
8 Once when Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God, 9 he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord and burn incense. 10 And when the time for the burning of incense came, all the assembled worshipers were praying outside.
11 Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense. 12 When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and was gripped with fear. 13 But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John. 14 He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth, 15 for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before he is born. 16 He will bring back many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God. 17 And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
18 Zechariah asked the angel, “How can I be sure of this? I am an old man and my wife is well along in years.”
19 The angel said to him, “I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news. 20 And now you will be silent and not able to speak until the day this happens, because you did not believe my words, which will come true at their appointed time.”
21 Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he stayed so long in the temple. 22 When he came out, he could not speak to them. They realized he had seen a vision in the temple, for he kept making signs to them but remained unable to speak.
23 When his time of service was completed, he returned home. 24 After this his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. 25 “The Lord has done this for me,” she said. “In these days he has shown his favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.”
Jacob's Site
http://tomanstome.blogspot.com/Hey Everyone! I know I haven't been around much and will probably go down to posting about once a week (hopefully) but I wanted to let you know about Jacob's website if you do not already know. He writes on his website more frequently, hopefully at least twice a week, about issues relevant to us and seminary. If you are interested in reading some about our convictions, and what is being learned check out his site!
http://tomanstome.blogspot.com/
http://tomanstome.blogspot.com/
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