tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16005993738484121832024-03-13T17:17:48.780-04:00Beautiful BlessingsLife isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain!Candacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17807300029330155373noreply@blogger.comBlogger219125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600599373848412183.post-79948003080590440152012-11-19T19:45:00.001-05:002012-11-19T19:45:08.093-05:00Sisterly loveWhile I was home over the weekend, I got to spend some WoNdErFuL time with my babies.......we watched TV, we snuggled, we cooked, we played, we talked, we did it all!!!!! This is such a pivotal part of Addie's life as she is learning to talk and Calleigh is teaching her so many words. So far she is saying mama(my favorite), dada, tally(for Calleigh) Roo, puppy, thank you, awe, baby, bye bye, hi, hot, light, ball, ouch. Calleigh was so proud on Thursday morning when I called that she had taught Addie how to say hi. It is so cute to watch Calleigh teach her things. The love each other so much and that just makes my heart melt! I love their love for each other. Sometimes they are at each other, but for the most part they love each other so much and play wonderfully together! And I get to go home tomorrow!!!!!!<br />
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<img alt="post signature" class="centered" src="http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r208/jennisajoy/OUAB/BLOG/candacesigcopy.png" />Candacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17807300029330155373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600599373848412183.post-8528477652619452262012-11-18T20:15:00.001-05:002012-11-18T20:15:41.587-05:00Just to see you smile........After all my training was over on Friday and hopped in my car and drove home. When it is Friday at 4:30 pm in Indy I am in such a hurry to get home. And the traffic is always fighting me. I love walking in the door and Addie running to me, arms in the air, just waiting for me to pick her up. I love hearing Calleigh yell "Momma" as I walk to give her a hug. But what I hate is the day when I have to leave to come back to training. The good news is today is the last day I have to leave them. The next time I come back to training to "graduate" they are coming with me!!! But I can't wait to get home on Tuesday night(yeah, this is a short week!!!) and have those arms lifted in the air ready for me to pick her up and hear those sweet words "Momma" as I walk in the door. This has been a trying time for us but I am thankful that I can see first hand just how much they love me. When you are around someone all the time you sometimes take that for granted and after this separation, I will never take any of it for granted again. I work in a hard field and more and more I am seeing just how lucky my family has it, me especially. I have the unconditional love of two parents, a wonderful husband, and two sweet girls who are the lights of my life! Tuesday evening can not get here fast enough!!!<br />
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<img alt="post signature" class="centered" src="http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r208/jennisajoy/OUAB/BLOG/candacesigcopy.png" />Candacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17807300029330155373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600599373848412183.post-75177614323215576672012-11-15T17:44:00.000-05:002012-11-15T17:57:13.457-05:00ThankfulI read something last night and it reminded me just how much we take things for granted. Since it is so close to Thanksgiving, I have been thinking about the things I am thankful for:<br />
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-I am thankful for a God who loves me, who died for my sins, and who covers me in forgiveness<br />
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-I am thankful for the air I breathe each and every day and for the freedom I have<br />
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-I am thankful for parents who showed me so much and provided me with the wonderful life I have. I know what it is like to be loved unconditionally because of them<br />
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-I am thankful for the love of a man who is pure goodness. He is handsome, sweet, loving, silly, and treats me like a queen. He is also the best father for our sweet girls. He loves God. What more can I ask for? And I get to spend the rest of my life with him! I love you Andrew! I one less than three you four-ever :-) <br />
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-I am thankful for my first born, my sweet Calleigh Elizabeth. You truly are the miracle I never thought would come true. I prayed and prayed for you and God gave me you right when I needed you. Your smile makes a room brighter and you have such a sweet and loving soul. I love to hear you sing and watch you dance your way through life! You love so much, you are so trusting, you are so smart, and beautiful. You always seem to have the right words when I need to hear them. How did I get to be your mommy? I will never stop thanking the Lord for you.<br />
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-I am thankful for my second born, my silly Addison Grace. You are also a miracle, right after I accepted I might not be able to have any more children I found out you were already on your way! Funny how God does that! And then like a flash of light I thought I was losing you before I ever got to meet you......that night in the hospital I prayed for God to let you stay and not take you away so soon and he answered my prayers. Your smile and laugh makes me laugh. I love when you get caught getting in trouble how you laugh, bring your shoulders up and giggle and I can't be mad at you! I love that your first word was mama! I love when you see me your face lights up and you run into my arms! You are beautiful, just like your big sister! I will also never stop thanking the Lord for you. <br />
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-I am thankful that Calleigh and Addie have each other. <br />
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-I am thankful for the house that we have. It may not be much to some of you, but it is where the love is! <br />
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-I am thankful for my In-laws. All 4 of them have taken me in as their own and I love them so much! <br />
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-I am thankful for my sibling-in-laws. Katie, Jon, Kevin and Nancy! We have some good times and it is nice having you all...the siblings I never had! <br />
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-I am thankful for all of the Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins I personally have and all I have gained by getting married to Andrew!<br />
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-I am thankful for my best friend in the whole world.....Andrea, where would I be without you? Life brought us together so long ago and I am glad that we finally gave in and became friends. God knew what he was doing all along. <br />
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-I am thankful for my job. Did I ever think this is what I wanted to be doing.....not really. But I love that fact that in my life I get to help people and keep kids safe. <br />
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-I am thankful to have a nice car to drive each and every day. <br />
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-I am thankful for my health and the health of my husband, kids, and parents.<br />
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-I am thankful for all the things I have been given in the life. <br />
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As Thanksgiving is coming, I realize this list could go on and on and on. And I have a blessed life. One that I am thankful to be living. <br />
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What are you thankful for?<br />
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Love those two so much! I am so blessed to be thier momma! <br />
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<img alt="post signature" class="centered" src="http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r208/jennisajoy/OUAB/BLOG/candacesigcopy.png" />Candacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17807300029330155373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600599373848412183.post-67683525467408364822012-11-14T18:54:00.000-05:002012-11-14T18:54:16.458-05:00Sure has been a while.....It has been such a long time since I have blogged and so much has happened. I wrote my last post in the spring. I was waiting to get some new pictures up and my job was really busy......and then the unthinkable happened. In June, my boss called me in after a meeting to let me know that they were downsizing and I was losing my job.....that day! After the total shock set in, I went back to my office and cried while I packed everything from a job that I loved. I left a job of 5 years to take this job. After I was all packed up, I drove home. Andrew was at the store buying groceries and when he came home I told him the news. To my surprise, he was calm. He told me that God had a plan for us and that we were going to be OK. The very next day I started my job search. The benefit to this was that I got to spend the whole summer with my wonderful family playing outside, learning to budget a little more and how wonderful coupons REALLY are! I learned how to find all of the free activities we could do in our little community. I also learned the love of our church. Even though money was tight, we were managing. When the church heard what happened they graciously (and without our knowing) took a love offering for us to help with a bill. Our families stepped in and helped out here and there and we made it. <br />
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Fast forward to August, and I found and applied for a job. A good job. A job with wonderful benefits, good pay, and a way to reach out a help people. I am now working for the state of Indiana as a Family Case Manager for the Department of Child Services. It's a hard job, but so rewarding. And I really do think God had this planned for me all along. I was hired in September and I am currently still in training, which will last until December 7 when I officially graduate. It has been trying for our family as I am out of town about 3.5 hours away often to attend this training. Many of my days and night are spent in a hotel room when I am not training. It is lonely, but this Tuesday is that last day that I have to be away from them! I am thankful for that! I do talk to them everyday, usually more than once, and life is a little out of the ordinary right now. I can not wait to get back on a normal schedule! But I believe God knew that since I was going to be away he let me have that extra time in the summer to just be with them. Just playing and having a good time. This job is giving us things we never thought about before. I have a retirement account now! We are saving money for a new house in the future! And most importantly we are paying off debt! Praise the Lord. But the biggest blessing is that I am helping families reunify with their children and get the help they might not get without me being in the picture. I am doing my best to reach out to them and let them know there is hope! And when I can, I squeeze a little God in....if we are comfortable enough! It is awesome to get to glorify the one who made this all happen!!!!<br />
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During the summer, a lot happened:<br />
-Calleigh turned 4<br />
-Calleigh cut her hair-oh yes, all by herself<br />
-Addie turned one<br />
-Addie began to walk<br />
-Calleigh learned to swim<br />
-Calleigh started her second year of preschool<br />
-Addie started to talk<br />
-I had Pochontas and a Scarecrow for Halloween<br />
-and life just got better! <br />
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Here we are in November and we have big plans! First, we are of course excited for me to be done with this training and get home! I do have most of my Christmas shopping done, but just a little more to purchase. For Christmas, we are getting new floors in our house and new counter tops in the kitchen! Can you tell how much this excited me???? Next summer we are planning a trip to Disney for the girls(and maybe mommy too!) and they are so looking forward to this! In January, the girls are moving in together and getting new bunk beds! <br />
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Life has been a lot different than I could have predicted a year ago, and yet, I know it was all part of God's plan. Since I now have Internet access, will try to blog more frequently. More for myself than others, but maybe a few of you out there do read about my little simple life. <br />
<img alt="post signature" class="centered" src="http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r208/jennisajoy/OUAB/BLOG/candacesigcopy.png" />Candacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17807300029330155373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600599373848412183.post-5494443314823828382012-03-21T13:30:00.003-04:002012-03-21T14:00:51.743-04:00Addie Grace is crawling and "Not on your love"For the longest time we did not think that Addie was going to crawl. She really had no desire and if she really wanted something she would roll to it or her big sister would get it for her. I finally told Calleigh that she needed to let Addie crawl to it and get it herself. This really killed her because she LOVES to help Addie and be such a good big sister. But after a few days, little Miss Addie decided to crawl. She started crawling on Tuesday, March 13, and ever since then she is getting better and better at it! <br /><br />The other day on the way home, I was thinking about past relationship and just how lucky I am to be married to such a good man. She truly is everything that I ever hoped and dreamed of. I had 3 serious relationships before meeting Andrew. The first was for 3 years in high school. I was young and so was he and now that I look back on it I realize that the reason it lasted so long was because it was conformable. He was my first kiss and first relationship, and really it was just more of a friendship. After we broke up, he was in college, I was in high school, he met someone, got married, and we lost touch. I hope he is truly happy. <br /><br />The second guy was what I thought was love. I cared for him deeply, but he was not good to me. He called me names, he hit me, and ran me down emotionally. My view of myself was awful and I had no self esteem. We would break-up, get back together, and do it all over again for a 1 1/2 years. Then I got smart, went to college, and was done with him. Even though it was a learning experience for me and I trusted no one, I also hope in some way he has grown up, learned from these mistakes, and is happy.<br /><br />The third guy was all that I wanted. He was cute, sweet, and driven.......or so I though. What he really was not what I thought. He was a cheater, not driven, and just followed the crowd. At a time we had a plan to go to the same college and be together........maybe for the rest of our lives. Little did I know that God had other plans and I learned that I was ok with that. <br /><br />I was single for about a year, give or take, and just had fun at college. I went to concerts with the girls, I was a cheerleader, and I was in class. I hung out with friends and had a good time. But I prayed for God to put a good man in my life. I was sick of being single, but still willing to wait for the right guy. On a nightly drive and talk with my best friend Andrea I told her all that I wanted in a guy.......a guy who was sweet, funny, dresses nice and took care of me but also knew how to get dirty and have fun. I wanted a guy who loved the Lord like I did and wanted the same things in life that I did. Just one week later she told me that she knew the perfect guy, I was nervous because she had tried to set me up before and those did not turn out so well, but I let her try. That weekend, I went on a group date with other girls and guys and "he" went to. We talked during dinner(at Hooters, on Valentine's Day, mind you) and bowling, and hit it off. We talked at school all week and the next weekend we went out on a date by ourselves. It was great! We have been together each day since February 22, 2003. He is the greatest man I have ever met and I am so lucky to be married to him. We have been blessed with a good life, but in the beginning with all of the things I had been through I was not a very trusting person, and rightfully so. I had been cheated on, hit, and knocked down in every sense of the way. But Andrew taught me how to trust again, told me that he would never leave me, and would never hurt me. And I can say in 9 years he has held up every end of that word. How did I get so lucky I will never know. But I am thankful that I did. <br /><br />So as I was driving home the other day, I heard this song. It pretty much defines us. It is from the 90's, but here you go:<br /><br />Not on your love by Jeff Carson<br /><br />WE BOTH SAID SOME THINGS WE DON'T REALLY MEAN<br />SOMETIMES LOVE CAN BE LIKE THAT<br />AND RIGHT NOW THEY HURT, BUT THEY'RE ONLY WORDS<br />THERE NOTHIN' WE CAN'T TAKE BACK<br />BUT EVERY TIME WE DON'T SEE EYE TO EYE<br />YOU WORRY I MIGHT SAY GOODBYE<br /><br />NOT ON YOUR LOVE, NOT IN THIS LIFE<br />COULD I EVER LEAVE, I WOULDN'T THINK TWICE<br />OF LETTING YOU GO, BY NOW YOU SHOULD KNOW I NEED YOU TOO MUCH<br />NOT ON YOUR LOVE, NO WAY IN THIS WORLD<br />COULD I EVER LIVE WITHOUT YOU GIRL<br />WHEN TIMES GET TOUGH, I'M NOT GIVING UP<br />NOT ON YOUR LOVE<br /><br />WHEN WE STARTED OUT WE MADE A VOW<br />NOT TO SLEEP 'TILL WE SETTLED THE FIGHT<br />AND THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WE'VE SEEN THE SUN RISE<br />BUT, IT ALWAYS WORKED OUT ALRIGHT<br />EVEN IN THE DARKEST HOUR BEFORE DAWN<br />I NEVER THOUGHT OF MOVING ON<br /><br />NOT ON YOUR LOVE, NOT IN THIS LIFE<br />COULD I EVER LEAVE, I WOULDN'T THINK TWICE<br />OF LETTING YOU GO, BY NOW YOU SHOULD KNOW I NEED YOU TOO MUCH<br />NOT ON YOUR LOVE, NO WAY IN THIS WORLD<br />COULD I EVER LIVE WITHOUT YOU GIRL<br />WHEN TIMES GET TOUGH, I'M NOT GIVING UP<br />NOT ON YOUR LOVE<br /><br />WHEN TIMES GET TOUGH, I'M NOT GIVING UP<br />NOT ON YOUR LOVE<br /><br />I love you Andrew, thanks for making me happy, teaching me what true happiness is, and for teaching me to trust again. You truly are the greatest man I have even met(besides my dad) and I love you with all of my heart!<br /><br /><p><img class="centered" alt="post signature" src="http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r208/jennisajoy/OUAB/BLOG/candacesigcopy.png" /></p>Candacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17807300029330155373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600599373848412183.post-5209561261736828362012-02-27T09:44:00.005-05:002012-02-27T10:02:32.125-05:00"We Owned the Night"<div align="left">Last night I went to an AWESOME concert......<br /></div><br /><div align="center"><strong>Lady Antebellum</strong><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI3gEzEL0zBmi1_a6FzbLEzCWDxhyOS5VJvTlq6067kAzikbPf69dZ1-27ApSfVAMoJ_KTge4v1nyEt0BF9ipFKlzsbbPvJ-YSKy5s9As9fjp0a1nhI_hR2vrnVKBsC4kqB071OoWyht4/s1600/lady+a.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 377px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713826571238994754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI3gEzEL0zBmi1_a6FzbLEzCWDxhyOS5VJvTlq6067kAzikbPf69dZ1-27ApSfVAMoJ_KTge4v1nyEt0BF9ipFKlzsbbPvJ-YSKy5s9As9fjp0a1nhI_hR2vrnVKBsC4kqB071OoWyht4/s400/lady+a.jpg" /> <br /><p align="center"></a><br /><strong>Darius Rucker<br /></strong></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUcL-l76Iw4ZMQTXySzJ_OE6hX_y3MebDEeEyK-aA8CLH7SFrwZtYzcMk3HSSpsdhaZA7m_PFykWloIYKwQ8X5dkzBrf5fkumwvKMsPs_EKubo4fTyCb5uAArRrVbBDGF5J3UqQwiZF7g/s1600/darius+r.jpg"><strong><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713826567982362306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUcL-l76Iw4ZMQTXySzJ_OE6hX_y3MebDEeEyK-aA8CLH7SFrwZtYzcMk3HSSpsdhaZA7m_PFykWloIYKwQ8X5dkzBrf5fkumwvKMsPs_EKubo4fTyCb5uAArRrVbBDGF5J3UqQwiZF7g/s400/darius+r.jpg" /></strong> <br /><p align="center"></a><br /><strong>and David Nail<br /></strong></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcP_BeznzGuQmNSCagj2KfXJKuw1na1BvSudt8lKVAhUJyWlgebSmeVETzrvHaplRUPZ2MokgH3lfemMuBHCI3uU_ThSRQkv5_CZJmcPuZkGCjL9aZKV5f-YarlR1rA5j4WtN2IopZ82Q/s1600/david+n.bmp"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713826566106484386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcP_BeznzGuQmNSCagj2KfXJKuw1na1BvSudt8lKVAhUJyWlgebSmeVETzrvHaplRUPZ2MokgH3lfemMuBHCI3uU_ThSRQkv5_CZJmcPuZkGCjL9aZKV5f-YarlR1rA5j4WtN2IopZ82Q/s400/david+n.bmp" /></a><br />......and it was so good! I have seen Lady A before and they are just getting better and better. I have never seen Darius, or "Hootie" as some of you may know him, or David Nail but I really like both of them and they really rocked it! It was so nice for myself and 3 other close friend and moms to get out of the house and have a little fun! It was great and I am looking forward to our next concert!<br /><br />I am so thankful for a husband who stay home with the kids while his "wild" wife goes out to a concert! Trust me, I am the least "wild" wife out there! Haha!<br /><br /><br /><p><img class="centered" alt="post signature" src="http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r208/jennisajoy/OUAB/BLOG/candacesigcopy.png" /></p>Candacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17807300029330155373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600599373848412183.post-44163228633050709672012-02-13T09:08:00.004-05:002012-02-13T09:24:38.018-05:00Bad moments do not mean you are a bad MomCalleigh and I have such personality clashes...and it is because we have the same personality. Persistant, strong-willed, and they are the same.....both of us! I had this same issue with my dad when I was younger. Of course, as I got older(like college) we did not fight as much and we "grew out" of it. I love my dad, always have and always will, but we have the same personality so more times than I would like to admit we fought. Over the silliest things. Mostly homework and boyfriends, but now that I look back, I realize that if we would have put some of that time into not fighting life would have been so much easier. That is the approach I am <strong>TRYING</strong> to take with my girls. Calleigh and I fight more than her and Andrew. And I know it is for the same reason, we are just alike. Sometimes I just walk away and let Andrew take care of whatever issue is melt-down worthy.....and that works. Other times we just start laughing at each other, and sometimes we both have yelling, crying fights....both of us crying and yelling. Then I have that moment of "I am such a bad mom" and "Why are we doing this" and I always feel bad when it is over. And she is only 3(almost 4) so I know we have more of this ahead of us. Sometimes I just feel like a bad Mom like the time it was book order day and I forgot to bring it with us(luckily, the let me bring it the next day). Sometimes we fight over coat sleeves, what pajamas that we are wearing that night, and about brushing teeth. Chances are that Addie will be the same too. Payback says my dad. But today, a friend posted this and I want to share it. I am not a bad mom. I love those girls with all that I have. I prayed for them and God blessed me so much! But maybe there is someone else out there who needs this like I did. <br /><br /><br /><em><em><em>Bad Moments Don’t Make Bad Moms<br />Lysa TerKeurst<br /><br /><br />“But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.” Ephesians 2:4-5 (NIV)<br /><br />Do you ever feel like the ping pong ball in a heated match bouncing between feeling like a good mom to a bad mom?<br /><br />I volunteer to keep the class guinea pig over spring break much to my daughter’s delight. After all, we have a hamster we adore so we’re highly qualified… GOOD MOM!<br /><br />Two weeks before spring break our pet hamster has an accident and makes an early exit from this world. I get a letter from the principal informing me after hearing about our unfortunate hamster situation, we are unfit class guinea pig babysitters… BAD MOM!<br /><br />I delight the teacher by showing up on time to read to the class… GOOD MOM!<br /><br />That same day I get an e-mail from a teacher listing three parents who haven’t turned in permission slips and I’m on the list for all the world to see… BAD MOM!<br /><br />I make sure my kids pack something healthy for lunch… GOOD MOM!<br /><br />The schedule falls apart and I feed them sugary cereal for dinner… BAD MOM!<br /><br />I so desperately want to be a good mom. And sometimes I feel like I am, when life is clicking along with good attitudes, healthy hamsters, turned in permission slips, and a pot roast for dinner. But let’s be honest. The days where everything turns out right and there’s a pot roast on the table are sometimes few and far between. And I find myself feeling like a failure. Have you ever been there?<br /><br />The other day I was processing these things with my friend, Renee, when a strange theme seemed to arise. I just started laughing. I told Renee that many of my days tell the same story… I was on the verge of a breakdown and then I spent some time with Jesus and He made things better.<br /><br />Renee quipped back, “Well, isn’t that where most of us live?”<br /><br />Not that we’re on the edge of a breakdown, but we live in a place of utter dependence on God. I know I live in constant need of His love, encouragement, wisdom, perspective, strength, patience and grace.<br /><br />Anything I do right as a mom is because of my constant dialogs with God. I’ve learned to talk with Him in honest plain language and say things like, “Hey God, I feel like a bad mom because I snapped at my kids. But my circumstances don’t define me, right? You do. So, I’m receiving Your grace and letting go of those feelings pulling me down. Please help me.”<br /><br />I must remember the truth of today’s promise in Ephesians 2:4-5, “But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.”<br /><br />God’s grace is always willing to step in. Not that it excuses me from being more patient, organized or responsible. But it reminds me, “Lysa, you are doing better than you think you are. My love for you is great! Stop bouncing from feeling good to bad to good to bad. In the good times, rejoice and thank Me. In the not so good times, call out to Me quickly.”<br /><br />With God we’re never a bad mom. We might be having a bad moment… or two… or seventeen. But a few bad moments do not define us.<br /><br />God’s grace is there to cover us. Teach us. And even in the middle of a bad moment, interrupt us, redirect us and change me.<br /><br />Forgiveness is there.<br /><br />Love is there.<br /><br />A second chance is there. And another one after that.<br /><br />You are a good mom my friend…even if, like me, you’ve had a few bad moments… you are the exact mom God knew these children needed. Let’s live in that truth today.<br /><br />And who cares if we are labeled unfit to watch the class guinea pig? As I stepped back from the situation I realized that saved us from some undue stress anyhow. Smiles.<br /><br />Dear Lord, I know that only You can fill me. I am thankful Your grace is always there to cover me, especially on my tough mom days. Help me to stop bouncing from feeling good to bad. Teach me, redirect me and change me today. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.</em></em></em><br /><br />I am thankful that God gives us second chances and forgives us for bad moments. <br /><br />Here it to admitting my faults and being forgiven, not fighting(as much, because realistically, I can not guarantee we will never fight) and trying my best to be better than I am. Not only a better mom, but a better wife, co-worker, employee, child, and example. <br /><br /><p><image class="centered"alt="post signature" src="http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r208/jennisajoy/OUAB/BLOG/candacesigcopy.png" /></p>Candacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17807300029330155373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600599373848412183.post-47970018852627135982012-02-07T10:30:00.002-05:002012-02-07T10:33:28.953-05:00Blessed<center><a href="http://www.widdlytinks.com/phototinks/"><img src="http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/6066/springbuttons1171029578.jpg" border="0" height="450" width="450" alt="Scrapbooking at WiddlyTinks.com"></a><br><a href="http://www.widdlytinks.com/phototinks/">Photo Tinks by WiddlyTinks.com</a></center><br /><br />As I was uploading some pictures yesterday I realized just how lucky I am. I have a wonderful husband who loves me so much and two of the sweetest girls I could ever imagine. I love them so much and wonder how I got so lucky.....God is so amazing and beside giving me salvation he has blessed me with these wonderful people who I can say are MY family! I love them so much and just wanted to show you my family of 4......Blessed is a word that does not even begin to describe how lucky I am and how I am feeling! <br /><br /><p><img class="centered" alt="post signature" src="http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r208/jennisajoy/OUAB/BLOG/candacesigcopy.png" /></p>Candacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17807300029330155373noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600599373848412183.post-44825330976932767712012-02-06T10:19:00.003-05:002012-02-06T10:24:52.228-05:00All she wants to do is dance.......Calleigh started dance classes in September.....and she loves them! Recently, her dance class danced at a local Boy's Varsity Basketball game during half time.........I am planning on posting the video I took later today or tomorrow, but here is a little sneak peak of a few pictures! Enjoy!<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706043803580830946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6vqVjsz-WgaYS1owHh7wW3wTYm9-uRmZbs4fJwY21G7llspUFTk6kDpFslzv8TwfCPE_oumfij1N2-MHdNbJicd_Nk_MbJaNud9L5OqMtkqjVMMtI6qGYmPvWYeGAX950seL5Y7h-Wlc/s400/Calleigh+dance.jpg" /><br /><br /><p><img class="centered" alt="post signature" src="http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r208/jennisajoy/OUAB/BLOG/candacesigcopy.png" /></p>Candacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17807300029330155373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600599373848412183.post-69889590799864953662012-01-18T08:57:00.001-05:002012-01-18T08:58:15.762-05:00David Nail - Let It RainAs you may have noticed, I have a new blog design......cute, huh? Jenissa over at Once Upon a Blog designed it for me.......I love it!<br /><br />Over the last couple of years I have began to like singer David Nail. He is great. Some songs you may know are "Red Light" and "Let it rain". Here is the video to let it rain......enjoy!<br /><br /><iframe height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/pvxAiLqF7C0?fs=1" frameborder="0" width="480" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br /><br /><p><img class="centered" alt="post signature" src="http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r208/jennisajoy/OUAB/BLOG/candacesigcopy.png" /></p>Candacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17807300029330155373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600599373848412183.post-15635578034804328702012-01-10T14:16:00.003-05:002012-01-10T14:26:07.698-05:00Christmas Recap and Much more<p>Well, Christmas has come and gone once again and things are so busy with us.....does it ever slow down? The girls both had a wonderful Christmas! As did Mommy and Daddy. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Calleigh</span> got an American girl doll, a Leap Pad, some clothes, and new dance outfit and much more! Addie got some dolls, clothes, and an American Girl bitty baby! They both also got some new decorations for their rooms. Andrew and I got a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Wii</span>, money, and clothes. I bought him a new jacket and he got me a Kindle Fire and I AM IN LOVE WITH IT!!!!</p><br /><p>My blog is going <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">through</span> a little <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">construction</span> and I am so excited about the changes that are coming......I have seen a sneak peek and I love it! <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Jenissa</span> is doing a great job and I can not wait to share it with all of you! </p><br /><p>For 2012 Andrew and I have started a few things(not resolutions so much) and they are going well. We have started a new budget and hopefully by 2016 we will have all of our debt cleared....some student loans included. All we should be paying by then will be our monthly bills and that will be glorious. We are going to start saving for a new truck for him and also save for our future home! And that makes me super happy. We have a few more updates that we would like to do to our house, then live in it for 5-7 more years and then build and make the move and that's GREAT news! We have also been eating our meals at the table as a family. I know that does not sound like something we should just now be doing, however, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Calleigh</span> has a little table and chairs she like to eat at and Andrew and I just always ate in the living room. We decided that we both always ate at the table when we were younger and we wanted to start doing that with the girls. We have also been playing <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Wii</span> together as a family almost every night and it is a fun way for us to all spend some quality time together. Andrew and I are going to try to go on a date every month....just the two of us......so let's pray that these things continue to happen! </p><br /><p>I have also started reading a lot more(now that I have the Kindle) like I used to. I have also began to lose some weight and I would like to continue to do that. </p><br /><p>Life is good at the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Wibbeler</span> household........SUPER BUSY, but good! I hope to post some pictures of my sweet girls soon! </p><br /><p></p><br /><p><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" align="left" src="http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z78/mikerin3/Candace%20Wibbeler/signaturecopy-3.png" /></p>Candacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17807300029330155373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600599373848412183.post-8169858514783875022011-12-15T13:42:00.005-05:002011-12-15T13:48:33.983-05:00Merry Christmas!!!So, I have not been on here much but here a few updates. On December 1, Addie learned to sit up unassisted and roll from her belly to her back. She went the get her shots and to the doctor today for her 6 month well baby checkup. She weights 19.09 pounds, is 27 inches long, and her head circumference is 17 inches. She is doing great! Just perfect!<br /><br /><br /><p>My blog is under construction as Jennisa at <a href="http://www.onceuponablog.org/">Once Upon a Blog</a> is working to make it beautiful and add both of my girls to it, not just one.<br /><br />We wanted to take time to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year! <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686428283753043474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdM7Y_VWWzNYVmgBpUuAmAPOhQ2cO_LBev_36Hmc-OtddQFLCeT4YM0Mm7i_s5eTL-0eSmPUSZwacOt0HWo6D0uVH8ZhxD0P4CZRgruc6_rau3pPaCTlisXlKN8x1nlvrS51xppFAMd_I/s400/mosaicfa968ba8732dc551ef8c94549376ef5d5dc85b94.jpg" /><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" align="left" src="http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z78/mikerin3/Candace%20Wibbeler/signaturecopy-3.png" /></p>Candacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17807300029330155373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600599373848412183.post-76036311655630273262011-12-08T16:10:00.002-05:002011-12-08T16:15:13.326-05:00Want some inspiration?<p>As Andrew and I were watching TV the other day, we once again saw this speech by Jimmy V. If you don't know who he is, go to <a href="http://www.jimmyv.org/">www.jimmyv.org</a> and check him out. He was an amazing man. We were watching the speech and it was so inspirational.It is long, but so worht it. From a man who knew he was going to die. Wow. Here it is:</p><br /><p><em>Thank you, Thank you very much. Thank you. That’s the lowest I’ve ever seen Dick Vitale since the owner of the Detroit Pistons called him in and told him he should go into broadcasting. </em></p><br /><p><em><br />The I can’t tell you what an honor it is, to even be mentioned in the same breath with Arthur Ashe. This is something I certainly will treasure forever. But, as it was said on the tape, and I also don’t have one of those things going with the cue cards, so I’m going to speak longer than anybody else has spoken tonight. That’s the way it goes. Time is very precious to me. I don’t know how much I have left and I have some things that I would like to say. Hopefully, at the end, I will have said something that will be important to other people too.</em></p><br /><p><em><br />But, I can’t help it. Now I’m fighting cancer, everybody knows that. People ask me all the time about how you go through your life and how’s your day, and nothing is changed for me. As Dick said, I’m a very emotional and passionate man. I can’t help it. That’s being the son of Rocco and Angelina Valvano. It comes with the territory. We hug, we kiss, we love. When people say to me how do you get through life or each day, it’s the same thing. To me, there are three things we all should do every day. We should do this every day of our lives. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is think. You should spend some time in thought. Number three is, you should have your emotions moved to tears, could be happiness or joy. But think about it. If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day. That’s a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you’re going to have something special.<br /></p></em><br /><p><em>I rode on the plane up today with Mike Krzyzewski, my good friend and wonderful coach. People don’t realize he’s ten times a better person than he is a coach, and we know he’s a great coach. He’s meant a lot to me in these last five or six months with my battle. But when I look at Mike, I think, we competed against each other as players. I coached against him for fifteen years, and I always have to think about what’s important in life to me are these three things. Where you started, where you are and where you’re going to be. Those are the three things that I try to do every day. When I think about getting up and giving a speech, I can’t help it. I have to remember the first speech I ever gave.</em></p><br /><p><em><br />I was coaching at Rutgers University, that was my first job, oh that’s wonderful (reaction to applause), and I was the freshman coach. That’s when freshmen played on freshman teams, and I was so fired up about my first job. I see Lou Holtz here. Coach Holtz, who doesn’t like the very first job you had? The very first time you stood in the locker room to give a pep talk. That’s a special place, the locker room, for a coach to give a talk. So my idol as a coach was Vince Lombardi, and I read this book called “Commitment To Excellence” by Vince Lombardi. And in the book, Lombardi talked about the fist time he spoke before his Green Bay Packers team in the locker room, and they were perennial losers. I’m reading this and Lombardi said he was thinking should it be a long talk, or a short talk? But he wanted it to be emotional, so it would be brief. So here’s what I did. Normally you get in the locker room, I don’t know, twenty-five minutes, a half hour before the team takes the field, you do your little x and o’s, and then you give the great Knute Rockne talk. We all do. Speech number eight-four. You pull them right out, you get ready. You get your squad ready. Well, this is the first one I ever gave and I read this thing. Lombardi, what he said was he didn’t go in, he waited. His team wondering, where is he? Where is this great coach? He’s not there. Ten minutes he’s still not there. Three minutes before they could take the field Lombardi comes in, bangs the door open, and I think you all remember what great presence he had, great presence. He walked in and he walked back and forth, like this, just walked, staring at the players. He said, “All eyes on me.” I’m reading this in this book. I’m getting this picture of Lombardi before his first game and he said “Gentlemen, we will be successful this year, if you can focus on three things, and three things only. Your family, your religion and the Green Bay Packers.” They knocked the walls down and the rest was history. I said, that’s beautiful. I’m going to do that. Your family, your religion and Rutgers basketball. That’s it. I had it. Listen, I’m twenty-one years old. The kids I’m coaching are nineteen, and I’m going to be the greatest coach in the world, the next Lombardi. I’m practicing outside of the locker room and the managers tell me you got to go in. Not yet, not yet, family, religion, Rutgers Basketball. All eyes on me. I got it, I got it. Then finally he said, three minutes, I said fine. True story. I go to knock the doors open just like Lombardi. Boom! They don’t open. I almost broke my arm. Now I was down, the players were looking. Help the coach out, help him out. Now I did like Lombardi, I walked back and forth, and I was going like that with my arm getting the feeling back in it. Finally I said, “Gentlemen, all eyes on me.” These kids wanted to play, they’re nineteen. “Let’s go,” I said. “Gentlemen, we’ll be successful this year if you can focus on three things, and three things only. Your family, your religion and the Green Bay Packers,” I told them. I did that. I remember that. I remember where I came from. </em></p><br /><p><em><br />It’s so important to know where you are. I know where I am right now. How do you go from where you are to where you want to be? I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal. You have to be willing to work for it. </em></p><br /><p><em><br />I talked about my family, my family’s so important. People think I have courage. The courage in my family are my wife Pam, my three daughters, here, Nicole, Jamie, LeeAnn, my mom, who’s right here too. That screen is flashing up there thirty seconds like I care about that screen right now, huh? I got tumors all over my body. I’m worried about some guy in the back going thirty seconds? You got a lot, hey va fa napoli, buddy. You got a lot.<br />I just got one last thing, I urge all of you, all of you, to enjoy your life, the precious moments you have. To spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you’re emotions going. To be enthusiastic every day and as Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Nothing great could be accomplished without enthusiasm,” to keep your dreams alive in spite of problems whatever you have. The ability to be able to work hard for your dreams to come true, to become a reality.</em></p><br /><p><em><br />Now I look at where I am now and I know what I want to do. What I would like to be able to do is spend whatever time I have left and to give, and maybe, some hope to others. Arthur Ashe Foundation is a wonderful thing, and AIDS, the amount of money pouring in for AIDS is not enough, but is significant. But if I told you it’s ten times the amount that goes in for cancer research. I also told you that five hundred thousand people will die this year of cancer. I also tell you that one in every four will be afflicted with this disease, and yet somehow, we seem to have put it in a little bit of the background. I want to bring it back on the front table. We need your help. I need your help. We need money for research. It may not save my life. It may save my children’s lives. It may save someone you love. And ESPN has been so kind to support me in this endeavor and allow me to announce tonight, that with ESPN’s support, which means what? Their money and their dollars and they’re helping me-we are starting the Jimmy V Foundation for Cancer Research. And its motto is “Don’t give up, don’t ever give up.” That’s what I’m going to try to do every minute that I have left. I will thank God for the day and the moment I have. If you see me, smile and give me a hug. That’s important to me too. But try if you can to support, whether it’s AIDS or the cancer foundation, so that someone else might survive, might prosper and might actually be cured of this dreaded disease. I can’t thank ESPN enough for allowing this to happen. I’m going to work as hard as I can for cancer research and hopefully, maybe, we’ll have some cures and some breakthroughs. I’d like to think, I’m going to fight my brains out to be back here again next year for the Arthur Ashe recipient. I want to give it next year! <br /></p></em><br /><p><em>I know, I gotta go, I gotta go, and I got one last thing and I said it before, and I want to say it again. Cancer can take away all my physical abilities. It cannot touch my mind, it cannot touch my heart and it cannot touch my soul. And those three things are going to carry on forever.</em></p><br /><p><em><br />I thank you and God bless you all.</em></p><br /><p>As I re-read it, I realize what courage that took and how strong he really was. I looked more into him and he really was an amazing person. How can you not be inspired by that? </p><br /><p><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" align="left" src="http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z78/mikerin3/Candace%20Wibbeler/signaturecopy-3.png" /></p>Candacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17807300029330155373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600599373848412183.post-16240160447514066362011-11-08T14:08:00.002-05:002011-11-08T14:15:25.533-05:00Addie is getting a tooth and pictures!<p>Last night at Andrew's school they had a Preview Night. This is where they introduce the basketball teams, the cheerleaders, and the dance team. They have a chili supper before hand. It is just a fun night <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">with</span> fun events and a little scrimmage to show you how the teams are going to look this year. It was fun and about 15 minutes in Addie grabbed my hand and stuck it in her <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">mouth</span>. Nothing new, as she is in the "Chewing" stage and she sticks everything in her mouth......however this time, I felt some little points and realized she is getting her fist tooth! She is getting so big <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">which</span> makes me sad but she is so fun and I love having two beautiful girls! </p><br /><p>I posted some pics yesterday, but if you would like to see more here is the link:</p><br /><p><a href="http://samd9865.zenfolio.com/p194045469">http://samd9865.zenfolio.com/p194045469</a></p><br /><p>They turned out great and I really like all of them! </p><br /><p><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" align="left" src="http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z78/mikerin3/Candace%20Wibbeler/signaturecopy-3.png" /></p>Candacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17807300029330155373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600599373848412183.post-66864007995976249112011-11-07T15:09:00.004-05:002011-11-07T15:17:39.566-05:00Changes and picturesAfter thinking about it, I am going to postpone the Life 365 until January 1. That way I can follow the calendar year and be right on track.<br /><br />Over the weekend, we had a close family friend take some pics of the girls mostly for Christmas cards, are here are a few for a sneak peak.....TOO CUTE! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLxitFAoiv2gqqZGVcRMd5eLja4T8U4XVYhLFW-XuuYKdPDyxLS59wUtQjvy1c3Y6b91vIYu3Tf39nZ1EZKNE_Mw868pem7EpkNfpRVP_7_fqnyHyau6HIdL9smAXV1Nto6SR_v_LB4eg/s1600/299537_299302443421916_100000264893600_1254088_1196325988_n.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 285px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672349231761265362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLxitFAoiv2gqqZGVcRMd5eLja4T8U4XVYhLFW-XuuYKdPDyxLS59wUtQjvy1c3Y6b91vIYu3Tf39nZ1EZKNE_Mw868pem7EpkNfpRVP_7_fqnyHyau6HIdL9smAXV1Nto6SR_v_LB4eg/s400/299537_299302443421916_100000264893600_1254088_1196325988_n.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 286px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672349230334999810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIWigPiHot-Xlhayk_OHEYoNDkR6omvXzDUIamaw-naui50XcFHtpKM30BvszV9AyKAjmDFldsY8-8BobjF3WuixlzxRhckxcPZKhNPr0rHzoQwHOnd7tyJyGbunok5-xXcwgfz1VS09k/s400/300395_299912643360896_100000264893600_1257227_468260537_n.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 286px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672349222242054626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpG0JvtL2320HvUmtsvRd80ncGnCbxEU11ZpghdVbiwbUmY14QwGrVEh2rb-dvGSpnYGxcjem7_lthQY4qq6u8sYx3ZxZxLJrDQtbfmIfeSIQXWMT44d-u9KJONyrDT3G1UTcJKTdLSEw/s400/308389_299912816694212_100000264893600_1257229_996140798_n.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxmer-gt7kIhzKx2_Rc6gSV9nocWS46rsMIxUU0vhdtarY4Wcwuf6AaKee4hxT_AWMSaRonf7qZqd_qoRQLEM0n90bW6BE1O_jUFIVUuQtQ0bUdN-ENQvPPwkwHMvxa0DkvyYe4aOhvww/s1600/310928_299437263408434_100000264893600_1254533_321284075_n.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672349219666148434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxmer-gt7kIhzKx2_Rc6gSV9nocWS46rsMIxUU0vhdtarY4Wcwuf6AaKee4hxT_AWMSaRonf7qZqd_qoRQLEM0n90bW6BE1O_jUFIVUuQtQ0bUdN-ENQvPPwkwHMvxa0DkvyYe4aOhvww/s400/310928_299437263408434_100000264893600_1254533_321284075_n.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicZ6aRUAtylmlC5YTNopvPTdoA78seNbpfXWoVAhC3D4jV9H1r4AJ9u0DlCXcttsqR21fe_yM1GWcaIYK39CN8bbsQZ4Bp4uoQTMF2vCyeU9Nrv9zVcg_Rucs8ZFS2NGydbl6uqqU2bT0/s1600/391666_299912736694220_100000264893600_1257228_1837200127_n.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 286px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672349218154177602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicZ6aRUAtylmlC5YTNopvPTdoA78seNbpfXWoVAhC3D4jV9H1r4AJ9u0DlCXcttsqR21fe_yM1GWcaIYK39CN8bbsQZ4Bp4uoQTMF2vCyeU9Nrv9zVcg_Rucs8ZFS2NGydbl6uqqU2bT0/s400/391666_299912736694220_100000264893600_1257228_1837200127_n.jpg" /></a><br />I love the last one of them looking at each other for Christmas card and I love collage because it is so true to form! <br /><br /><br /><p><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" align="left" src="http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z78/mikerin3/Candace%20Wibbeler/signaturecopy-3.png" /></p></div></div></div></div>Candacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17807300029330155373noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600599373848412183.post-77582121184060236112011-10-18T13:55:00.003-04:002011-10-18T14:00:23.743-04:00Life 365<p>So today I decided that I don't want to miss anything the girls are doing and I need a way to document the moments that are happening right before my very eyes.......which leads to my next project. It's called Life 365. It starts tonight. What's the deal? Well, each day you take a picture of something that happened on that day. The next day, you blog about it. Sounds simple enough....right? Now I just have to remember to take a picture each and every day. And I will not be able to blog on the weekends since we do not have Internet at home, but I will play catch-up on Mondays. I'm excited about this. I am going to do this. Listen to me talking myself into it. I feel like I sometimes miss out on things I need to document and what better way than this? Let's go for it! </p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" align="left" src="http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z78/mikerin3/Candace%20Wibbeler/signaturecopy-3.png" /></p>Candacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17807300029330155373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600599373848412183.post-9423887205911206582011-10-07T10:45:00.005-04:002011-10-07T11:18:39.380-04:00Addie rolled over!!!! She is eating cereal too!!!!Addie rolled over for the first time <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Wednesday</span>, October 5! Yeah for my big girl! She is 19 weeks old and so wonderful! She is full of smiles and laughs. I took her to the doctor last <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Friday</span> and she is 26 inches long and her weight is 17 pounds! She is such a blessing and so wonderful and I love her so much!!!!<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660762965965973602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmvpklkhRIidpo8CD0C95som-l_Lusd6Fg21Kq5eryQ0QPML3NussGLGq_WrAwEM_jZ3kExSJzaKQwfv927jckbKXNeOOBaUsLAnyFS1aabVBabMta2EXf1MCGy5kGbovI0s_VR9LT9zY/s400/IMG_0631.jpg" /><br />Here is a picture of Addie eating <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">cereal</span> one of the first times and she loves it! <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Calleigh</span> is such a big helper! <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660766445660510930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiruyjvy6V15KFf_-TAQQIyyKilnMt8g2A9OQ50KoCurLETHz2JGPx63aMHrooi2NSAcSwZQxYdmfsW5-x-pTXI9kah7NR9d_V73arxE7asrcdO5yZlfIukw7hXaf-TnugMEddvEJoAt_8/s400/IMG_0672.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660766439119346834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZXUe3SUs_OSpT1Q-rxmb1d4UmyWZolYyaUh1NEe7CyNGiEi6RbCiO2kDrOe-hjM-f4glBRgboBFV0ZpwgWtYI65W7EclZpOZPN0AtN4i5zXcM_56gixhH4Fn0d_VcquXD1yxEMPmP4o/s400/IMG_0664.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660766429805124866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3kLeMiEU7EfxECih6AKmkvC-6vCtH0pp_RZBdz7_IdMIJymfV_IhxFutzfmJ-f0rITp4YXDZhfXta6tntQqa7ugyvFvnjNmuKnu2KwtVCvu6CIIEgcdnpYcfsZZZFteHOzpjAv3Rj918/s400/IMG_0642.jpg" /><br />I love these girls so much.........who knew you could love two little people so much! <img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" align="left" src="http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z78/mikerin3/Candace%20Wibbeler/signaturecopy-3.png" />Candacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17807300029330155373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600599373848412183.post-25175336603843116322011-10-04T11:48:00.002-04:002011-10-04T11:59:34.745-04:00It's been a while..........<p>It has been a while since my last post. Our lives have been swamped for the last two months. We are making a lot of adjustments. Calleigh is now in preschool 3 days a week and dance class one day a week. Andrew has taken on some new duties at work, so he now not only teaches math he is also the assistant athletic director and is now also the Dean of Students at his school(which is like the Vice Principal!) I have started my new job. I have been here for about 6 weeks and I can say that I am truly blessed to be here. The pay was a nice increase, but I am doing what I went to school for. I am busy all the time, I hardly have any down time, things are different each day, and I love it! Addison is growing like a weed! She is 4 1/2 months and height is 26 inches and weight is 17 lbs! She is beautiful and I love her so much! She is a sweet baby and has made our family of four complete! </p><br /><p>I am realizing more and more that I am very blessed to have the life that the Lord has given me. If not for him, our prayers would not have been answered. He gave Andrew and I each other, 2 beautiful girls who are healthy, jobs that we like, and a good life together. In September we celebrated our 6th Anniversary! I look back on the past few years and see that even when I did not know what God's plan was he was busy building me up to this point. I prayed for a good change in our life and when he gave us Addison he also gave us other job opportunities. I prayed for the for a long time and he told me to wait......even though I waited, it was impatiently. Just another lesson he is teaching me. It's all about him and his timing. It always has been. I just have to learn to get out of the way and let God do the work. It is not him that is in the way, it's me. </p><br /><p>I will get a post up soon with updated pictures and from this point on I will do my best to post at least 2-3 times a week! </p><br /><p><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" align="left" src="http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z78/mikerin3/Candace%20Wibbeler/signaturecopy-3.png" /></p>Candacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17807300029330155373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600599373848412183.post-22887400779303430802011-08-10T10:05:00.002-04:002011-08-10T10:14:14.449-04:00Kid Friendly Jokes<p>Calleigh is going to start pre-school on Tuesday and I am a nervous wreck! We have been having a fun time and she loves to tell jokes so I decided to look up some good kid friendly jokes for her. They are cute, so I thought I would share for any of you who like good clean jokes!</p>
<br /><p><em>What do you call cheese that's not yours? Nacho Cheese!</em></p>
<br /><p><em>Why was 6 afraid of 7? Because 7 8 9!</em></p>
<br /><p><em>Why did the girl smear peanut butter on the road? To go with the traffic jam!</em></p>
<br /><p><em>Why do bananas have to put on sunscreen before they go to the beach? Because they might peel!</em></p>
<br /><p><em>How do you make a tissue dance? You put a little boogie in it!</em></p>
<br /><p><em>Why was Tigger looking in the toilet? He was trying to find Pooh!</em></p>
<br /><p><em>What did the mushroom say to the fungus? You're a fun guy(fungi)! </em></p>
<br /><p>And Calleigh's favorite:<em> </em></p>
<br /><p><em>Knock, Knock......Who's there......Orange.......Orange Who?......Orange you glad I didn't say banana?!? </em></p>
<br /><p>For some reason she thinks that is the funnies thing she has ever heard, she is so silly! </p>
<br /><p>A lot has been going on since I went on Maternity leave and we have had a lot of changes. I plan on doing a LARGE post on our summer and all that has been going on since I have been gone VERY SOON! </p>
<br /><p><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" align="left" src="http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z78/mikerin3/Candace%20Wibbeler/signaturecopy-3.png" /></p>Candacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17807300029330155373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600599373848412183.post-33567970570385341922011-06-12T19:28:00.005-04:002011-07-11T14:59:53.524-04:00Meet Addison Grace<div align="center">It has been a while since my last post, and here is the reason;</div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#663366;">Meet Addison Grace <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Wibbeler</span></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#663366;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628169732778565122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfPKc8u5R81PzWOv-9fxcDU8LX9EKO0y9JdSICIr2WV1KjR6u3cO2UHS0t2GxIwzu1wZ5n5GTGa15mKkOjjuHuzLSITo1GtvpDcLZajWlpE3oVU3d4meVI99YtdHujE5iYcYS6nQc-lSk/s400/IMG_0312.JPG" /></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center">Mommy and Addie ready to leave the hospital</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628169748845614546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt4g9DlUReBmlJvU8sC6SGQtuk_7h8TUem_E5xvuvuee1hZ5MzneMyjRgkefJCaoruERXorA67DjxumCCQIgzAvfwdG0fpb7NJvwkIC1gObEDPNbfM9vazo02II07o1-luoTLt8zruIpM/s400/IMG_0316.JPG" /></div><br /><br /><div align="center">Big Sister <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Calleigh</span> and Little Sister Addie</div><br /><br /><div align="left"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628169742792649042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPQhg-FGwHtIfiyMTKSGFZG5nI6ihhTQsAWIlqIPo8CDczPWCazX8bn5vjU-BV-NdMp_H8KwhUugoujpIOqGr9D92epJcjKsAeCZLH_uDMY27H0wT9wkxyOWvAJh7nIsAqCAKsyAwPxdc/s400/Calleigh+and+Addie.jpg" /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Calleigh</span> is doing so good with her and she loves her so much! <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Calleigh</span> is such a big helper! We are all making the adjustment from a family of three to a family of four but it is going very smoothly and we are loving every minute of it! We could not be any more blessed or ask for anything more!<br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p></div>Candacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17807300029330155373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600599373848412183.post-58614569645885969612011-05-17T12:31:00.006-04:002011-05-17T12:49:48.654-04:00Post 200 and One Week<p>This is post # 200 and I can not believe that I have been blogging for 3 years now. I started this blog when Calleigh was born so that not only I can track her growing and changes but also for family who do not live around us.<br /><br />Calleigh has been this light of our lives for 3 years now and it is crazy for me to think that in just one short week we will have another little light in our lives. Addison will be here next Tuesday and Calleigh is nothing short of excited! She told me last night that she wanted to just reach in my belly and get her out! She talks about her all the time and I know that Calleigh is going to be such a great big sister! She has been working on her potty training(pray for us!) and she seems to be doing rather well with it. By no means are we accident free or are we completely trained but we are getting there one step at a time! I am glad that she is getting it!<br /></p><br /><p>Andrew has done things that I am so thankful for and I can not believe how blessed I am to have such a wonderful and loving husband. He has been taking care of the dishes, laundry, and other household chores for me. This past weekend he even shampooed all of the carpets in the house because he knew how bad that I wanted them done and he wanted them to be clean for Addie when she comes home. He had also been cooking meals at night and even fixing my plate and bringing it to me because I have been tired after work. The love he has shown for me is unbelievable and indescribable. I am thankful for the person I married and the wonderful man that he is. I could never tell him enough how much he means to me. We are anxiously looking forward to being in the room together when our second little girl enters into this world! We are also looking forward to seeing the look on Calleigh's face when she sees Addie for the first time. It is amazing that God has blessed us with the wonderful job of watching and raising these precious, amazing little girls until they while they and we are alive here on this earth. There is no other job that I take more seriously than being their Mommy and being the wife to the wonderful man he gave me as a husband! </p><br /><p>I got a phone call today on my way to work and it made me tear up a bit. It was Calleigh's future preschool calling to confirm that we are still wanting her to attend there and that she had been accepted. It is one of the best preschools in the area and I am excited that she got in! She has been on the waiting list since she was 2 weeks old(yeah, a little early, but it sure did pay off!) It made me realize that my baby girl is no longer a baby, she is getting big so fast and if I am tearing up already I know this means I will be a complete disaster on her first day! I know that I will be "that mom".......the one who takes a ton of pictures and cries after she goes into the building or I leave and she can't see me anymore! I know that this is going to be great for her, but my baby is getting too big too fast! </p><br /><p>Well, I am getting ready to go off to lunch. Church league softball starts tonight so we are ready for that...........GO HOLLAND METHODIST!!!! I just wanted to do a little updating before I forget all the the things I wanted to make sure that I get down! Have a great week!<br /><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" align="left" src="http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z78/mikerin3/Candace%20Wibbeler/signaturecopy-3.png" /></p>Candacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17807300029330155373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600599373848412183.post-23567189068744407252011-05-11T09:44:00.005-04:002011-05-11T10:11:50.141-04:0013 days and Matthew 14:27<p>13 days........that's how long we have until my scheduled C-Section. When you say it in the form of days it sounds so close. We have not had any more episodes since May 1 and I am really holding out that things are going to be fine and we will have out sweet baby girl here on May 24th like she is supposed to be! </p><br /><br /><p>Calleigh is getting very excited and asking every day when "her" Addison is going to be here. I know that she is going to be a great big sister! </p><br /><br /><p>Andrew and I have gotten a LOT of work done around the house in the last couple of weeks....just trying to get those finishing touches in before the big day is here! We are almost done working with the landscaping. I am VERY hopeful that when I come home from the hospital that it will all be done waiting for me to see! (I will post pictures of the progress soon!)</p><br /><br /><p>Up to this point I have known that I am having another C-Section, but I am a lot more nervous this time. With Calleigh, she was my first and she was an emergency, so things we all new to me and went by so fast. This time, I have been thinking about what is going to happen and it is making me a little nervous. I am the ultimate planner, but knowing ahead of schedule this time is really taking a toll on my emotions. I have been thinking about it a lot more than I did with Calleigh and I am just really nervous for some reason. I know that I have a WONDERFUL doctor who I trust completely and I know that he always makes the correct decision about what it the best for me and the baby! I know that it is just a minor surgery where I am awake and Andrew is right there with me the whole time, but I am still nervous about the surgery in general. I know that I will have the great physician right there with me and that I am in his hands and he will never let go. This past week at church Josh (my pastor) talked about how we need to have courage because God is with us. </p><br /><br /><p>Matthew 14:27 says "But Jesus immediately said to them: "Take courage. It is I. Don't be afraid." </p><br /><br /><p>Then we sand the song by Matthew Redman called "You never let go". After hearing that scripture and singing that song I knew God was talking right to me. I know that he will be with me through it all and he will never let go. What a relief it was to know that when I am nervous and anxious he is right there holding my hand and showing me that I have nothing to be worried about. I am not going to say that I am worry free, because I am not good at letting go completely, but I am not as afraid as I once was. It's all because of Jesus. </p><br /><br /><p><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" src="http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z78/mikerin3/Candace%20Wibbeler/signaturecopy-3.png" align="left" /></p>Candacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17807300029330155373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600599373848412183.post-17685424321100902712011-05-04T10:34:00.002-04:002011-05-04T10:38:03.045-04:00Playing in the mud puddles!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrPV7BK_MgWpmP_JVY6rJLXur_sUL8SVfxY8tvdJ3pD9FtTjsL2uxSsx4HD8rD_g5cPo0B5ktwKVSqstehWwp-cISa8AEqT-GKxqfcTBU1VmCFqDUfOwzzGre62acX0-EhQILTZznp3qo/s1600/Playing+in+the+mud.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602869944448329586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrPV7BK_MgWpmP_JVY6rJLXur_sUL8SVfxY8tvdJ3pD9FtTjsL2uxSsx4HD8rD_g5cPo0B5ktwKVSqstehWwp-cISa8AEqT-GKxqfcTBU1VmCFqDUfOwzzGre62acX0-EhQILTZznp3qo/s400/Playing+in+the+mud.jpg" border="0" /></a> Last night we decided to go outside and Calleigh just happened, with Daddy's help, to find the biggest mud puddle in our yard! She had a great time! <br /><br /><p><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" src="http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z78/mikerin3/Candace%20Wibbeler/signaturecopy-3.png" align="left" /></p>Candacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17807300029330155373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600599373848412183.post-4584376434848488662011-04-26T13:53:00.004-04:002011-04-26T14:06:12.327-04:00Easter 2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIgVKhwmXRtymeweX-wBDGw6KHoVmMxdcjnuBN2KivRW_F-6C-CVPMcj6Ra9gVhgJy_0rHfvXAE6ECaq-kFZQy9qpDrUb4HcjdCxEawhCzu27TkTBNJ4efDWoWvd4sLZbw3zpEXgJ9buQ/s1600/Easter+2011.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599953870375102162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIgVKhwmXRtymeweX-wBDGw6KHoVmMxdcjnuBN2KivRW_F-6C-CVPMcj6Ra9gVhgJy_0rHfvXAE6ECaq-kFZQy9qpDrUb4HcjdCxEawhCzu27TkTBNJ4efDWoWvd4sLZbw3zpEXgJ9buQ/s320/Easter+2011.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><p></p>These are just a few pictures from our Easter. The Easter Bunny came to our house on Saturday night since he had so many stops to make on Easter Morning! (And since we had to get ready for church in a hurry this year!) We had fun dying eggs! She had a good time finding eggs in our house, since it has not stopped raining for days!<br /><br />We are very blessed, especially this year! We are having this little one VERY soon and God has blessed us tons! Hope that you have a wonderful Easter also!<br /><br /><br /><p><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" src="http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z78/mikerin3/Candace%20Wibbeler/signaturecopy-3.png" align="left" /></p>Candacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17807300029330155373noreply@blogger.com0