20

Skylar, for the past 6 mo or so has been obsessed with the idea of freezing herself when she turns 16. Its something she is always talking about, "when I turn 16, i'm going to freeze. Its a good age to be." She's always asking me new questions about being 16 like, Mom, can I drive when I'm 16? Can I have a computer when i'm 16? can I wear make-up when i'm 16? and so on and so on. Its an on-going dialogue about being 16. She's in awe of the age.

So last night I put her to bed, and was in the family room doing my exercises. It had been a while and a new conversation begins:
Skylar- "Mom"
Me-"What hunny?"
Sky- "Can I drive when i'm 20?"
me- "Yes"
Sky- "Can I wear make-up when i'm 20?
me- "Yes"
Sky- "Can I have a computer when I'm 20?"
Me "yes skylar"
Sky- "Can we share clothes when i'm 20?"
Me- "Sure"
Sky- "Can I go to school when i'm 20?
Me- "Yep, you'll be in college"
Sky- *long pause*......."20 is a GREAT number, I'm DEFINITELY freezing at 20 now"

I thought I'd wait to tell her that when I was 20 I was a college drop-out and was married......

Pants

I love pants. For the past few weeks I have been wearing pants. I wake up, its nice and cool out, so I open all the windows and get a chilly breeze coming through the house....what do I do? I go put on my jeans. Its the end of September, its now officially fall......It should be ok to wear pants......so I put them on and do what all day? SWEAT!!! HOW IS IT STILL SO STINKIN HOT AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER???!!! I am sooo done with this heat!!

Some of my not so favorite things.....

5. Kids spilling sticky apple juice on my clean foors
4. Caleb spilling a whole bowl of cheerios on my floor
3. Tahoe tracking in muddy paws onto my floor
2. Ryder emtying the contents of the toilet onto the bathroom floor
(yes, there is a pattern here)
1. My floors that I pour so much time and effort cleaning every day being tainted in any way.....

Some may say, "Rebecca, you have a problem", which I would smile and say "You are absolutely right". What can I say? I like clean floors. Theres just something about the squeeky clean feel of them under my feet.... it makes my feet happy. The way they shine as your walking into the room. The smell of cleanliness. Its just very satisfying. Now don't get me wrong, there are rare moments far and few between when I can actually account for every square inch of my house's floors being perfect....but if I lived in a perfect world, this would, in fact, not be such a rare comodidy.

Gafner Gym

Sean has been really blessed with some extra caterings, so we got onto Craislist and got this Nautilus, Total Fitness Center, for a steal! .....yep, thats me working out.....

We have been SO out of shape. So tonight we cleaned out the garage, set it all up and started our nightly routine.....working out. Feels so great. I went for a run, came back, lifted some weights. Now we are hanging in the garage, Sean's doing his work-out....amazing. I am stoked to get back into shape without the gym membership....ahhhh, life is good.

Copycat, copycat

"Mom, can we do a craft?"
"Mom, can we do a craft?"

"Mom, where are the crayons?"
"Mom, where are the crayons?"

"Caleb! STOP copying me!"
"Caleb, stop copying me"

"Moooom, Calebs copying me"
"Moooom, Calebs copying me"

"Caleb, stop copying your sister"
"Caleb, stop copying your sister"

What is it that is deeply rooted in every single childhood with every singly sibling and there innate need to copy???!!!! Where do they learn it? HOW do they learn it? I really want to know, cause I want to find these "copy teachers" and shove thier head into the ground......

We have entered into the stage of copying in our house......

Roaring Lion

We have entered in to a month of prayer at the Stirring. Devoting a month to praying for the direction of our church, our community. God is growing us, rising us up within Redding. He has given us passions for our city, to call out and shape a generation who is lost. And I believe that because of the pure, and genuine hearts of the leadership in our church to whole-heartedly live out the calling God has placed over thier lives, because of thier faith, Satan is going to do everything in his power to strike us down. Within marriages, families, friendships. Whatever it takes.

1 peter 5:8-11

"Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy, the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings. And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you stong, firm and steadfast. To him be the power for ever and ever. Amen."

Man, so good. Satan is real. He is out to kill, steal, and destroy. We have got to rise up, put on our armor and be ready for battle.

I love that we, as a church, are taking a month to pray....but shouldn't this be our posture every day? Committing ourselves to a community who is going to turn Redding upside down! In order to do that, we need to immerse ourselves in prayer. Because our enemy is prowling around looking fow someone to devour.