Oh my Goodness is It OVER yet??????

Ok.....I suppose that yesterday's blog must have stirred up some anger in the fires of Hell...Let me give you the FAST version.....Last night, went to sleep.....had a nightmare (I truly believe a prophetic dream) and then woke up and have been awake since 3 am.....In this dream I was being attacked by the ugliest creature I have ever imagined (I believe a demon), and there was a woman (which makes no sense to me since angels according to my Bible are males), anyways, she told me I had to make this creature lunge at me and she had some kind of weapon in her hand which I could not see, but I awoke at 3 am with that thing lerching at me and it was just the scariest thing ever....so, I began praying.....and didn't stop all day long.....because, from the moment the sun broke over the horizon, I cannot count how many MAJOR incidents took place that even if only 1 of those things happened, it would throw off anyone for the whole day! Just to give the brief rundown...almost involved in 2 car accidents, well, 3 if you count that I almost hit a man carrying a baby who just walked out into the middle of the street from behind a tall parked vehicle that I could not see....I barely got stopped in time.....that was all on the way to church this morning...and also on the way to church, I had to explain why the "man" at Starbucks was wearing makeup and acting like a girl, and I was just honest (and blunt) and said right in front of the "man" that he was confused and that he was "lost" and he needed Jesus Christ....I smiled and told him to have a nice day.....so, then after church...oh I forgot...my computer kinda crashed, so, I was stopping at Best Buy to get the Geek Squad to look at it, and they did not give a good report, and my children locked us out of the truck we were driving and we had to call and get someone from Ford to come out and unlock the car....the keys were left in it with the motor running (thanks to my beautiful, wonderful, CHILDREN...) HEHEHE.....so, we were stranded there for a little while....then I went home and was going to barricade myself in my house and hide from the world, while waiting on the next hammer to fall, and my wonderful friend Nikki, called and said that she was taking me to church before I even had a chance to tell her that I was afraid to leave my house....She said she already KNEW that I was going to say that, so that was why she called to offer the ride so that I would have NO EXCUSE of giving into the stress! Thank you Nikki....today (and most days) You are truly a Godsent Friend!!!!! The rest of today has been really, really good and I'm looking forward to our Beach outing and our cookout tomorrow!!! Everyone have a great Labor Day!!!!!

WE ARE GOING TO CHURCH TOMORROW~

Did everyone hear that LOUD and CLEAR????? I don't care if we are puking our guts up or coughing up a lung, WE ARE GOING TO CHURCH TOMORROW!!!! LOL......Well, really, there has been NOTHING funny about it....I am so sick of being sick! But thanks to one of my goodest, bestest friends, Jean, I have made a list of things to do to try to keep my family healthier and more resistant to all of these bugs that keep coming around! We sooooo miss getting to come to church on a regular basis....Because of my husband being deployed to Iraq, and us getting sick, oh, and of course, gasoline prices don't help either, we have not been able to attend regularly...But, I am putting my foot down NOW....I have been raised by a Wonderful, Godly Mother who pretty much taught me that whenever the church doors are open, if we weren't drawing our last breath, we should be there! So, call it habit, call it conviction, call it whatever you want, I'M GOING TO BE IN CHURCH PRETTY MUCH EVERY TIME THE DOORS ARE OPEN! I love my church and my church family!!!! I have never been involved with such a loving, giving, caring church in my entire life! Praise the Lord! And now, another one of my goodest, bestest friends Nikki is joining my Awesome church tomorrow and that just makes it an even BETTER reason to love the church even more! Oh, my church is Lanakila Baptist Church in Waipahu, HI......Out here in the middle of the Pacific Ocean in paradise!!!!! It will be one of the hardest things to do when we have to leave our little paradise.....but, ARMY life....some of you know how it goes! Ok......enough....Love to all of you and everyone have a BLESSED SUNDAY!!!

I JUST LOOOVVVVEEEE THURSDAYS

Well, if I HAD to pick a favorite day of the week, besides Sundays, it would have to be Thursdays....there are different reasons for my LOVE of Thursdays...1st of all, when I wake up and realize that it Thursday, then I know that tomorrow is FRIDAY!!!!! Secondly, I love Thursdays soooo much that it used to be my "Pajama Day" when I made it a luxury for me to not get dressed and go ANYWHERE, or do ANYTHING but stay at home and relax in my pj's....ahhhhh I used to just LOVE pajama day.....well, then I started having to actually leave my house on Thursdays to take my kids to school in the mornings and pick them up in the afternoon.....but, I stay in my pajamas when I do it and nobody knows any different!!! (except for the gate guards that have to check my id)....OH WELL...so, NOW I have a combined Bible Study/Scrapbook Crop that I participate in every Thursday, so, since I don't believe the other ladies would appreciate PAJAMA DAY as much as I do, I have decided to give up the pajamas on Thursdays and actually get dressed! But, I LOVE the Bible Study & Crop on Thursdays....I love the book we are reading, "Passionate Housewives Desperate for God"......It is AMAZING.!!!!!!! There are many other words to describe it, but that one kind of sums it all up into one word....So, once again, for those of you who just didn't understand me......

I LOVE THURSDAY!

Love to all of you !!!!!!!!! Hope you have a great weekend! Stay safe!

Sick Again Sunday

Hey everyone.....it is another Sick Sunday......Ethan was hacking all night long......all of us are sick again....we all woke up coughing and sore throats, THIS IS GETTING REALLY OLD........But, if you read my blog yesterday, then you know I have to share the end results of Melly's hair with you all......I couldn't decide which picture to post, so I'm posting a few!.....Please keep us all in your prayers....the kids really don't need to miss anymore school.....(and I need my sanity)....hahahaha So, since we are sick, we held church in our living room.....Melody sang a special (East to West) and then AJ played "Mr. Russ" and doubled as "Pastor Wygle"....he told one of the opening pastor jokes (he actually told a funny one though, he-he) and then Brother Ethan opened us up in prayer and then "Pastor AJ" delivered the sermon from Keys for Kids and did a fabulous job.......so, even though it was a "mock" service, they were truly lifting their voices up to the Lord in praise, and I know that he was pleased.....Everyone have a blessed day in the Lord and have a wonderful week......We Love you ALL!!!!!!!

Another Saturday

Hey all! I hope this finds you all having a wonderful weekend!!!! Well, it's been another blissful Saturday....A lot has happened today.....Very exciting! Ethan has FINALLY learned how to ride his bike on 2 wheels!!!!!! It was awesome....I said to myself this morning, "Enough is enough"....this child is 8 years old now and the only one in the neighborhood who cannot ride a bike! So, he whined a little bit, but, when he saw that I wasn't backing down, he DID IT!!!!! and he did perfect from the 1st try! He's been ready for a while, I guess us parents were just lazy....OH WELL.....now Melody wants to try......Then, this afternoon, we went to the movies here on post...they were playing Wall-E for the matinee, so, I took the kids.....I thought it was cute, but not one of Disney's best......So, now, we are winding down for the night and Melly and I have had our usual "Girl Time" and tonight she wanted curlers in her hair so that she could have "pretty hair" for church tomorrow....Hopefully, we will get to go, because I started feeling not so well again today and totally have lost my voice......Wish me luck!!!!!

THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY!!!!!!!

I hope this finds you all doing well and ready for the weekend.....I love Fridays....especially this Friday.....it's been a pretty tough week for LOTS of reasons I cannot begin to even go into in this small amount of space I have, so, let's just sum it all up into....THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY.....AJ's homeschool curriculum is arriving today at some point and even though he ACTS like he's not happy about it, I know that he is excited.....just nervous I think because it is all kind of new to him....For those of you who don't know, I started off homeshooling him...I homeschooled him from Kindergarten thru 2nd grade....so, technically, he's only been in public school, for 3rd, 4th, and 1/2 of 5th grade because we had him at our church's private school for the 1st half of 5th grade.....so, I am happy and feel at peace about homeschooling....I TRULY feel that this is what God wants me to do...not only with AJ, but with all of my children....YES, I didn't make a mistake...I said ALL of them...including Ethan....my little Ethan.....as most of you know, Ethan has Autism....Autism does NOT have Ethan....(that's my little slogan)....his Autism is extremely mild and he has grown out of almost all of the behaviors and issues he once had....I KNOW that I can homeschool them all, I just have a fear of it being too much for me to handle....but, for some strange reason...I feel at peace with the idea....I REALLY want to do it...Homeschooling makes total sense...where else can they be taught about the things that are really important..???? Who better to teach them, than their parents???? Although I'm sure that some days will be challenging, I really feel led to do this...And being an army family, it only makes sense to be able to schedule school time on OUR time...when WE have to move, or deal with deployments, or emergencies back home...school can go with us wherever we are.....Just pray with me about these decisions...we will make a final decision by the 1st of December.....Also, I am concerned that because Ethan is in the Special Education program, (for those of you who don't know, schools get paid a lot of money for these children in special education) and my fear is that they won't want to disenroll him from the school and give me trouble....So, just keep us in your prayers.......Thanks to you all........Have a great weekend!!!!!!!

A SAD, SAD, DAY

Well, it is over....the memorial of Sgt Kenny Gibson happened this morning....It was even harder than I thought it was going to be, and I knew it was going to be tough....Nikki is a hero too....I don't know how she is doing it....I don't know that I would even be able to get out of bed or not....she is proving to be a tower of courage and strength...For those of you who don't know already, my friend, Nikki Gibson, lost her husband on August 10 in Iraq....He IS a true HERO.....he jumped in front of a terrorist attacking his platoon sgt and platoon leader....He jumped.....he JUMPED.....wow, I cannot imagine....I don't know what kind of weapon was used, but he saved their lives and gave his own....Nikki, if you are reading this blog, please know that I grieve with you and want to help in ANY way that I Possibly can.....right now, all I can do is honor the 2 of you for your unblievable sacrifice that you have made....From what I understand, Kenny had left little pink love notes all over the house for Nikki to find before he went back to Iraq during his recent R&R trip home....I hope and pray that finding these little notes will be comforting to her....so, today, those of you reading this......Love one another, hold one another, kiss one another and never, ever, take each other for granted....Live every single day as if it COULD be your last..........BE HAPPY.......

MONDAY BLAH

Another Monday......aghhhh...the nice, peaceful weekend is over and we are back to the regular week of drudgery...hahaha....just joking.....We've had a pretty good day around here....AJ is bored to death because his curriculum has yet to arrive...It has been shipped and should be here by Wednesday...he says he's bored and ready to start school, but on Thursday, we'll see if he has changed his mind...While having him tested we have found (and yes, we were forwarned) that he is WAYYYYYY behind in English (and Hawaii public school claimed he was WAYYYYY ahead of his peers by 3-4 years)----scarey.......so, we have to play catch up in that subject and a couple of bumps in the road for his math as well....(not as bad as the English though)...so, we're gonna get him caught up and then begin on 6th Grade curriculum.....he is a fast worker (when he doesn't play with his fingers and stare endlessly into the distance at absolutely nothing)...LOL We'll be fine...He's a great kid.....I had a blast at the Card Camp on Saturday night! I'm gonna post a couple of pics of what I made there....I am sooo excited about making my own stuff.....CREATIVITY!!! Who would've thunk it! Me---Kathy----creative???? Well, enjoy the pics and I'll talk to you more later

AHHHHH Saturday!

How nice and beautiful Saturdays can be...Especially here in Hawaii....Beautiful sunshine, kids outside playing, nice breeze, and in the house...ahhhhhh peace and quiet....ok......I'm done rubbing it all in....LOL Just having a quiet Saturday afternoon in paradise, but very excited about tonight! My friend, Nikki, invited me to go with her and another friend, Rachelle, to a card making workshop.......so, I hired a sitter for the evening and just cannot wait to get out of this house....we've been cooped up in here all week with illness and I am sooo excited to get to go out with my friends, mingle with ADULTS and be creative all at the same time!!! Woohoo!! Everyone have a fabulous day!

WELCOME TO TEA TIME

Hello all! Welcome to my new blog.....I'm completely new at this, so, be patient, I'm sure I'll get better as I go along....I wanted to create a spot where my friends and family can be updated on what's going on in Hawaii with the Fosters....As you can see, we are impatiently counting down the days until my husband returns from Iraq..He is missed terribly....Other than that, you will hear alot about my scrapbooking, my children, my gal pals, and my Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ! I look forward to hearing your comments!!!!!!