so don't have time to be doing this...

As the title suggests, I really do not have time to be writing right now, but I just can't hardly help myself.  Elliana, decked out in her raggedy purple tutu and a pink tee shirt with a tiara placed on her little blondish curls, is sitting at the smudged up glass dining room table eating a PB&J sandwich singing "Oh How I Love Jesus" with her purple feathered "princess slippers" kicked off underneath her chair.  We have Snow White music playing in her bedroom just barely audible over the clothes dryer noises from the hallway.
But, I had to stop and record this adorable little scene for you.
We are trying to get ready for our daddy to be home from a short trip to Falls Creek campgrounds for a Men's retreat.  He had a great refreshing time and are trying to let him come home to something refreshing as well, a cleaner house (notice I didn't say clean...I'm not a miracle worker.  We do still have a 2 1/2 year old playing while I clean)!  I love that he could enjoy Falls Creek and not while he's working as a youth wrangler. ;) j/k  Our kids at the church are wonderful!
He got to trout fish, preview a movie coming out in September (www.courageousthemovie.com/), and all sorts of other manly type things that I don't like to do.  It's a good thing he can get out and do things like this because he comes home to an estrogen filled house at the end of every day of the year.  We try to not overload him with pink and frills, but I'm afraid we do a pretty poor job of keeping our girlie-ness locked away from view most of the time.
He's such a wonderful man and I'm glad to have him.  I would chose him again and again and again!  He's the best match for me and the best daddy I can imagine for my girl(s)!!!  So, I'm logging off now so I can get back to my housewife/mommy duties like wiping the smudgy table off and impatiently await my Prince Charming's (or as Elli Kate says, "Prince Charmy's") return.  

My friend, Chelsea

Hey y'all!  I'm back!  I wanted to just let you in on one of my favorite things-music.  I LOVE Music.  Did I kinda already say that?  I do!  It's true.  I'm rhyming a little now.  I need to stop. Ok.
Anyway.  Music is a language that speaks to every person.  We've all heard that before, but isn't it amazing how true that statement is?  Everyone can relate to some type of music in some way or another.  Some people, like my Papa Greer, enjoy listening to what I call honkey tonk music.  Others, like my dad, prefer 70's rock, including bands names you might know--Kansas, Styx, Boston...  Btw, I'm kinda drawn to those bands too.  Sidenote-Kansas had the BEST drummer I've ever heard, EVER!  Then, there are still others who are drawn to inspirational music or Christian music as I call it.  This is really my favorite genre of tunage (is that a word?) because it truly speaks to my soul and my spirit.  I need this type of music in my life, because it helps me to keep calm at certain moments when perhaps a certain toddler might be trying my patience with pee-pee pants or smearing yogurt on the glass diningroom table during snacktime.  I don't know why I mention those things.  I mean, it's not like those things ever happen at my house.  ;)  But, anyway.
Philippians 4:8 has a list of things that we are to think on regularly.  And, let me tell ya, Christian music is an easy way to put those things into your mind pretty effortlessly.  So, all that to say, I have a good friend that I'd like to introduce to you.  Her name is Chelsea Lake.  She is SO very talented!  If I say too much more about her, you might not believe me.  I'll say a bit more, but not much.  She has a beautiful heart for the Lord.  She exudes the Love of Christ in what she does daily and in the melodic music she writes.  So, if you're looking for a new listen, check her out on YouTube.  I'm attaching a link so you can easily get to her music and not have to navigate too much.
Thanks for looking! :)
Chelsea Lake MUSIC

relief!

Driving into Cushing tonight from a long day on the road, we could smell the heavy oxygen that is a tale-tale sign of rain.  I love that smell!  I thought it may have missed us all together today, but I was wrong and so pleased to be!  Rain came, relief for the dry, dry ground has begun.  I raised my hands as I stepped out of the car tonight and just breathed in deeply!  Mmmmm...so good!  Then, as we were taking our daughter inside I heard what I haven't heard in so long--the crickets singing loudly all over the neighborhood.  They were praising the Lord for His good work today, too!  The rain drip, drip, dripping off the rooftop even seemed to be saying it was glad to be back.
Our prayers have been answered tonight.  Here in Cushing we got rain and were skipped on the hail and tornadoes this time.  Others in the state weren't so fortunate.
I'm just so happy that we are getting some much needed moisture.  I know we still need so much more, but it will come.  I trust that God will provide! :)  Keep praying for rain, y'all!

Thanks for checking in!