http://www.blestwithsons.com Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:35:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My second son, nine year old Andrew, has been going through some extremely dramatic, over-the-top fit-pitching lately. I don't know if this is related to his Asperger Syndrome, growing pains, missing his Daddy, or just general I'm-out-to-send-mom-over-the-edge-ness...but it's getting old fast. We still have our sense of humor though. ... http://www.blestwithsons.com/?p=1075 This is a speech I'm giving on Christmas Eve at our church... thought I'd share it. :D ------------------------------------------ Hi. My name is Jennifer….and I have a Christmas Confession to make. I love presents. I do love giving them. But that’s not what I’m talking about. I love GETTING them. I do. ... http://www.blestwithsons.com/?p=1074 The boys have been coming right along with their music lessons, as have I! ;) Here's Andrew doing a Five For Fighting song. He improves every day - and has been doing some composing too! This Christmas, the boys are getting a keyboard that will interface with my ... http://www.blestwithsons.com/?p=1073 Well. There's really no doubt about it. I am still blest. I still have four sons and I am beyond thrilled to be their mom... even if at lunch today one of them thought that using his hand to spread peanut butter was a good idea... I'm still married. ... http://www.blestwithsons.com/?p=1072 We were in the checkout line at Target a few days ago and I had to admonish my firstborn to move so that the lady behind us could unload her cart. I turned to the cashier and said, completely off-the-cuf, "You know, I think 90% of parenting is convincing ... http://www.blestwithsons.com/?p=1071 Last night I saw the movie 50 First Dates for the first time. I had no idea Adam Sandler could make a movie so cute. :lol: His character Henry falls for a woman named Lucy who has short term memory loss due to a permanent brain injury. In ... http://www.blestwithsons.com/?p=1067 I got back today from what may have been the most incredible week of my life so far. The National Worship Leaders Conference was absolutely amazing. Mind, Spirit, Soul, and Body..all came back changed. Though the body is mostly, but not completely, from pure exhaustion. :wink: I ... http://www.blestwithsons.com/?p=1066 You finally get an idea of a post to write, but you don't have time to write it??? :razz: But if anyone is around... LOOK where I'm going!! The National Worship Leader's Conference!! I am beyond excited. Actually, I'm too stunned that I'm even going to really be excited!! I'll try and ... http://www.blestwithsons.com/?p=1065 I was chatting with my firstborn last week about such light and fluffy subjects as "What God Thinks of Us"... I can't remember, unfortunately, how exactly we got onto the subject. Though I think it has something to do with Romans Chapter 8. I'm working on memorizing it, so the ... http://www.blestwithsons.com/?p=1062 You may have umpteen storebought lightsabers with telescoping blades (though none that make sounds, thank God). But they cannot compare to the ones you just helped manufacture out of toilet paper tubes, construction paper, and packing tape. No way. Huh uh. It was the seven year old's idea, ... http://www.blestwithsons.com/?p=1061 So I'm all fired up, by God's incredible lovingkindness, grace, and tenacious grip, about our Lord and His Word. It's good to be in this place. And I thought I was done blogging...but then God gave me something to say again... so here I am! But what else is ... http://www.blestwithsons.com/?p=1058 Mirrors are funny things. You know, last year when I was still losing weight, I loved looking in the mirror. And after hit goal, even more so! I was so entranced by that stranger looking back at me. For the first time in my life, I ... http://www.blestwithsons.com/?p=1057 Many years ago, I loved the sitcom News Radio. One of my favorite episodes was when the radio personnel were all reviewed in a trade magazine. In the midst of glowing reviews for his colleagues, News Announcer Bill McNeal, magnificently played by the great Phil Hartman, had been ... http://www.blestwithsons.com/?p=1056 You haven't been to chef school. You might be able to feed yourself, barely. But you couldn't possibly adequately prepare food to safely feed your family. Henceforth, if you have not been to chef school and received your degree, you will not be allowed to cook for ... http://www.blestwithsons.com/?p=1055 Ten Little Known Facts About Blest 1. Blest cannot be detected by infrared cameras! 2. Ancient Chinese artists would never paint pictures of blest! 3. Scientists believe that blest began billions of years ago as an enormous ball of dust and gas. 4. A cluster of bananas is called a hand and consists of ... http://www.blestwithsons.com/?p=1054