This was just too good:

"Osteen is a Gospel preacher like Col. Sanders is an army officer."
-The Internet Monk

http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/reactions-to-the-60-minutes-joel-osteen-piece

Our hectic, busy life!

Gracie is 7 1/2 months old
and crawling and now pulling herself up.

My goofy girls!

UPDATE:

Well, I have not written a blog in a very long time. The reason: TOO BUSY AND TOO STRESSED TO THINK ABOUT IT. Anyhow, I have decided I want to do one today.

There has been a lot going on in my busy life. I am trying to juggle being a student teaching, working without getting paid, being a full-time mommy and full-time maid (cleaning the house after two little ones is a pain.), and trying to find time for church and find time for my husband and building up our marriage. It has been a difficult road.

First student teaching: Student teaching has been a non-stop stressful journey. The atmosphere at the school itself is negative, complaining, and very critical. It seems to me that I can never do anything right and that I can't make any mistakes in this process of teaching the students. However, that's how it was at the beginning of this teaching process. I believe, or hope, that it will change soon. I am quickly learning my strengths and weaknesses along with the teaching I am working with. We really get along, but just like human being, when you have been around someone everyday for 8 hours a day, you tend to get on each other's nerves. It is human nature to want to be in control all the time, which is, I think, hard for a teacher who is wonderful, but wants to be in control of her classroom the whole time, not allowing me to take over like I am suppose to be. I am trying my hardest not to get frustrated at the situations that we are both facing at the school. I even have a little verse in my desk to remind me not to complain or argue about things because God is in control. So, I know that in the "real world" people can be cruel and very negative in every situation. I just have to tell myself that this is only a little bit longer and I know I will be stronger when I come out of the whole thing. I am sure I will be frustrated still and it won't end until I am completely done with the experience. But I know that this is something I have to endure in order to become stronger as a teacher.

My girls: I can't believe that my girls are growing up so fast and I am hardly home to enjoy it! Hannah is growing up so fast, but not potty trainging yet. That little stinker! Sometimes it seems like she will go, but then she regresses and doesn't want to go at all. Some days are beter than others, but isn't that the same with all children? She is not really liking the fact that Gracie is now mobile. She gets jealous of the fact that Grace likes to eat and terrorize Hannah and her toys. But at the same time, she is really protective over her little sister. She wants to help,but sometimes it's not helping her and instead it's hurting her. So, that's a challenge for us as parents to try to encourage Hannah to be nice to her sister and not hit all of the time. But we love to see them grow and play together. oh yeah, GRACIE IS ALREADY PULLING HERSELF UP. She just started crawling! NO, I'M NOT READY FOR IT YET!

The rest of my life is pretty much trying to juggle everything else around. Clint and I are having a hard time trying to spend time together. But we are now in a small group with our church that is for young married couples. We are the only ones with kids right now and so they are all very helpful and willing to watch the girls. So, today, (I am so excited), we are going on a date, which we haven't had a really date in a really long time. It will be so nice for us to just relax and not have to worry about stopping and starting a conversation :)

Well, that's all for now. I now get to have yummy Hawaiian strong coffee! So excited!