Roberts, Il Home for Sale!!!

HOUSE FOR SALE:Roberts,IL Beautiful 3 bedrm country home, large living and dining rooms,Oak cabinets, breakfast nook,huge concrete patio,stone fireplace. Walk-in closets, large master bath w/ double sink and whirlpool tub. 16 x 32 bonus room complete with custom office. Bonus room/attached 24 x 32 garage have central heating & cooling. Has 45 x 64 shed.

If interested, please go to this website and type in 3 bedroom, Roberts, Il...many pictures!
http://fehrrealestate.com/index.php

Sometimes God...

"Sometimes God allows what he hates to accomplish what he loves."
— Joni Eareckson Tada (The God I Love)

Anyway

People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway.

What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. Create anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, will often be forgotten. Do good anyway.

Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway.

In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.



-this version is credited to Mother Teresa

Hold Me Together

http://youtu.be/oMZhgxEAiNM
http://youtu.be/vbpJ2FeeJgw



Hello Mercy,
I have been searching for you lately
I've been wounded and from what I hear
You have remedy

They told me You would be for me
So now I need to know
Is this a love that can save me
Or say You will then don*'*t
Will You stay with me when nobody is around
If this is real, then tell now

Can you hold me together
Can your love reach down this far
Can you hold me together
Cause without You holding my heart
I'm falling apart
Falling apart

Saying so long, been lost, been gone
Not sure what to pray
It's not easy but I know You see me
When I lose my way

I keep on floating not knowing
If there is more for me
Don't want to sink beneath waves of negativity
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I'm going under,
I'm afraid that I might drown
If this is real,
I need you now

Can you hold me together
Can your love reach down this far
Can you hold me together
'Cause without You holding my heart
I'm falling apart, yeah
Falling apart
Oh, Lord

I'm feeling stronger
With you by my side
And I realize You are my hope
I need to know

Can you hold me together
Can your love reach down this far
Can you hold me together
'Cause without You holding my heart
I'm falling apart,
Falling apart, yeah
Hold me together Lord

Without You,
I'm falling apart
Falling apart

Pictures-Family Movie Night

not all of us made it tonite but we had family movie night and went and saw Cars 2

and we left Aubrie home with the sitter ;) what a fun night.....

our family is far from perfect but i love them so much....

The Orphans

"We are afraid of orphans. Because orphans are unpredictable. There is always some kind of tragedy. We would rather not think of such things. We are afraid of the mark left on the victims of tragedy.

God, in his adopting power thru Jesus, has brought us into his family. We reach orphans as ex-orphans ourselves.

As we move into the dangerous places, we empower others to live courageously. What do we have to be afraid of anymore? Jesus has given us a path. When we love in the sad, dark, haunted places; children who we are afraid of, we follow Jesus there."

~Russell Moore

Thought for the Day

If ever there is tomorrow when we’re not together.. there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we’re apart.. I’ll always be with you."
-Winnie the Pooh

Pictures-Happy Days

I'm cherishing every moment with these lil monkies....because they seem to be flying by.....

and this lil guy starts kindergarten this fall :( happy but sad....

but i have no doubt whatsoever these 2 chicks will keep me on my toes.....

I love you dear...

I'll love you Til China and Africa meet

And the river jumps over the mountain

And the salmon sing in the street.

~W.H.Auden

The Beat of a Heart

http://youtu.be/9fsvAnJ47MA
So listen with all your heart

Hold it inside forever

You may find all your dreams have already come true

Look inside and find the part that's leading you,

'Cause that's the beat of a heart

No one can tell you how to get there

It's a road you take all by yourself

Dad's Day

Happy Dad's Day to my Dad......my biggest brother Dan.....

and my man.....Our kids are the luckiest kids in the world because you are their Daddy.

We love, love, love you...and we're gonna keep you forever ;)

HOUSE FOR SALE

My friends are selling their beautiful 3 bedroom country home on 1 1/2 acres. It is south of Fairbury. 1 1/2 bath, new custom built kitchen, large family room with new carpet, wood burning fireplace, main floor laundry, den, 3 car attached garage, central air, full house generator, in wooded area! Call me at 815-370-2623 if you or anyone you know is interested!

My Wish

http://youtu.be/LqGsTMzgY7Y


"My Wish"

I hope that the days come easy and the moments pass slow,
And each road leads you where you want to go,
And if you're faced with a choice, and you have to choose,
I hope you choose the one that means the most to you.
And if one door opens to another door closed,
I hope you keep on walkin' till you find the window,
If it's cold outside, show the world the warmth of your smile,

But more than anything, more than anything,
My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,
Your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small,
You never need to carry more than you can hold,
And while you're out there getting where you're getting to,
I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too,
Yeah, this, is my wish.

I hope you never look back, but ya never forget,
All the ones who love you, in the place you left,
I hope you always forgive, and you never regret,
And you help somebody every chance you get,
Oh, you find God's grace, in every mistake,
And you always give more than you take.

But more than anything, yeah, and more than anything,
My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,
Your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small,
You never need to carry more than you can hold,
And while you're out there getting where you're getting to,
I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too,
Yeah, this, is my wish.

My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,
Your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small,
You never need to carry more than you can hold,
And while you're out there getting where you're getting to,
I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too,
Yeah, this, is my wish.

This is my wish
I hope you know somebody loves you
May all your dreams stay big

A Great Soul...

...a sneak preview of our amazing Florida trip with Jason's amazing kids....

Character is higher than intellect...

A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

A Wise person once said...

"If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten."

Pictures-Gabe's Bday Party-Part 2

Learning with no training wheels...

Pictures-Gabe's Birthday-Part 1

Forever...

You meet thousands and thousands of people in your life that never touch you. Then you meet that one person...and your life is changed forever.

Photo of the Day

After playing hard and setting up shop on the piano, Monkey G takes a nap on piano bench....

Our Character

http://youtu.be/TTA2buWlNyM

"The tragedies of life, small and large, carve contours in our character that draw us to a different way of living, one that God intends to both use and transform.

God is writing a story in our lives, Dr. Allender says. Our lives aren't just random, unconnected collections of scenes without meaning. They have purpose, and as we become more and more in tuned to who God is, we can actually participate with Him in the way our story turns out. WE can have peace in the plot's strange twists and turns. We can be free from fear of the bad guys. We can shine with God's love and draw other people to see God's good story in their own lives.

Many of us have chapters that we would prefer had never been written. There are sections of my story that I used to wish I could delete like a computer file. One click of the mouse and those chapters would be gone. I just wanted to keep the cheerful parts.

But now I'm beginning to learn that the hard chapters show God's power in a way that the happy ones do not. Brokenness moves my story forward in a way that peaceful times do not. It's in the difficulties that I became desperate to really know God, to cry out to Him.

As Dan Allender says, we only learn to accept and love our story "to the degree that we see the glory that seeps through our most significant shattering. To see the glory, we must enter into and read our tragedies with confidence that they will end better than we could ever imagine.

When everything is going well, we often can't hear God, because the music all around us is turned up too loud. But when the party stops---in those moments of crashing pain, sorrow, and sudden silence---we begin to hear His voice. I've learned that if I listen and lean on His strength, He can help me climb out of the wreckage. As I do, I have new perspectives about what is precious and what is truly important."

~Denise Jackson....Wife of Alan Jackson....taken from: It's All About Him