Vacation!

I'm going to DISNEYWORLD! WOO HOO!!! :)

...Asking...Seeking...and Knocking!

At our Wednesday night lifegroup during prayer request time I asked for prayer for Ryan and his job search from leaving the military and entering back into the civilian job market.  When we stopped and started seeking the Lord in that time a prayer was prayed for Ryan saying, "God directs the steps of the righteous man."  And that stayed with me.  Like God was saying pay attention to that because that is what he needs to hear from Me and you will have to say that to him again and again until I have answered your prayer.  And of course a few nights later I had to remind Ryan of prayer.

At church on Sat night...Vannessa started to speak before worship of  something someone shared with her about faith, and how we seem to ask God for more faith for this, or more faith for that.  What we should be doing instead is seeking after the Lord to help us perfect the faith that we have.  After all, all God said was that we need to have faith the size of a mustard seed.  

And again I got a reminder tonight of how God is trying to speak to me...and that I need to just stop and listen...(thanks Candie for posting that clip).  

...So, if you read this and you pray...pray for Ryan's steps to be guided by God, who is the righteous one.  And for our faith to be used to it's capacity...sold out to the God who never fails or waivers.  And for us to take the time to listen now before it's too late and we have to be "spiritually smacked." 

Fun Times with the Kiddos

Since I just learned how to put pictures on here...

Brady loving his first bounce house experience

All the kiddos climbing all over eachother

Izzy Bizzy

Silly Face Connor

Brady Boy

Princess Zoey

Izzy and Amanda about to go down the slide

Me and my silly boys who can't smile normal or look at the camera

Princess and Nichole posing for a pic...so cute

See what I mean about the silly smile!!!  Goofy

The next day I had all the kids over to help out their mommies and I just had to document my insanity.

We had a blast at Jumping Joeys.  The kids get to run around and be kids and I get to act like one too.  Is there anything better!

My First Triathlon!!!

Here are some pics of a sprint triathlon that I did at the beginning of April...it was a lot of fun!

Connor cheering me on!

focused on the next leg of the race...the bike!

Sweet Friend Ivette (aka Betty) came to help Ry out with the kiddos.

Izzy and Connor cheering on Amanda and I

Amanda and Scott waiting for her to start the race.

I survived...all smiles at the end :)

I found a new hobby!  Definitely want to do another one...hopefully in July if I can get my rear end to the gym again. 

Bragging about my Hubby!

Since we moved to Virginia 3 years ago Ryan has been taking classes to get his Masters in Public Administration.  And just recently he completed his final research paper, which is a well written 40 page paper that I think is exceptional.  We just found out that he got an A on his research paper and an A for his final class, which in and of itself is a huge accomplishment and something to be proud of.  But that final A was the icing on the cake.  My Ryan is graduating with a Masters in Public Administration with a 4.0 Grade Point Average.  Yes my friends he got straight A's!!!

Yeah Ryan...I am so proud of you!!!!

Thank you for making our sacrifices mean something, and working so hard for our family!

Comments!

I think that I finally figured out the comments issue.  So feel free to try and let me know.  

Hi I am Joanna Reynolds, and my son has asthma!

They say that admitting you have a problem is the first step to overcoming that problem. 

...My oldest son Connor has asthma and he had a pretty bad flare up this past week because of a cold he got over the weekend.  There is nothing more humbling then laying next to your child, listening to him breath and just waiting for him to wake up with another coughing attack.  

He was diagnosed with asthma when he was just over 1 year old.  I don't have asthma, Ryan doesn't have asthma, so how did our son get it ? Well apparently just about everyone else in our family does.  And because I don't have it, it is hard to understand what it is doing to him when he gets sick.  

From being up with him all night to waiting in a hospital room the next day and an appointment with his pediatrician the day after that I have come to this conclusion...My son has asthma and I have been ignoring that fact for the last 2 years.  

The word denial keeps coming up in my mind.  What do I need to learn from this?  I am learning that just walking over the problem doesn't clean it up.  That I need to embrace the solution instead of fighting it and thinking the problem can fix itself.  And I am not just talking about Connor's medicine.  What other areas of my life need to be as eye opening as Connor's asthma attack before I get it, before I make the right changes?

Seven Year Itch?

This past Monday Ryan and I celebrated our 7 year anniversary.  It's hard to believe that so much time has gone by in our marriage.  A lot has changed and time seems to go by very quickly.  We are now parents to two wonderful little boys, that alone makes time go by fast.  

With all the changes that life has brought our way I feel like life might finally start to slow down a little.  And maybe we can finally be in a place where we can focus more on each other and less on what is going on around us.  The our external environment may not change all that much, but my attitude can.  

Here's to a lifetime of more anniversaries.  Happy Anniversary Ryan...Love you babe!

My First Blog!

For a while now I have been tracking the blogs of a few friends and really enjoying the thought, creativity and connection I have with them through those blogs.  So I thought why not give it a shot.  I don't know who will read this, but here I am entering into the world of blog...and all I hope is that I have something good to say and that I don't make a bunch of grammar and spelling mistakes.