exhausted...

this is brady after picking him up from a sleep over at his friends.

he always returns from his friends house cranky and tired.

i'm guessing it's because he doesn't go to bed at all the night before

anyway i asked him to go in and make his bed and hadn't heard from him

in awhile....

lets just say the bed didn't get made and there was no waking him up.

tonight i feel that exhausted.....

a monday at work.

then brooke had volleyball, dance practice and choir concert.

found time to run brady to football in between

and even pick up 45 min in my bands class

muscles feel great. a sore kind of great.

wed. i look to do it again....but instead of band class

i'm trying Zumba!!!

Bullies

today in Sunday school we ended the class with kids filling out prayer cards.

we asked them how we could pray for them this week.

and silently asked them to take a minute to fill out their card and hand in into us

at the end.

while at home my husband and i read through some of these and a lot of them had

one issue in common. this one was written by a first grader.

and in my husband's class....he had 3 with similar requests

why do we bully?? i say we because i have been

guilty at times for laughing at someone with my friends when i was that age.

or guilty for just sitting back and not stepping in to help someone who i witnessed

being bullied. and when you're 33 and teaching a sunday school class and see first

hand the effects it has on a child...it's heartbreaking.

makes you want to go back to that age and try again. a do over.

interesting to know the long term affects it has on a person....

Duane Alexander said:

"being bullied is not just an unpleasant rite of passage through childhood, it's a public health problem that merits attention. people who were bullied as children are more likely to suffer from depression and low self esteem well into adulthood. and the bullies themselves are more likely to engage in criminal behavior later in life."

love this...

found this from another blog and love it.
and for the craft person that i am not
it looks like something i just might be able to accomplish.
not making any promises

i have a few bare walls that this would work great on.

i fail at most crafts so the thought of trying it,

is sometimes overwhelming.

so happy the weekend has arrived...

love how the leaves are changing

it has been a long week. i've had a cold since sunday night. missed work monday. and suffered through the rest of the week. so when four o'clock hit today i was practically running to my car to drive home as fast as possible. my hopes for the weekend are to relax and get over this cold.

(i see myself in my pajama's all weekend sipping tea.)

spending my week nights traveling....

tonight we headed to north platte again for more football. i have a head cold and was really feeling like going home to bed after work, but instead traveled about 50 miles away to brady's game. (moms never have time to be sick) but where else would i'd rather be then cheering my boy on from the sidelines. i think i need to learn more on football though. like the rules. thinking about going to the library to check out football for dummies.(if there is such a book)

weather was great for football.

brady getting ready to kick.#18

after game, team huddle

Apple Streusel Cheesecake Bars....

made these the other day for a get together at a friends house and they were a big hit.

thanks to betty crocker any way.

for those of you that wanted the recipe click on the link and print.

i love online recipes. i think my family does too.

Your Sacred Calling....

A friend of mine facebooked a blog to check out and i have. daily since.

Thanks you, Kris! I'm in love. addicted even.

so i thought it wouldn't be fair if i didn't share as well.

i mean stuff this good should be shared.

so i hope it helps you along your walk as well.

Your Sacred Calling...