Wanna See..??

If you wanna see what my family has been up to this week, go to www.magnifykidschurch.blogspot.com ..There are some great pictures and a fun video of Jaden and Edgar on the water slide. Wish i was there! Seriously!

Quiet Time

Well, for the first time in a very long time, maybe EVER, my entire family is gone and I have been left at home. Edgar and both kids are gone to Kids Camp this week,and I had to stay and work. Lucky for me that my friend Deb sent her boys to camp and agreed to come and stay with me. I know that it's good to have a break from your family, but it's way to quiet at my house. It's funny how on a "normal" day when everyone is screaming and yelling and running through the halls,I want it to calm down. And now that it's calm, I really want them to come home. I guess we always want what we don't have, and then when we get it we aren't sure we want it after all. I heard a quote once that said,"If you don't have what you want, want what you have."

This morning as I was making my coffee, Deb pointed out how many times in God's word He tells us to "Be quiet or be still". I am so not good at being quiet or still - EVER. This is definitely an area that He and I are working on. What a great chance for me this week to "Be still and know that He is God". May you this week find a quiet place and do the same. Listen to His voice and feel Him smother you with His great love and just rest in the peace that His hand offers.

I love the Beach

Living so close to the coast we have the "luxury" of going to the beach pretty much at will. It may not be the beautiful white sand of the Bahama's or Destin, but it is sand and salt water. Being there with the sun shining, the waves rolling in, the sea gulls calling, and friends and family makes for an incredibly relaxing and just plain fun place to be.

This summer we've been to Galveston 3 times and hope to go at least once more. We look like the Beverly Hillbillies when we get there. We pull into the parking lot at the beach and take out our tent, ice chest, chairs, beach toys, boogie boards, beach bag, hats, and towels and item by item set up a pretty amazing site. Anyway, the more people we can take the more fun it always is. Enjoy our beach pic's. Some of them are with our nephews, Noah and Joshua. A few of them are friends, and several are just of us, the Ayala's. Seriously....WE LOVE THE BEACH

IT'S ALREADY JULY..??!!

I can't believe that it is already the middle of July and camp and missions trips have come and gone. This summer has gone by way faster for me than the last few. I don't want summer to end this year. What an amazing one we have had. I am grateful that we have a month or so left though, and believe me we will take full advantage! We are heading to the beach on Friday and Saturday, still have several fun things we want to do before school starts and plan to savor every second of summer fun and sun.

Last week we were in Destin, Florida for camp. I was amazed at what God did in our students lives, but in mine as well. One of the best parts for me was that I got to see my niece's that live in Tulsa. I soooo enjoyed swimming, painting toe nails and finger nails and listening to them giggle. Any time I can get with them is very valuable. Here are a couple of "family pictures" we took while we were there.