Yesterday was immensely fun and relaxing. Although I was on a mission to find good bargains and get fun things that I would never or normally buy for myself it was still relaxing. In fact so relaxing that I think that I would LOVE to have this for my gifts EVERY year!!
I was so enjoying myself, taking my time shopping that I did not even realize that I had been in Kohl's 2 and a half hours until returning to my car to leave! Then I headed to the mall. I shopped at one store before heading to the food court for lunch. I craved pasta and Chinese with Tyler and the funny thing is I am craving the same foods with Trevor too!!! It must be a boy thing with me. SO as you can guess I ordered Chinese. I found me a good people watching table, put my feet up in the chair across from me while I enjoyed my lunch!!
After this I went bargain hunting again. I could not believe how the time past. I thought that by 6:00 p.m. I would be worn out. However, I was still ready to shop some more. But I had to get home so that Mark could record with the guys he had coming to the studio.
I topped it all off by stopping by Starbucks with my gifts cards that I also got for Christmas with a Venti French Vanilla Cappuccino with sugar free syrup and soy milk!! Sound good? No, it doesn't to Mark either, mmmmmmmmmmmmmm LOVE them!
Anyway had fun, but today was work day. I did 400 Cd's, 5 loads of laundry, took out all of our glorious Christmas garbage, took down our Christmas tree, vacuumed, bathed Tyler and by 9:00 p.m. I was just getting the chance to eat supper!! And we wonder why it is hard to lose a few stubborn pounds???
We sing tomorrow and then Thursday we are going to some friends house to spend New Years day!!! Have a good rest of the week and God bless you all. Remember that your prayers are appreciated.
Andrea
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Sunday, December 28, 2008
SHOP UNTIL I DROP!
This is what I plan on doing tomorrow!!! Between my parents, Mark, and his brothers giving me money and gift cards I am on my way to SHOPVILLE!! I have not gone shopping with money, or a decent amount anyway to spend just on myself in I do not know when. I am such a bargain hunter, coupon queen that spending a few bucks or even 10 dollars on myself at one time is A LOT for me!!! I am always looking for others. I guess that when I do spend something on myself I feel a little guilty. Well, guess what? I think that I am going to get over my guilt tomorrow when I see the pearly gates to the MALL!!! Mark made me promise that I would not spend it on anybody else but myself. I still have to say that it will be hard for me, but I am going to wear myself out trying to have fun and spending my money ALL on me!!YEE HAW!!
We had a great meeting in Colman, MI. Sunday. Mark and I did not even know that it even existed, but then again who knew that BLOOMFIELD, Ky. existed? They were good people to sing to. Tyler REALLY hammed it up with his song. He had heard Mark mention that we were out of time, but asked the crowd if they could wait for one more song, Tyler's song. They said, sure. So up he came only to surprise us AGAIN with his crazy ways!! He was playing along when all of a sudden we saw him checking his watch he had on. As if to say I think we better hurry up, we are running out of time!! Once he knew that the crowd thought that it was funny and we saw him, he kept checking his watch!! He is such a HAM!! I wonder where it gets that from??? Those of you that have been to our concerts I think that you know.
Keep us in your prayers this week. I have over 400 Cd's to do. We also sing New Year's Eve night and then again Saturday and then of course Sunday. Your prayers help keep us on the road. Thank you.
If I do not get the chance to blog again I do hope that you have a good time ringing in the New Year. May the Lord bless you all as we all strive to do more for the Lord in 2009.
God Bless,
Andrea
We had a great meeting in Colman, MI. Sunday. Mark and I did not even know that it even existed, but then again who knew that BLOOMFIELD, Ky. existed? They were good people to sing to. Tyler REALLY hammed it up with his song. He had heard Mark mention that we were out of time, but asked the crowd if they could wait for one more song, Tyler's song. They said, sure. So up he came only to surprise us AGAIN with his crazy ways!! He was playing along when all of a sudden we saw him checking his watch he had on. As if to say I think we better hurry up, we are running out of time!! Once he knew that the crowd thought that it was funny and we saw him, he kept checking his watch!! He is such a HAM!! I wonder where it gets that from??? Those of you that have been to our concerts I think that you know.
Keep us in your prayers this week. I have over 400 Cd's to do. We also sing New Year's Eve night and then again Saturday and then of course Sunday. Your prayers help keep us on the road. Thank you.
If I do not get the chance to blog again I do hope that you have a good time ringing in the New Year. May the Lord bless you all as we all strive to do more for the Lord in 2009.
God Bless,
Andrea
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Home For Christmas!!
Praise the Lord we made it home o.k.! Just as we thought about 10 minutes out from Michigan we hit the BAD roads and LOTS of snow!! YEAH!!!
A good time was had by all at my parents house for Christmas. The house was full, 17 people in all and 1, yes, 1 bathroom with a shower!!!!! This made for a VERY adventurous time as well. I had a WONDERFUL cold shower on Sunday morning! This got me going for sure.
I have manged to get all of our things put away, 2 loads of laundry done, and ready to try and have good time tomorrow. Notice that I said, TRY!! Mark started to get sick about an hour from home and is now full blown flu! Tyler has been saying for about an hour that he is sick to his tummy and that he needs to spit up in the potty! So we should be going to have a very fun Christmas and day together tomorrow!! PLEASE PRAY that I do NOT get whatever it is. I will be sleeping on the couch tonight far away from both of them!!!!
Have a GREAT Christmas! We will talk to you next week. God bless you all!!!
Andrea
A good time was had by all at my parents house for Christmas. The house was full, 17 people in all and 1, yes, 1 bathroom with a shower!!!!! This made for a VERY adventurous time as well. I had a WONDERFUL cold shower on Sunday morning! This got me going for sure.
I have manged to get all of our things put away, 2 loads of laundry done, and ready to try and have good time tomorrow. Notice that I said, TRY!! Mark started to get sick about an hour from home and is now full blown flu! Tyler has been saying for about an hour that he is sick to his tummy and that he needs to spit up in the potty! So we should be going to have a very fun Christmas and day together tomorrow!! PLEASE PRAY that I do NOT get whatever it is. I will be sleeping on the couch tonight far away from both of them!!!!
Have a GREAT Christmas! We will talk to you next week. God bless you all!!!
Andrea
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Candy, Presents, Snow..............Christmas!
Sorry about the false blog under this one. I hit the enter button when I meant to hit the space bar. Long day and a short night makes for a lot of mistakes.
As you read from the update on the front page of our website we did not get a lot of sleep last night from our weekend in Muskegon. We had a great service though and enjoyed being with the people very much.
Tyler got spoiled a little bit there too. The lady and her husband that we were sitting with for the dinner there in Muskegon gave Tyler a whole Christmas bag full of goodies, cute little Bible characters and a snowman mat at his place setting at the table. He was a ham with his mandolin as always and the people seemed to enjoy him.
Mark is off and running to where he is hunting tomorrow. He is hoping to bring us home a deer this time. Pray for his safety tomorrow. I don't mind him going at all, but don't really care for it when he goes by himself. Obviously just for safety reasons. I am sure that he will be o.k. and I know that the Lord will protect him.
We are headed south on Thursday for Christmas with my family. We will be down there through the weekend and will return on Tuesday. This will get us home in time to get settled and then have our Christmas together as we always do on Christmas Eve. Then on Christmas morning we do our stockings and then head to G-G'S and Papa's ( Mark's mom and dad's).
We are looking forward to getting to Thursday so that we can get in Holiday relaxed mode!!!
Thank you for your prayers and support and we too hope that you have a GREAT Christmas and a VERY Blessed New Year. Let's stay hopeful and in earnest prayer for each other and our country as we know the tough times that everyone is going through. God has taken care of us in the past and He still can take care of us NOW!! Let's just continue to pray for one another. God blessed and enjoy the Holidays!!
In His name,
Andrea
As you read from the update on the front page of our website we did not get a lot of sleep last night from our weekend in Muskegon. We had a great service though and enjoyed being with the people very much.
Tyler got spoiled a little bit there too. The lady and her husband that we were sitting with for the dinner there in Muskegon gave Tyler a whole Christmas bag full of goodies, cute little Bible characters and a snowman mat at his place setting at the table. He was a ham with his mandolin as always and the people seemed to enjoy him.
Mark is off and running to where he is hunting tomorrow. He is hoping to bring us home a deer this time. Pray for his safety tomorrow. I don't mind him going at all, but don't really care for it when he goes by himself. Obviously just for safety reasons. I am sure that he will be o.k. and I know that the Lord will protect him.
We are headed south on Thursday for Christmas with my family. We will be down there through the weekend and will return on Tuesday. This will get us home in time to get settled and then have our Christmas together as we always do on Christmas Eve. Then on Christmas morning we do our stockings and then head to G-G'S and Papa's ( Mark's mom and dad's).
We are looking forward to getting to Thursday so that we can get in Holiday relaxed mode!!!
Thank you for your prayers and support and we too hope that you have a GREAT Christmas and a VERY Blessed New Year. Let's stay hopeful and in earnest prayer for each other and our country as we know the tough times that everyone is going through. God has taken care of us in the past and He still can take care of us NOW!! Let's just continue to pray for one another. God blessed and enjoy the Holidays!!
In His name,
Andrea
Sunday, December 07, 2008
Gottcha!!!!!
Bet you did not expect that picture to be the opening page of the week!!! But, it IS true!!! I am still able to wear my clothes and I am 4 months 1 week pregnant!!! Although it is starting to get a little tough, so it might not be to much longer until I will be wearing those LOVELY maternity clothes. I do have some nice things though so I will still be styling!! HA!!
Tyler will tell you now that his baby brothers name is Trevor. It is cute to heat him say it. He is still in a little bit of shock as are we. God had different plans for us to have a baby NOW, but we of course already love him very much and would NOT trade it for anything.
We have some planning to do and get the nursery done before we head down south for the winter. Because when we return from the trip we will only have about a month before my due date............AHHHHH!!!! We are doing puppies this time. My set is from babys- r- us. I am ready to decorate!!
Keep us in your prayers that this baby will have no difficulties. So far so good. They can see NO problems with the kidneys. Praise The Lord
Mark is leaving to go hunting with his brothers tomorrow and his nephews. Tyler and I have our errands to run and then I am thinking about taking him sledding!! We will see how that shakes out? He will be home Tuesday afternoon, but might have to go work in Lansing. Never dull around here!
Thank you for your prayers! God bless and have a great week.
Andrea
Tyler will tell you now that his baby brothers name is Trevor. It is cute to heat him say it. He is still in a little bit of shock as are we. God had different plans for us to have a baby NOW, but we of course already love him very much and would NOT trade it for anything.
We have some planning to do and get the nursery done before we head down south for the winter. Because when we return from the trip we will only have about a month before my due date............AHHHHH!!!! We are doing puppies this time. My set is from babys- r- us. I am ready to decorate!!
Keep us in your prayers that this baby will have no difficulties. So far so good. They can see NO problems with the kidneys. Praise The Lord
Mark is leaving to go hunting with his brothers tomorrow and his nephews. Tyler and I have our errands to run and then I am thinking about taking him sledding!! We will see how that shakes out? He will be home Tuesday afternoon, but might have to go work in Lansing. Never dull around here!
Thank you for your prayers! God bless and have a great week.
Andrea
Monday, December 01, 2008
I'M BACK!!!!
Hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving. We were in Kentucky as you know for the holiday and I had a good one!! I got to spend a whole week with my parents. And I got to see my grandfather (pop), grandmother ( granny) and my brother and his family. And Tyler got to play and visit with his cousins for 2 days!!!! He had a blast and I had fun seeing them and having fun with them too.
My brother had back surgery while I was there on Monday before the Holiday, so I was able to go and be with him and the family for that as well. He did great and was there for Thanksgiving at my parents house and at church to hear me sing on Sunday. We "Adams"( my maiden name) are TOUGH!
I also got to meet up with one of my long time friends, who was also in my wedding,and spend most of the day together on Tuesday. She has 2 children. We took them and Tyler to McDonald's play place to play and eat, then back to her house. They played in the playhouse there, jumped on the trampoline, road on some cars and threw LOTS of leaves at each other! We had a good visit.
Our meetings in Indiana and Kentucky went well and the Lord blessed. The motel that the church put us up in Indiana had an indoor heated pool and jacuzzi....."THANK YOU LORD!" I had brought all of our swimming clothes and Tyler's floaty. He got SO brave that he let go of us and swam the WHOLE length of the pool SEVERAL times kicking his feet and paddling his arms. He kept saying," See, I do it all by myself!" Of course we cheered him on and this made him go even faster!!!
We are home now enjoying the COLD and all the SNOW!!! NOT!!!!! Tyler and I built his first snowman minutes after arriving home. We made the nose, the teeth and the arms from tree limbs and the eyes are..........CHOCOLATE DOUGHNUTS!!! Sort of like coal???? I got one of Tyler's old hats that he cannot wear anymore and I gave him one of my old scarves. He is the size of Tyler because.............that was all the snow and cold time that I could handle!! He had a good time building it and so did I. With all the snow that we are supposed to get I am sure that Tyler and I will be building an entire family before it is over. He was not really ready to quit when I did.
Thank you for your prayers for us and our safety as we were away and on the road. God is Good!!! Take care and I will be updating much sooner than I did this last time. We had allot of things going on this past week. God bless, stay warm and keep on serving HIM!!
Andrea
My brother had back surgery while I was there on Monday before the Holiday, so I was able to go and be with him and the family for that as well. He did great and was there for Thanksgiving at my parents house and at church to hear me sing on Sunday. We "Adams"( my maiden name) are TOUGH!
I also got to meet up with one of my long time friends, who was also in my wedding,and spend most of the day together on Tuesday. She has 2 children. We took them and Tyler to McDonald's play place to play and eat, then back to her house. They played in the playhouse there, jumped on the trampoline, road on some cars and threw LOTS of leaves at each other! We had a good visit.
Our meetings in Indiana and Kentucky went well and the Lord blessed. The motel that the church put us up in Indiana had an indoor heated pool and jacuzzi....."THANK YOU LORD!" I had brought all of our swimming clothes and Tyler's floaty. He got SO brave that he let go of us and swam the WHOLE length of the pool SEVERAL times kicking his feet and paddling his arms. He kept saying," See, I do it all by myself!" Of course we cheered him on and this made him go even faster!!!
We are home now enjoying the COLD and all the SNOW!!! NOT!!!!! Tyler and I built his first snowman minutes after arriving home. We made the nose, the teeth and the arms from tree limbs and the eyes are..........CHOCOLATE DOUGHNUTS!!! Sort of like coal???? I got one of Tyler's old hats that he cannot wear anymore and I gave him one of my old scarves. He is the size of Tyler because.............that was all the snow and cold time that I could handle!! He had a good time building it and so did I. With all the snow that we are supposed to get I am sure that Tyler and I will be building an entire family before it is over. He was not really ready to quit when I did.
Thank you for your prayers for us and our safety as we were away and on the road. God is Good!!! Take care and I will be updating much sooner than I did this last time. We had allot of things going on this past week. God bless, stay warm and keep on serving HIM!!
Andrea
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