Back to school!! Yah!!

Well, the sun is out, all is well, and all of my children a re back at school. My house is "almost" back to normal. I have been keeping one of my girldriend's children for the last week as they are in Disney World with their older children and he is just a little over a year and it wouldn't be much fun for him or them at his age. So, he will be here til Saturday. He is a very good baby, very adaptable. Infact, he's napping right now. Myself and my children have thoroughly enjoyed his company, especially Karley and Kayla, my two oldest children. They just love playing with him. Anyway, my house will officially be back to normal 100% after Saturday, but it's been a joy having the baby. And, my girlfriend, Leslie S. came over yesterday, because I had gotten so far behind on all of my house cleaning and laundry, and she helped me clean. She is soooo awesome. So, my house is even clean. I've never been this far ahead of the game, I don't think!! Leslie doesn't read blogs or get on the internet, but I'm thanking her anyway....THANK YOU, LESLIE!!!!!!!! I'd still be doing laundry on the first florr if she had not of helped.
Well, I hope all is well with everyone else. Have a great day!!!

"The Bug"

Over the last 36 hours, our family has undergone the worst stomach bug in "our families" history. WHY?? you ask? Because, our entire family was hit. It was horrible, sending two of us two the E.R. for shots to keep us from throwing up anymore or you know the other stuff. And, it also hit ANY and every family that was near us within that time period before we got it. SO, let's see....a total of, so far, 5 families have been hit!! YIKES!! Anyway, it's a airborne virus and it's awful, so look-out. So, today, I am feeling a little more energetic and so I am starting to bleach my WHOLE house and kill this "BUG"!! Everyone is moving slow, but at least we are moving, and I am soooo thankful not to have to clean up any more of those messes, you know what I mean!!

Hey James, I did the snow dance...Just playing!!

We have snow and it's still coming down!! My friend James asked us, I think yesterday, to start doing the snow dance and It WORKED!! Well, Honestly I have to admit that I really didn't do it, but it sounded good didn't it?? heehee. Anyway, On days like these with a good amount of snow ( and we're still waiting for more), my friends the Johnson's and ourselves go over to their property (about 30 acres I think) and hook up our snow tubes to our big 4-wheelers and the adults (my husband and Chad) pull the kids and myself and my awesome friend Kelly on the tubes. Kelly and myself also get the opportunity to give the boys a ride too (our husbands). It's a BLAST!! The guys go easier on the kids, of course, unless they wanta good ride, but when they get myself and kelly on there, it's like we are teenagers again!!!! We fall of and " bite the dust" so to speak. This year, unfortunately will be a little different, because of all of my back and neck problems... It won't be tooo smart to do 360's over and over again until we fly off of the tube with myself and Kelly on the tube. So, the guys will have to go easier on me anyway. A day like this for many is stressful and a pain, but for me and my family it means that my husband comes home early and we get a day to spend time with each other because my husband works sooo much and his job can be very stressful. This is a day that my husband can relax and have a good time and not worry about the stresses of life!!!! So, I want to show you the snow we have so far and it's still coming donw fast!!!!!Yah!!!

Praises for my Father in heaven for a Healing on my earthly dad!

Well, As many of you know my dad has had to under go a very horrible treatment on his face for pre-cancerous cells on his face, and it has been very, very hard on him mentally and physically. It has been extremely hard watching my dad suffer through this as I am very much a "daddy's Girl"!! He also is a very gentle spirited man with a tremendous amount of compassion for others and would do anything in the world for someone at the drop of a hat even to inconvenience himself ( I know cause he does it for me all the time). Anyway, at our Bible study on Thursday night, I asked my friends to pray for him because it seemed that he wasn't improving from this treament and he was becoming very discouraged and I was becoming very sad for him, then I talked to my girlfriend from Texas (thanks Julie) and some other friends, and asked them to earnestly be praying for him for healing. Well, on Friday morning, I kid you not, I called my dad and asked how he was feeling as I have been everyday 3-4 times a day for the last couple of weeks, and he said I'm starting to feel better I think. My face is feelin' better!! I told him then that there were lots of people praying for him and he said tell them to keep it up cause it's workin"!! Well, then, today, he came over to watch my poor, sick son Kobe, so that we could go to church (dad's not been going so that he doesn't scare everybody with his looks;0(, poor thing), and I saw him for the first time since he looked his worst which was Tuesday ( Just 5 days ago), and I'm hear to tell you, he is on the mend, he is looking great. Now, he still has a way to go, but he has come a long way too!! So, Thanks for praying and keep on praying cause God is hearin' us, as he always does. He is so faithful all we have to do is ask!!! PRAISE GOD OUR ALMIGHTY HEALER!!!!

Grammie's girl!!

Recently, my grandmother went on to be with our father in heaven. She was a wonderful woman of the Lord. She was 83 years old and worked until she was about 80 at the Bon-Ton in Martinsburg, after she had already retired once from her job at the telephone company. She was a delight to everyone that came in contact with her. Well, on the day of her funeral, my mom's side of the family decided that we would have dinner "on mammaw" that evening because she wasn't able to get us Chrismas gifts this year, because of her illness and expressed to my mom that she was upset about it. So, that evening we all went to a nice restuarant in town and it was sooo nice to get together with the "Coulter" side of the family as some live in FLorida and some live in Cumberland and Some in Keyser. Well, my mom and my oldest daughter have this special bond that is unexplainable, but absolutely beautiful. I love their relationship and I want to post this beautiful picture of them that I took the night of the dinner as soon as I figure out how, but right now I must get my youngest daughter off to cheer practice....I'll be back with a picture. Until then have a good morning!!

O.k., as you can see, I figured out,ON MY OWN,LOL, HOW TO POST THIS PICTURE. It's just not in the spot that I would've wanted it, but I'm not going to mess with it. I'm just happy I figured it out. Anyway, there's my picture of my wonderful mom and daughter together!!

Starting fresh...again

Well, this is my third try on"Blogging". I do love to write down my feelings and get feedback and hopefully, I'll have some more luck here, than else where. As I said in my profiel, I'm a blessed wife to a hard working handsome man and a mom of 4, two biological children and two of which the Lord blessed us with through adoption. We lhave lived on our horse farm going on our fourth year, and we ,again, are very blessed to be able to even have this expereince. This has been a lifelong dream of mine, and I still have to pinch myself to make sure I'm awake. I want to tell you a little about my reason for picking my "title" FreedomInChrist". For many years, as a baby Christian, I didn't know much, and as we all know, we all still know little. I was in bondage to pleasing other people instead of what the Lord wanted from me. With years of spending time with My precious Lord and saviour, I came to realize that I didn't need to be a "people pleaser" to please the Lord, scripture even states that. It states in Galatians 1:10, "Am I now trying to win the approval of men or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ." There you have it. Our God convicts different people of different things that he has for us for different reasons, because we are ....DIFFERENT!! I had people telling me what I should or shouldn'nt do because of their convictions, and well, maybe they were just rying to look out for me; I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. But now, Praise God, I have FREEDOM IN CHRIST!! My eyes have been opened, and I know that the Lord will show me himself what He wants from me and he will restore me. It wasn't an easy road to get here, but no matter.... I AM HERE! I have many people that look at me and sometimes don't always agree with me or my family, but guess what, I finally DON'T CARE, cause the Lors has brought me out of that bondage and now I can stand up under it and stand boldly in the Lord because where I am sooo weak He is so strong!! So, with that, I would like you to join along with me in prayer for one of my friends who has been struggling with that same bondage. Just call her "your sister in Christ". God Bless!!