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WE ARE MOVING!!!!!

Reaching Out

I was just informed that my next door neighbor passed away last night!

He had been sick for awhile, but after much prayer he was doing amazingly better. In fact he went on vacation to visit family since he was doing so well. But the first day out he ended up in the hospital, 2 weeks ago, and last night passed away. 

Now I sit here and wonder did I do enough. They were not believers. We tried to reach out as much as we could. But this is such a wake up call, we never know how much time anyone has. I can only hope and pray that in his last hours he came to know Jesus as his personal Lord and Saviour. I had an oppurtunity to reach out to a lost soul and now that chance is gone. I can not explain the way I feel in side. I am so burdened for his wife. They are the sweetest couple. We are going to miss him so much. 

New Blogs

Hi Everyone,

I am in the process of creating 2 new blogs. It will be easier for me to keep up and organized on what to blog, I think! LOL

Here at Path Of Life I will Blog our Homeschool Journey as well as family and life events!

Over at   Keepers At Home I will Blog all My Money Saving Tips, grocery and deal Photo's and advice to other stay at home moms. I may expand this blog a bit to cover many topics that are within The Titus 2 Scripture!

And Finally, I decided to create a blog Dedicated especially to my Husband! It is called  The Great Mystery and this will be where I will blog all my special blessing entries to my husband so for those of you joining me in this make sure to add this blog to your list. I have been so blessed by all your comments and the knowledge that many others of you have joined me in blesing our Husbands!

I hope you enjoy these blogs and that they continue to be a source of encouragement to you all. Please forgive me as it takes awhile to get them completely organized! I look forward to your comments!

CVS

Moving?

I will keep you posted we should know something within a week!

Update June 6th

We have been playing a game with the bank, They keep countering our offers. We have gone up more than we have wanted and they still countered. We are putting in one last final offer. Please pray for favor that the bank will accept it. If not we are going to walk away from it for the time being. The children were so excited I hate to have them dissapointed. If this is not the house that God has for us Please Pray He will show us the house He does Have for us, Thank you! I will Post again Monday Unless I hear something sooner!

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Blessing our Husbands

When I first set out on this I wanted it to be a weekly entry, To be able to edify and lift up my husband and tell him how much he means to me and how much I appreciate him each and every week. So for those of you who are following me in this I apologize. It has turned into more of a monthly thing. I just have not been able to find the time to blog lately. I can not wait until this summer I am going to be blogging and scrapbooking! I can hardly wait. But I also have a goal of getting more organized. This post is going to be a little different. My inspiration started with a conviction. A few weeks ago my husband had invited a friend of his over, just to sign a few papers, without telling me. I was upset and bothered because the house was not in "company" order and he should have warned me. He said he didn't care what the house looked like for company but rather for him. He asked why I was so concerned about what others thought as opposed to what he thought! WOW was I convicted. I am always making sure the house is in order if I know compnay is coming, yet I slack off during the rest of the time thinking he should understand I am busy all day with the kids. 

 Proverbs 31:27 says "She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness."  Our homes do need to be a daily priority, our home should be an earthly picture of our Heavenly Home. "By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures." Proverbs 24:3-4
 

"Her Husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value." Proverbs 31:11

Do our husbands have full confidence in us? Do they know they can come home and find peace? Or is it Crazy and out of order? If it is like my house, there is a laundry pile in the laudry room that needs to be washed, a pile that needs to be folded and a pile that needs to be put away. I really do plan on getting to it. Then there is the kids toys that have made a trail through the whole house through out the day while we were busy doing school with the older children. Then there is the kitchen, Oh No, please not the kitchen! I do not understand why I can never keep up with the dishes. I fail everyday when it comes to organization. I fail my husband everyday and more importantly I fail My God everyday. His command in His Word is to manage the affairs of my household well. My husband works hard to provide all that we have, God has blessed my husband with the work and the ability to have all that we have. It is my job to manage it well. 

If my husband had the time everything would have a place. The house would be overly organized and would always be ready for company. My desire is to be obedient to the calling that Lord has placed on me, to be a Help-Meet to my husband. Knowing how the unorderliness drives him crazy, it is my pray that I can be more organized and have the home more peaceful.

"May the Favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; Establish the work of our hands for us- Yes, establish the work of our hands."  Psalm 90:17      

Deals

Am I the only one who seems to have lost all the really good deals? It seem like we were able to stock up on so many things food wise before but for the past 3 months the deals have been scarce. Well I did this transaction at CVS today! I wouldn't call it food but hey it only cost me $1.01 OOP and I got back $1 in ECB's. Take a look: 

We keep on getting $3 off $10 CVS coupon and $1 off Absolutely Divine Cookies. I had no idea what I was going to do with all of them. Well today I found a scenario. I got 4 boxes of Absolutely Divine Cookies on sale for $1.99 each (These are CVS Brand) I also got 2 boxes of Sanchwich bags Buy one get one half off which were around $2.19 (CVS Brand). I got Life Fitness Energy Gum, 2 Sobe Life Water, and 2 Sierra Mist 2 liters which were on sale Buy One Get One Free.

I used 1 $5 off $15 purchase

1 $3off $10 CVS  brand purchase

4 $1 off Absolutely Divine Cookies

1 $2 off any Life Fitness purchase

1 Buy one get one Free on Sobe Life Water

and 1 Buy one get one Free Sierra Mist 2 liter.

My total was $1.01 which I paid cash and got back a $1 ECB!

Of course we have stocked up on all the FREE's they had this month which has earned us alot of ECB's. I was up to $100 in ECB's so I did a couple of the Playskool Pampers deals as well. I no longer have little ones in pampers but boy do I remember how expensive it was. So we decided to bless those we know who have little one's with pampers. We got 6 packages and are giving 2 each to 3 different couples.

(There are only 4 in the photo because we already gave 2 away to my sister-in-law.)

Each transaction we bought 2 packages of Playskool Pampers at $10.99 each. $21.98 plus tax.

I used the $5 off $15 coupon 

used 2 $2 off Playskool Pampers coupon

brings total down to $12.98 plus tax

I paid with $10 in ECB's then the rest OOP and got back $5 in ECB's. Not bad!

I made 3 seperate transactions and we might do a couple more since the limit is 5.

I really miss all the supermarket sales though. It seems like we were able to stock up on so much stuff we really needed like Lunch Meat, Beans, Rice, Pasta's and sauces, mayo, salad dressings, snacks for the kids lunches, cereal, Etc.. I am so glad we really stock piled all of that because our local supermarkets have not had much sales lately. I am praying these weeks ahead will have something good. If it does I will post pics!

Let me know if you have found some stuff I am missing, I would love to hear from you!     

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Aloha, I am back!

I am back from our anniversary vacation to Kauai for 7 days and 1 day in Oahu! We had a great time! We have now seen all the Hawaiian Islands. My personal favorite is Maui although my husband is not sure which is his favorite. We still need to go back and explore more on the main Island because we have only seen one side. For this trip we stayed a full 7 days just on Kauai. More time we have ever stayed on any Island at one time.
We flew in Monday the 21st of April. We just relaxed and took our time and just hung out together this first day!
This is our resort which was located in Kapa'a just right out side our doors was the pool and beach!

The next few days we just explored the Island on our own taking long drives and many hikes around the Island! Here is what we found:
The Kilauea Lighthouse with an amazing view of the ocean

Lava Arch all along this coast

This is cleverly named glass beach! Look at the photo below and you will see why! There is a junk yard up aways from this beach and alot of the glass is tumbled in the oceans waves and smooths and polishes the GLASS which ends up like stones along this shoreline. It is amazing how smooth it is we walked all along it!
Isn't that neat?
This is Spouting Horn. The lava rock formation shoreline. The waves have carved a hole in the lava rock. When the waves come in it spouts up through one of the holes and through another hole you here this really loud horn sound! It was really cool to see and hear! This was located south of the Glass Beach.
Waterfalls are always one of our favorites to see! This waterfall is named Wailua Falls
This is Opeeka'a Falls

This is the Waimea Canyon. It is 10 miles long and 1 mile wide and more than 3,600 feet deep!
And of course Beautiful sunsets! I happen to think Maui has the most romantic and beautiful sunsets but any coastal sunset is breath taking! this was taken at Kekaha Beach Park on the West Shore.
The next day we decided to take a dinner cruise up the Napali Coast.
This coast line is only visible by boat, plane, or by an 8 mile hike into the coast which would take an entire day to hike into, we were told it was a very hard hike! This coast line was breathtaking, the most beautiful coast line I have ever seen! We also got to enjoy watching Sea Life on this cruise it was so awesome! Take a look at these picture which are nothing close to being there!
 
Can you see the little waterfall at the entrance to the cave?
Lava Rock Wall with waterfalls after the waves crash against it,
I just love waterfalls!
Aren't they cute!
This is the closest I have ever been to Humpback Whales. I got some great video of them as well to show the kids, it was so cool!
It was a great dinner cruise!

Now for our Kipu Jungle Safari, this what we did for our anniversary day! We started out Kayaking down a river, hiking through some jungle, rope swinging into lakes, tractor ride through some very nice land, lunch near a waterfall, ziplining in the trees (I still can not believe I actually did this, it was actually a lot more fun than I thought). We had a great day which ended with dinner at an Italian Place we found near our resort that we liked very much! It was called Kauai Pasta in Kapaa, if you are ever there you have to try it!
Here our some photos of our Kipu Safari!
Just finished kayaking
Our tractor ride
Jay on the Zipline
Ok, I will try it!
Here was Jay's favorite part of the day! Yep, that is him  up on that rope swing, he had so much fun!
Our last day on Kauai we just tried to find sites we may have missed, we also went back up to Princeville because my husband found this cave that you can swim back into called the BlueRoom, he wanted to get photos but it was so dark they did not come out very well.

Kauai was very beautiful! I still prefer Mauai though. I will post more on why later.
For our last day of our vacation we got up early and flew out to spend the day on Oahu.
The last time we were on Oahu we only saw Honolulu, we went to tour Pearl harbor. So we were not to impressed, very much city, just like home! So this time we wanted to see the North Shore, we had so much more fun on that side of the Island, and I absolutely loved the East Side of Oahu, thanks for suggesting we go that way Karina it was so worth it! (Karina was my Secret Sister with training Hearts, I also got to MEET her on this trip) We also took a tour of the Pineapple Plantation and ate at the shrimp truck like she recommended! Thanks, Karina, so much for all the tips, it really made our day worth it!
Take a look:

We got to plant a pineapple on our tour!
We enjoyed a Dole Whip, another good recommendation by my secret sister. I bet you all are really wondering who she is, huh?
Ok, Here  we are. This is my Secret Sister! We stopped and had Shaved Ice at Masamotos ( I am not sure if I spelled it right) up on the North shore and this is were we got to meet each other in person! It was so nice to talk with and meet her wonderful children. She was such an amazing Secret Sister, she blessed me so much! Thank you again  Karina for all that you have done for me, I really appreciate it!
This photo was taken at a beach campground on the East Coast of Oahu, The water was so amazingly warm. I would love to take my whole family camping here some day! This was just before we went to the airport to catch our flight home. We had a wonderful time.
Thank you Babe for another unforgetable Anniversary, I love you!
 

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Blessed

Time for another word of encouragement for my husband!

He is so sweet he actually left me a comment on my last post.

I want to share a scripture first!

"Husbands love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Chrit does the church- for we are members of his body. For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. This is a profound mystery- but I am talking about Christ and the church. However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, AND THE WIFE MUST RESPECT HER HUSBAND." Ephesians 5:25-33

Do you see all that God has commanded of the husband. In that whole paragraph he addresses the husband and then in one short sentence asks of us wives only to respect our husband. Why not love our husband? We as women need love but men need respect. 

Believe me this is the hardest thing for me and I struggle everyday! Being respectful can sometimes be so hard especially when the two of you are so completely different. My husband and I are like night and day!!! If I hate it chances are he loves it! We view things so completely different and often times argue over such little things, thus making me come off as disrespectful! Oh, Lord help me to be more respectful towards my husband, give me a gentle and quiet spirit when I disagree, help me to show him the respect he so deserves.

It is so easy to forget that what love is to me is not love to him. We as emotional women think we need to show him how much we love him. And then we show them the way we would want to receive love. All they want is our respect, if we love them we would show it by our respect! Boy, do I ever fail in this everyday.   Respect and submission do not mean being a doormat but rather coming under my husbands leadership and authority like God's Word says. Yes, we would never intentional disobey God, so why do we intentional disobey our husbands? Some many times I hear women say how wrong and rough we have it to be submissive and respectful. But I happen to think the husbands have it so much rougher. To Love their wives as Christ loved the church. Reread the above scripture. We all will have to give our own account before God one day. Maybe my husband doesn't always love me like Christ loved the church, but that is no reason for ME to sin and be disrepectful. 

My husband and I only through God mercy and grace have come through many trial, and through it He has grown us and taught us how to have an amazing Marriage. But it wasn't until we truely began to rely on God's Word alone for direction that we began to see the change. God's Word is a blueprint or a road map. It covers every area of our lives, EVERY AREA! There is every answer you will ever need in His Word!

There are so many hurting marriages out there. Even well intended Christian counselors and Pastors are giving advice contrary to God's Word and it breaks my heart. Divorce and seperation are never a solution (Unless there is abuse involved). God is bigger than every circumstance. There is not one thing you are going through that He doesn't already know about. He can mend it, He can Heal it, He can make it better than new! Don't give up hope!  

Now that I got that off of my chest, I do not know where that came from, other than I felt I had to write it. I hope it has blessed someone, and if it did please leave me a comment!

Ok, Now for my words of encouragement!

        "If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever."  1 Timothy 5:8

I am so very grateful for all the hard work my husband does. I just finished planting my garden. Out in the hot sun! It was hard work!!!! My husband does this everday. (Not gardening, but working out in the sun) He does it without complaining, (Except in the summer..LOL..It get up to 110 out here) but he does it without out fail. I praise him for his hard work. I thank him that he is not lazy! He runs his own business and could very well choose to stay home if he wished, but when there is work to be done he is there, and might I add that what he does he does with excellence! 

Even when it slows down he will find something to do. We have never lacked anything and I praise God for giving me such a wonderful dilligent man of God! He even started an ebay store on the side which has been a huge increase to our finances. But without his dillegence God would not have allowed all the success that he has. It is a slow and downhill season where we live, but God is faithful and has given my husband wisdom when it comes to work. 

Thank you, Babe, for all your hard work, people ask me all the time how you do it, and I tell them it is your dillegence and the Lord's Blessing over you! You are excellent at what you do!!

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My $50 Shopping Trip

Sorry I haven't been doing so well on posting my shopping deals. I have gotten so much at CVS, Rite-Aid and Walgreens lately and have not been taking pictures. I will try to do better this next week. I did catch a picture of my 12 hour Stater Bros. Sale trip. I spent exactly $50 and look at all I got!


I got 6 bags of chips, 6 boxes of Life Cereal, 6 bags of sugar, 6 2 liter soda bottles, 4 packages of hot dogs, sour cream, 2 packages of cream cheese, 2 cans of jalapenos ,  cilantro, a bag of carrots, a  bag of celery, a large bag of shredded cheese. 4 bags of Potatoes the Large Baking size, and 2 loaves of sourdough bread.
This is probably not my best trip ever, but it is my best trip at Stater Bros. 

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I am so grateful for such an amazing husband who is being used by God to touch so many lives. God has given him such a passion for being a wise steward with his money and to be completely DEBT FREE! He has taken his passion and begun to share it with others. We are teaching Financial Peace University at our church and God has used my husband in a mighty way to change the future of many in our church. I am so blessed to have such a wise husband who I enjoy going bargain hunting together with. Because of his diligence in this area He is able to bless me with 7 days in Kauai, Hawaii for our anniversary this year.I am truly blessed and praise God for giving me such an incredible man!
Thank you Babe, I can not wait to get back out to the Islands with you!!!!

Oh and look at what he got on a such super bargain by pulling a Dave Ramsey at Wal-Mart. He so deserved this, I think we have had the same Bar-B-Que our whole marriage and it was way over do time for a new one. But being as wise as my husband is he would not have settled for anything but a Really BIG Bargain! Isn't he so cute playing with his new toy!!!!





Enjoy your new grill babe, you deserve it!!!  

Join me in blessing our husbands!

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Homeschooling In California Update

I just recieved a wonderful update and wanted to share this with everyone!

Thank you all for your prayers and support on this issue, Keep Praying!!!!!

From the HSLDA E-lert Service...

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Court of Appeal Grants Petition for Re-hearing


On March 25, the California Court of Appeal granted a motion for
rehearing in the 'In re Rachel L.' case--the controversial decision
which purported to ban all homeschooling in that state unless the
parents held a teaching license qualifying them to teach in public
schools.

The automatic effect of granting this motion is that the prior opinion
is vacated and is no longer binding on any one, including the parties
in the case.

The Court of Appeal has solicited a number of public school
establishment organizations to submit amicus briefs including the
California Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department
of Education, the Los Angeles Unified School District, and three
California teacher unions. The court also granted permission to
Sunland Christian School to file an amicus brief. The order also
indicates that it will consider amicus applications from other groups.


Home School Legal Defense Association will seek permission to file
such an amicus brief and will coordinate efforts with a number of
organizations interesting in filing briefs to support the right of
parents to homeschool their children in California.

"This is a great first step," said Michael Farris, chairman of HSLDA.
"We are very glad that this case will be reheard and that this opinion
has been vacated, but there is no guarantee as to what the ultimate
outcome will be. This case remains our top priority," he added.

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