My Weekend!

I had the best time at my friend Tamela's house last night! Serenity had gotten Icerays tickets (hockey) from school for A honor roll and didnt want to go so we both went to Tamela and Marcos' house while Andrew and Daddy went to the hockey game. We got pizza from Little Caesars and I think Meliza brought Hot Wings! We ate and played games while the kids watched the movie Marmeduke and played the Wii.

All in all it was a great night! I'm just sad that I didn't get to take pictures!

Today was eventful as well because it was my friend Tia's wedding shower and it was beautiful! I can not wait to see her at her wedding! She was blessed today by our church family. She made out like a bandit! lol

Tomorrow is church and I am hoping and praying that we get to go. When I got home from the shower Andrew had a low grade fever that I am trying to nurse down.

I asked him to go to his room and pray that God would take the fever away and he did that and came out telling me that he feels better already! How cute are kids? :)

God is good!

God is Good!!

Just to let you in on a little secret...

Hubby is doing great on his NEW job!

He really likes it and I'm so glad that he feels like he is doing his part again.

Mind you he has always done his part, he just has never really felt that way when he didn't have a job!

I am so proud and honored to be his wife and I am grateful to God for His timing and His hand of protection upon us.

Just goes to show you that "If you have faith as small as a mustard seed nothing will be impossible for you." God will be your Jehovah Jireh!

Have you ever looked up the word Jehovah Jireh?

We studied this in church last night with our woman of the church, and our pastors wife explained to us that it means

"He will see to it"

Isn't that just so amazing to know that He is the Jehovah Jireh and He will see to it that it is done!

Again I say God is Good!!

Congratulations Michael on the New JOB!!!

Congratulations Michael on your New Job!! God is Good!!!

We wish you the very best of luck!!

GOD IS FOREVER FAITHFUL!!

The Lord answered my our prayers that I have had for about 2 years now.

My husband has a JOB!!

I am so excited yet; I am so emotional at the same time.

God has provided for us this entire time. We may not have liked the fact that Michael didn't have a job, but he provided with unemployment while it lasted and he is providing now.

As promised the Lord is taking care of us and our little family.

I call us blessed!!

Here is how it happened...

We were in church this past Sunday and I asked for prayer from the church family and they prayed for those that were in need of jobs and financial assistance. A dear Brother in Christ that we know very well was sitting in the pew in front of us and he leaned over during song service and asked Michael for his information (like the basics) what he knows and his experience and whatnot. He said that he would talk to those he knew and see if he could find anything. So we waited...

Well Michael was called on Thursday for another position that he had applied for at the Robstown Tx. prison for a corrections officer. They called him and told him that they needed him to come in the next day and to bring a pen. To be there at 9 am. So he did just that!

Well it was an all day thing and the whole time I was a nervous wreck because I had a bad feeling all day and I really didn't want him working in an environment like that to begin with. He was there from 9am. to about 2pm.

When he got home I asked him to call the man from the church that took his info and to ask him what and if he had heard anything or talked to anyone. He called and he got the mans voicemail. So he left a brief message.

Troy ( the man from the church) had his wife call us a few hours later and asked for Michael's cell number and wanted to talk to him. I went and took a shower thinking that it was nothing and that he would tell me whatever it was when he got off the phone.

Needless to say I was wrong!!

IT WAS A VERY BIG SOMETHING!!!

It was a... JOB!!!

Praise the Lord!! We have been praying for this like I said for 2 long years and hoping and believing that God was going to provide Michael with something.

I was a wreck... In a good way!

I was crying and laughing and wanting to run around the apartment complex screaming and shouting because God answered our prayers and He heard my cries!!

He is an amazing God and I am so grateful for all that He does.

I will be sure to tell you and fill you in on what the job details are as soon as I know more.

Thank you to those of you that helped us to pray that God would provide and He did! Just like He said.

AMEN!!

back to church!!

So I decided to go ahead and cut my bangs because I just needed something new and the fact that I have been breaking out during that certain time; well it makes it easier to hide all the breakout on my forehead!

I tried a new look all together today for church and got allot of compliments on it too! I'm excited to be back in church and for my kids to be going as well. That is my desire! I want nothing more than for my kids to be in church and to be following and serving God with their whole hearts and lives!

It was so nice walking into our Church and and knowing that we are loved even when we have been gone for almost 2 years or so. That is what is so great about Country Tabernacle. The moment that I walked into that church when I was a teenager I knew that was the place for me. I was accepted with open arms and have been ever since and when we went back last week it was the same thing! I love that so much!!

We had to say goodbye tonight to a very special young man at the church; he is leaving to college on Tuesday!! He will be greatly missed!! We had a small fellowship at the church to see him off! It was nice to be able to sit down with those that we haven't seen in a while and talk like we used to. I'm so glad that we have made the choice to go back and to stick with it. There are allot of changes that are going to made around our house hold and I am looking forward to it!

Tomorrow we are going to the Texas State Aquarium because it is my nieces 10th birthday and they are having it there. It is also dollar day due to the fact that it is MLK Day! So I plan in taking lots of pictures and stuff with and of the kids. So be prepared that I will be posting those on here as well.

Hope that everyone has had a great weekend (4 day weekend for some) and that you will have a blessed week!

GOD BLESS YOU!!

With or Without Bangs???

I've been thinking about doing bangs for a new hair look and wanted some of your opinions!

Here is a few pictures of me with and without bangs and then you can comment as to what you think I should do!!

Without Bangs...With Bangs???...

Without Bangs???...

kids are out of school

It has been a crazy week with the kids being off school due to the livestock show. The kids have been going crazy because it has been so cold outside that we haven't been able to do very much. I am trying to find things for them to do during the day. I am looking forward to Monday when we can take the kids to the Aquarium and get them out of the house for a while.

We recently had a crazy storm go through the city and a few tornadoes touch down, so some of the usual places have been closed due to damage from the storm. I am thinking about taking the kids to the park later today after I bundle them up. By the time I get them bundled up they'll be able to run into a corner with our getting hurt and bounce off!! lol

The only thing that I do not look forward to on Monday when we go to the Aquarium for my nieces birthday is the fact that my dad is supposed to be there! I do not look forward to seeing him in any way! I am not ashamed to say that I have nothing to do with this man. I don't want anything to do with a man that has put me down all my life. I don't appreciate someone that causes so much stress in my life!! I refuse to give him the time of day. He only calls when he wants something and I don't find that amusing nor do I find it appropriate. My sister is worried that something will happen at her daughters party, but as I already informed her. I will not be talking to him and I will not be associated with him; so there shouldn't be a problem!!

Enough about that!!

Hope that everyone is having a great day and start to the weekend!

Hoping I can come back on later tonight with some pictures to share!!

Munoz Family Christmas!! (lots of pics)

This year we decided to make it all for the kids due to the fact that we didn't have allot of money! I know that they had a good Christmas and that they know what the true meaning of Christmas is all about and that is what matters to me! Christmas Eve we let the kids open their pajamas from Grandma Dollie!

(my step mom)
Grandma Munoz' Christmas Tree!

The kids Skyping with Uncle Reuben because he wasn't able to be with us due to working that night!

HE LOVES HOT WHEELS!!

Star Wars t-shirt from the Aunt and Uncle

Airplane from Uncle Aaron... both Uncle Twoey and Uncle Aaron fly planes!!

I thought that this shirt was so cute! I mainly got it because it shows a hippo wearing glasses. Serenity has been really self conscious about her glasses lately and I wanted to show her that allot of people have to wear them. Plus the fact that its a Hippo on a bicycle on a tight rope is adorable I think!

My little Momma with her new baby doll!

Andrew loves hot wheels so Aurora and Aaron got him the Police Pursuit!!

Again... He loves Hot wheel so we got him a few cars and the rug to play with in his room!

We took the kids to see Tangled a while back and she was so excited when she opened her NEW Rapunzel doll!

Serenity is collecting SNOW GLOBES so Daddy bought her a few for Christmas!

A new shirt and tie to wear to church!

A new robe!

A new dress for church!

Andrew posing with his new football from Daddy!

Grandma got the kids new bouncy balls because they are always needing something to play with when at her house and outside!

Serenity with her colorful ball from Grandma!

Hungry Hungry Hippo's game from Aurora and Aaron

The kids loving laying down on their pillow pets that they got from Mom and Dad!! Serenity got an Elephant cause she loves Elephants and Andrew got a tiger because that's what he likes!

We had gotten these Shrek ears when we went to Walmart when the latest Shrek movie came out and we decided to put them in their stockings!

Star Earrings and a Necklace from Aunt Aurora and Uncle Aaron

Andrew and Serenity opening their scooters from Grandma and Uncle Twoey

ALL IN ALL; I think that the kiddo's had a blessed Christmas!!

Hard Times... Its time for a change!!

Things have been so stressful lately! I have had to deal with the fact that my husband lost his job almost 2 years ago and that unemployment is about to run out. And yes he has yet to find a job. Not that he isn't looking because he has been. We are broke as broke can be. We can barely afford gas in the car for him to go to interviews and pick up applications. We have been literally living pay check to pay check (unemployment checks). Barely making rent and utilities and having enough for food.

I am grateful for what we have and that we have a roof over our head and I know that things will get better. God is going to make a way! I know He will. The hardest part is just waiting and having to think about it every day. I don't like sitting here and having to stress about it. It doesn't help and it doesn't do any good.

My prayer is that my husband finds a job soon and that we can get back on our feet. Its hard enough having to worry about how we are going to pay what. I don't want to have to wait till unemployment runs out and then have to worry about what we are going to do because we have no money coming in at all.

I can not work right now due to back issues. I have a herniated disc and fractures in my spine. Not to mention the continuous kidney issues that I have.

Please pray for my family and that things will get better; mainly that my husband gets a job!!

I need the Lord in my life now more than ever!!

Starting Fresh and New in 2011

Okay first of all it takes me forever to get used to writing a new year in the date everyday! lol

Guess that I am going to have to get used to it yet again... Although it seems as though I just got used to writing 2010 and now its 2011! Just seems like 2010 went by so fast and that I missed allot.

I did miss allot due to my kidney issues and the fact that I was so sick this past year!

I am looking forward to this year and am very motivated by a great friend of mine.

Her name it Tamela and I look forward to what our progress is going to be. I am so thankful to her. She posted on my Facebook page the other day that I needed to contact her because she wanted to talk to me about something and I called her. She told me that she was motivated to lose weight this year and thought about me and thought that I might like to join her in trying to motivate each other and lose weight.

I am looking forward to what this new year brings and all the changes that I hope will happen. Already we have been texting each other to motivate one another. Letting each other know the struggles we have during the day and the things we are doing to help ourselves and what we can do to help each other. I am so thankful that I have someone to share this with.

I am also trying to make sure that I get out more with my family and especially with my kids. I feel as though I have deprived them from some things because I have been so lazy and haven't been wanting to get out of the house due to my weight. I am determined to just get out and do it. I know that I have some limitations due to back pain and health issues but I need to do this for myself and my kids.

(Michael, Andrew, Serenity and I at her Christmas Dance program)

I look forward to all that this year brings and I pray that this is the year for our family. Still praying that my Husband Michael finds the job that is right for him and that he will be able to provide for our family as he always has. I am thankful for the man God ordained for me and I am grateful each day that he takes the effort and time to look for the job that I know God has for him.

Please help me pray that my husband Michael finds the job that God has in His plans for him!!