I just LOVE this...

I have had so much fun this past week! I, first of all, can't believe how much I've gotten done in the past few days. (then I'll back track to Thanksgiving). Friday I was supposed to get up at 4:30 for the shopping...But I didn't' end up falling asleep until about 1 so I thought I'd better sleep in instead of going early. Mom and Carol (Mancewicz) went out and got some great deals, they said it was crazy though. I left my house around 10 and got my shopping pretty much done. I've never accomplished so much so quickly. It was fun though. I just have to wait to get the last of my presents so they're fresh. So after I got done shopping I put up my Christmas decorations (oh man I have so many it's so silly. And yes they're all mine actually. My mom always jokes when I get my own place she won't have any decorations to put up.) I then watched the pistons lose to the Wizards in double overtime. It was a decent game to watch though, just a sad ending. Some friends stopped by to watch it with me and Josh, which always makes it more fun!
Today I tried to sleep in, just cuz I could...Oh yeah I got up at 8:27....Yes I slept in!!! Ha. But I was productive again, I got the house cleaned, did some laundry (four loads) did some baking (I made Zucchini bread for the first time...I'll have to see how it turns out but I made three batches of it...Yeah I think I should have seen how the first turned out but oh well...I just hope it tastes good. I watch Rockford win their second state championship title....Yes! And did a little more shopping, then I'll watch the pistons again tonight.
Ok back to Thursday. It was so much fun! Mom and I got all our stuff ready on Weds night so all we had to do was put them in the oven. I made cranberry sauce for the first time this year...I didn't have a recipe so I made one up and it was actually really good...So if anyone wants the recipe I'd give it to ya. Well I decided I really wanted a nice family picture so I asked Carol if she'd take the pics for us, she said she didn't mind so I went out and bought us all shirts so we'd have a nice looking pic. I think they worked out well...Now we'll just have to take some new ones once my little Lucy/Coleton is born. It's really hard to have a my whole family behave long enough to take a good pic though. Those stinkers are such goofballs. So we watched the lions lose, checked out the ads and then later put in Elf, it's our new tradition to watch it to start off the Christmas events.

I love Christmas time! Oh man I have some more interesting things I've been learning from my bible reading I"ll have to put them on later so I don't have the worlds longest post. Have a great night everyone!

Trip to Chicago

We went to the windy city last week. Have I told you that I really love Chicago. I don't know if I'd really want to live in the city for the rest of my life, but I love walking to everywhere...Much more economical and better for my health. It's fun to be in the city too. You get to hear so many different languages and see aspects of other cultures. I love it. So Jabin and I took the train from Holland there on Tues morning, We arrived back to our hotel, had lunch and then it was nap time for him. When he woke up we toured the hotel and then went out with his mom to the Cheesecake Factory....a must stop in Chicago. Then Lorrie (Jabin's mom), Jabin and I walked around Michigan Ave for some shopping. Such a great time. Wed, Jabin and I went to the Shed's Aquarium, which was so cool. We saw dolphin shows and all kinds of animals...When Jabin saw the penguins he goes..."Look Becky, Kowalski's...(from Madagascar). Have I told you that he's so cute! Well he is. We came back and had naptime again...then Lorrie and Jabin went out while I met with my friend Charity (who lives in Chicago). We we to the Rainforest Cafe. (which is fun, but I wasn't crazy about it especially how expensive it was) Thurs, Lorrie had to leave by 5 am to get to her flight and Jabin and I bummed around. Well kinda, I woke up at 4:30 and I couldn't sleep anymore (I think I just knew that Lorrie was leaving so I was trying to listen for Jabin, who knows....I must have had mommy ears on. So Jabin woke up at 5:30 and we played, watched some tv, went to breakfast, went swimming...took an hour nap, then went to the Navy Pier children's museum. It was so much fun! But very busy. We had to get on the train around 5 so we then went to Union Station and he slept the whole way home. It was such a fun trip. Jabin was so great the whole time too.

I stayed pretty busy this weekend too so I'm trying to catch up on sleep still and of course my qb is playing Monday night football tonight and I want to see if I can pull off the win. We'll see if I'm able to stay awake.

Rockford made it to state finals again. They'll play at the Ford Field on sat at 1. So if anyone wants so go I've got a van but I don't want to go by myself.

Well I know I have so much more to fill you all in on but my eyes are tired of looking at the computer screen. So have a good night!

Number 20

So definetly a highlight for me this weekend was going to the pistons game with my mom. It was such a fun night. But beyond that....drum roll please....that's right I had my picture taken with Carols Delfino (I'm favorite Piston player). Oh I was so stupid, I got all shakey (literally) and started to sweat, I don't think I could have said a word if my life depended on it. Oh man I'm such a nerd. The picture turned out really great too. I'll leave it for you all to admire as well.

You know all these guys are huge but its so different when you're right next to them and can compare yourself to them. It was awesome!

Trust

So I guess the over all theme of my blog is they impact/way I'm able to live out or be challenged by my faith in God himself and His word. Does anyone else have trouble REALLY trusting God with ALL aspects of their life. It seems like I try to give it over to Him but they I end up taking it back (you know because He's not doing what I want I think I can turn things around...Duh). Sin nature is so not fun! It's like the more I try to not think about "things" the more Satan tries to make me see how much I need to think about it and how much I need to take control. How stupid, when you look back on it. But how hard it is to truly "cast all your cares upon Him." So seriously how do you actually do that? If anyone has figured it out I would love to know. There is one huge issue (to me) that I would love to not have anymore and if it were up to me it would have been taken care of years ago...

I guess it is our struggle to put off the old man and put on the new. I try, maybe it's so mindset I have that the world has influenced, I don't know. Yes I know I haven't said what it is I'm struggling with, it's for a reason. I want to be content in my current circumstances, and most of the time I am...this is one of those days that my mind won't stop. I'm pretty sure most of you have guess by now what I'm talking about. *sigh* It's in God's hands I know because if it were up to me I would have messed it up a long time ago and then at the same time... Yeah that's my thinking on the issue.

But in all honesty God is so good. Look back on the past year of your life and look at the Hand God had in bringing you through the ups and downs.

This is supposed to be encouraging...I hope it was.