Fair

Sunday afternoon,  The Glade Church put on a worship concert at the fair. The goal was to have 1000 people at the pageant pavilion for a concert that was to honor and worship God. It was a very, very cool experience to see all those matching blue shirts plus a whole bunch of other people singing and worshiping openly in a public place. I looked over at Josh during one of the songs and whispered to him how lucky we are to live in a place where we can worship openly and publicly . Holding my baby, standing next to my husband, being a part of something bigger than myself and singing to and for Jesus was a wonderful experience. As said at the concert, we weren't there to spread the name of the church, to spread the name of the pastor or the music even, we were there to Go! Worship; to sing for our Savior in an unlikely place, to radically shake people up and present them with something that they did not intend on hearing or seeing. We had a lot of fun and once again felt that reassurance and sense of belonging.
We got to the fair a few hours before the concert so that Major could play and ride beforehand. He was so much fun this year! He is a little daredevil anyway, but just to watch him be so happy made us so happy.

 The Glade Concert

 Major and his namesake, Major

 Lots of little Gladeville Boys

 Loving on my favorite buggy

We found Major's friend Molly from school and together they rode just about everything.

 Look at the joy on his face!

 It was such a nice, fun family day.

Catching up...again

I need to be better about blogging. I'm a total slacker. Anyway, let's see...
Josh finished the academy, YAY, so today was his first day on shift. He says all these numbers, like 28 and 13s and 11s. I think that means District 28 stations 13 and 11. I think. He is far away from home, but he seems to be happy so once again we are transitioning. As a result of Josh's new job, me working in Gladeville, and church being there, I think we are going to try to sell our house and move in a little closer. Gladeville seems to be where we are focused now, but we will see. I think the plan for now is to get through the holidays then in January and February get the house ready to sell. Maybe in March when the sun starts shining a little and the weather gets a little warmer we can put it on the market. We will see though. This is all in God's timing. We are just trying to be patient so we make sure we make all the right decisions.

In other news, Josh's battalion had a family night where all of the families of the recruits could come and see the academy. We were able to walk through the classroom and the fire towers, we rode on the fire trucks and watched them do a flashover fire. It was really fun to be there and to see where Josh has been for the past 13 weeks. As a firefighters wife it is hard to feel like you are a part of that part of your spouse's life ( I will blog that later) so it  was really neat to see Josh fight a fire and to meet his 'brothers'.  Here are a few pictures of that fun night:

This is probably one my all time favorite pictures of these two. Like Ever!

 Wearing Daddy's mask. It has a cool speaker that he loves!

 Going through the wire tunnel

 Right after dinner the tones sounded which meant they had to hurry, hurry, HURRY to get their gear on and run outside. It was a fake, of course, but we got to see what happens when the tones sound all of the sudden. (like we didn't already know what that was like) :)

 Major wanted a pic when Daddy got back in

 Family

 Josh and one of his Captains

 The flashover. It is 1200 degrees in there and Josh was in the front. Crazy.

It was a really fun night and I am so glad that we were able to experience it as a family. I am so proud of Josh for accomplishing all that he has. He really is my hero.


This past weekend Josh had planned on camping in the backyard with Major. It had rained a little bit and the forecast called for scattered showers over night, so we just moved the camping inside. We made smores, watched Rio on demand, let Major stay up late and sleep in his tent. It was a fun night that we all needed.

 About to make smores on a stick

 The tent camping got moved to his room which he was so happy about!

I love that as Major gets a little older, we can do really fun things as a family and he actually enjoys and notices them. So fun to do those things with our sweet boy.
Ok, so that catches me up a little. :)

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Not so wordless Wednesday

I was gonna make this a "wordless Wednesday" post...BUT...I decided to sew today and made one of the little "want to" things on my list! Here is Major's new take anywhere thingy...courtesy of kojodesigns. Click here to see the inspiration...

And here is Bubs already checking in out:

Good thing it's too hot to do anything but sew these days!

:)

I feel like I need to blog. I am a blog slacker these days. I've been sewing my fingers off, so between that and a 3 year old that needs to be constantly entertained, I haven't made much time for this here blog. Seems like all my latest posts are random. Guess that sums up the summer. We haven't done much, same as the last post. Josh has 4 and a half weeks of the academy left and Major and I have about 4 weeks of summer left. We just have one weekend to the mountains planned, nothing fancy but I am looking forward to getting away.
One thing I have wanted to blog about is Major swimming! He is rockin' it out at the pool! He has been wanting to jump off the high dive all summer but I was kinda scared to send my 3 yr old off it, well Josh finally met us at the pool a few weeks ago and with him there we let Major jump! It was so fun to watch. He was so brave and so proud of himself. I wish I could upload the video on here, but Josh took it on his phone and I can't figure out how to get it on here. If you want to see how awesome Major is though.....check out my FB. You might have to scroll a little though, sorry. I have some serious inspiration with sewing right now. I want to make everything but I just don't have time. Here are a few things I am oodling over:

Cutest Ever Monster Hooded Towel

Super Fun Play Mat for the car or restaurant

And this super awesome, so fun tent for my classroom: 

All of this awesomeness is courtesy of: http://kojodesigns.blogspot.com/

 Also happening in our house is party planning. I really haven't started gathering things just yet, but the ideas are flowing. Honestly though I am a little stumped with the kind of party that Major wants. I guess I have ideas and I am excited to plan it, but I feel like there aren't a ton of things out there for what specifically I am looking for. Anyway, stay tuned for more ideas, and inspiration on his party.  

Ok, well that was another random rambling blog but it was an update nonetheless. Can't wait to share with y'all about Josh's graduation and all the other fun things that will be happening in the fall!

I count my blessings everyday

I count my blessings everyday, Jesus you are wonderful to me.
It was Major singing this song that made me realize today that even when I am overwhelmed and stressed out over life's lemons that are thrown at me I can rejoice in Him and know that these things aren't going to kill us. They are stresses that we will figure out and work through. Yesterday when I got a phone call of more stressful news, I was a little mad, but thought about my mother-in-law and how she is in heaven watching over us. I thought about her grace, her faith, the illness that claimed her life entirely too early and thought, you know what, I am blessed. I have my family. We are healthy and we have everything that we need. Then this morning when Major just randomly was singing that song I just smiled and thought, yes, Lord, I hear ya loud and clear. So I'm thankful for today, for Major, Josh, and all the blessings in my life. Stresses come and go but the fact that our Savior is so loving and faithful makes these things a little more bearable.

Lately

Lately we have been busy enjoying the summer, well Major and I have, Josh has been working harder than he's ever worked at the Fire Academy. We are so blessed and grateful for this opportunity for him. He is learning new things, getting awesome experience, working hard and making a difference. With that said though, he is exhausted all the time. He is beat up and dead tired. Bless his heart he goes to bed every night at about 8. That leaves a lot of time at night for me to do what I want, but I miss my hubby and can't wait to have our 24/48 schedule back.

Here's what Josh has been up to:

This was all the apparatus that was at a house fire that Josh worked this weekend. 

Major and I have been doing other fun things: 

Like going to the movies

 and bowling

 and swimming

 and swimming some more

I know, it's a tough life! :) 

I just want to say: I am so blessed that I have a husband that works so hard so that I can stay home with Major. I am so happy to have this time with him.