work

So I started my new job last week and I love it!! Eve the little girl I watch is 10 months, she's really energetic and happy, but she really hates getting changed the first day I didnt think I was going to be able to do it because she was screaming and flailing around as I tried to get a new diaper on her the mom said that that was normal and she was actually doing pretty good well that just made me more stressed out to think about it being worse then that, so I prayed about it and now she just lets me change her while she lays there playing with a toy. I know God did that for me and I am so thankful to him!!............... I havent worked the last two days because Danny has been really sick and they dont want me to spread it to Eve so please remember to pray for us.

sooooooooo long!!

OK I'm so bad, Its been a month since my last post!! So lets see whats new........ Well I had my little sister stay with me for two weeks, she just found out she was pregnant so that was fun and interesting. It was different and sometimes hard having another person here that long but I think everything went as well as it could. Oh and I'm going to be starting a new job on august 12th, Im excited about that. I've been having some trouble at my work and just have been praying about it for a long time now so I wasn't really searching very hard for another job or anything I just posting a profile for a nanny website and I had a very nice lady call and offer me a job. I'll only be working 3 days but I'll be getting more hours and the pay is higher which is nice so thats all thats really been new with me... I guess I'm not that exciting lol :) anyway hello again to all my sisters!!!!

I wanna be like Jesus!

Soo, a few days ago at work I had a 4 yr. old boy come up to me and say " I wish I could be Jesus." Well I thought how sweet if there's anyone we should want to be the most like its Jesus, and then I started thinking do I try hard enough everyday to do my best, Do I even think about it, or just get caught up in just getting through the day? Well I know that I do want to be like Jesus and I know sometimes I fail to try each day. So what do you think we can do each day to please our God? just some thoughts that went through my head... Oh and I did ask the little boy why he wished that, and it wasn't exactly what I was thinking lol... He says to me " Well so I can turn giant and beat up big foot!!!" I guess he had watched a movie on big foot and it really scared him, So I tried to explain that yes Jesus protects us but he would never beat anyone or thing up!!!

Tired,tired, and busy!

Sorry its been so long since my last post, I've been really busy and tired lately as you can see from my title :) but my hours at work have changed so i wont be working so much which is really nice and gives me time to get stuff done at home and check up on all your blogs :) yay I've really missed reading them!!!! Anyway I also wanted to ask for prayers I havent been feeling quit right, I've been feeling very weak and everything I do makes me tired also I've been getting dizzy and my heart is bothering me.... So I'm not really sure whats going on so please remember me in your prayers thank you and love you to all my sisters!!!!

New car

Two weeks ago Danny bought a little Toyota to drive back and forth to work. Well on monday we got the new plates and signed into our name and everything but right after he came out of the DMV the car wouldn't start!!!! The key wouldn;t even turn so he tried everything but nothing would work.. I went to go get him and we sat and prayed that we would be able to get it home but still nothing. So I went and got gas and came back to pray one more time, we really didnt want to leave the car on the side of the road untill we could get someone to come out.. So Danny was in his car and I was in mine and we were both praying to just be able to get it home....... I looked up and his car had started!!!! We drove back home parked and tried to restart the car after an hour but it didnt start and still wont... the egnition is locked up and we're going to have to replace it but im just thankfull God let us get it home!!! Danny said when we were praying that he put the key in and it just turned really easy!!! I know it was God answering our prayer and Im just thankful he hears us and helps us with the little things!!

Painting

this weekend Danny and I went up to Beaverton to help Paint the trim on my sisters house. They've been trying to get it painted since last year!!! So It was nice to finally get it done! We had a lot of fun getting to spend the whole weekend with them, I dont really get to see my sister very much and when I do its usually with all my family so we dont get to really spend one on one time with each other so it was nice to be able to catch up on whats going on in life and everything else that was on our mind.
every thing turned out really good...It took longer then we expected but Jessie and I weren't really able to help because there wasn't enough ladders, so we did the little odd jobs like the shelves and doors and planter things.But we did finish every thing before we left!!
Danny going back over what we just did trying to fix it lol
Danny and Jason paining up on ladders!

Dia decided to help us paint (lol)
Danny getting nice and burnt :)
me and jessies work station Finally taking a break to eat some lunch! When we got home from Beaverton one of my flowers that I planted finally bloomed (yay)

Riding my bike

So a while back Danny and I decided to get some bikes so we could get out and get some good exercise with each other, well with the weather being so crazy here in Oregon we have only been ably to ride them a few times :( but, as I was at work today all I could think about was how nice it was going to be to get home and get out in this beautiful weather and ride with Danny.... To my disappointment I had to stay and hour later then I usually do on Thursdays, so Danny went riding with Jordan before I got home.... I was so sad when he told me he had gone. So he went around the neighborhood with me once! What a sweet heart to go again for me :) but I still wanted to go longer. I called up Lorraine and she came right over to go with me :) I'm so thankful to have friends and sisters in the faith... I love you all... Thanks Lorraine for making my day better :D It was so nice just to get out in the sunshine with the nice breeze blowing while riding....Sometimes I feel like all I do is sit inside all day long so when the weathers good I love to get out side!!!

Sisters trip

So we all had a great time at the house, it was nice to just get out and relax and spend time with each other. We also did get something constructive done :) we planed for our church camp !!! We did have some girls sick and none of us got a lot of sleep but we all had a blast! 5 of us girls got to go down to the pool and swim it was nice to have sis Brittany with us, Im so glad she's doing so well.




mandy, lorranine, tiffany,me, brittany!







here's a pic of Abby in her oh so cute dress. she was having a hard time sitting still, she wanted to go run and pic flowers! James and Abby had such a great time playing out side picking flowers together :)





James did not want to eat the summer sausage, he just kept poking it and slaping it lol I dont think he realized it was eatable!!







sis. lori and baby Max, james and him were the only boys allowed at the sisters trip. they did pretty good!!









ahhh the kitchen was so nice. but we did soooooooooo many loads in the dish washer, it was fun making all the food though.








The house we stayed at was right by a golf course......this was the chicken egg (golf ball) Abby found while we were on a walk around the yard and running from the lion it the bush ( car engine) she love it so much she wouldnt put it down!!


here she is getting ready to eat notice the ball in her hand:) lol but she did at least set it down by her while she ate!! she's such a silly girl!! Anyway we all had a lot of fun and I cant wait for next year!!

Trip to Idaho

So last Friday we headed up to Idaho for the weekend, We went with Sis. Raine (Lorraine) and didnt get in till 3:30 am we were soooooooo tired!!!! Saturday night lorraine and I went to a sisters night and Danny stayed at Bro. Marks for a guys bbq. We had so much fun with the girls singing karaoke It was hilarious when Sis. Crystal sang the wind beneath my wings :) Any way it was just nice to be able to get to see our sweet sisters from Idaho.... We had to leave sunday so it was a fast trip and we didnt get to see a lot of people but we are hoping to come back in July for 5 days!!!

Im a mermaid !!!!

last night I was looking at a book about mermaids which made me think of a really cute thing that happed at work!..... I had taken a group of girls back to the bathroom one little girl started telling us about her fishing trip, she then went into detail about how there was a shark chasing her. All the girls started to add stuff like "when I was in the pool a shark tried to bite me. or I can swim faster then any shark" and so on. So I decided to join in. I looked at them and said "you wanna know what? When I get in the water...I...turn into............a MERMAID!!! At that they all gasped and looked at me with open mouths, then they started asking wow how do you do that? Can we do that, does it happen every time? I was trying really hard not to laugh as I told them it was magic and every time my feet touched the water I would turn into a mermaid..finally I just started laughing. then a 4 yr. old look at me and said your just kidding aren't you Mrs. Kristen. I had to tell them the truth some laughed but most the 3-5 year old little girls looked truly disappointed that their teacher could not turn herself into a mermaid!! I just love how children truly believe that anything is possible!!! It's so sweet!

first blog

so I decided it was finally time that I start blogging since all my sister are doing it !!! I love reading all of your blogs, I check every day for new posts. Its so sweet to get to read about all my sisters that I dont know yet, but hopefully will get to!!! Any way Im sister Kristen and am coming up on 3 yr. in the faith Danny ( my husband ) and I both got baptized on the same day... and 7 months later we were married!!! so I've just been living my life trying do be a good wife and the best I can for the lord.

I work at a preschool and daycare, witch I love all though taking care of 10-20 kids a day is kinda a handful I have definitely gained a lot of patience and some practice for when I have my own children!!! I love my work and all the children there, some days its harder then others, lately there have been a lot of parents sending their kids that are sick. Its so sad to watch them suffer through the day because there parents cant afford to stay home with them :( but I was able to pray for a little girl who had a really bad ear ache. She was laying down for nap time and she started crying so i asked her to come see me and she sat on my lap and put her little head on my chest and sobbed that her ear hurt.. I asked if I could say a prayer for her and she said yes.. After I prayed she stoped crying was able to rest.. its amazing what God can do!!! anyway just thought I'd share that with you all!