Soccer Finale

So, like a month ago, Malia and Loegan had their last soccer game and party. It was really fun. They had a blast playing and eating pizza with their team mates. They got trophies and their pictures.

It was a really fun to have both of them on the same team this season. It was really hard work. They both did a really good job and worked really hard. They will miss their team mates.

Here's Loegan taking a knee for an injured player.

Malia kicking the ball.

Malia waiting for the ball.

Loegan waiting for the ball.

This will be a busy summer!!!

Lots will be going on for us in the next few months.

First of all, it's getting HOT! For some reason, Fibro doesn't like the heat and it makes sleep difficult.

Loegan' birthday is coming up and we are planning his birthday. Last year was Malia's year for a big birthday party. This year, Loegan gets a big birthday party. So, he wants to have a Lego Birthday party. We'll have it at Peter Piper Pizza. I'm going to make this cool lego cake that Teanne gave me the idea to make. It should be fun and hopefully not too much work or chaos.

We are really excited to go to San Diego at the end of June. We have been trying to go for over 2 years now. It took a while for a time-share to be available and the wait was worth it and we will be staying on the beach in Carlsbad, near Legoland, which the kids have been really wanting to go to. It should be a week filled with hopefully lots of relaxation and fun. We should be done with school by then. Some subjects we have already finished, some will be doubling up on to get finished.

James' family is having another Kauwe family reunion in August. We are really wanting to drive up in a big van and pick up James' sisters and families in Fresno on the way up. (I still need to ask them.) James' auntie asked about us doing our vow renewal on that weekend and they will throw us a luau. Sounds great, huh?

In the past few weeks, God has provided for us an amazing opportunity that we can’t pass up. Our friends will be moving to Oregon for 6 months and they are asking for us to live in their house until they return and do a few projects in lieu of rent. This will be so perfect for us to pay some bills and fix up our credit enough to be able to buy a house before they return in December (with faith and the Lord’s help, hopefully the housing market will stay decent so that we can get something decent for a nice price).

So, we will be moving July 5-8 ish to our friend's house temporarily, then on to our first home right after Christmas. As some of you know, I have been slacking on the tidiness and organization areas for the last few years when my free time has been spent not feeling well and resting. So, that means that I will have a lot to do in the next month. I think I will focus on a room every Saturday morning and hopefully then the job will not be as big as it seems to be. Please pray for God to give us the energy and strength to get everything done that we need to do, to make wise decisions and be able to do all that He has in mind for us and for us to TRUST Him and not be anxious, worried or afraid about the future. We know that this would have only happened through His hand. We had no plan in the near (or far) future to be moving AT ALL.

Then, we will be going to the Arizona Grand Resort for 2 days and 1 night to play in the waterpark for 2 days straight in September. The kids have been dying to go back since we were there a few years ago. Since then, the kids have gotten tall enough to go on the slides and the resort has changed ownership and made lots of changes and improvements.

We are usually blessed to have any vacations, but this summer we somehow ended up with 3 plus moving and birthdays and all kinds of stuff. It will be a wild and fun summer! Wish us luck and send lots of prayers our way!!

I guess I got long winded, but, now you know what we will be up to in the next few months.

Mother's Day Celebration

First of all...
Happy Mother's Day to all of you Moms! It's a really hard, yet fulfilling job that we have!

Yesterday, I had the priviledge of spending a lot of the day with my Mom, Sister and Malia. We got pedicures and had a great time trying to relax. My Mom is so amazing! I only wish I had half of the patience and creativity she has. She is the sweetest person in the whole world and has so much love for all of us. My sister, Teanne is also an amazing mother. She has 3 little, cute, adorable, fun kiddos. I would love to be able to spend more time with her and her family. Here are few pics of us and our pretty toes and feet. (Who would have ever thought that I would be posting pictures of my feet - ewwww!)

What a day!! Meeting Scott McIntyre and more.

It was an exciting, fun-filled, intense, busy, awesome, hot day! We did lots of fun stuff. I will blog more about it tomorrow. But, tonight, I just wanted to quickly download and share what we just had the opportunity to do.

Through our homeschool newsletter, we heard about a special free "thank you" worship/concert, question & answer and meet & greet that Scott McIntyre was going to be putting on at his home church - Scottsdale Bible Church. Long story, made really, really short, we went and it was awesome! There were sooo many people there. A huge church worship center and another building were both completely packed. We got to meet him, get a few pics of him and with him and got his autograph too. Here are some pics. It was awesome! He is an amazing person with a really awesome story. He talked about his journey on American Idol and lots of other things about his life. His faith in God is so amazing. He has been through so much in his life and he continues to pursue his dreams and giving all of the glory to God.