Becca's Random Moments

            Have I ever mentioned how much I LOVE FRIDAY mornings? Let me tell you the alarm going off at 445 am and my mind going NO WAY I am not getting out of bed. Then when I wake a little a big smile comes to my face and I jump up and run to the bathroom.....okay well not really I actually tip-toe all the way there I slightly close the door, push the handle down oh so quietly and let go. Then I reach for the light. THEN I make my move. WOOT WOOT, shower in the quiet! No interruptions, nobody opening the door. No cold water from the hose trying to squirt me from the open window...... Oh again it is PURE BLISS!!!!

So much to say and not sure where to begin. Kinda have writers block or maybe it is nothing has been eventful around here lately. Well lets begin with Washington. Man Alive our state is beautiful! Mountains, lakes, Rivers. The beautiful Puget Sound and that glorious Pacific Ocean, and my favorite of them all the Green River! Now to the not so beautiful part of Washington the rain, but much more than that the clouds. I want SUN and I want it all day, these morning cloud covers make for a long boring day for me. Actually it is 75 right now and sunny but I am rather chilled. Still I soak up all the Vitamin D I can before Winter hits……..There is ramble one. Onto number 2.…..Fast, Fast, and Faster….Talking about driving of course. I really have never gotten a ticket except for the one when I was 17 and it got over turned by the Judge. Really I did not do anything wrong. Oh yea and there is the one that it was pouring rain and I ran a stop sign. Well not really I stopped just not all the ...

"If your head tells you one thing, and your heart tells you another, before you do anything, you should first decide whether you have a better head or a better heart." - Marilyn vos Savant "Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens." – Carl Jung These are pretty funny and one may find them very contradictory at that. I know for sure my head is the smarter of the two. Many may fight that and say always go with your heart. Sometimes your heart is oh so wrong……OR perhaps your heart is right and your hearts desires will one day be yours. For now I say the head is more clearer without looking at what the heart wants or needs!

Well today was a good day. It was oh so HOT……I love it….okay well I love it as long as I can come in the house and cool off from time to time. Spent most of the day outside doing absolutely nothing except being kissed by the beautiful SUN!! My niece came over with my Great Nephew (thanks!) and we had a wonderful visit….Have I mentioned how precious he is? Cameron went to his first night at Mega Sports VBS and that was exciting for him. Tyler is camping at Dash Point with a friend. As for me and Courtney we went to Preston to go to the kids bounce place for a birthday party for Tucker. So while I was there I got to see the all the little ones I watch during the school year. Believe it or not I have missed that so much. As hard as it is to devote a day to kids all day with in reality no break can be difficult at times. Some days I was absolutely exhausted and some days I felt great. Some days were filled with happiness all day and some days I was so stressed I wanted to be done. No matte...

I only hope life can bring you happiness, Peace, and comfort. When you are old and I am gone I hope you think of me. I hope you think of me in the decisions I made for you and when you are going through the same. I still hope you think of me. I hope I taught you something along the way that makes you think that is something she would say. I hope you look back and say wow she was right about one thing. I love you today more than yesterday but the truth is its just not that easy with you these days. So remember when you are old and I am gone I loved you always!

My mind is racing a million bit’s a minute. I only wish I knew why. You see I am a happy person. I am happy and content. Happy with my life and content with the decisions I have made. It was not always easy you see. I grew up way to fast and did not have the greatest guidance. I did everything backwards in my life and one would say it was “normal” for me to have done so. I have made it this far and continue to move forward. Had I not made the one big mistake in my life I would not be here where I am today. I would not have found God in such a little way. Now God is in my life in a new big way. I often sit back and talk with Him and tell Him all my strife and all my concerns. I tell Him I know that certain things need to happen before I can move forward. He talks to me through my friends and family that tell me what I am doing wrong and right and my one conclusion as much as it is hard to say is “The GRASS ISN'T ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE” I would like to deny that as much as ...

Now that would be me at this moment in time. Time to spread my wings and fly. No one said it would be easy and the trials will soon be ceasing. Funny to be for me I feel I am flying over the coo coos nest now…….Don’t ask cause I will not tell. Have a great week everyone!!!

The time has come to set pro or con…….Now before I begin do not flood me with emails just yet………After the summer here and with time drawing near Arizona is on my mind. Oh how grand of a thought. So here goes the random list. The weather is so great…only to to hot a couple months a year better than our loooonnnnggggg winters here. Now see where my problem lies is security. Mike has been at his job for 13 years….pretty secure don’t you see……With the company vehicle and such we have such great luck!! When we thought for a moment we might move to South Carolina we looked into jobs for him. He is In a “need” job where ever we may go but some of these companies work out of different states so I am not so sure how that would go. I don’t mind the time apart as I am use to it because of the military, however Now is not the time to have him travel all the time. So that takes care of him.         Now me….hmmmmm where shall we start…Now no laughing at me especi...

I will have a few “ramble on” blogs today but we will go ahead and start with our day!! It was Mike’s company picnic at Lake Sammamish State park. Now I will start with this…….Same state park a shooting occurred last week. First of all unheard of and second of all nerve racking. Now I really do know that it was a isolated incident however I could see myself feeling anxious as we drove in this morning. The thought of two dead and 4 in the hospital just threw me through a loop. I said a prayer and pretty quickly it all disappeared. So we get there and the kids instantly start playing in the bounce house and we start visiting as everyone shows….Happy Birthday to my sweet Courtney and boy did she have fun. We ate, went to swim, played in the bouncy houses, flew kites…….Couldn’t have asked for a better time and frankly the company was great too. Mike has worked there for 13 years but still I usually only see most of these people once a year, all in good fun and seeing all the kids grow ...

I would like to know who said potty training a girl was much easier than a boy? No, really I want to know. This goes out to all you Parents out there that have called me day and night and asked the question HOW? Well truth be told I never gave any of you great advice because all my boys just did….Well okay a little white lie there….Brandon was potty training when he broke his femur and that almost made it impossible but the doc said “oh just continue” Umm YEAH OKAY how do you do that with a 2 yr old that has a cast all the way down one leg wrapped around hips and half way down the other. You don’t, you try, and finally when the pee flies everywhere you stop……Shortly after his cast came off…..we succeeded at about 2 ½ yrs old…….Now Tyler bless his little heart wanted so badly to be like his big brother, however really had no interest until Mommy stuck him in cheap diapers and one day he was done. He was about a month away from his 3rd birthday. Now onto our handful Cameron simple easy 2...

Just a reminder for us all......... Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

So if my brain could just slow down for one minute and I know someday it will but as for now here is my story to tell.......... Oh man my not-so-sexy legs are definitely not-so-sexy legs………totally just took a great fall out on the porch……Always wonder why or how people just fall….BOOM BAM just like that. Well I answered my own question and can tell you, I do not know……Guess that’s what you get when you try to skip a step and look the opposite direction as you do. My preoccupied mind, on what, I can not tell you,but pure bliss was in the air at the moment in time…..Thinking of something great and grand was my master plan………Now I know I need to clear my head and think of my poor poor leg!!!

I live life as a totally normal 33 would. I am a wife., a mother, a woman of God, did I say Mom. Although I have not had my perfect moments, and who has?! I always will strive for the best. I want the best for my children and that is why I make some of the choices I choose to make. People may sit there in looking at my life and wonder why. Well here is a little perspective for those who care. Especially for the one whose email I just received. I make my choices in any given situation solely on the behalf of my children, for their welfare, and who they will become when they are an adult. I choose to “stay” and I say that loosely for my children. I honor God in most of what I do…and that is what He tells me to do…..I am not perfect and I am sure I disappoint him in some of my actions. I choose to do all of this for the glory of Him and for again my children. I look at my son who is almost 14 and a handful at that. I think of what could be for him and say no thanks again I do it for God a...

Oh my can it be my little girl is turning three….I think back and I remember the day as clear as can be December 26, 2006.……I decided to buy a pregnancy test knowing I was pretty late and having some sickness issues. Assuring myself as I walked up to the counter that it certainly can not be. I was going through the change. Yeah I know I was only 30 but still that is what I had to believe. Walked in to the physical therapy office and took the test. Absolutely shocked at what I could see on that lil stick…….Called a good friend in shock and told her the news….Thanks friend!!! She had a good leaning ear for what happened next I had not a clue. I came home and told my Mom the news…IMPOSSIBLE she said as I thought that too. Went to the store yet again and bought a new one and took it again. What happen next I would have never guessed it hurt so bad I will never forget. I went to my husband and handed him the tests. He looked at me and said something I choose not to remember. That w...

Well the time has come and gone and we had to say goodbye…….BUT not before we had some fun, fun, fun! The morning started as usual getting my room ready and preparing for story. Today we went on an adventure to learn about the “church” as a “community”…….My kids were excited to learn that in the bible days they went to church everyday. Some might have thought that was a little silly. The adventure was basically a lesson on sharing too they got to share some crackers and some stickers…..how fun is that? VBS is over for the preschool but I had to go get one last dose on the club 56 VBS so we went back at 400.….. Just a little early to hang and see what’s up….got a lot of cleaning done in that time as well. So pretty much we cleaned the whole night but I did go to closing and we sang some songs and then the kiddos got to write a letter to the Musana (sp?) Orphanage that we were donating all the money to from the kids this week….They did change for change. The orphanage just built a new ...

It is Sat. morning 1030.…..We have come accustomed to loud snap, crackle, pops, around here. We live next to the fire station. Which is not only a fire station but a training facility for the firemen, police, among others as well. It is also a central place for Lifeline to land on occasion. We have had many experiences with all of the above not to mention again when it is something real big all and Lifeline is going to land we get the honors of all the news stations hovering over us. Did I mention we are powerless again. It all started at 715 when we heard a huge pop and crackle. Well I was in bed and no one came running so I assumed it was the fire station. I finally wake up at 845 (woohoo I was so tired) and the power truck is outside. I then realized it was the power. Yes, I was a little slow this morning. So anyway power man was here for about 15 min and fixed the power and yes, It was a squirrel in the transformer, poor, dumb, thing. So he told us we are set and have a great day...

Quick random moment……..This is a continuance from “This is how I roll 7-8-10” . So I get home from VBS today and I had forgot my phone which by the way is so not me……Truth be told I really was to lazy to turn around and come back and get it. So I have this missed call and new voice mail…..I listen and Low and behold it is Fred Meyer with an important message about salad I bought last week. It has been recalled please do not “consume” it and throw it away…….with that let me take you back to my friend who just had a baby and the meal I was going to serve her family. As much frustrated I was with that morning, God was on our side. As always he was watching out for us and made things go slightly out of our plans… Thank goodness I might have given my friend food poisoning. How would I have explained that one? Well lets see it is like someone once said and I can never forget and love it to this day. “God speaks to us through the regularity of having to disappoint our plans” and yet He has do...

Come on lets go…. We have to go on a High Sea’s expedition! Now we have already covered days 1 and 2 so now we are on Days 3 and 4. So I last left you on we had discussed Paul’s ship in the storm on their way to Rome well the ship has wrecked and they are on the island and he was bit by a poisonous snake……Okay, Okay, Miss Becca might have got a little excited about that and scared a couple of the kiddos in the process of my snake jumping out of the fire……We recovered well and as far as I know they are still like me and no one cries when it is time to come to story time. So now day 4 we have now gone back to Peter and we introduced the kids to a new friend John. So Peter and John are headed to the church but run into the beggar and Peter tells him in the name of Jesus get up you can walk and he then walks and jumps and all the crowd gathers around and Peter and John share the “good” news…….Well the kids got to put gauze all over their crew leader and she played as the beggar……..I think ...

God's glorious weather......Not always as we wish. Sitting here in the sun yet chilly weather. Listening to children play, music and the sounds of construction and lawn mowers..........Thinking yet again of God's amazing glory and grace on this earth. have you ever just sat in the quiet and be in so much awe.....Well right now right here it is nothing but quiet and you can certainly sit her in awe struck wonder. You can look up and see the clouds amongst the blue sky.......oh and you may even be able to see a picture in there. Life is so full of mysterious wonder. Wouldn’t you agree? Life, there is so much more to it than what we see. I personally want to do it all and find it all....There is so much to find, so much to see, and so much to do! Is the statement true "live like you were dying"??? I often wonder are we living like we are dying. Are we living for the moment and not the routines of life? Are we living our lives like Christ wants us to? Is there more we ...

Hello Ladies!! As we sit here in the stormy weather I ponder on my thoughts. I ponder on God's glory as the power has gone out again for the third time. That was not suppose to happen. But I ponder on the human race and how we are all so different. We all look different, talk different, act different, think different. Isn't that truly amazing?!! Life goes on weather we want it to stop or not. This is a very random note just so you all know. Isn't it amazing how God's grace can comfort us all in a storm. We go through many storms in our life. Most recently I went through one and every time I try and crawl out from beneath the storm I some how get sucked back in. I spent a whole day locked in my room really I did. I just wanted nothing. Through it all I think of God and I spend my quiet time with Him. I talk to Him and I ponder more. I ponder at how truly amazing my family and friends are and how life is amazing in general. So no matter what storm you may or may not be g...

Woohoo, It is VBS week. Tuesday day 2.……Frankly I am already exhausted I woke up this morning say yeah its Friday……ummm HELLO what on earth is was my crazy brain thinking. Oh yea I know SLEEP, SLEEP, and more SLEEP!!!! I am having so much fun at VBS I cant believe to tell you. These little kids and not to mention all the big ones and yea okay all the adults to are all amazing and we are having so much fun together. The connections that go on is something I can not explain. God surely is answering some prayers I have had and he has made it pretty clear that I am where I need to be in this moment in time. For those of you who wonder at that comment…..I will briefly explain. I am a member of LSCC but not as connected as I like. I do teach the 3’s and 4’s on Sundays. I go to MOPS at Faith and am pretty connected. The women there are amazing not to mention their Women’s ministry is clearly an important aspect of their church. I have been torn to leave LSCC and attend Faith but something ke...

Random moments thoughts! I still think life is amazing today we went to Taco bell for lunch and I was wearing my “relay for life” t-shirt and this lady asked where I do mine at and I told her Kent and she does the one in Renton. There was something intriguing about this woman the minute she stopped me to talk. I sat in my chair and pleasantly had a conversation with her. She had long a little thin black hair with some grey. Thinking may be she is in her 40’ s or so. She had these eyes that’s color was just amazing and I decided that she had green or perhaps brown eyes and Purple contacts. I couldn’t help but find myself locked in her eyes as we spoke. She cont. to talk and we talked about how great relay for life is and what a great cause and compared our event to hers. Then BAM just like that she tells me that she is a survivor herself ……..Now to me a survivor is a survivor doesn’t matter what it is right??…. I was thinking breast cancer or like……no she is not a once survivor but a tw...

Oh you know you are old when you go to the bathroom while camping and the young girls are in there doing their hair and makeup. Now I know that someone out there is saying Becca I still do that and some of you are saying what??? Becca you don’t do that? Well not anymore. When I camp I barely remember to brush my hair. Now I will still sometimes do my make up but not much anymore. This young lady in the bathroom was a dear and said Good Morning and I said hello back. The I said you know I was young once too. Here’s the difference ladies……..Remember back to when we were teens in the late 80’s and early 90’s mine particularly was , 91, 92, 93 BIG HAIR was in……We went camping in May of 92 and us girls in the bathroom with our brushes and blow-dryers teasing our hair as big as we could putting our barrettes in just right so our hair would poof real good… oh and don’t forget the aqua net to make sure it stayed…..Then out came the eyeliner and the lighters get it nice and hot so it went on r...

Went down to the river……..Brandon talked a big talk all the way down there about how he was going to go across the river and da,da,da,da…….Well we get there and he chickens out of course. Eventually he got up enough nerve to get in there. Cameron enjoyed his time in the river and even put his goggles on and ducked his head under the river to look at fish. Tyler did it all went swimming….tried to cross the river and all sorts. Mike took his shoes and socks off and thought notice I said thought he was going to go in and cross the river. Yea, not so much…..he couldn’t do it….the wimp….LOL But we all know the river water never even touches my feet because I am to much of a wimp. I had the brilliant idea I wanted to go to the heavy rapids but travel by the side of the river instead of trails….As always it is a fun rocky climb for me but never fails that Brandon who only brings one pair of shoes falls in the river. Every year, every time……uhhhh HELLO…..can you catch a clue?! Fun times by the...

As I lay in bed thinking about the day ahead and listen to Cameron completely in overdrive talking about fishing tomorrow, I got to thinking about all the times we have gone camping and how much we enjoy it. I am by far not a rough it kind of girl but I can do a weekend and enjoy it. We were laying in bed and this time we were blessed with very loud and very young campers made me think if when I went camping as a teenager we were this loud…..I am sure we were. They quieted down fairly quickly and early. We went to sleep and my phone had a text at midnight (GIRL we are going to talk about that, lol) I needed to check it and make sure all was well at the homestead. I went back to sleep and woke up at 310 to OH NO rain….what??? Only in Washington can it be 90 degrees and then rain in the night…….Well for the first time ever we decided to not put the cover on the tent. I look up and I listen and low and behold…..DROP DROP right on my hand……”Mike, Mike, it raining oh no”….we fly out of bed ...

Again as always up at 445 am because it is Friday. BUT guess what?? Yes, oh yes, today I got a shower in peace…….no interruptions, no talking, just me and the shower. I wont let you know how blissful that really is. As the morning is starting and the family is waking camping sets in my mind. I start to wonder how fun it will be this time. What will be different from last year? The kids are all a year older and it makes a huge difference. We did not take Courtney this time and she stayed home with Grandma and Grandpa and gets her first taste of the fair along with rides….Woohoo for her! I cant wait to hear all about it. So we pack up the car and we are headed out…Make all our stops and we finally get here. Mike and Brandon has set up the tent and I got all the beds made and food sorted out. To give you an idea of at the moment what it is like here. I am sitting in my chair by the pretend campfire (we don’t have one lit because its 90 degrees) Mike is in the tent sleeping…..ye...

So today was an interesting day in itself……things I have learned again and again is patience. You get to learn again something new about me. I am a great cook and so I have been told. At the same time I am accustomed to cooking for my family only. With that said when I get asked to cook for others I freak out big time. I should learn to say no but I cant when it comes to that. I am a freehand and rarely use a recipe for that fact I barely now how to read a recipe and follow it exact anyway. So needless to say panic sets in and I cant seem to get a grip. So I pondered and pondered on this meal and decided on a oriental chicken salad out of bag and I made my own oriental chicken breast to go with it…….oh man that chicken was so good…..anyway it was 95 degrees, AC broke and I was HOT,HOT,HOT……So I drove to my friends house to deliver a present and a couple of dinners and things did not pan out the way they should have because I did not call first as I should have. Left the present on the...

The last few days have been great. 4th of July came and went just as fast...Ever notice how you talk and talk up something and you plan for months and BOOM just like that it here and gone in a flash. That is was. Had a wonderful time with some wonderful family and friends. Went to church, had a bbq, some awesome company and awesome fireworks. Monday was a lazy kind of day and clean up day. Tuesday came and we pretty much stayed home and did laundry nothing to spectacular except watch it warm up finally. Today came and boy when it warms up it warms up. We left for the lake at 900am. Got to the lake and to our surprise many families showed up and spent day with us. It was wonderful. Kids swam and swam. Lake was very cold due to the lack of sun and heat around here, hopefully to change real soon. I let my big kids be big kids and have fun. Courtney seems to think she is old enough to do whatever. She is a big girl and knows what she wants but she randomly takes off. She is always on a mi...

What a day oh what a day!!! I get up at 445am......Yes, ladies and gents Becca can get up at 445 am....Amazing, go sing it out! With all that as I got up I went to the shower. House as quiet as can be I think AWWW pure bliss.....As I stand in the hot shower trying to wake up all of the sudden I hear talking. Low and behold guess who it is YEP Cameron up and ready to go......"I came in to go to the bathroom Mom"...."okay Cam go potty and get back to bed" well 5 min later "goodnight Mom I will see you in two hours".....Well those who know me well we have a very special Cameron rule in our home and that is he can not get up until 700am otherwise I very well could be getting up at 5 every morning...Not good for me and does not make me a good mommy at all. Cameron is our talker much like me most would say. Same circumstance as me as well. Cameron was 3 before he started talking and we had his tonsils and adenoids taken out......BOOM like magic all the sudden he...

To deal or not to deal is the question......Life oh my goodness....life as a Mom of a 13, 11, 7, 2...yr old......need I say more. Yes, well okay then. Summer is here we are in full spring only one minor detail, weather.....Seattle's weather is just not great yet oh but don’t be sad......I see our first 80 degree day in over 260 days in the next 10 day forecast. Did you get that all or shall I repeat. Do you know how exciting this is. SUN, SSSSSSSSUUUUUUNNNNNNN........oh how I love the sun with warmth of course. So we meet some friends to go to the park and the hike today and Tyler says where we going Mom and I said we are meeting at Lake. Wilderness......."OH MAN....I hate that lake I'm not going swimming there they have leeches"......Well my response is just what it is and I say "well tough, we not going to swim anyway" May I remind you why we are not swimming is because it is JUNE 30, and 58 degrees for that fact it was 58 at 2 so I would imagine it would ...