Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Fragile Life

Sometimes, life seems so fragile. I feel like so often there is something new creeping in to our daily lives, that it is only Christ that can hold us up. It has been a week and a half since I found out that Mrs. Wever was hit by a car and killed while walking. Let me say I have never in my life met such an amazing women. I remember in middle/high school when Christina and I were good friends. Mrs Wever always had a smile for us and the love she had for her family was always evident. I will remember the romance between her and her husband as told through Christina! What an amazing couple. I also remember that her faith was always shining from her! What a woman of God!! I truly know that all of heaven is rejoicing to have her with them.

Second on my mind is the Guikema family. Mark has been friends with Doug longer that I have been around and I am privileged to call him and Brooke friends of my own now. As Mark awaits results from biopsy we pray that God is good to them! We love them and it is so hard being far away. (hard normally and harder when something is going on like this) God is faithful and I pray that whatever it is that he chooses for Mark and his family that they always feel God's presence!

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Some days I don't know if I could get any more frustrated. I have been dealing with Mason and his "not pooping" that I am so exhausted I don't even know what to do any more!!! I am at the point of almost being in tears. ( not gonna lie, that actually has happend a lot already!) Why will this child not poop on the toilet?!?!? He knows he is doing it and that is the frustrating thing! Just now I had him on the toilet for 5 min becuase I could tell he needed to go. I let him get down and within 2 min, he had pooped in his underwear. I just want to yell and scream and I try so hard to stay calm but COME ON ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. God, I need some serious patience and a little wisdom would be nice too!!

Saturday, April 11, 2009

I woke up this morning to "Mommy the sun is out". Obviously it is time to get up right?!?!? Luckily this was at 8:15 and not at 6:30!

The sun is out and it looks so nice outside. Just really thinking of what it would have been like all those years ago when Jesus died on the cross! What an amazing thing our God has done for us! That he loves us that much! Last night in Bible study we started a series on good and evil. One of the things talked about is that to not love God is the ultimate evil!! He gave us the choice! Not only that, he sent his Son to die for us and take away all those times we don't chose the good! What an AWESOME GOD he is!

Friday, April 10, 2009

On Wednesday this week, I had the awesome pleasure to take my first born on a date. Just me and him! What a great way to spend the day. We got up in the morning and he got a haircut and bath. Every 5 minutes he was asking me, "mommy is it time to go yet?" He was so excited and that warmed my heart to no end. We left the house around 11 and dropped off Austin at Grandma T's. (good alone time for him as well!) First stop was to Celebration Cinema to watch Monsters vs Aliens in 3D. We got in to the theatre while the previews were starting and Mason was just in awe! He wouldn't take his eyes off the screen. I kept asking him if he wanted his pop or popcorn and he would keep staring straight ahead and say "no". Finally about half way through he took a drink of his pop and asked for the popcorn. (he had both gone by the end of the movie!






































Our second stop was to the Grand Rapids Public Museum. Right now they have a temporary dinosaur exhibit. Mason was a little uneasy about going in to the exhibit at first because they have moving dinosaurs. Once he got going, he was ok. I think he liked some of the other exhibits we saw a little better. He loved it all just the same and was completely exhausted by the time we left. I asked him if he was going to stay awake on the way home and he says "no, i just gonna fall asleep." He was not even five minutes from the museum and he was out!! I had so much fun with him. Just being able to give my full attention to him was the greatest! And it taught me to let him go a little bit. He is starting to do so much on his own and I tend to forget that. He is able to walk through the museum and not run away anymore! That takes a great amount of courage on my part to let him do that in all the business but we got through it! God has blessed me with such a wonderful son!

















Wednesday, April 1, 2009


Oh, I forgot to post this pics yesterday. Mason and I were downstairs and all of a sudden I saw this big brown thing run past the window. Then another, and another..... Mason and I quick ran to the window and there were five deer that had stopped in our front yard to eat some berries off of the ground. So, we ran upstairs and watched them for about 15 minutes out of my bathroom window. ( I even woke Austin up so that he could see!) Anyway, this is what we saw.....
I never thought the day would come! Mason has now pooped twice on the toilet!! (In a row even) Doug took him in the bathroom last night and he was so excited because he FINALLY got the Rescue Hero guy that has been sitting there teasing him till he went! Then this morning I went in his room and he says "I'm not pooping mom, it's ok" So, duh, I knew he needed to and we went in the bathroom and woo hoo he got another Rescue Hero guy! It is a great day in the VandenBerg household. I hope it continues that way!!!

Austin is continuing to be my little trouble maker. He know how to turn on a whine and he tends to do things that get his brother in trouble! We really need to work on that!! But otherwise, he is so funny. Everyday he does or says something that is making Doug and I go "He's got to be your kid!"

I am so blessed to have two beautiful boys. (Don't tell Doug but I am hoping our house sells soon, so we can maybe add a little girl to that mix!! :) )