. . . a glimpse into my heart.

So, I've been running regularly for probably under two months. Since we have a treadmill I felt like it was the easiest way to exercise while having kids. I knew I wouldn't get my money's worth out of a membership to a gym. Dave has become quite the runner and in the past year he's ran a few 5ks, a half marathon and a triathlon. He had never been interested in running but once he got to a certain point he realized he could run races. It was merely for exercise but turned into a lot more. So, i started running with Dave as my inspiration since I had always felt the same towards running. Our church supports an orphanage in Kenya and today they held their annual 5k/10k walk-a-thon. I knew I would at least walk it to support the cause but about two weeks ago I realised how close I was to being able to run it. I was running 2 miles at the time so with Dave's strong encouragement I started to push myself a bit more with the motivation to run the 5k instead of walk it. As ...

I have ran the treadmill for a couple weeks now every other day and I am proud of myself for sticking with it. It's the longest stretch I have done. I am running about a mile to a mile and a half. I can't seem to make it past and still feel strong and not dead! I'll get there. Dave keeps telling me that I am getting close to getting over the "beginner runner's hump." I hope so cause it's still quite the chore and not terribly enjoyable yet. I must admit though, that I love sore abs. :-) It makes me feel like the work I am doing is starting to pay off. gotta keep it up though. The Children With Hope (Orphanage in Kenya that our church supports) 5k is in less then 3 weeks. I would LOVE to be able to run the whole thing. Do you think there's a chance?

. . . means it's been HOT! We've been in the water a lot which makes me feel better about the money we spent on the boys' swim shirts. The boys are taking swimming lessons which has them in water twice a week, they've ran in out sprinklers, we swam in my folks pool yesterday and we just got home from a birthday party with a pool and sprinklers. Lots of Water! We gott keep cool in this 95+ degree weather. I am thankful for water oportunities but I must admit I am very excited to spend 4 weeks in the Northwest where it's much more comfortable temperatures (it's 62 there right now at 6pm). I suppose I can put up with it for 6 weeks.

Our church is doing the Bible in 90 days. I knew I couldn't do it with all the other things God is teaching me and asking me to work on. I would be reading it for the wrong reasons and feel like a failure in the end. However, we have the Bible Experience on MP3 so I have been listening to it on my ipod. I started a couple days late but I am still only a day or so behind. It been AMAZING!! I am in Leviticus right now and although it seems repetitious and boring it is so interesting to see how different our lives are now since we're not under the law any more. Christ's sacrifice changed EVERYTHING! Praise the Lord! I have really enjoyed listening to it every day. I admit that my brain wonders at times but I also know it would do that if I was actually reading it. I can listen to it while folding laundry or making dinner which I couldn't if I was trying to read it. So, although some might think it's cheating to listen rather than read, it's the only way a mother of...