Good Friday

Today is Good Friday. It's abosolutely amazing that over 2000 years ago God sent his only son to die for all men so that we may have hope, peace, and love. I can not imagine what God went through watching his only son beaten, mocked, and nailed to a cross. I always try to put myself in other peoples shoes when they are having problems so that I can try to feel what they may feel and be able to help them better. I can not imagine the pain that God went through watching this. I panic if I don't see my kids at all times in Wal-Mart. Thank you God for sending your son to die for me so that I may live again in you.

Yesterday was WC preschool sign-ups for the fall. Hayleigh has been sooo excited about this. She did inform me that she needed a new skirt for school, because when you go to school you wear skirts. We also had to find her backpack and put crayons and markers in it because once again you can't go to school without a backpack. Last night went great and I am relieved that I know some of the parents that will have their kids there as well. I did get yelled out this morning because I let her miss the bus. I explained to her that 1. She won't go to school until after the summer is over and it starts to get cold again. and 2. She won't ride a bus because I will take her and pick her up everyday. Once again I was told that you can't go to school unless you ride a bus. I told her that her bus will be gray and will look a lot like a mini-van. She was okay with that answer for now. Oh boy do I have a lot to learn about school. Hahaha. Life is never boring.

One more thing... my family is going through some hard situations right now. Please pray for some decisions that are being made, choices that have already been made, consequences of all choices, and peace. I know that this doesn't make sense but God knows and we will appreciate all prayers. We have felt them this week, but will continue to need them for a while. I love you all. Amy

Leap of Faith!!!

Well to all of you who know me well; know that I am a huge worry wart. I worry about everything and often have stomachaches because I am worring so much. Anyways.....My husband has finally talked me into putting our house on the market. We have been talking about it forever. We were going to do it last year, but I kept postponing it. Then with the way the economy was at the first of the year we(I)decided to wait a little longer. Well March 30th was the day. We signed the papers and our house is offically on the market. We(I) would greatly appreciate that if you know anyone looking for a cute house in the middle of Washington send them our way. Our house really is great and I love it, but we out grew it a long time ago. Thanks for listening and I hope that you are all doing well. Love ya.

The Promise was a huge success!!!!!

The last performance of the Promise was on Saturday and yesterday we tore all of the sets down and cleaned up all the mess. It was definetly a stressful, yet fun week. We had really late nights and early mornings but we made it through. Hayleigh has made a ton of new friends that I am sure she will keep her whole life. I will include some pics of us last week. I hope that all of you are happy and healthy. Love ya all.

PRAY

Please pray for Andrea Boes, her family, and friends. She is a very strong and inspirational woman who has fought cancer for so long and it seems that God has put her to the end of the long endless battle. I can't imagine what all she has gone through and she always thinks of others before herself. She spent time with her family last night to say her goodbyes and she is so strong. I pray for her peace because I can't not imagine saying goodbye to my kids(her little boy is a couple of months older than Hayleigh). She has definetly changed our family. So please say a prayer for her as you are reading this that God will take care of her. Thanks so much. Love ya.

Having Faith Like A Child

I have read in the bible where Jesus has said to have faith like a child, but I never fully understood until recently. As I stated in my post a couple of weeks ago, Hayleigh, Johnny, and I are doing the Promise this year. Hayleigh has amazed me. She has inspired me soooo much this year. I now know what child like faith is. She has her whole heart into the Promise. She even called me a Brutus Snake the other day when she was in trouble. (John the Baptist calls the Pharisses, this Brewd of Snakes, in that scene.) She has made so many Christian friends that I hope and pray that she keeps her whole life. Yesterday morning I was a little on the crabby side and I told Hayleigh that we may not go to Promise practice and just stay home and rest and go to bed early. She promptly told me that That decision would not make her Jesus happy and We are doing the Promise to praise him and make him happy. Wow. I definetly need to put my heart where hers is. I hope to post some pics of all of us in our costumes. Have a great weekend and Try it yourself to have Faith Like A Child. You truely will be blessed and no dissappointments. I promise. Love ya all.

Addyson my child who will eat eat ANYTHING!!!!

I have always heard parents talking about how their kids put everything in their mouth. Hayleigh never did this. Addyson on the other other hand will and would eat everything in site. To begin this story I have to start at the very beginning. We moved Addy to her big girl bed and she did great for a couple of nights. She did realize quickly that she could get out of bed and she is cutting her bottom I teeth at the same time. So needless to say she is not sleeping much. After the second night in a row of no sleep I asked Johnny on Saturday morning to please watch the girls so that I could take a peaceful shower. He let Hayleigh play the computer so she was good, he then decided that while I was in the shower he would go ahead and shave and make his morning rountine go quicker. ANYWAYS.... As soon as I opened our shower curtain to dry off this is the face that was looking up at me..........

With the PERMANENT MARKER still in her hand with no tip left on it. Yes she ate the permanent marker. I knew at this moment I could be really mad and ruin everyone's day or I could just laugh and take pics. I chose the second option. She had already done the damage why be mad. The even funnier part is that she loves to look at herself in the mirror. She kept looking and opening her mouth and giving herself this look like she didn't know who she was looking at. Sooooo funny. Hayleigh came in the bathroom and looked at Addy and her exact words were.."What did you do girly" We laughed even harder after this. I can promise one thing, there is never a dull moment at the Cummins household. I love these two girls. P.S. The marker did come off her face with a baby wipe and some scrubbing, but her tongue still has a little black on it. We still have not found the tip of the marker either... Anywhere. Love ya All.

WOW!!! It's been over a month. A lot has happened.

I can't believe I haven't blogged in over a month. Time flies by when you are having fun. Let's see. A lot has happened in a month. Two exciting things for Miss Addyson Rose. First we decided that February 1st was the day that Addy would go paci free. It was a couple of long nights but all is well and we are free of pacis. YEAH. It's been over three years since I haven't had to worry where a pacifer was and making sure that I have one in every available spot. The second is that she is now in a big girl bed. I was way more saddened by this than anyone. After four years of having a crib in our house it is now in pieces and about to go in storage. I feel like I no longer have babies but big girls. AHHHHHHHHHH. Where does the time go? We have also been very busy with the Promise. If you don't know what this is, it is a play put on by the Washington community about the the life of Christ. This is my third year in it, but Hayleigh's first. She has amazed me through the whole process. She knows every song and everyone's part. I hope that she loves God through her whole life as she does now. My favorite part is that at one part of the play Jesus(Cody) sings Word of God. Hayleigh sings it word for word and is the most precious sound that I have ever heard. I could listen to her sing all day. She has made some buddies in the Promise Cast and I have had many compliments on her. I am so blessed to have Hayleigh as my daughter!!!!(Addyson too) The only bad thing with the Promise is that I feel like I am neglecting Addyson. Johnny, Hayleigh, and I are all in it. I feel like Addyson is still to young to be able to do it. Right now we practice 6 hours a week, but in a week or so we will be doing it every night for 2 1/2 weeks. I feel like I am growing so close to Hayleigh through this but Addyson is paying the price for that. I'm not for sure how to handle it. Any suggestions would be nice. Last but not least the flu did hit the Cummins household. I was sick on Valentine's Day, and the two days after it. Addyson was just sick for one day a week later. Knock on wood Johnny and Hayleigh missed it. Well I need to go for now. Love ya all.