Howdy!

We are enjoying the pool! It's so nice to be able to swim everyday if we want. The kids and I are getting very tan! Zine only joins us on occasion! But the kids and I go almost daily. We have some neighbors that we are getting very close to. For the first time since my best friend moved several years ago, I feel like I'm connecting with someone on a best friend basis. I have lots of friends, but not a lot of best friends. Isn't that weird that when we're in high school, friends are so important..and now...it's still the same even as an adult! I guess that God did create us for companionship!

I kind of had a little scare about being pregnant. I have no intentions of having more children. My oldest is almost 10! But anyway, I've developed this dark sploth on my face. Went to dr because I was worried about it. Wanted to make sure I didn't have skin cancer or anything. Well, long story short, it is something that a lot of pregnant women get. I think I'm getting it because of early menopause symptoms. Or at least I like to think it's early. Don't want to think I'm old enough to start all the hormone stuff. But anyway, when I found out what it was and did some research it kind of bothered me thinking...could I be pregnant?? Then at the pool my friend said..yeah women get that when they are pregnant. I think my stomach did a cartwheel or two. The look on my face was pure fear I think. She immediately looked at me and said...are you worried about that? Then when I told her all this personal information about my cycles and such..she just died out laughing! She had no idea that she just sent me into a tail spin by what she said until I explained. Needless to say we both agreed that it was probably not pregnant but hormones of another reason. I will get results from drs. blood work on Monday. But I can verify that Target's test says I'm not pregnant! So that leads me back to the fact that hormones are all out of whack for other reasons....and I'm not ready to go there yet! But I am anxiously awaiting the drs. results.

Zine and I have been through a lot with church stuff lately. We have started going back to our previous church. It is so nice to be back there! It's not perfect but no church is perfect! I just enjoy being back. I've decided that I am very much Baptist! I've tried different denomination but I really like how we as Baptists do things. My children are memorizing scripture on a weekly basis! Zine and I are currently praying about whether to teach a young adult class or not. We're selfish in that we are enjoying our own Sunday School class...but we do love young adults!
We were talking about church yesterday and I said isn't it nice to be able to talk about church and not feel stress. I think that is what God desires. And I think when we are not where God wants us to be that He does not give us rest and contentment. So my goal is I want to stay where God wants because I defintely like that contentment that comes when I am there.