A LYLE FAMILY HALLOWEEN

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I Rock!! Do You???

I been getting secret letters every day from Kerrigan, she is in 2nd grade and she is learning to write more and more. She has been just putting them everywhere in my room, on the computer desk, in the kitchen , etc.  The letter I got yesterday was this....

Dear mommy,
Hey, Its me Kerrigan.  I hope you have a good day. I love you Mommy....
Then it has all kinds of hearts and stars..and then it says..
PS. YOU ROCK!!!

I just started laughing, I am so glad I ROCK!!! This really made my day.  It actually made me the "crybaby" that I am almost cry...I said almost!! I am so proud to be a mom...I want to create memories for my kids that they will remember even when they have grandchildren. I want to be imprinted in their hearts and they are forever imprinted in mine.  I pray every day that I take the time to listen to their laughter, their forever singing in the car, look at their artwork, hug them, tickle them, and love them....God has Blessed me so...I am so Thankful!!

Dear Kerrigan,
You are a Blessing to me!! You were my suprise baby girl with the Big Black Eyes and Brown curls made just for me. I love you more than peanut butter loves jelly....YOU ROCK BABY GIRL!!

Mommy ~

Take time today to let those special people in your life know how much you care. This letter brightened my day and sometimes it we take 1 min we can be a Blessing to others!!!   Till next time...I will be SO ROCKING!!!

Rhonda ~

A PUMPKIN PATCH FULL OF MIRACLES

It's been a great family weekend at the Lyle House....We had a wonderful family outing Saturday with our Heart Pals..from Palmetto Hearts. We all got lost in the corn maze again, and this year got to watch our lil Zbug walk around in the pumpkin patch. Last year he was too small ...but he was everywhere this year. I say PRAISE GOD!!! Sometimes lil moments will bring me back to reality and remind me of where we have been, or where we could have been, and remind me to give God the Glory he deserves.  As simple as taking  your children to a pumpkin patch....I watched Zeb, Preslee, & Kerrigan running through that pumpkin patch laughing and playing and for a single moment, tears are pooling in my eyes and I remember....all those years of infertility and yet here I stand in a field watching my 3 beautiful children running and playing, My children, the ones I prayed for and prayed for 8 years... then I remember a little 4 week old Lil boy, my son...so small being flown away in a helicopter to MUSC to save his life as he was in critical condition, heart failure, and a momma who had nothing else to do but TRUST IN THE LORD MY GOD and if I would see him alive again or to hold him in my arms again....Yet here he is Running through a Pumpkin patch on an incredibley hot fall day...saying " Wook Momma..I won't this one"..and of course he is looking at a pumpkin bigger than he is..... then I look around and I see all these precious friends and I know their stories, they were all born with Special Hearts..and I see them laughing and playing.and I am just for a moment without words as to the GRACE OF GOD.. Then I remember.....How BLESSED I am...I remember How THANKFUL I am, I remember that I have seen GOD ...and I have experienced a miracle...in fact 3 of them...that live with me..and that I have seen miracles all around me today in the faces of all these precious heart children that were just enjoying the day eating, laughing, running, strolling, and playing in a corn field/pumpkin patch on this side of Heaven. Thank you God, let us never forget where you have brought us from, and where we have been! Your Grace never ceases to amaze me.

Zeb's Huge Pumpkin

                                                                  My "3" Miracles!!


Rhonda ~                                        

He in his House??

Sunday Mornings at our house are chaotic...always the rush to get to church. This past Sunday was not any different than usual except we were running about 30 min behind schedule, so it was even more crazy.  The girls of course were not able to find the perfect thing to wear and Kerrigan our youngest daughter decided she would just wear a tank top...(LOL) ....and we had to sort that out...then of course the hair brush has left the building once again!!!  I am always always the last one to be able to get to the shower, get dressed and run (literally) out the door.  Preslee says to me, Mommy we are very late, are we still going??? I said yes baby we always go to God's House, even late. ( In the background Zeb is taking all of this in of course, while watching Mickey Mouse) ....so Finally we are packed in the car and we get to church ..exactly 30 min late..and it is of course pouring buckets....OF COURSE IT IS!!!  So Daddy pulls us up to the door..and Lil Zeb says ...Mommy we are at God's House!!!! WHERE'S GOD???? He in his HOUSE?? ..... I was so taken with the fact, that my lil 2 year old listened   and he really expected to SEE GOD at his house, our church.  If only we could have that mind set, that expectation...for GOD to be so real that we See him, Feel Him, Know Him, and Trust Him! .....That broke through all the crazy chaos of my morning and it was like God saying......Do you expect me?? Do you expect what I am going to do in your life today?? Lord, Please let me have that mindset of a child..that I Trust you and I am waiting and expecting and believing in you and your word and your Amazing ever present GRACE in my Life!!! .....My answer....Yes Zebee...God is in his house..He lives in your heart.....Our Hearts...God is here...Let's Go inside.  ~~~

Rhonda ~

Family Fun

We had such a great time this past Labor Day Weekend at the Beach with our family. It was just a relaxing time and enjoying the kids.  I just want to close my eyes and see my girls laughing and playing in the waves and to see the wonder in Zeb's little eyes as he says "Wook Mommy I found a shark tooth". It really wasn't but since that was what his Daddy was doing then of course he was too...so precious.  The ocean always makes me sit back in wonder. I look out across it and see the vastness of it and wonder how is it that there are people in this world who don't believe in God. I love to sit on the beach and pray and just sit there and think of the Blessings in my life from my Almighty God. It brings me back to where I should be, in awe and worship of him.

Zeb absolutely loved the submarine pool...he crawled around the pool over and over and then he decided to jump head first out of the submarine into the water...scared his mother so bad, you can probally count the 6 new gray hairs I now have..I had to throw off my shoes, throw my phone and go fish him out of the water. He of course was fine and wanted immediately back in the water!! Mommy wanted to coddle him..but he would have NONE of that! He is such a BIG BOY all of a sudden. I do not like it!!!

The girls of course are my little fish and they love the water, any of it..especially jumping off their Daddy's shoulders into the water. I watch them and think of how they  have grown and wonder how much longer they will be able to jump off Daddy's shoulders without seriously injuring him.  It is wonderful to see them grow but it is also sad because I want to keep them little as long as I can.

Of course now we are home and back in full swing...Summer Break is officially over and I long for those long summer days with my children, we had so much fun and made so many memories.. I try to make every day count..and I try to count my blessings every days. I learned a good lesson two years ago, we are never promised tommorow, life can change in a second, so hold onto it with all you got, love your husband, hug your children and Thank God for every sunrise.  Till Next Time.....Be Blessed!!!

School and This and That

This has been the busiest 2 days....I have been just covered up with stuff to do and have not accomplished much. Any of you guys ever feel like the hamster on the wheel? Just call me Rhonda the hamster.  I have enjoyed hearing all the stuff the kids have done in school when I pick them up, of course the girls are full of stories and they fight over who is talking first and it always ends up with me intervening. Sisters, they fight constantly but love each other dearly. They do love each other right?? Maybe I will see that when they are older..(smile)  So we go home and have our time out sessions often. (gotta laugh)   Zeb of course he tells me the same thing about school every day. This is me..Zeb what did mommy's little man do at school today?  His answer is always this...Me Eat Play.  Simply that every single time, but he loves it!! So whatever is between the eating and the playing makes him happy and thus it make me happy too!!  BUT today ..he says..Me color me you a picture Mommy...I was so excited..and in his bookbag, was the cutes little finger painting you ever seen. It was simply just  a picture with a bunch of yellow paint and a few red and green sploches, but it is the most beautiful painting, I will proudly display it on my fridge!! I am going to need some more space, I can tell that already!! I did get to go to the school today, because our oldest Preslee was accepted into the LAUNCH program which is a program for students who score above average and they are considered gifted and talented. (I knew this already right?? lol , Always a momma)  It is a great honor to be accepted into this program, and she will remain in the program until she graduates. It sounds like it will not only be very educational, but alot of fun. Sonny and I are VERY PROUD of her. She is excited as well, however I don't think she quite grasps all she will be doing along with keeping up with 3rd grade homework. Which by the way is kicking my behind..I am used to being coddled!!!  I am not good with change...most of you who know me know this, so it overwhelms me somewhat and of course Kerrigan going to 2nd grade and Zeb in 2K...this mommy is a worrier...but I pray alot.   But we have made it almost through our 1st full week of school and I have not had a meltdown so that's a good thing.  Well,  I guess I better help them with the homework, get dinner started, and get back on my hamster wheel!! Be BLESSED!!!

5 Things I am thankful for today:
1.  That I have a busy life, it is because I have 3 children, They said I couldn't have...Praise God for them!!
2. For God's Grace every day!!
3. For My wonderful husband who works so hard to support his family. I love you Honey.
4. For My lil Kerrigan who is READING over my shoulder...she has came so far with her reading!
5. That knowing my hope is in GOD and not this world!! Thank you Jesus!!

Little YELLOW Duck

I just picked up our lil man from preschool, it's his 1st year and he is in the 2K program at Calvary Kid's Preschool. I was looking through his book bag and he had a little drawing in it of a duck and the instruction was to color the duck yellow, as they are learning colors for the 1st time. This little duck reminded me of 2 other similiar sheets that were sent home so many years ago with our girls and it makes me catch my breath. To think that it was almost like yesterday that Preslee and Kerrigan where in preschool learning colors for the 1st time. It is almost scary how much they have grown, and it makes me sad, a weird sadness, because what I wouldn't give to have 1 more time to see them as babies, hold there little tiny hands as small little perfect fingers grasp mine, squeeze those little baby cheeks, to be able to actually hold them in my arms(they are so big now) but as I look at them now and see the little girls they have grown into ; I wouldn't change one moment . It is a crazy mother thing, I guess, but call me crazy...I AM crazy about my kids. So as I look at this sweet little drawing from our Zeb and his 1st time to color something yellow..(even though it is a bunch of scribbles) I want to remember this picture and this moment forever, photocopy it on my eyelids as a reminder that time is going so fast, and not to be too busy, or to caught up in the stuff that doesn't matter, but to hold on to the little things..precious moments we will never have again, but that I will always have in my heart. I wish I could have a constant recorder of every moment of our lives, so that even when I am old and my memory fades, I can rewind them and smile remembering those little moments that can seem so unimportant now but priceless tommorow, of course that is not possible.....THIS is the reason for this blog...a GLIMPSE of our life, the joy I have each day of my family, and why I am so THANKFUL for every moment that God has given us. Ihope you will enjoy our family blog.

Love,
Rhonda Lyle ~