First Airplane Ride

We are going to see D and B graduate this weekend! We are SO incredibly proud of both of them for following… [more]

First Airplane Ride First Airplane Ride

Grateful ness

Start your day out grateful. Isn't that something? How would our outlooks be different if we started… [more]

Grateful ness Grateful ness

Slave Free Earth and MORE

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Six Months Old

Baby girl is six months old now. She is in the 50th percentile for weight and just under that for height.… [more]

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Confession

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Confession Confession

First Airplane Ride

May 16th, 2012 RaVae Erickson

We are going to see D and B graduate this weekend! We are SO incredibly proud of both of them for following their hearts’ desire and the Lord’s lead to attend Rhema. And even more proud that they stayed the course and are graduating! Yay D! Yay B!

And now…this will be Baby Girl’s first plane ride! Yikes! I am a little concerned the airport is going to be a mess. I hope its not, but I am stressing that its going to be. Any and all prayers are fully accepted and appreciated!

I will let you know how it goes when we get there! Also, there will be a hotel review and a rental car review in the RaVae’s Reviews section at some point. :)

Grateful ness

May 10th, 2012 RaVae Erickson

Start your day out grateful. Isn’t that something? How would our outlooks be different if we started the day grateful rather than anxious or worried or even hopeful?

Gratefulness, or thankfulness, changes everything. It forces you to look at the good rather than the bad in every situation.

Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving;
-Colossians 4:2 (NASB)

Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe; for our God is a consuming fire.
-Hebrews 12:28-29 (NASB)

in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
-1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NASB)

Slave Free Earth and MORE

May 1st, 2012 RaVae Erickson

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Six Months Old

May 1st, 2012 RaVae Erickson

Baby girl is six months old now. She is in the 50th percentile for weight and just under that for height. She loves Mommy, Daddy, water (especially the bathtub), and Suga’ dog!

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She is so close to crawling she can taste it, but she hasn’t done it yet. She is a little busy body, so when that happens watch out world!

Confession

April 29th, 2012 RaVae Erickson

I have to confess, I am addicted to Pinterest. No really, I’m addicted. It’s all I think about when I’m on my IPad. Even if I’m in a different program, I want to be in Pinterest. it is amazing! There are so MANY great ideas! And blogs to follow…seems like every great idea comes from a great blog. Thus the reason for this post. I was guilt tripped into writing a post because I have read so many great blogs lately….

There are so many things I want to do to organize our house, but I think the pantry and kitchen are number one on the list. Now, I need to convince Hubbin I need tons of clear glass or plastic jars! Wish me luck and hopefully there will be some pictures to post when I’m done!

Love

April 28th, 2012 RaVae Erickson

Love. The reason you have a spouse.

Love. The reason you have a home.

Love. The reason you have a baby.

Love. The reason you get up at 3:00 am day after day after day to feed your baby and snuggle her back to sleep.

Love. The reason those poopy diapers don’t matter much.

Love. The reason you would do anything to see your baby smile.

Love. The reason you can’t get enough of those little snuggles.

Love. The reason you encourage your baby’s development.

Love. The reason you encourage your baby’s independence.

Love. The reason.

Parenting thoughts

April 21st, 2012 RaVae Erickson

When I signed on for this whole parenting thing I had NO idea how much information is out there to be learned! Or how many questions I would have! When should we start solid foods? What is the typical age an infant rolls over, sits up, crawls, walks, etc? Should we teach our baby sign language or not? Should we feed her formula or breast milk? When we do start solid food what do we start with? Why do we start with that over something else? Ah! There is SO much information! And then to top it off you are supposed to learn all of this information while constantly tired! It doesn’t matter if your baby sleeps through the night early or not, every new Mom is tired! Oh, and when do you stop being a “new” mom? When are you just a “mom?”

I am Constantly tired! All I want right now is a full 24 hour period to myself, where all I have to do is NOTHING! Nothing but sleep and eat and take a ice long shower and go shopping and go to a movie and wear whatever I want to wear. And do whatever I want to do! I don’t want anyone to ask or expect anything from me for one whole day! Not even Hubbin or Brooke! And this is after I had an awesome surprise date with my Hubbin today! I constantly feel as though I am never good enough…never good enough to get Brooke to sleep like she sleeps at Mary Ann’s house, never good enough to have a clean house or the trash taken out or be completely caught up at work.
Ok, I think that is enough of a rant for now…I was planning on this post being more organized than it is, but hey I’m TIRED! I need to go to bed!

Resurrection Sunday

April 8th, 2012 RaVae Erickson

It comes as no surprise this special Sunday that we are expected to go to “church.” but if we go to one of the many services in the area where Christians gather to celebrate a RISEN Lord we are judged for not being there every week. Not necessarily by those in that church, but by those who invited us, or those who we go with. So the question is, “is it worth it?” Is it really worth the judgement? Is it really worth explaining ourselves to the same people one more time? If they didn’t listen the first nine hundred times (a slightly exaggerated number), why would they listen now?

Yet, there is so much more to a service on Resurrection Sunday…this is the day Christians celebrate the fact that the One we worship is ALIVE! He is RISEN indeed! Death has no victory over Him and thus it has no victory over us! This is definitely something to celebrate! So, should we go celebrate this by attending a service as is the Christian tradition? Or should we celebrate this by spending time with those we love who also happen to love our RISEN King? I think this year we will stick with family, but there are no guarantees for next year….. :)

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Week four

March 18th, 2012 RaVae Erickson

Well, week four was a FAIL. I only worked out twice, and that’s counting super fast house cleaning for thirty minutes as one of the workouts….my thirty days are up this week, but I can’t end on that note, so I will be writing a final review next week after I have a much better week (hopefully).
The two days I worked out I slept much better. I have still lost no weight and don’t think I’ve gained any muscle. Although, I am sure sore after those workouts, so I know they are doing something!

Week three was…

March 11th, 2012 RaVae Erickson

Interesting….I worked out a total of four times. Not as many as last week, but not bad.

I still have lost no weight. I don’t feel like I’ve gained any muscle either.

I am sleeping better at night on days I work out.

We are also going to start the Visalus challenge…well, Hubbin is starting the actual weight loss challenge. I can’t because I am nursing Baby Girl. But I will be having a shake twice a day. Anyway we will see how it goes!

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