gimme ONE reason...

...just look at these beautiful children...

"I used to ask for a sign to believe in, but He never gave me a reason to ever doubt Him. Gimme one reason to doubt He's the Messiah, gimme one reason to doubt, He is alive, gimme one reason to doubt I am the the apple of His eye. Just one reason now, just one reason to doubt Jesus Christ." -Jason Upton

I have been listening to Jason Upton all week, and this song has really been speaking to me. Through all these trials its easy to forget we arnt fighting this battle alone. Sometimes i find myself crying or just angry then i have the "duhh" moment and realise, God's already provided... A few months ago, about the time soon after we found out about Miles diabetes, the Lord spoke to Bryce: "I've already provided..." Now, a few weeks after that I felt God took it a little farther with me: "He's not our Provider, he's our Provided...."

He already has, nothing that needs fixing has God complexed... He aint trying to come up with a plan, He's not researching, scheming, or plotting a solution to get us outta this mess. NO! He has already provided, He is our Provided... followin me?

So anyways, gimme one reason to doubt,

gimme ONE reason to doubt HE's the Messiah,

He's Alive,

gimme one reason to doubt He'll heal Miles,

gimme one reason to doubt He'll take care of our bills,

GIMME ONE, just ONE, REASON TO DOUBT,

He is Jesus Christ.

a taste of Anthem....

This here is a rough draft of the appeal letter to Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, on their decisioin on calling Miles diabetes pre existing..... those syco people.... grrrrr, haha, no seriously they must be syco...

To whom it may conern,

My 3 yr old son, Miles James Taylor is being denied coverage due to a so called “pre existing” condition of Diabetes. Now our policy effective date was July 1st, and we were told we could go to the Dr at any point from then on. Now, my son had been on our policy up untill April ’09, and then we took him off due to not being able to afford it any longer. My husband is a youth ministor, and does not get insurance through the church. On the 1st of July we went to our childrens Dr. for a check up, since he had not been there since April. Now, keep in mind Miles is 3, I mentioned to the Dr. that he had been wetting the bed at night, and was thirsty, I had him checked out for a UTI, and they also took a blood glucos check. NOW, you tell me what 3yr old does not wet the bed and is thirsty…. BUT, you are telling me this is considered a pre existing condition, WHEN NO indication of Diabetes was ever detected before, no diagnoses no nothing. If my son was a “pre existing” condition, as you are classifing him, well, he would be dead. What insulin depend diabetic can go without their insulin… NONE. And, how can you even put children into a category where they will be faced with clauses such as pre existing?? My son has only been alive for 3 years….. he dosent even know how to read and write, but you are telling me he has a pre existing condition? He dosent even have all his teeth yet! I know you are an insurance company and you are going to do your best to NOT pay out... We have tried EVERY other avenue to get this financial nightmare taken care of, and frankly no one can believe the stance you are taking, they are appaled and disgusted. With this all said, please make the right moral decision to drop the pre existing title. Thank you.

Sincerly, a mother trying to take care of her child,

Christina

howwww much is that doggggy in the window???

"ruff ruff!"
"ummm, on the phone ma'..."

"Helllo? Operator?"

Here we are celebrating labor day Chuckie Cheeeese style, along with EVERY other family with little loud children in Virginia... no joke we were there with.. millions.

The man at the front asked us "Are you celebrating anything special today?"

And i said, "No, we are just insane..."

haha, he knew just what i ment as i replied over the deafening screeching of children in the background. We had fun with the quarters i had been saving, the fun goes a long way with just a quarter a game/ride. -WAYYY more of a way- than mall rides, those things cost like, .75 cents, yikes! Welllllll, after the long day at the Chuck, i am turning in, afterrr i devour my pint of cappuccino ice cream....... ohhhhhyeahhhh.

who dosent like hot air balloons?

Bealeton, Virginia Hot Air Balloon Show

Here we are, posing... NOT knowing that it was coming our way...

"OH, its headed right for us!" said Bryce
"Hello there little girl.. errr, uh little boy.." said Balloon Man as he flew over our house.

And off into the sunset they went.... sooooooooo beautiful!
All together we saw 5 balloons last night and 8 tonight!!

AND, Miles is adorable....

He told us that he reallllly wanted to see more balloons tonight, and so he told us he was gonna pray to God and ask. He stands by the back door eyes closed and prays:

"Dear Jesus, make hot balloons come back, in my backyard, in Jesus name, amen.."

Then he says: "It worked."

And I said, "OH, do you see one?"

And he said, "No, not yet."

Isn't that just a beautiful picture of child like faith??

...ooo, it melts my heart...

AND, as we took a walk after dinner, God did answer his prayer,

and we saw more balloons than the night before...

Awesome....

trip to the ducks

"Ready, set, JUMP!!!"

"I fed the ducks! YESSS!!!"

haha, love this kiddo...

Levi's 1st Birthday Party!

Our little 1yr old... in his birthday best!

The gluten free cake... a little grainy, BUT stilllll a CAKE!

"now, what am i supost to do ma?"

The manditory pool time after a veryyy messsy little cake boy.
Trying to figure out how to get into his present....
"YAYY, a lawn mower!!"
We had a great day celebrating Levi and Reed's (our little friend born 2 wks of eachother) birthday party. The weather was beautiful, and the kids had soo much fun together. We cant believe a year has gone by soo quickly... like for real, where does the time go?...

wow.... just when we were starting to get organised...

SOOOOO, today we had a follow up apt. with the diabetes Dr.'s..... welllll, b4 they could talk to us about diabetes, they had a new surprise for us: Celiac Disease. Never heard of it. Wellllll, here it goes. It is a condition in which the lining of the intestines are damaged and can no longer absorb all the needed nutrients to remain in good health, it can be treated by a strict diet to a gluten free diet. (no wheat, rye, oats, barley, and any derivative of the same..') HA, this is a joke right?? EVERYTHING HAS GLUTEN! no not kidding, there are "hidden" gluten's, in salad dressing, in some prescriptions, fast food, communion wafers, luncheon meats, everything.... everything. I just laughed when the Dr. told us. I was like "oh, ok, sure, why not?" So after 'shock ville' we went to a health food store..... i never ever thought i'd shop there...i am not a hippy, lol, justttt kiddding... anyways, we picked up a few items, no meals, just random things, cereal, and such, like 10 items, and wanna know the bill total?? hahaha, 70............. yes as in $70.00.... at the end of a tax year we can even have a section for celtic disease gluten free food cuz it will cost us that much extra... wow... so, i am stressssing. We have no gluten free items other than what we jsut bought, and like, Miles dosent like meat... Miles dosent like meat,... ironic. No carbs in meat, no gluten, but dosent like it.... ha, and its a perfect food for both diseases.... OH welll, although i am stresssed, i have been pretttty joyful today. God is good, and is still on the throne, and even though our life has changed and is stillllll changing, God will always remain the same, HE is the constant. Let me get an amen!

id tag!

Miles was very excited about his new bracelet, and want to show you all! Mommy thinks its cute too. I did have to put it around his ankle instead OR it would have been broken in a matter of hrs... you'd think things would be a little tougher!!

its wednesday

aS you can see, we like spagetti..... its never clean but always fun. This morning we went to the library to hear story hr, good fun, Um, i cant type very well, i have fake nails on and they are in need of coming off!! So pardon the cr4azy spelled words, these th9ings wiol type just about anything!! haha. I am gonna try to start blogging more, we have a new laptop, yayyyy, and now i can downlaod pictures and post them more frequesntly. We also havce a littttttle bit of internet if i stand in the living room and hop on one leg... just kidding about the hopping. ANYWAYS, the children are napping so i best go! love to all....

Miles, Levi and diabetes...

Well, a lot has happened since the last post.... Levi is now 1 beautiful yr old, and Miles has been diagnosed with Diabetes type 1... The Diabetes has been a big shock to our family. What 3yr old do you know with diabetes?? not many.... i cant name a single one. To be honest i was pretty angry the first week, and i kept thinking "this is sooo annoying! cant we go back to yesterday!?" well, we all know the answer to that... no. I was just so mad feeling like someone stole something from Miles, stole something from us all. Now that we are slowly getting into a whole new life style, and routine, its getting better. But when i start to look too far into the future, i can get all upset again. Its true, you have to take one day at a time... Its ironic now that I look back to the weeks b4 Miles was diagnose, Miles and i were busy learning a new verse. ( I write a short verse on construction paper, and we color the words to look like the meaning) Well our verse was... "The name of the Lord is a strong tower, the righteous run in it and are safe..." That verse meant alot to all of us as we sat in the hospital, as we cried, as our insurance was a flop, as we gave our first of many shots, i just kept thinking, "here I come Lord, i'm running in..." As we have been home now, Miles and I have learned a new verse... "Look to the Lord, and his strength, seek his face always..." Let me tell you, i have no strength, i have no joy, no love, no goal, unless i seek his face.... always.  

one more, JUST for you Aunty!!!

"WE ARE COMING AUNTY!!! CANT WAIT TO SEE YOU!!!
THIS POST IS JUST FOR YOU!!!! WE LOVE YOU! SMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCH!!!"

and then there was... an update!!!!

Well, this is our beginning of summer in a nut shell. We've seen a 2yr old turn 3, a 10month old start to walk, (he's 11months old now, and 1yr in about 2wks!) we road a mini Thomas the Tank Engine Train, ate strawberry's by the bucket, visited many friends, dug gardens, and we are enjoying our warm summer tan... I love summer, but love it even more if I don't have to turn on the air conditioning. I love the windows open with a warm breeze, and sitting by the kiddy pool watching my boys play. Levi is in love with adventure already... he has dove in head first into the little pool, and laughed about it. On the other hand, Miles dies a slow death if he gets splashed, haha... I have funny kids. Nana Joy would be proud, we are raising a mini-Bryce, the pastor side. The report i always get from Sunday school is: "He's a hugger! He is our nurturer, always comforting the other children." I LOVE to here that... makes momma proud. I hope you enjoyed the mini update, sorry for the months gap, but its hard with no Internet... love to all!

heres some photos for you Grammy!

OK, so this is the best i could do with a picture with us all in, i cant find ANY with ALL of us.... Hope these will do the trick! LOVE YA!

God's Promise...

Just a little video of this AMAZING rainbow we saw, it wasss a double, its hard to give it justice on a little video, BUT it was pretty awesome!
Just your friendly neighbourhood reminder of God's promises...

HE never falls through for you.

April and in the pool! WHOA!

Dont know if butts are allowed on blogger land, BUTT, it was too cute to resist.... So as you can see, yes it is still April, but here in VA, we opened our pool... haha, ok ok, it is only a kiddy pool, but still, it was colddddd.... Levi is SO different from Miles. Levi LOVESSS the water, and i mean like "throw me in there!!" kinda love. Bryce is still in NZ, and well i still have like a week without him, Miles is very sad, and every day asks me "where is Daddy?" Its hard of a 2 yr old to understand that Daddy is visiting his mommy half way around the world. All any of us can say is:

WE MISS YOU DADDY!!!

Easter and our Seder meal!

Yes, we are not Jewish, yes we had the Seder meal on Good Friday, BUT we celebrated it in celebration of JESUS our redemption and our provider! It was good, we recorded the whole thing.... boy it was long, not as longgg as tradition states it should be, i think it normally lasts 4 hrs, yeahh thats right a LONGGGG time, i was done like 10mins into it, but it was good, lots of payers and some songs. MIles kept on insisting he wanted to eat alll the motza bread, we had to hold him back!! He is a carb-a-voir.... Oh, any advice for a picky 9month old eater?? Yeahhh, Levi is taking a stance against ALLL food. How did this happen?? Ok, so here are the pictures to tell the story of our Seder....




Easter eggs are a tradition, i dont realllly know why, BUT none the less they are....
Now, the box of dye for the eggs said 5yrs and up, as i laughed at that recommendation, i began to see why a minuet into our "fun." OH, and it was... fun.
See those hulk hands??? He insited he was a dino or something.. haha, cute.


BUT, these are beautiful, arnt they??? The outcome, yesss some brown, but none the less beautiful, love em. Happppy Easter.......

George's Birthday

"This is George, he is a good little monkey, and always veryyy curious."

If, like me, your children are obsessed, or just mildly love Curious George, then you know this quote alll toooo wellll. Every story begins with this. I think this is how I will begin to introduce my children..

"This is Miles, he is a good little monkey, and always verrrry curious..."

So, anyways, we read a book the other night and it was about George's birthday. So naturally we NEEDED to give George a birthday. Miles LOVES birthdays, i mean LOVESsssss them. Every day its:

"G.G's birthday?? Miles birthday?? Miles birthday is COMING!"

hahaha, i love it. so cute.

Sooooo, Miles was NOT sleeping through the night for the last, i dunno, 3 yrs, so I said "if you sleep through the night, then we will have a b-day party for George!!" Well, you can imagine the excitement.

That night, we did not have a full sleep through, soo the next day I had to tell him no party, lets try again tomorrow night! AND finally we did it!

And had a spectacular party.. As you can see, "cake" and all.

The party was great, until Miles blew out the candles before George got a chance... poor George.