Hey Lady!

Sorry,

But I'm not an independent woman.

Yeah... maybe I could provide for myself and be all alone and everything

But really I'm not into that-

First I depend on God to supply all my needs.

Emotional

Physical

Spiritual

I'm a girl....with a lot of emotion.

I see babies and I cry.

God has bottled all my tears.

I'd like to thank those who have always been there to put their arm around me and let me cry. And those that have laughed their hearts out for joy.

My parents for guarding me and helping me keep my most precious ones for

my husband.

My husband is an amazing man- he is manly and tough and likes to sail the sea, kill dear and stick his hands in their guts. But he also is a big time snuggle bear and has always just listened and held me when I cried...about nothing....nothing at all.

Some of you girls know what I'm talking about.

My body is a temple of the Hold Ghost.

I'm a girl that likes to stay on the move.

Running, hiking, snowboarding, volleyball, yoga

are my top favorites.

But really without any support and encouragement

what fun are these by themselves?

Running for example I never thought I could go so far- or as fast

But the people that told me to push it and told me I could do it- I owe it to them to say

thank you

Lizza, Abby, Isaiah!

What would I be by myself...a girl who couldn't even run a mile, couldn't serve over hand pretty much lame.

Spiritual

I need my Bible everyday- I can't be without it!

I need to talk to God!

My church is very small

But boy can they sing,

the preacher can PREACH and I think he could jump to the moon if he wanted.

The Bible is taught and souls grow closer to God.

My heart gets pricked about my sin.

All by myself I am a sad little sinner.

But a saved one that still needs God every day.

My God is very BIG.

So to all the independent ladies....

Go for it-

But I won't join you in a million years.

First Catch Today!

This is where my husband is....

Catching all this!

On a boat like this.

And I miss him-

Dear Dad

Thank you thank you thank you!
You have given me so much love
and those slobbery bearded kisses
You taught me how to read
and told me to keep my fingers out of my mouth while I do
You spanked me when I was bad
and hugged me afterwards when I was sad
You taught me to work long and hard
and for that I'm very glad
You were always there to listen to me talk
and talk and talk and talk
You taught me to love God
and now I live for Him who died for me
You will always be my Dad
and I will always be your Becky-booster-club
I love you!!!

Another Alaska Adventure

Oh, I thought I would be bored... I thought I would have plenty of time to blog- it's been a week and I'm just getting to writing this.

Well, it turned out the past seven days has flown by.

For those of you that don't know my husband went to Alaska to commercial fish for 7 weeks...yeah..forever.

Last Friday we had a good last date at Red Lobster-

I had my very first crab and lobster....and it was soooo yummy!

Then we went to the mall for awhile and

took these pictures in a photo booth, saw a movie, and headed back to our car.

Uh, OH! We had a traveling mouse problem that more than

likely started at our house...YIKES!

I couldn't keep my feet on the floor so I sat like an Indian, eyes wide, and Isaiah tells me to quite jumping at every little noise. I did promise not to kill myself driving home-

and I didn't I kept the radio up so I couldn't hear a thing.

Saturday morning I woke up to Isaiah running around our room, I looked at the clock, crap, it's 4;45am and his flight leaves at 5am. It ended up working out for the better and he caught the next flight right after he kissed me goodbye.

The last kiss I would get for a long time.

Back to my main thought- what I expected from this first week of him being gone and what I actually got.

After he left I tried sleeping, didn't work, so I tossed for awhile and headed down stairs to breakfast. I hardly felt like eating so I was kinda just sitting there

by myself trying not to cry when God sent me some encouragement.

"Eating alone?" I looked up to see a couple in their 40s sitting a table away from me. I proceeded to tell them why I was eating alone and all about how crazy I am about my husband while battling a sob in my throat and tears from bursting from my eyes. They told me they were on their 17th wedding anniversary date and that it seems like yesterday they were newlyweds

and they can't really remember how life was without the other there.

They were really cute and later they told me they want to be missionaries to Papua New Guinea. They cheered me up and I had a fine drive home.

I'm really excited for this adventure that he gets to go on and I really wish I could go with him

...someday....

but there was the coming home into an empty house, going to bed alone and no one to snuggle up to. I don't know how long I was crying thinking about this when he called- but I think he was kinda flattered he was missed so much already. What can I say he's the most wonderful guy...at least I think so :)

I love you Isaiah!!!

What I expected my whole first week of him being gone is what how the first day was.

The rest of the week I've been running (30 miles woohoo!), working for some friends that have an herbal business, tutoring Grace-Marie, and I had a friend come stay with me for a few days. So all in all this hasn't been the worst week ever.

Cat and Dog at my in-laws

Voices by Me-

Run Run But Not As Fast As You Can.

Monday after noon I asked my two younger sister if they would run a mile with me. After they agreed I started coaching- telling them to land flat on their feet, don't go too fast, and try to yourself :)

I don't think either one had run a mile without stopping so this was the goal and they did really good. Ever since I fell in love with running I've been trying to get as many people that are interested out the door and enjoying it to. So it went really well and I hope I got them started on loving running as much as I do.

I know when I first started I thought it was all about speed so I'd run as fast as I possibly could and feel terrible and getting low mileage. It wasn't until I told a good friend of mine my problems that she told me to just try to go a certain distance no mater how slow and then once I could comfortably go 3 miles then work on speed.

Oh, my results for the river ban run!

I did a 10k, a 5k and a 1 mile in 1:31:26 so it was a little over 10 miles total so I was averaging 8:55 min miles- I'm pretty happy with that! Now I'm training for the half marathon in July-

Blessings!

Showers of blessings we need!

Isaiah and I have recently been blessed with some material blessings- it was totally from God and no man can take any credit for it and it came not a moment too soon but right when we were ready for it.

My heart was bursting with thankfulness and still is. Praise God!

But one thing I would really want and desire to have above all earthly riches is

Wisdom.

It is the guide for life. And God will give it to those who ask-

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and boy am I scared- in my flesh dwelleth no good thing and I am scared everyday that my flesh will get the better of me.

There have been a few times in my life when the fear of God brought me to make a good decision.

I was eleven years old, I grew up in church my whole life and I hadn't given my life to Christ yet. I understood, I just wanted to make my own decisions and not let God lead my life. I was dumb but I got some fear in me. At a preachers meeting a preacher put the fear of God in me. He seemed to be preaching right at me (although he wasn't), he told me how my life would go without God running the show and I saw it too.

I came forward and my pastors wife prayed with me- she told me "Well, you know what to do." and I did- so I did it! I asked God to forgive my sins and run my life.

First best thing I ever did. The biggest blessing I ever got to receive.

Thank you Lord for dying on the cross for my sins!