Finding Joy in the small things.....

This past Sunday at church our Music pastors wife preached a sermon on Prayer in our preachers absents(sp?). What a sermon! It was such a wonderful sermon about how we take Prayer so lightly as believers. Ie. We pray and we sent our prayers up like balloons yet we make excuses when we don't get an answer. However God's words teaches believers that there is power in prayer- You speak that mountain out of your way and it shall be done. Well Jay and I really enjoyed her sermon and we were energized to be fed that word to remind us that we have POWER in prayer! So we started praying diligently about our housing situation (we haven't closed on our house yet but the carrot is still be strung along in front of our faces). We have found our perfect house and the seller is just as excited for us to have it as we are BUT we haven't closed on our house yet. For a while I have just totally written it off b/c when I talked about it I either got really upset (crying) or I got really angry about it. I laid the burden down and have for a while but the last several days I just feel a desire to pray about it and pray earnestly. So I'm praying earnestly and I'm expecting an answer to my prayer. I say this to just say that it was nice to be reminded how important prayer is for us as God's people not just for the big things but pray about EVERYTHING!!

School is going better! I got a 100% on my career project today and the quiz was postponed bc we are have a test on Monday. Hope that I continue to keep understanding it! Kailee got her little hair cut into a short little bob this week but the amazing Tara Mendias! She'd been begging and begging to let Mrs. Tara cut it again so we made an afternoon of it and she got out of school early. Tanner is doing wonderful on his reading! He makes me so proud and he's the sweetest little boy that a mama could have! My mom is doing great! She is almost fully recovered from surgery and she's ready to go back to work! Also she retires in 4 weeks!!!! 36 years of service at FT. Gordon! let me be the first to give her a shout out GOOOOO MOOOOOM! I am so very proud of her and can't wait until they get here for good! I believe that's why the housing thing really is burning at me so badly! Jay is doing great but he's SUPER busy at work right now! He's running 2 jobs out of Savannah (one is a new Mitsubishi car plant) and one out of Athens so poor guy is burning up the roads! I think that's about all that's Shakin' with the Akin's :) hope everyone is having an awesome week!

YAY for 3 day weekends!!!

So I've found that I'm not an everyday blogger! I just don't have anything interesting to say EVERY day, so here's a once a week blog! It's been a pretty busy week in our house. I started back to school this week and Jay got another job in Savannah to oversee (so now he's up to 3 now which was usually the norm before the economy hit it's lows, so it's great to see his industry re-building, thank you Lord for his job), the kids both are doing new and exciting things at school and we've had some great news from friends!!!

First I wanna say a great big CONGRATULATIONS to Lauren and Darin Hintz, they found out this week that baby Hintz is in fact baby boy Hintz officially Hunter William Hintz (beeeeautiful name). Second I'd like to say CONGRATULATIONS to Nathan and Amber Mangle as they have found out that they are now expecting! And a great big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Erin Wicker (girl I hope it's a good one)!

School this sememster is gonna be my biggest challenge! Math for Meds is taking some time and LOTS of effort to get everything done but so far I feel like I'm getting it (hopefully that will be the case next week too). My other class is just pretty much a review as it's teaching how to do vitals, CPR, and first aid (I already have all of my ceritifications up to date so I get to exempt those.

We were going to head to Augusta for the 3 day weekend to check on mom however we had BIGGER problems here in ATL that kept us from actually traveling this weekend. Yesterday we found out that the 3 water mains in our yard were leaking and had been leaking all week! A HUGE thanks to our neighbor for finally making us aware of the situation!! Thankfully the City of Griffin came out last night and it was in fact a city problem (thank you Lord for that answered prayer) however not w/o them digging up my side yard in the process to fix! Thankfully Jay wasn't here or he would've been having an absolute fit over his sod! They recovered it the RED clay so I'm expecting today w/ the rain that it's gonna be a MESS out there.

So far we have heard nothing more on the contract or closing date on our house. Last week we had gotten the great news that they were literally waiting on 1 piece of paper to come and they were ready to close! At this point I'm just curious! Did they get the piece of paper? I'm trying sooo hard not to have my heart set on it but the new house we are wanting is pending foreclosure and we sure don't wanna miss out on the chance to purchase it (if we dont close soon we wont get that chance). So that's what's Shakin' w/ the Akin's

Back to School and Busy, Busy, Busy

Wow what a busy year thus far!!! I haven't blogged lately b/c of mom's surgery and being with her last week but I just wanna say a great big thank you to all of you who prayed for her and who called each day to check on her! I feel so blessed with so many wonderful friends/family. She went back to the doctor today to get her drain taken out and Dr. Blaney said that everything was doing great! Jay was superdaddy last week! He had the kids all week along w/ traveling back and forth to Savannah for his newest project and Athens. He was very thankful that they got a snow day on Friday but the high here in Atlanta was 19 degrees! Needless to say they hung out around the house and broke in all the new Wii games that Santa Claus brought :) Kudos to Jay b/c my house wasn't a terrible mess at all after the week/weekend in either!

Well school started back on yesterday! I am only having to take 2 classes this semester as next semester I am considered "program ready" for my nursing classes! Woohoo goodbye core hello program (God willing I'll be accepted right away). Tanner is doing soooo well in school! It's absolutely amazing to me what they are teaching Kindergarten's these days! He is starting to read now and he absolutely looooves it, he can tell time on the clock when it's on the direct hour and he's doing some addition and subtraction-Gooooo Griffin Christian!! Love my little Kay bug but she's a bit more excited about playing than learning right now but hey she's only 4 :) she also goes to an amazing school (kudos to harvest temple and Mrs. Regina)

We got news on our house contract FINALLY! As most of you know we have been waiting and waiting on the close of our house. The closing has been rescheduled 3 times now however we did hear from the lender that they are simply waiting on 1 piece of paper to come from a creditor and then we are smooth sailing! (fingers crossed) We are trying our best to be patient but we are soooooo excited about getting into our new house! Hope your all having an amazing week! MUAH!!!

Back to life, Back to Reality

So the Akin family is once again back to work and school! Well almost Tanner starts back tomorrow and mommy starts back next Monday. As I sit here and I reflect on "our reality" it's overwhelmingly blessed! I am still close with ALL of my high school friends and furthermore have become increasingly closer with some! And along with that have developed some AMAZING relationships with spouses (the guys wives of course) that will see me through a lifetime! How many people can say that they are still friends with their high school buddies? *Hand Raised* I CAN!!!

I feel so thankful that my husband has a job that we can rely on and trust (trust me that doesn't mean that he doesn't have to put in the hours that simply means it has a solid foundation). A job that allows him to be with his family during the holidays but requires his attention a lot of the other time. I'm thankful that my husband believes so much in education that he has obtained a Masters since we've been married, our children get to go to a Private School and learn about Jesus as well as everything else, and that I get to FINALLY finish my dream of becoming an RN.

Wow I'm overwhelmed with gratitude, love, and just pure out JOY! Even since we've been married I have been so blessed with relationships through my husband The Meyers and The Hurd's (in which we opened this new year with both families)!
My bestie Sara and her husband John! Can you believe that Sara and I have been best friends for 15 years now???? Wow time flies when your having fun! I sooo can't wait to meet her little one (with the holidays and all I haven't had the time to get by there).

School Round 2 starts next Monday!! I'm most excited however a bit nervous this semester b/c this semester include Math for Meds and EVERYONE who knows me knows that math and me aren't best friends!!! So I'm a bit nervous but hoping by the grace of God that I'll get an "A"!

This week, tomorrow actually I will be heading to Augusta for the week b/c my mom is having surgery on Wed! My mom is my BEST, BEST friend! I love her to the ends of the earth and God has done such amazing things for her and through her in our relationship! She's my rock! Well her and Jay of course! So on Wednesday if you think of her please say a prayer! She's everything to me and I always get a bit nervous when something like this comes up b/c she's the only parent I have left!

Happy 2010 Everyone! I feel so incredibly blessed to know you all!