It's true! It's true!! The Lord answered my prayers of "Daddy, please pleeeeaaaaase give me a giiirrrrllllllllllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" We are having a GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you, Lord and Daddy for Your overwhelming love and favor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You make me dance and dance and dance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm sooooooooooo glad I'm Yours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monday
Familiar, yet oddly unfamiliar!
Reno was a quick trip, as well as SLC. We are nearly home from SLC, and the rather odd thing is that we are popping in to do some laundry and sleep for the night, then headed to Spokane in the a m... Going home is full of familiarities; the sights, sounds of cheering boys, smell of pumpkin candles, and yet this trip home feels so odd! We often pull up somewhere, stay for the night, then head out in the morning for our destination during trips to the different shows we work, but never have we pulled into our driveway with the expectancy to only sleep and then leave in the morning! It's a familiar, yet oddly unfamiliar feeling for sure!!
Happy night!!
Happy night!!
Friday
FIVE GIRL DREAMS!!!!!!!
I had my FIFTH girl dream last night!!!
I walked into an outdoor kitchen where there were lots of family and friends, then asked, "Where's my baby?" Someone handed her to me and as I held her in my right arm, I walked over to my mom sitting and a barstool, and said "It's my little girl!!"
It was very realistic and vivid! My little girl had a slightly squarish chin with a full head of sparce hair that was much lighter than my boys' and it hung about an inch below her neckline. Her eyes were about the color of Sam's... not quite blue, yet not quite green either! She was 4-6 moths old! I could see my mom's regrowth(roots) and I even thought to myself in my dream, "I need to color my mom's hair!"
We have our ultrasound in THREE WEEKS!!!!!!
I walked into an outdoor kitchen where there were lots of family and friends, then asked, "Where's my baby?" Someone handed her to me and as I held her in my right arm, I walked over to my mom sitting and a barstool, and said "It's my little girl!!"
It was very realistic and vivid! My little girl had a slightly squarish chin with a full head of sparce hair that was much lighter than my boys' and it hung about an inch below her neckline. Her eyes were about the color of Sam's... not quite blue, yet not quite green either! She was 4-6 moths old! I could see my mom's regrowth(roots) and I even thought to myself in my dream, "I need to color my mom's hair!"
We have our ultrasound in THREE WEEKS!!!!!!
Thursday
Playing Catch-Up!!
I'm terrible at this blogging thing!! Here it is... March 2010, and we've gone through two whole seasons since I last posted anything! Ridiculous!
So, I'm in Reno (which is only a hop, skip, and a jump from SPARKS, Nevada)until Monday. Monday we head to Salt Lake, where we will be for a little over a week. We are still traveling heavily as I had shared before.
We spent autumn in several places and it flew by as quickly as the leaves fall off the big tree in my husband's parent's front yard! (They have a huge tree in their front yard that drops all of it's leaves on one day! It's amazing! I have never seen anything like it before! So each year we get together the day after the leaves fall, for a day of leaf fun and have dinner after we fill about 22 large leaf bags completely full of the leaves!!! Their yard is quite small and when their tree decides to undress for the winter, their yard, their neighbor's yard on the west side of them, and half of the street in front of both houses is blanketed with leaves! That ground never even gets that much snow!! It's a Sparks' holiday all in it's own!!!)
We flew south for the winter...well, drove! We hit the road for Scottsdale, Az on the 17th of Nov. As you probably remember, swine flu was a huge hit during this winter. Our car show that we worked in Scottsdale was three days long, and horrible, financially speaking! The first day it was raining and all the locals stayed home. The second day the mayor had issued a statewide quarantine(ok, so I may be exaggerating a bit), and suggested that everyone stay home, indoors to prevent any more spreading of the piggy flu. So, most, being good citizens, followed suit and stayed inside. On the third sunny, beautiful day, the mayor took back what he had said, stating that the pig flu was apparently not as deadly as they had all thought and said that it was fine to go outside and enjoy! Phoenix, also a hop, skip, and a jump away, held their annual(I think)Cardinal appreciation merchandise sale thingy. So, turns out the Scottsdale car show sucked this year!
After Scottsdale we headed to Tucson to visit Steve's cousin, Jody, and some extended family! We shared Thanksgiving with them, and it was a lot of fun! We both feel blessed to be able to go visit during such a 'family' time of year!! We met Jody's parents, Grandmother, and aunt! Shared food and laughs, and his aunt even gave me one of her four week old puppies!! Sooooo cute! I began the NaNoWriMo contest the 1st of Nov, and finished with 50,166 words while we were staying at Jody's! He has been such a great host, both times that we stayed with him! He welcomes us in with completely open arms, making us feel that his home was ours while we are there!! It was incredibly nice and it really helped me to reach my goal of 50,000 words by the 30th!!! We will be joining him again this year, and I will not be NaNoing, so it should be even more fun!!
December was very interesting! We left Jody's on the 1st and went to Vegas for a two week Christmas show. Blessed by the Lord, none of my traveling family had been hit by the swine flu! Late Dec 1st I began feeling a bit under the weather. By Dec 2nd I was surely sick. I felt incredibly weak, had a terrible headache, nothing tasted good, I nearly passed out(from low blood sugar, I learned later), threw up eight times, and climbed into the hot bath with my clothes still on. Something was surely wrong! I however, had no fever, and everyone who had the swine flu had fevers. Maybe just the people flu. *shrug*
I was sick the entire rest of the Vegas trip, and still sick when I returned home. I had motion sickness while just lying on the couch! The motion sickness got so bad that sounds began to make me nauseous and this intense sicknesses lasted for over two weeks! During that two weeks we discovered that we were expecting another baby and that is what was causing the unbearable sickness!!! A precious little bundle!!
So now here I am, moving into my second trimester and things are sooooo much better! I'm mostly great, however I need to wear my motion sickness bracelets while riding in any vehicle. We are having our ultrasound on the 1st of April!!! I am soooo excited!! I want a girl soooooo bad!!! I think this one is a girl, because of a number of different things! Here is my list:
1.Sick! I wasn't sick with my boys!! And sick three days after conception!! Amazing!!
2.The many dreams surrounding my pregnancies!
a.Five girl dreams with my first boy. Then two boy dreams. The girl dreams were fuzzy pink floating dresses much too far away for me to touch. The boy dreams were crystal clear full color boy dreams that were undeniably from the Lord!
b.I've had four girl dreams with this pregnancy, thus far, and my friend of 15 years had a girl dream about me as well!
b1.I took the at home gender test and the results were yellow. When I woke from my dream I called my sister who had actually done the gender test and I asked her if there was a color chart and what the colors meant. She is having a boy and her test turned out green. She hadn't shared with me the girl color until after I had called her to ask. Yellow! Yellow means GIRL!!!
b2.We were half way through the pregnancy and were told that I had to deliver her so they could do some sort of procedure on her and then put her back in me to finish growing to term. I delivered her and Steve and I were walking through the hall, Steve holding her belly up in his left palm.(After sharing all of this with a trusted friend, she said that maybe possibly the girl dreams from my first pregnancy could have been prophetic dreams from the Lord and that the current dreams could be the Lord warning me about a possible problem with the development of the baby. She shared two personal stories of the same matter with me about her family, and encouraged me to pray. So we are praying!)
b3.My friend of 15 years sent me a text one day, not too long after these dreams, saying that she had had a dream about me. When I responded with question she replied with, "I dreamt that you were doing a craft project with your daughter!"
b4.A couple weeks after this, I dreamt that my mom-in-law had dreamt about my daughter, her granddaughter!
b5.Last night I dreamt of a girl, and when I woke this morning all that remained was the blissful feeling that I was being blessed with a daughter!! I however, cannot recall the dream!
3.I've been freeeezing this whole pregnancy!!! The moment I was pregnant with the boys I was sooooo hott!!!
4.The ovulation cycle and conception date are favoring a girl!
5.I've never been so ugly, nor had such a hormone problem!!!! I've always struggled with acne, but 54 pimples on my face at ONE TIME is definitely a record for me!!!
6.With both of the boys I had just a couple food aversions. This baby is sicken by EVERYTHING but ketchup and ranch! Ewww! I have hated both ever since high school, and I love them now!! Gross!!!!! Even ice cream makes this kid sick!!! :(
7.With both of the boys I had a terribly stinky overactive right underarm!!! My left never stunk and you could smell my right three blocks away! With this baby I've not smelled bad once! I just look baaaad!!!!
8.Also with both of the boys I had to shave nearly every day, otherwise my husband questioned where his leg ended and mine began when sleeping in the middle of the night! With this baby I shave about once every other week!!!
We get to find out the gender on April 1st!!! Stay tuned!!
To catch you up on the writing...
I'm planning on writing the ending to my NaNo novel this month, proofing and revising next month, and I do not know what a reasonable goal is for publishing, but I'll keep you posted!
I'm still planning on publishing my first children's book and having it available for purchase by May, 6th!!
For more on the writing please go to gracefullybroken.com where I have lots of info to keep you updated!!
Happy March!!
~Ruthilyn
So, I'm in Reno (which is only a hop, skip, and a jump from SPARKS, Nevada)until Monday. Monday we head to Salt Lake, where we will be for a little over a week. We are still traveling heavily as I had shared before.
We spent autumn in several places and it flew by as quickly as the leaves fall off the big tree in my husband's parent's front yard! (They have a huge tree in their front yard that drops all of it's leaves on one day! It's amazing! I have never seen anything like it before! So each year we get together the day after the leaves fall, for a day of leaf fun and have dinner after we fill about 22 large leaf bags completely full of the leaves!!! Their yard is quite small and when their tree decides to undress for the winter, their yard, their neighbor's yard on the west side of them, and half of the street in front of both houses is blanketed with leaves! That ground never even gets that much snow!! It's a Sparks' holiday all in it's own!!!)
We flew south for the winter...well, drove! We hit the road for Scottsdale, Az on the 17th of Nov. As you probably remember, swine flu was a huge hit during this winter. Our car show that we worked in Scottsdale was three days long, and horrible, financially speaking! The first day it was raining and all the locals stayed home. The second day the mayor had issued a statewide quarantine(ok, so I may be exaggerating a bit), and suggested that everyone stay home, indoors to prevent any more spreading of the piggy flu. So, most, being good citizens, followed suit and stayed inside. On the third sunny, beautiful day, the mayor took back what he had said, stating that the pig flu was apparently not as deadly as they had all thought and said that it was fine to go outside and enjoy! Phoenix, also a hop, skip, and a jump away, held their annual(I think)Cardinal appreciation merchandise sale thingy. So, turns out the Scottsdale car show sucked this year!
After Scottsdale we headed to Tucson to visit Steve's cousin, Jody, and some extended family! We shared Thanksgiving with them, and it was a lot of fun! We both feel blessed to be able to go visit during such a 'family' time of year!! We met Jody's parents, Grandmother, and aunt! Shared food and laughs, and his aunt even gave me one of her four week old puppies!! Sooooo cute! I began the NaNoWriMo contest the 1st of Nov, and finished with 50,166 words while we were staying at Jody's! He has been such a great host, both times that we stayed with him! He welcomes us in with completely open arms, making us feel that his home was ours while we are there!! It was incredibly nice and it really helped me to reach my goal of 50,000 words by the 30th!!! We will be joining him again this year, and I will not be NaNoing, so it should be even more fun!!
December was very interesting! We left Jody's on the 1st and went to Vegas for a two week Christmas show. Blessed by the Lord, none of my traveling family had been hit by the swine flu! Late Dec 1st I began feeling a bit under the weather. By Dec 2nd I was surely sick. I felt incredibly weak, had a terrible headache, nothing tasted good, I nearly passed out(from low blood sugar, I learned later), threw up eight times, and climbed into the hot bath with my clothes still on. Something was surely wrong! I however, had no fever, and everyone who had the swine flu had fevers. Maybe just the people flu. *shrug*
I was sick the entire rest of the Vegas trip, and still sick when I returned home. I had motion sickness while just lying on the couch! The motion sickness got so bad that sounds began to make me nauseous and this intense sicknesses lasted for over two weeks! During that two weeks we discovered that we were expecting another baby and that is what was causing the unbearable sickness!!! A precious little bundle!!
So now here I am, moving into my second trimester and things are sooooo much better! I'm mostly great, however I need to wear my motion sickness bracelets while riding in any vehicle. We are having our ultrasound on the 1st of April!!! I am soooo excited!! I want a girl soooooo bad!!! I think this one is a girl, because of a number of different things! Here is my list:
1.Sick! I wasn't sick with my boys!! And sick three days after conception!! Amazing!!
2.The many dreams surrounding my pregnancies!
a.Five girl dreams with my first boy. Then two boy dreams. The girl dreams were fuzzy pink floating dresses much too far away for me to touch. The boy dreams were crystal clear full color boy dreams that were undeniably from the Lord!
b.I've had four girl dreams with this pregnancy, thus far, and my friend of 15 years had a girl dream about me as well!
b1.I took the at home gender test and the results were yellow. When I woke from my dream I called my sister who had actually done the gender test and I asked her if there was a color chart and what the colors meant. She is having a boy and her test turned out green. She hadn't shared with me the girl color until after I had called her to ask. Yellow! Yellow means GIRL!!!
b2.We were half way through the pregnancy and were told that I had to deliver her so they could do some sort of procedure on her and then put her back in me to finish growing to term. I delivered her and Steve and I were walking through the hall, Steve holding her belly up in his left palm.(After sharing all of this with a trusted friend, she said that maybe possibly the girl dreams from my first pregnancy could have been prophetic dreams from the Lord and that the current dreams could be the Lord warning me about a possible problem with the development of the baby. She shared two personal stories of the same matter with me about her family, and encouraged me to pray. So we are praying!)
b3.My friend of 15 years sent me a text one day, not too long after these dreams, saying that she had had a dream about me. When I responded with question she replied with, "I dreamt that you were doing a craft project with your daughter!"
b4.A couple weeks after this, I dreamt that my mom-in-law had dreamt about my daughter, her granddaughter!
b5.Last night I dreamt of a girl, and when I woke this morning all that remained was the blissful feeling that I was being blessed with a daughter!! I however, cannot recall the dream!
3.I've been freeeezing this whole pregnancy!!! The moment I was pregnant with the boys I was sooooo hott!!!
4.The ovulation cycle and conception date are favoring a girl!
5.I've never been so ugly, nor had such a hormone problem!!!! I've always struggled with acne, but 54 pimples on my face at ONE TIME is definitely a record for me!!!
6.With both of the boys I had just a couple food aversions. This baby is sicken by EVERYTHING but ketchup and ranch! Ewww! I have hated both ever since high school, and I love them now!! Gross!!!!! Even ice cream makes this kid sick!!! :(
7.With both of the boys I had a terribly stinky overactive right underarm!!! My left never stunk and you could smell my right three blocks away! With this baby I've not smelled bad once! I just look baaaad!!!!
8.Also with both of the boys I had to shave nearly every day, otherwise my husband questioned where his leg ended and mine began when sleeping in the middle of the night! With this baby I shave about once every other week!!!
We get to find out the gender on April 1st!!! Stay tuned!!
To catch you up on the writing...
I'm planning on writing the ending to my NaNo novel this month, proofing and revising next month, and I do not know what a reasonable goal is for publishing, but I'll keep you posted!
I'm still planning on publishing my first children's book and having it available for purchase by May, 6th!!
For more on the writing please go to gracefullybroken.com where I have lots of info to keep you updated!!
Happy March!!
~Ruthilyn
Friday
June 28th 2009
{Photos: Ron; Ruthilyn; Tiffani & Sammo; Jonah; Sammo}This was the first day of our 6 week adventure! June 28.09. Chris(our friend/boss) likes to be efficient and 'kill two birds with one stone', so he scheduled his business trip(with Ron, another friend) at the same time as our trip to Cali. Their trip was only to last a few days, and ours 6 weeks. The 'second bird' is giving my hub some experience pulling the 35' RV with Chris in the truck to throw out any concerns Steve may have about pulling this monstrosity of a vehicle for 6 weeks!
The three guys rode together. My dear sister, Tiffani, accompanied us on this trip to provide us with a babysitter(and to get a sane break from family), so she rode with me! We split the up the boys to get a taste of what it would have been like had we only had one child, and although the quiet ride was nice, it can never happily replace the rambunctious boy-noise that comes from having lots! Jonah went with the guys, and Sammo stayed with us!
I've tried terribly to enjoy driving, but unless there is a stick to shift, I'm afraid that I'm rather bored by driving and it lulls me to sleep, more often than not. (That's why I'm a writer and not a driver!!) Anywho, a while into our drive my sis and I were having quite a difficult time keeping my eyes on the road, so I radioed the guys with the two-way, calling in for back-up! Ron was fantastic and traded me places right away! I slept in the backseat of the guys' truck(in rather odd, uncomfortable positions) while my darling sis lent her ear to Ron's chatter! [Those of you who know Ron, know he does not chatter, and are laughing at this thought!] After a couple hours of very beneficial sleep, I was primed and ready for the long haul, or rather...what was left of the haul! We arrived in Reno and slept for the night!
The following day is recorded under 'Monday, June 29th, 2009' further down on this blog! Happy reading! ~Mama Sparks
Summer of 09
So, it's been a while to say the least! A lot of life has happened since I last wrote! I'll try to fill you in without overwhelming you!
The last time I filled you in was in June!! JUNE!!!!!! It's October now!! I need to make some sort of commitment right now to post at least once a MONTH! Maybe then, my following will grow!! This is ridiculous!! Ok! I'm done! just had to get that out! Now I can begin again, fresh and new!!
In May the Lord sent me an invitation to give up sewing! In June I said 'yes', and you can read about it here! [Just a little info that I found really helpful...right clicking the link will give you opening options such as opening link in a new tab! When you are as non-computer-savvy as I, these tips are things to dance about!]
It was also in May that my hub shared the news that we were going to be gone for 6 weeks straight and that we'd be traveling like carnies for two years! (That '!' was birthed from Sarcasm and a smart guy named Alec.)
We left for our 6 week adventure in June. July flew by and we were back home by the second week of August! I'll be adding pictures to the blog, to tell this story, soon!
We were home for four weeks and back on the road quicker than we could believe! September 9th we drove to SLC for a fair, and returned home the 21st. Home never looked so good! ...or smelled ...or sounded ...or felt so good!! ...it even tasted the best it's ever tasted! (Yes, I stole a lick once the kiddos were back inside, out of sight. No worries-I have not taught them how to read quite yet, so my secret is safe... for a while anyway.) This was officially the worst, which then makes it the longest, trip to date!! It seemed like two y e a r s. So bad, in fact, that the boys and I (mostly I) opted to sit the next week's show out! With that, Steve was home for a week, and then off to Sacramento, alone... We [happily] bid him farewell and waved like madmen (again, mostly me) as he drove out of sight! With three less travelers and no diapers to change, his trip was shortened by two days, and he was home in a flash!
We leisurely enjoyed the following two weeks together, and again decided that the boys and I would stay home for the next show. Which is happening now. As I write this. And is only a two day show!! My hub will be back home before we wake on Sunday!! And just in time for church...if we went to a normal church. But then we'd have to be normal.
So, there it is. Well, not really. But most of it, anyway. That's how our summer of 09 flew by(and druuuug on).
There is also more about how I really began to focus on my writing and how I created a website with the help of my friend, David! Please, do not waste your time reading it. (Unless you are enjoying a cozy cup of joe or a delightful glass of wine!)
Thank you for reading my life; at least the parts I choose to share with you, anyway!! I'll add photos soon..and will post before the winter sets in!! ;)
~Mama Sparks
Stepping back for a look, I can see that this is a bit overwhelming, and I have an impulsive urge to apologize. But then I smile, because I realize that you have just got a real taste of me! I am often overwhelming!!! Cheers!!!
The last time I filled you in was in June!! JUNE!!!!!! It's October now!! I need to make some sort of commitment right now to post at least once a MONTH! Maybe then, my following will grow!! This is ridiculous!! Ok! I'm done! just had to get that out! Now I can begin again, fresh and new!!
In May the Lord sent me an invitation to give up sewing! In June I said 'yes', and you can read about it here! [Just a little info that I found really helpful...right clicking the link will give you opening options such as opening link in a new tab! When you are as non-computer-savvy as I, these tips are things to dance about!]
It was also in May that my hub shared the news that we were going to be gone for 6 weeks straight and that we'd be traveling like carnies for two years! (That '!' was birthed from Sarcasm and a smart guy named Alec.)
We left for our 6 week adventure in June. July flew by and we were back home by the second week of August! I'll be adding pictures to the blog, to tell this story, soon!
We were home for four weeks and back on the road quicker than we could believe! September 9th we drove to SLC for a fair, and returned home the 21st. Home never looked so good! ...or smelled ...or sounded ...or felt so good!! ...it even tasted the best it's ever tasted! (Yes, I stole a lick once the kiddos were back inside, out of sight. No worries-I have not taught them how to read quite yet, so my secret is safe... for a while anyway.) This was officially the worst, which then makes it the longest, trip to date!! It seemed like two y e a r s. So bad, in fact, that the boys and I (mostly I) opted to sit the next week's show out! With that, Steve was home for a week, and then off to Sacramento, alone... We [happily] bid him farewell and waved like madmen (again, mostly me) as he drove out of sight! With three less travelers and no diapers to change, his trip was shortened by two days, and he was home in a flash!
{All this talking has dried my throat. *sip* Ahh! That's better!}
We leisurely enjoyed the following two weeks together, and again decided that the boys and I would stay home for the next show. Which is happening now. As I write this. And is only a two day show!! My hub will be back home before we wake on Sunday!! And just in time for church...if we went to a normal church. But then we'd have to be normal.
So, there it is. Well, not really. But most of it, anyway. That's how our summer of 09 flew by(and druuuug on).
There is also more about how I really began to focus on my writing and how I created a website with the help of my friend, David! Please, do not waste your time reading it. (Unless you are enjoying a cozy cup of joe or a delightful glass of wine!)
Thank you for reading my life; at least the parts I choose to share with you, anyway!! I'll add photos soon..and will post before the winter sets in!! ;)
~Mama Sparks
Stepping back for a look, I can see that this is a bit overwhelming, and I have an impulsive urge to apologize. But then I smile, because I realize that you have just got a real taste of me! I am often overwhelming!!! Cheers!!!
Sunday
Sunday, June 5th, 2009
Happy Christ Birth Day to my 18 yr old sister!!! Tiffani accepted the Lord today!!! We went to Harvest Valley Church today, our first Sunday in Pleasanton. The worship was amazing as well as the sermon which spoke of 'freedom'. After the sermon, Pastor Derrick offered a time of prayer and accepting the Lord. Tiffani was praying beside me, and sensing that the Lord was doing something wonderful, I peeked over at her on my left. She was so beautiful as she stood, arms folded, hands holding her heart, head slightly bowed, and tears framing her face. She was nodding to the Lord, and I gave them a moment before I approached.
"Do you want me to pray with you?", I ask. She answered 'yes' with both her mouth and her head.
I was so overcome with joy and thanksgiving for the Lord, that I joined her in tears, and we made our way to the front for some prayer with some of the older women! I could barely keep from jumping up and down! I was soooooo excited! I have been dancing with the Lord for nearly 6 years, and was soooo happy that my sister has decided to cut-in! LORD, YOU ARE WONDERFULLY AMAZING!!!!!
After praying with Tiffani, Kyra introduced herself to us, (that's what I love about the body of Christ-no need to know each other to share a life-giving prayer! Kyra prayed with us first, then introduced herself!), and we talked for a bit. After learning that we were going to be here for three weeks and wanted to be involved, she invited us to their Tuesnight worship and their Wednesnight life group. I was very excited to know that the Lord wasn't going to let us drift away while here in California!
"Do you want me to pray with you?", I ask. She answered 'yes' with both her mouth and her head.
I was so overcome with joy and thanksgiving for the Lord, that I joined her in tears, and we made our way to the front for some prayer with some of the older women! I could barely keep from jumping up and down! I was soooooo excited! I have been dancing with the Lord for nearly 6 years, and was soooo happy that my sister has decided to cut-in! LORD, YOU ARE WONDERFULLY AMAZING!!!!!
After praying with Tiffani, Kyra introduced herself to us, (that's what I love about the body of Christ-no need to know each other to share a life-giving prayer! Kyra prayed with us first, then introduced herself!), and we talked for a bit. After learning that we were going to be here for three weeks and wanted to be involved, she invited us to their Tuesnight worship and their Wednesnight life group. I was very excited to know that the Lord wasn't going to let us drift away while here in California!
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