The future

After the last post I just wanted to show some pictures of the little guys.....the future of our family I suppose. I went to see them on Monday evening and managed to get some great photos of them. Hope you enjoy!

Lowri - She was in a great mood.......so giggly and happy as she'd just had her dinner from my brother....so cute!

Osian - Here he is.......his new words are "disgusting" and "leave me alone". I bought him a new Thomas the Tank Engine book yesterday and he just kept saying "thank you memma, thank you". So cute!!

The Past

So wierd how things manage to catch up with you. Spring always reminds me of my mum. It's a time of year that she loved....the smell of fresh cut grass really brought her back to me today.

I've just had a bath (very relaxing with a glass of wine and candles!) and I was continuing to read the book that I have advertised on the sidebar-Captivating by John and Stasi Eldredge and it was talking about her relationship with her mother and the way in which God brought restoration to that before her mum died. I was just overwhelmed by this sense of loss. April 21st means nothing in the context of anniversaries or birthdays in regards to my mum but today was just one of those days where it seems to have caught up with me. I was just so sad for this life that had been cut short (she died 10 and 1/2 years ago aged 48) and the marriage that was cut short. I was upset to think of the years wasted by me on my relationship with her when she was alive due to me being a petulant teenager and for the times that she hasn't been around: my driving test, University, America, graduation. But what was great, though there was that sense of 'why God, I still don't understand' and 'I don't know where she is now as I don't know what type of relationship she had with you' I was driven to pray ernestly for my Dad. I do not want to deliberate where another parent has gone, selfishly I want him to go to heaven but I also want him to start an awesome relationship with God now......it's pushed me into praying deeper for him . I suppose sometimes this is why God allows these moments to come.

Anyway don't know if any of these thoughts make sense, just thought I'd share them with my loved ones..........the picture on the top right is of mum and dad about 15 years ago......

Hey guys!
Hope everyone is well. I am soooooo glad that it's Friday, it feels as though its been such a long week even though we had Monday off as it was a bank holiday.
Am very much looking forward to next weekend. I am going on a course to Ellel Grange in Lancashire. It's called "Healing through Creativity" and it looks at how God is a Creator God and how He can bring healing through creativity. There are times of praise, worship and teaching. There are also oppurtunities for 'hands on' involvement including banner making, card making, creative writing, collage, dance and drama, silk painting, wood carving and lots more. I am so excited to see what God is going to do and the way in which He can speak to me through a new medium.
Anyway thats about it from me will e-mail you all soon.
Love Ems x x

Warrior biscuits!!!!

It's amazing the things that God uses to remind you of who you are in Him.

I was on a ladies weekend these past few days and one of the talks was on the victory of the cross. It talked about the victory of who we are in Christ and how we should live as Christians. The lady talking used a line from a Peter Kay sketch which talks about the perfect 'dunking' biscuit. Rich tea biscuits just whither and collapse as soon as they feel the heat of the water. They are the 'wimps' of biscuits. Hobnobs on the other hand are the warriors, they can withstand the heat and be continually dunked in and out of a cuppa and not fall apart and whither. The 'ultimate warrior' is the chocolate hobnob!!! She was saying that that is what we are, and what we should be living like the warriors and the victors that we are in Christ.

Well I walked into the garage this morning to pick up some biscuits for some of us in work and what was there but chocolate hobnobs!! God gave me the reminder there and then of who I was in Him and to live in that victory that He has given. Great boost for a Monday morning!!!

So blessed

I was on some site visits with my job yesterday morning. It was one of those gorgeous days where the sun was out and though it was chilly there was the promise of Spring in the air. Anyway I managed to grab some photos with my phone. The one below I even managed to get the snow that is still on the Snowdonia range.....amazing to think that we are into April and it still feels chilly enough to be January here at times. Anyway hope you like the photos. Images like this just make me realise how blessed I am to live and work in such a gorgeous place.