Mary did you know?

I have this slight obsession with a particular Christmas song..."Mary Did You Know?" ...I have been singing it for a good solid three weeks now.  For those of you know who my singing, you know that it is the bomb dot com...so Jordon should be thrilled...but you can only listen to a song so many times before the very tune makes you want to vomit.  Welp, I am not through with the song yet...but I'll let you guys listen for a while...

Pogo it!

I'm back and still have nothing to write about. Let me tell you about something. My brother, Clay, and my cousin, Drew, are extremely talented movie makers. Last year they brought you "Pogo it", this year they are making the sequel. Even the teaser look hilarious...

What to write about?!

SO, unfortunately since I am on a break nothing super exciting is happening in my life that sparks a topic to blog about.  Since this is the case, I will write about life.  Life can be extremely hard.  Life can also be extremely easy. Take for example my day.  When I woke up this morning I had lying ahead of me a day of cleaning.  I have a small place here in Kauai, and it does not take long to tidy.  But to clean, folks, let me tell you that is another story.  Mold, bugs, mold, and dirt, lots of it. I had to sweep three times today.  The thought of having a day where I only planned on cleaning was enough to make me wanna curl back up in bed next to my 75 lb red furry baby and never wake up.  However, in the midst of my moaning and groaning inside of my head, I heard noises on the porch and out in the backyard.  It was a beautiful morning, so I figured if nothing else, I should awake for that reason.  I looked out and in the yard was my three favorite ducks (only ones) and my favorite little kitty.  Champ got up and ran outside with a shoe.  I sat on the porch and watched all of these so-called enemies romp around together in the cool morning air.  Then came my husband with coffee.  "And I think to myself...what a wonderful world"...okay no me and Jordon did not break into song and dance...but it would have been a good moment...It was perfect.  And to think, I didn't even wanna get up! So, yes I ended up scrubbing my house...about three times, and yelled at Champ for getting mud on just about everything, but lets face it....without those problems....I wouldn't experience perfection and God's amazing world!

Going for it!

I was listening to Joyce Meyer today, and I think she had a great message. I would like to share this message with you.  Her message was about the goals we set for our lives.  She talks about how when we get older, as adults, we begin to lose our ambitions, we lose our dreams and feel that we are no longer able to chase them.  We spend our time getting by and not going for the thinkgs we want in life. She says that God made us to have dreams and ambition. He made us to yearn and have needs.  He made us smart and through him we have great strength and can accomplish anything.  She told the audience to figure out what you want for your life and where you want it to go and to strive for those goals.  Joyce then went on to talk about contentment.  A lot of times we refer to dreams and contentment as opposites or enemies.  I know a lot of times I feel when I am focused on the future and my goals and dreams, I lose track of the right now.  I get stuck in that, "well, when I do this..." or "when that is done...", and that leaves you with a longing feeling on a day-to-day basis.   However, she says we must chase our dreams, dreams that we have for our lives, our families, our homes, our spouses, etc., but we must also cherish the now, the act of chasing those dreams.  We must be content with our lives as they are, but continue to strive to make them into the lives that God has planned and wants for us!  This message resonated deeply within me as I am always setting goals and I am definitely a dreamer.  I am always looking for tomorrow and next year, or in five years, and then I will be content.  I felt as though if I was just content now, then I had given up.  However, now I can see that I can be excited and content with my life as it is, but also be working towards my personal dreams and ambitions. And if they are meant for me, God will lead the way!  WE CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS US (Philippians 4:13)!

OMG, what have we been doing?!

So, let me tell you-- Christmas time in Mrs. Dizon's classroom was crazy! In a never-ending quest to give my students the complete holiday experience, I went overboard with the decor and festivities..but I think my kids loved it!! My own head, however, was so full of Christmas cheer that  could not even think! It looked a little like this...

And that's only half of it!! hahah
Anyways...I am on break now and it is so nice to relax!

On Thursday we went to Honolulu and me and Jordon had an amazing time in Waikiki together! Then we went to the Big Island with our friends RJ & Rikki and had the most incredible vacation there! It was so nice and relaxing....let me tell you there is not a lot to do on the Big Island besides take in the amazing ocean view and veg out! Best vacay ever :)! Pics to come!! 

Furthermore...I have two weeks off, so I am forseeing a lot of blogging going on! Super excited...and you should be too!