Happy Birthday Ashley

Today is a special day. Ashley is 19 years old. Ashley we are so proud of you. My dear friend Ashley as completed her first year of Bible College. She is a great soul winner and on fire for the Lord. Tonight we had T-bone steaks and bake potatoes with all the fix ins. We finished dinner with a wonderful chocolate cake. We had Keith, Ed, Tony, Grandma Edith and our family. After dinner we all headed to church. We have a sweet little tradition at our church. If your birthday falls on a Wednesday or a Sunday everyone in church gives the birthday girl a dollar. We were very thankful that Ashley's birthday was on Wednesday. Now we are going camping. We will be gone until Sunday in God's great nature. This is not anything that I have ever done before. If you think of me say a little prayer. God will go before us. It should very interesting to see how this turns out. Thank You for your prayers. I feel very honored to be asked to do this with my special birthday girl. We love you Ashley Jane. Happy Birthday Honey

Breakfast In Bed

I had the sweetest morning of all time. Daddy has been working so much and I have been a little extra tired these days. I happen to ask my son Quin if he would like to attempt to make coffee. He go so excited and said "Mom can I make you breakfast in bed?" I of course said sure (who wouldn't). This morning my nine year old made coffee, a bagel with cream cheese and a slice of banana bread. Don't forget the strawberries and grapes on the side. I was so touched by his kindness and he was so excited to be doing this for me. Then he said "Mom consider this a late Mother's Day gift. Isn't he sweet. I love you Quinten!!! Thank You.

This is Cute

Today in History we were talking about World War II and Adolph Hitler. The book said "In April 1940, Germany attacked and defeated Norway and Denmark. In May, Germany defeated the three small countries of Belgium, The Netherlands, and Luxembourg. Then Germany invaded France and defeated her." With a very serious look on his face my son said
" Mom did Hitler defeat Peter Pan?" If Hitler came up against Peter Pan who won? "Quin what are you talking about. He thought that the Netherlands was "Never Never Land" It is so cute. I love homeschooling.

A Great Big Thank You

My little four year old daughter is so blessed. She was given a gift of a life time. Paige has done nothing but play with this sweet little doll house since last Saturday when a wonderful friend from church gave it too us. Paige and I want to thank Karen Groose for her wonderful gift. Some times some one's junk is your treasure. Karen YOUR THE BEST!!! We love you.

This is Sweet

Today at lunch my heart was so filled with overwhelming love. Justin the little guy that I take care of Tuesdays and Thursdays asked Christ to be his personal Savior. My son Quinten lead him to the Lord. Quin did a great job with the Romans Road and Justin is the first person that Quin has been able to take through the entire process. Justin is 5 years old and fully understands what happened. It was so cute after Quin was all done Justin said, "Quin I just have one question? Does Jesus have a dog in heaven?" Justin has always wanted a dog and he needed to know if heaven had a dog if that was where he was going to spend forever. Justin so sweetly got saved. I'm very thankful for a husband and a church that taught my son to be a soul winner. Praise the Lord!!!

A Night of Family Fun

Today was just one of those days where everything went wrong. At 5:30am we lost power in the house and my poor husband had to take his morning shower at work. And school was not as successful as I had hoped. It just seemed like every thing that happened all day long was going wrong. I had a doctors appointment, which is never fun and we had family situations that needed to be handled. But the Lord gave our family a special blessing, we had a opportunity to go to a Harlem Globetrotters basketball game and it was so much fun. I love how the Lord always has a way of giving us just what we need on the not so perfect days. Today had a lot of "little" things go wrong, but a lot of good things happened too. This little basketball game was one of the blessing of the day. We went with the marvelous Bob and Cindy. Zack and the children get along really good and Bob and Cindy are wonderful people to spent time with. On the way home we listened to good Christian music and I was reminded weather we are having a good or a bad day, the Lord is in charge of both. The day did not start out so good. However it ended good with good friends and good Christian music. My Pastor always says "It's not how you start, it's how you finish." Well today I finished well. Thanks Bob and Cindy and thank you Lord.

Surprise Surprise!!!!!

Last night was so much fun. I had the privilege of surprising Ashley at school. This is not a easy task to do. I don't keep exciting secrets very well and she tends to find things out. But last night with the help of her room mates we pulled it off. Ashley gave her testimony at RU for the first time in public. She did a great job. She was very nervous and she thought she was going to be there all alone. At the last minute I showed up at the college and was there to support her. She was very relived and many people were very blessed. I thank the Lord for my wonderful husband who stayed with the kids so I could do this. I'm also thankful that the Lord has given me the opportunity to be a blessing in this young ladies life. Ashley is almost finished with her freshman year in Christian college. We are very proud of all the things the Lord has done in her life. We are thankful for our wonderful Pastor and his wife who took the time to encourage her to go to Christian college. I look forward to spending time with her this summer.

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UPDATES

We at the Todd household have been very busy and have found very little time for blogging. School has kept us on our toes and Paige is FINALLY potty trained YEA. Paige is excited about being in Jr. church and Kings Kids at church and she is growing up so fast. Mr. Todd has worked a 65 hour week for the past six weeks and mommy and the kids are hanging in there with out him. We are very thankful that the Lord is taking care of our family in these hard times for so many others. We are looking forward to next weekend. Mr. Todd's ENTIRE is going to Indiana to celebrate Mr. and Mrs. Todd's 50th wedding anniversary. I have mixed emotions about leaving for the weekend. We are all looking forward to this big celebration. But I am going to miss the Ladies Conference and Family day at our church. This is the only weekend everyone else on the family had available. On Easter Sunday Paige turns 4 years old. WOW it seems like yesterday we brought her home form the hospital. So many things have happened since my last post I feel like I could be typing all day but there is so much to get done today I better sign off. May the Lord bless each and everyone of you who take the time to read about the happening around here.