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.

We Are So Excited

The Todd family is very thankful and excited. Jon and Ashley Lindahl are moving and my kids have inherited a beautiful bunk bed. Everyone is jumping for joy. My son has wanted a bunk bed since he was little. He has finally gotten his heart's prayer answered. Of course Quin wants his sister to move into his room and he wants the top bunk. Paige also wants to sleep in Quin's room now and she wants the bottom. I guess that will work out ok for a while. We are excited about our new bed and we are also excited because the Lindahl's are moving to Plainfield! New neighbors (in the same town anyway) and new beds. What a fun weekend!!!!!

Ladies Missionary Society

Tonight was our Ladies Missionary Society meeting. I had the privilege of hosting it in our home. The purpose of this meeting is to introduce the ladies to the missionaries and to give them a chance to pray for them together. We also prayed for the needs of the church and the church staff. We prayed for some of the church senior saint and shut-ins too. This was such a neat meeting. We had faithful seasoned Christians, and young adults that were baby Christians that were not even sure what a missionary was. It was such a blessing to see the baby Christians pray out loud for the first time. Seeing new Christians grow in the Lord is one of the most exciting things in the world to me. I was very blessed to see how excited everyone was and I look forward the next meeting. Serving the Lord is so much fun!

Ashley's Volleyball Skirt

Ashley has been so excited because she has gone out for volleyball. But we have had the hardest time finding her culottes for her to play in. What we were looking for was a skirt with shorts (built in) so that when she dives for the ball she is modest. This has been a real challenge. I asked several ladies at church to make them for us and no one has had the time. After lots of energy I finally found a lady on line that can make them. I was delighted. The problem was they were way to short. When we ordered them we gave the on-line person the wrong measurements. I was very frustrated. AND THEN my DEAR friend Rachel came to my rescue. I want to take this chance to tell everyone how wonderful Rachel is to me. She is such a sweet friend. She took the culottes that I ordered on-line and just looked at them and she was able to make Ashley a beautiful pair of culottes. Thank You so much for all you have done for us. YOUR THE BEST !!!! I just thank the Lord for good friends and a church family that is there for me when I need them. Oh by the way, if Ashley would have wanted me to do any sewing she would have been embarrassed by the results. WE LOVE YOU RACHEL!!!!!!!!!

Laundry

It has been quite a week at the Todd household. There is always a lot to be done. This morning I woke up to many loads of laundry. Sometimes this can be overwhelming at least to me. Laundry is not my favorite household chore but of course it needs to be done. I made the comment to my children that today was going to be the day that we get the laundry caught up. My daughter is so cute, she is only three, Paige says "Mommy I can help you with the laundry" And that is exactly what she did. Paige took all the clothes out of the dryer, helped me put the wet clothes in the dryer and then handed me the next sorted load. Now I think that we should teacher her to fold and put it all away.

Quinten is very excited about his Science Fair project. School is going well and we are going to a Home School art class at the library once a month. Quin goes to an art class and Paige goes to story time during that time it is working out well. That is all the time I have for today. I'm thankful for a blessed full life. Hope all is going well for all of you.

Please Pray

Last night I received a call from my dear friend Ashley. She asked me to earnestly pray and to have all the prayer chain ladies pray. I thought I would ask all of you to pray as well for the Ben Anglea Family. Ben and his wife and two children (4&2 years old) are missionaries to Madagascar. They have been advised to leave the county and their lives have been threaten by the government there. There have been bombings and coffee shops blown up by hand grenades ect. We as Christians have been asked to pray for Ben and his family and their safety. As well as comfort for his (Ben's) parents here in the states. Pray that they will not be separated as a family and that they will be able to flee the country soon. The Bible says that the fervent prayer of a righteous man availth much. Please join me in prayer. Thank You

Grandpa's Are Wonderful

Today we are thankful for our Grandpa Bruce. Grandpa is a very important man around our house. Lately we have had the privilege to spend a little extra time with grandpa. Last Saturday Quin was able to go the Science Expo at Fermi Lab. There they had the all famous "Mr Freeze". He brakes roses in thin air using liquid nitrogen. We all love "Mr. Freeze". The science expo is lots of hands on activities and lots of science fun.

Today grandpa is taking all the grand kids that are old enough, to a Children's Concert at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra downtown Chicago at Orchestra Hall. He will be having a special lunch and a wonderful time with his grand kids. We are so thankful to Grandpa for all he has done for our children. We are so blessed that he takes the time to be involved in our children's lives. A little culture and exposer to the Arts never hurt anybody. Grandpa came over for bacon and pancakes this morning and read library book to Paige and then he and Quin left for the city. I thank the Lord for good grandparents for my children. I thank God for family and the love that they give on a daily basis. Praise the Lord for grandpa.