Trying to get my life organized and thought I'd pop into my long-forgotten blog and post where I've started to kind of "blog" again. Shutterfly has a cool thing where you can upload pictures (the part I really love anyway) and then tell a little bit about those pics. There is even a separate area to blog if I feel the need. So for now, in true "Sarah Style" I've decided to give that a try. SO....if there is still anyone who checks this blog from time to time you will know where to find me now :). Maybe I'll write here again sometime, maybe not, but for now I'm happy with this site: http://diaz3kidder.shutterfly.com/ Hope you are having a great summer!!!

When You're Up, You're Up...

and the rest of that song goes: "And when you're down, you're down." That seems to describe me pretty well. I am usually such an "up" person, but recently I have been a little more "down" than usual. I'm pretty sure it is due to the long hours of training at my new job. My training is over now so I think I will notice a difference. I really don't know how Mom's function working a full time job AND maintaining a home. Well I know now, more than ever, something has to give. I'm SO thankful for this opportunity to help pay off our house as quick as we can and am even MORE thankful that it is part-time and feel blessed by how willing they are to work with me. I am finding out the answer to a question I always had in the back of my mind, "What DID I do this morning!?" Well, now that I'm not here, I come home and realize all that I DID do and now have to be even more organized to get things done the way we want them to be around here. That is an area that has always been a little challenging to me (ask my Mother *grin*) -- organization! So I feel this is a really good thing for me. It is stretching me and helping me get my priorities where they need to be. I want my life to be one of balance, one that helps my wonderful husband as best as I possibly can, one that loves my children as much as is humanly possible, and most importantly one that brings the most glory and praise to my Savior Jesus Christ. My life means nothing without the grace He has poured out on me, and for that I am eternally grateful!



Silas after a great Spring Band Concert


Prae and Savannah after Prae's Spring Choir Concert


Prae's original "U.S.A. Pizza"! So fun to make and even yummy to eat, if you can believe it...

A New Friend

Thanks to my new job I have had the opportunity to meet a new, wonderful friend. We started the same week and it was quickly apparent we had a lot in common. The funny thing is, if you only knew a little bit about each one of us, you would think we are worlds apart. And the fact is she grew up on the other side of the globe in a communist country. As a child I remember running for cover when a plane flew over low to the ground because I thought her country was bombing us. Who would have ever guessed 25 years later we would be sitting in the same office chattering up a storm like we have been friends forever. The nice part about our job is that it really doesn't take a whole lot of thinking power, so we are able to chit chat while we work. I think the other secretaries are a bit jealous because we have such a wonderful time every morning. A few have even said they were going to move to our little corner because it sounds like we are having too much fun :-). I am amazed by her childhood stories. They tell of a time when life was very hard for many people. She said she didn't know any better and has very fond memories of her childhood despite the hardships that went with it. They had very little but loved life in a way that isn't seen very often in America. She said those times taught her to work hard and to be thankful. Her husband is also a police officer and so we laugh about the similarities our husbands share. One of us is always bringing in a recipe to share with the other or passing on tips that we know of about parenting, food, decorating, or life in general. She is a person driven to make her life better in every way and I love that about her. I praise God for this new friend and hope the friendship will only get stronger.