Macy

We finally took Macy to the eye doctor on Monday. Dr. C's exact words were, "Macy is extremely far sighted. She is 3 times worse than Greyson and will need glasses probably her whole life." So he wasn't exactly comforting in breaking the news but now we know. She did really great. Poor girl had her eyes dilated on a very bright sunshiny day and would not keep the little sunglasses on. She kept rubbing her little eyes. After that appt. we went to order her glasses. They are....glasses. They're cute...but they do change the way my baby looks. I know they'll help her see better though. You can see in the picture how her left eye is drifting. Dr. C. said normally the eye drifting doesn't show up until they're about 2 (when Greyson's did). My baby's only 10 mo. and needing glasses! Well, I'm reminded of Bro. Browning's message on Sunday evening. Tribulation worketh patience and patience, experience and experience, hope. I wouldn't really consider Macy needing glasses tribulation in my life but it was still a good reminder that God is always good!

Dad

Upon a rocky trail one day,
I met a friendly pair,
A father and his little child-
A storm was in the air.
The precipice was dangerous,
The wind was coming on,
But on that child's trusting face
Was joyfulness and calm.

My own heart quaked a bit with fear
Of what might lie ahead,
But I said, "Aren't you afraid?"
The wee one shook his head,
Astonished at my ignorance,
"Oh, don't you understand,
Why, mister, I can't be afraid
When daddy holds my hand."
-Alice Mortenson



When Father prays
he doesn't use
the words the preacher does;
There's different things
for different days,
but mostly it's for us.

When Father prays
the house is still,
His voice is slow and deep.
We shut our eyes,
the clock ticks loud,
So quiet we must keep.

He prays that we may be good boys,
And later on good men;
And then we squirm, and think we won't
have any quarrels again.

You'd never think, to look at Dad,
He once had tempers, too.
I guess if Father needs to pray,
We youngsters surely do.

Sometimes the prayer gets very long
And hard to understand,
And then I wiggle up quite close,
And let him hold my hand.

I can't remember all of it,
I'm little yet, you see,
But one thing I cannot forget,
My father prays for me!
-Author unknown




Happy Father's Day to my beloved husband! You are a wonderful daddy to our children.





The glory of children is their Fathers. -Proverbs 17:6

Quick Testimony

Sunday night, at church, several people gave testimony of what God's been doing in their lives or of things they were thankful for. I felt really convicted about my prayer life when Bro. Luke gave testimony. He talked about Mary praying for the ants to go away in their house and the next day they were gone. I have a bad habit of praying only for what seem like big things but when it's something small I tend to lean on the arm of the flesh rather than going to God with my request. Instead of praying for the ants to be gone I probably would have tried every bug spray invented by man or allowed the boys to have a grand old time smashing ants all day.
This is something I'm definately working on. I was thinking about my relationship with my dad. Whenever I needed anything, big or small, I had no reserve to go and ask my dad, especially for the "small things" (can I have $10, can Crystal stay over, etc.). He was more likely to grant me the small things over the big things so I never hesitated to ask him for anything. He's a good father and seldom told me "no", only if it wasn't good for me, as any good father would. Matthew 7:7-11 are familiar verses that deal with asking and receiving. Verse 11 says, "If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?" So that's what God's been working on me about. I desire to grow in this area that my children will grow up knowing they can go to God in prayer for ANYTHING! I don't have ants but I did have a lost mailbox key. It had been missing for almost 2 weeks and I was starting to feel pretty anxious knowing there were paychecks and bills in our mailbox. Yesterday morning I started scouring the whole house in a last effort to find the key before calling a locksmith. I searched and searched but didn't find it. Then I called the locksmith and they told me it would be almost $100 for a service fee and to change the lock and make a new key. I started to tell them to go ahead and come out here but I remembered Luke's testimony and these verses in Matthew and......prayed instead. Thank God for His Holy Spirit. About an hour later I was sitting in the office and the kids were playing outside. I was on the phone with Josh explaining what the locksmith said when Greyson runs through the back door with, guess what, the MAILBOX KEY! He found it in the dirt! God is ALWAYS good!

Manic Monday

I don't know about you but for me Monday's are soooo crazy! I personally am not a fan of Mondays. I wish every day of the week could be Friday. Sunday's are so busy and so tiring that when Monday rolls around I'm exhausted! Most Monday's I wake up to a disorderly home because in the rush of getting ready for church things just don't get put back in their place. After church on Sunday evening's its routine for the Casaus Family to eat cereal and toast before bed. Sometimes I'm disciplined enough to clean up the dirty dishes but most of the time I tell myself to do it in the morning. By the way, did I mention I'm 32% lazy? Oh, yes it's true! I took the facebook quiz. :) Needless to say, I end up waking up Monday morning to cereal bowls and toast crumbs to clean up. Where on earth am I going with all this? I decided to start posting about my crazy "Manic Monday" So, here ya go...

woke up, sat down to read my Bible and drink the coffee Josh made me, made Josh lunch, got Macy, nursed Macy, prayed, got a phone call that I was supposed to be in Port Orchard by 8:00 a.m., threw Macy in the bath, threw Sam in the bath, took a shower, threw Myah in the shower with me, got dressed, threw Greyson in the shower, tried my hardest to find a last minute babysitter at 8:00 in the morning, got the kids dressed, realized I couldn't get a last minute babysitter, put a video on for the kids, took a breather, played with Macy, found a babysitter, fixed hair, put on makeup, drove the kids to the sitter, drove to Gig Harbor to meet friends for lunch, went to Goodwill, drove back to East Bremerton to pick up kids, visited with grandparents, drove home, cleaned house, made dinner, ate, cleaned milk, juice, and pee off the floor (thankfully its hardwood and the pee was from my potty training daughter), cleaned the dinner dishes (remember I'm 68% NOT lazy ;), sat down with the kiddos and Josh to do family devos, did the night time routine with the kids, put them in bed, prayed, and now...here I am...blogging. Should be reading or something more productive but...I'm not. Today, I didn't practice piano with Greyson, mop my floors, clean my bedroom, or finish the laundry but there's always tomorrow!

Hereditary

It seems an astigmatism is hereditary. I figured. I have a slight one but don't need glasses for it. That's why Greyson's wearing glasses. Now one of my other children is scheduled to see the eye doc. at the end of June. My little Macy's left eye has been turning in the same way Greyson's right eye did when he was 2. I'm really kinda sad considering she's only 9 mo. I don't know what the eye doc. will end up doing for treatment but I just have a feeling it will be the same thing we ended up doing with Greyson, patching, glasses. Now he's in bifocals and it isn't seeming to "correct itself" as he said it would but the Lord knows. Please pray for this upcoming appt. for Macy. I personally hope she doesn't need glasses but we'll see.

My Bad...

Oops! I totally goofed. Josh is 33 not 34! Hee Hee. (See post below)

Happy Birthday, My Beloved!

Today, my husband of 6 1/2 years is celebrating his 34th year of life. I truly do love and appreciate this man! I remember playing in my yard as a little girl and looking up to the sky wondering if my "future" husband was out there somewhere. I didn't know who he was but God did. I had imagined him having dark hair and skin. As a lost little girl, I prayed that God would one day make me a wife and give me children. (I always wanted 2 boys and 2 girls :) Even as a young girl, my desire already was toward the husband of my future. While my beloved is away at work, I'm home surrounded by my children reflecting on these dreams I had as a little girl and thanking and praising God for allowing me to experience the true desires of my heart. My cup is overflowing! God's given Josh 34 years of life and allowed me to be a part of it. I'm not always the wife I know I should be but am so thankful God's given me a patient and loving husband. Happy Birthday, Babe! I love you!

I Have An Announcement...

...my internet finally works! Nope, I'm not prego...just needed a catchy title. Although, Macy is 9 months now and both Greyson and Myah were 9 months when the next child was conceived. Samuel was 11 months. So, my internet is FINALLY fixed. I guess it was some internal problem. I had to back up everything and restore the computer to the original factory settings. Then I realized we had no filter so got ahold of Qwest and they mailed one for free. We are finally up and running. Yes, we've been eating split pea soup with sweet corn muffins for about 3 months now and can finally change the menu! So what is new?

1. Samuel just turned 4.
2. We went to Seattle for his birthday and celebrated with hot dogs, swimming, movie, Oreo cakesters, and the Pacific Science Center.
3. Josh's birthday is Monday. He'll be 34.
4. I'm S.I.C.K. It's like the flu and a nasty cold together. I have thought while resting as my head was on fire that I would much rather be giving birth. No joke. Maybe I'm just a big baby though.
5. Greyson had his first piano recital and was so cute playing Mary Had a Little Lamb.
6. We are finally getting "gazelle intense" about paying off debt and have paid off 2 of our debts this month. Praise God! If we stick with it we should be completely debt free in about 18 months. Please pray for us. WBC friends, we do allow a little spending money so if you see me with Starbucks please be nice :)
7. I realized sticking to a budget (a very strict one) is soooooo hard but also so rewarding when you're making progress and reaching the goal to be debt free.
8. I also realized my husband is not willing to budge even an eensy bit...I'm thankful though...I need it.
9. Macy's little sin nature is revealing itself more and more. NOooooooooooooo!
10. I still need a camera. I'm so sad I can't take pics of my kiddos. I have lots on my cell phone but don't know how to download them to the computer so I can share them.

Well, that's what's going on in THE CASAUS HOUSE. Hopefully it will get a bit more exciting. But, the good news is, I'M BACK!