April update... well, the end of April update! haha =)

Hey friends,
Here is another update. I'm trying to stay more on top of it. When I started it back in February 2009, I said I was going to try to update once a week. Well... two things... some weeks I had nothing to update on, life was the same... and it was a little much trying to update every week. So now I am going to try to update the first week of every month about the previous month. I'm hoping this will work better! haha

Ok, well since I just updated two weeks ago... this one is going to be a little short.
But since then... nothing has really happened. Kelsey and I house-sat again for some friends of ours. We had great sister time! We... well I should say I... watched a lot of basketball, since it's the Playoffs. =) Kel loves to play... but does not like to watch it on TV. SHAME ON HER! jk So some nights I had to suffer and watch movies instead of the Lakers game... but it was ok. Thanks to Mark... he texted me the scores! haha =) During one of the Lakers games... it was the 4th quarter and Lakers were up, they decide to put Luke Walton in. He had not been in the whole game, and was in for maybe 10 seconds... and fouls another player! Well, as the other player was going up for 2 foul shots, Walton gets a technical. Kel and I thought it was so funny! We said that we could play NBA basketball better than that! Then... minutes after this, a player from the other team was about to go up for a shot under the basket... and Walton (at the top of the key) runs hard at the guy, the dude ducks, and Walton does this tumble over the other player and hits the ground on his side. Kelsey and I were about to pee our pants we were laughing so hard! And thanks to DVR we kept rewinding the wacko move and playing it in slow motion. We even tried to see what he was trying to do... and we could not come up with anything. Did not look like a block... looked more like Walton was playing football on a basketball court. haha If the other player did not duck, Walton would have tackled him! I love the Lakers... but ever since Walton's rookie year... I have not liked him!
During that time, we also got to go shopping with Sarah and Rachel at the mall. We had so much fun!!! Then eat at Panera Bread. I wish they had more than just one here in P'cola!
Kel and I also go to play basketball with some new friends, Mark and Sean. We had a blast! We meet at an outside court... and the first game it was Mark and myself vs. Kelsey and Sean. We won! =) Then it was girls vs. guys the rest of the time. I am proud to say that we beat them the first game... but they both say it was because they were going easy on us. Ha! ;)Kel and I were both making all our shots they just weren't blocking them! ;) haha The games after that they did beat us. Seeing how Mark figured how to block ALL my shots (which was not very hard for him haha) and he kept dunking over me. Glad Kel was making all her shots... since I was clearly unable to make any!!! =) We are hoping to play a lot more games!!! Sooooo glad we found people to play with!!! Basketball is just not very big here.
April 26th came, and Diego Alexander celebrated his 5th birthday! Dragon-style! haha (It was a "How to Train Your Dragon" party.)
And on April 27th, the metal things that were stuck on my teeth for almost 3 and a half years were taken off!!! =) Yes! My braces were removed!!! I am so happy!!! I am still needing work done... like my peg needs to be bonded and I need an implant. I'm a little short on the moola... but God will provide! He has been so faithful to me the past 2 months... it's been amazing!

Also in the last 2 weeks, God has really been speaking to me! It's crazy the different ways He does speak to us... for me most of the time, it's through my iPod. haha I guess because I have it on all the time! I love my music! ;)
But He does not just do it through one song... it's through many! And all about the same thing! I shared in my last update that He was showing me that even when I am in the middle of a storm... I can still praise Him! Like in Matt Redman's song "Blessed Be Your Name"... the bridge says "You give and take away. My heart will chose to say, Lord blessed be Your name"! I love that!
The last 2 weeks though, He has been showing me that it is ONLY by Him I am saved. It wasn't me!
Here are some songs that I have been listening to...
♫"You Alone Can Rescue" By Matt Redman
♫"It Was Your Grace" By Sovereign Grace Music

The part I love in It Was Your Grace is the first verse... "It was Your grace that drew me to the cross. It was Your grace that gave me faith. It was Your grace that reconciled me to Yourself. Though I had sinned in every way. You disarmed me of everything that I would lean on. So I would lean on You. And You stripped me of everything I would depend on. So I’d depend on You."
So many times has He disarmed me of things I was leaning on... and I wish I would have known it was Him trying to get my attention.... But He does things in His timing! He is good!!!

Oh! And Andrea only has 21 more days till her due date!!! Hurry, Sabrina! Hurry! haha

Ok, that's my update for April. haha
Hope you enjoyed reading! Please comment! I love reading yall's comments!!!
=)Brittany