Hagler Family: January 2010

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Be a blindfolded horse...what????

I was thinking today (prompted by a discussion on the radio), about the verse : "We live by faith, not by sight" (2 Corinthians 5:7). I realized that I spend a lot of my time living by "sight". I live by faith in that I believe in Christ as my savior; I believe in the living God, the Holy Spirit, and eternal life in Heaven with my savior even thought I can't see any of those things. However, an analogy popped into my head as I really thought about this verse. Growing up, I owned horses (just go with me here). Many horses (unless they have had substantial training) freak out if they see a horse trailer. Well how are you supposed to get a 1000 pound animal into a trailer when they flatly refuse. Bribing doesn't work, and pushing and pulling will only get you majorly hurt. However, blindfold that baby and into the trailer he goes. Time for the point: I don't live my life with a blindfold on. I trust the LORD, but I can see WAY too much to know where I want to go and what I want to do. My flesh usually beats my spirit. Time to try a blindfold.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

The MIS-adventures of team Hagler

Wow!!!! Having kids is great, but we have recently been reminded of just how hard it can be.

Mis-adventure 1:

My awesome friend, Katie, told us about a special promotion where we could go see 101 dalmations the musical for FREE!!!!! So, we jumped at the chance. Not thinking things through, we decided that all 4 of us should go. Luke made it through the opening song-barely. I spent the rest of the first act out in the lobby with him, and then we left. But, hey at least it was free. And the really cool thing was that my friend Wanda sat right behind us, and my other friend Shey was behind her - very coincidental.

Luke prior to the opening act

Daddy tried to take his own picture

Mis-adventure 2:

I forced Trey to eat a whole salmon patty for dinner one night, only to have the whole thing come back up! I guess he is still allergic to egg.

Mis-adventure 3:

We decided to use our McWane Science Center pass to go to Huntsville and tour the Space and Rocket Museum (it's free for those of you with McWane passes). Halfway there Luke vomits everywhere! I clean him up the best I can using ALL of the wipes I have in my diaper bag. We decide we need to stop at Wal-Mart and pick up a change of clothes for him. Back on the freeway (heading to Wal-Mart), Luke vomits AGAIN!!!! He is covered, as is his carseat. Once at Wal-Mart we clean him up and purchase new clothes, more wipes, water, and a towel for him to sit on. As I am cleaning vomit out of the carseat in the parking lot, I hear a woman trying very unsuccessfully to start her car. The all too familiar noise of a dead battery rang in my ears. My noble hubby jumped to her rescue, and two hours past our expected arrival time, we pulled into the Space Museum parking lot!

NOTE: Luke was fine after that...must have been something he ate.

He sort of has that "I just threw up...what do you want from me?" look

Trying to successfully land a space shuttle

Saturn V

Moon Buggy

Mis-adventure 4:

Fast forward one day from mis-adventure 3, Luke takes a fall in the kitchen busts his top lip (majorly swollen for the day) and gets a bloody nose. He REALLY needs bubble wrap. I didn't take any picture of the lip, because I didn't want any evidence that could be used against me later.

But aren't they cute?

Saturday, January 9, 2010

FUN discipline

A few days ago, Trey told me a lie during his lunch. In our house, that is grounds for punishment. So, I told him he had to get a spanking, but I wanted him to finish his lunch first. Now, I try to make every effort to keep anger out of the equation during discipline (on both sides), but it doesn't usually work. Well, while Trey was finishing his lunch we were talking and just having a good time, but I reminded him of his impending spanking. He looked at me and said, "okay, but I'm still going to run from you".

Monday, January 4, 2010

Christmas is over! :)

AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm pretty sure my kids think Christmas is a month long event rather than an actual day. December consisted of Trey's school party, shortly followed by a birthday party for Jesus that we had with our friends, Christmas at our house, a trip to Michigan that included a Christmas eve get-together, two Christmas day events, and Luke's birthday party the day after Christmas! I'm exhausted...but I hope you all enjoy the MANY pictures of our adventures.

SNOW!!!

This is what we did the day we got to Michigan. The next morning, Trey looked out the window and said, "Hmmmm, something's not right." I asked what was wrong, and He replied, "the snow is still here!" Spoken like a true southerner.