Who I am

Hillsong United

2006-08-07T13:21:00.000-07:00

That show ROCKED!!!!! For those of you that don't know, we went and saw Hillsongs United at Phoenix First Assembly last night. At first I thought that it was going to be Darlene Check(how ever you spell her name). But that show was soooo awesome. You should have seen this church, I have never been to Phoenix First before, but that church is huge. They are able to seat 10,000 people in the main sanctuary and every seat was filled, we were in the 3rd balcony looking over the stage, on top of that the teen building and the childrens building each had 1500 watching the show on screens. I never knew this but, Hillsongs United is actually the youth band. God was completely filling that church, all I can say is that it was awesome. And my youngest daughter amazed me yet again. It was so loud in that building that you couldn't even hear yourself think, and yet she fell asleep and slepy through the last 1/4 of the concert. Anyway just wanted you to know how great that concert was!!! Until next time, God bless you all. Brandy

Children!!!

2006-07-31T13:35:00.000-07:00

I found out a few very interesting things this weekend. 1. Never trust a 3 yr old with sunflower seeds, just because they take off the shell in front of you, does not mean they will take off the shell in their bedrooms. 2. Sunflower shells do not pass easily through a 3 yr olds digestive system, they are very painful as a matter of fact. 3. When all else fails to cure a diaper rash, browned flour will do the trick. There is never a dull moment with these two. And I love every minute of it.

How Redneck are you?

2006-07-25T13:46:00.000-07:00

You Are 60% Redneck

You're just about as welcome up in town as a hair in a biscuit.
Ain't no hidin' your redneck roots!

How Redneck Are You?

I couldn't help myself!!!! I found this while looking at the quiz Noelle posted. So, how redneck are you?

Ben and Jerry's

2006-07-21T11:28:00.000-07:00

I found this on the internet today and for some reason it reminded me of Betsy.

You Are Phish Food Ice Cream

You've been described as gooey and fudgey. Sorry.

What Flavor Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Are You?

The cool thing is that Fhish Food is my favorite!!!
So I send out this questions to all my readers. What flavor Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream are you?

Computers!!

2006-07-18T01:27:00.000-07:00

Alright I know that some of you will understand where I am coming from and others will just think I am nuts but I have come to this conclusion. I don't care about computers!!! Now don't get me wrong, I like using them, they can be very fun and useful. However, I don't care how they are set up, I dont care how they were developed, and I really don't want to know. If I have a problem with my computer, I am perfectly content taking it to someone else and paying them to fix it. I really don't want to know!!! I am sure that some of you are wondering where this is coming from. Well, as I mentioned in an earlier blog, I am taking a class to become a medical transcriptionist. Now let me first say that part of the reason I am doing this is because I can work from home. With that being said, this STUPID class feels that I need to know the complete history of computers, everything about them!! It is soooo boring. Before that they had me learning how to carry on a professional conversation. And how to look professional and how to act, and while that may be helpful to some people, I don't need to know it, I don't care to know it, and all it really does is aggrevate the heck out of me because I don't care. Anyway, just had to get that off my chest. Other than that everything is great. Until next time. God bless you all. Brandy

wassup

2006-07-11T14:38:00.000-07:00

Hey guys, not much going on here, but Saturday night Martin was giving Lee a hard time because he never writes on his blog, and I was talking about how I keep mine updated and then I realized that I haven't updated in a while. Not much is new, although I did start a new class. There is a college in Pa. that offers online classes to become a medical transcriptionist and I started those classes around a month ago. Its actually really cool, because I can do my lessons when ever I want and still take care of my girls. After I get done with my classes, I will get a certificate and can find a job that I can do from home and still make anywhere from $30,000- $45,000 a yr. which is perfect for us because that means Lee won't have to kill himself at work for us to be able to survive. But other than that not much. Anyway until next time, God bless you all. Brandy

Miracles

2006-07-02T10:37:00.000-07:00

Well, last night I watched God in work, twice. Let me start at the beginning. Last Sunday night I was sitting at the computer and I felt something bite me twice on the back of the leg. One of the bites went away, but the other one got extremely infected and I ended up having to go the the E.R. Thursday night because it got so bad that I couldn't even put any weight on it and could barely walk. Anyway let me spare you the details of that experience lets just say that it involved many drugs and surgical tools. Anyway, I started on antibiotics on Friday but they didn't seem to be helping. Well, last night Lee was changing my bandages and he noticed that it was moving up my leg and that the right side of my thigh was extremely swollen. Well he got on the phone with a nurse trying to get clearance from our insurance to take me to the ER, and Nick told him to pray over it. Well, Nick and Lee laid hands on me and they prayed and within an hour the swelling had reduced, the pain was just about gone a I could walk normally again!!! And as if that wasn't enough! Kylee had gotten really fussy and had an upset stomach and was spitting up and couldn't sleep. So I went and got Nick and we prayed that she would be able to sleep and within an hour she was asleep and slept clean through until 8:30 this morning!!! Is God good or what??!!!!

my conclusions

2006-06-21T20:51:00.000-07:00

I know that I just wrote but I came to a conclusion that I felt needed to be shared. The last two or three weeks I have been struggling with an issue. Not an issue that I myself am experiencing, but an issue that I have found myself judging for the last twenty some odd years. Homosexuality. Like I said, I am not struggling with it personally, but my entire life I have been taught that it was wrong. Everyone has told me that the bible says that it was wrong and I always believed them. Because of that way of thinking I have spent alot of time judging homosexuals and even avoiding having them as my friends to an extent. However, in the last two or three weeks I have been questioning that way of thinking. So as a result of that I have been doing some thinking and some studying. As I said I have always been told that the bible says that it is wrong. Well I did a bible search and could not find homosexual, homosexuality, or gay. I did find where it says that sodomy is wrong, but in alot of cases that isn't even a factor. And alot of people say that it is sex outside of marriage, but as of right now most states consider gay marriages to be an actual legal marriage, so that way of thinking is blown out of the water. Today I was doing another bible search and came across two verses that helped bring me to the conclusion I reached. I remember when I was about 15 or 16 and I was living with my grandparents and my grandmother had a daughter that was openly homosexual and living with her girlfriend. When I first moved in with my grandparents I tried my best to avoid having to be around them but it wasnt always possible. After I started actually being around them I realized that they were very cool people and they both had awesome personalities. Well, back to today. Like I was saying today I was looking at biblegateway.com and discovered two verses: Matthew 7:1 and Luke 6:37. Matthew 7:1 says, " Judge not or you too will be judged." and Luke 6:37 says, " Do not judge , and you will not be judged. Do not condemn and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven." Those two verses made me come to this conclusion. Who cares if they are homosexual! I couldn't find any passages about homosexuality but I did find passages about not judging. So maybe if I am going to concentrate on what the bible says not to do, I should think about things that apply to me, not what everyone else shouldn't do. I know that there is another verse that says something about let he who is without sin cast the first stone. Although homosexuality may not be one of my sins I do have plenty of other ones to worry about. So maybe I should just accept them as they are and let God sort out the details. What do you think?

Frustrating!!

2006-06-21T20:33:00.000-07:00

I dislike New Mexico so much!!! As everyone knows, we just changed our names and now we are having to go through changing all of our documents. And of course that includes our marriage certificate and Lee and Kayde's birth certificates. Lee's certificate was easy because with Texas there are forms online to fill out and mail in. However, with Kayde's birth certificate and our marriage license. I could find any information on the website and they didn't even have a phone number to call. Heck, for that matter they didn't even give me an idea of who I should call. So now I have to figure out who I have to call and then call them. This is so frustrating!!!!

WOW!!

2006-06-18T11:05:00.000-07:00

That race totally rocked!! Man I have never been to anything like that but that was awesome. We ended up taking both girls and we put ear phones on them to block out the sound and neither one of them were even bothered by the noise. As a matter of fact, Kylee slept through most of it, which was amazing because those jet cars were really loud. Anyway they had the jet cars against the funny cars and of course the jet cars blew the funny cars out of the water. And after that they had the monster trucks come out and they jumped some tires and some wooden ramps. And the coolest thing !!!! One of the trucks jumped over the other one!!! I couldn't believe it. Man those things are huge. But not as big as robosaurus. He was awesome. It was this giant remote controlled machine that picked up cars and set them on fire and ripped them in half. The sound effects for him were kinda cheesy but other than that the show was really good. And then they had a fireworks display that was huge. We had to leave after the fireworks display because Lee and Nick had to be at the firing range by 7 am but we had a blast. I believe Matt and Cristin had a blast also. Anyway, if you ever get the opportunity to do something like that I say you take it because you will never experience anything else like it. Until next time, God bless you all. Brandy

Raceday!!

2006-06-16T13:38:00.000-07:00

I am so excited! Tomorrow me, Lee, Nick, Matt, and Critin are going to the races. I have never been to the drag races, so I am psyched!! I know that is gonna be hot but it will be worth it. And just for those of you that are concerned, miss Kylee is not going with us, I am trying to find a babysitter for her. Kaydence is going, and I think she is gonna love it!! The website shows inflatable toys so she will have stuff to do. Anyway, I will write and let ya'll know how it went!! God bless you all. Brandy

here we go!

2006-06-13T16:19:00.000-07:00

http://www.markehrlich.com/humor/uselessfacts.htm. Ok everyone this is a website that I just found that ant fact on. I also found several other interesting but useless facts. Enjoy them! Brandy

pointless

2006-06-13T13:12:00.000-07:00

Hi guys, I know that this may seem like something that should be on Bill's blog, but I just heard on tv that when you get an ant drunk they always fall over to the right. I don't know if it is true but I thought it was interesting. The thing I wonder more than whether or not its true, is who had enough time on their hands that they got ants drunk so that they could find out. And why would you want to do that? It just goes to show you that even though you always hear people complaining that they are way to busy, obviously there are people that have way too much time on their hands as well. I know that this seems pointless, but my grandmother always said that you learn something new everyday and when you stop learning you die. But I never thought that the something I learn everyday could be so stupid. I know that my life now seems horribly pathetic because this is all I have to write about ( you would think with two kids I would have better things to write about). But you know what at least I am writing something ( um hum). LOL, anyway I guess that is about it for now. Until next time, God bless you all. Brandy

From Ellsbury to Orr

2006-06-06T15:52:00.000-07:00

Well, it is official!! We are the Orr family. As of yesterday June, 5 at 4:30 pm the Ellsbury family became the Orr family. Damon Henderson Lee Ellsbury is now officially Leif Henderson Orr. He has wanted this name since he was 19 yrs. old and he finally gets to realize it. Other than that, not much has happened, thank you to everyone for coming to Kaydences birthday party she had a blast and has been playing with her toys constantly since we got home. I know that this week has just started but so far it has gone really well!!! Well, until next time. God bless ya'll.

Yawn

2006-05-31T19:26:00.000-07:00

I am so bored!!! Not a lot going on today, the baby's kinda sick. Anyway, welcome back to everyone that was gone. And if ya'll are are gonna be able to go to Kayde's b-day party please let me know, because I need a head count and it is this Sunday. Anyway, I hope everyone's week is going alright. My started off kinda hard but it is getting better by the day. I guess I really don't have anything to write about today, I just realized it had been a while since I wrote anything so I figured I would. Well, until next time. God bless everyone.

Life

2006-05-23T18:31:00.000-07:00

Isn't life wonderful? I don't know what does it but every once in a while something makes you stop and appreciate what God has given you, and for me that day was today. I can't tell you exactly what it was, my oldest has been a little less than an angel and my youngest has been awake most of the day, but I was sitting on our couch and it just kinda hit me. God has given me so much, two beautiful children, an absolutely wonderful and handsome husband, and friends that I love very much. Alot of people think that the more money you have, the happier you will be, but I can tell you from experience that it doesn't take money to be happy. God gives you multiple blessings every day, whether they are big like your loved ones, or small ones like finding a quarter on the street ( ok, so that may be a little extreme) the point is that it is so important to thank God for everything he gives us. Think about it God allows the sun to rise everyday and to set every night. That in itself is a miracle, and how many times do we thank him. He performs all of these things and all he asks of us is to praise him. Yet I don't know how many times I lay my head on my pillow at night and think to myself have I thanked God today. Its not something that is done purposely, but during the day everything gets so busy that you just don't think about it. So hopefully reading this will make you take a minute to appreciate and thank God for everything His has given you.

On a different note, for everybody that I go to church with, my oldest daughter Kaydence is going to be celebrating her 3rd birthday on Sunday June 4th and my family and I would like to invite you all to join us. Please just let me know soon so that I can get a head count. For the details just contact me and I will be more than happy to give all of them. Thanks

Until next time guys, God bless you all, Brandy

What a day!

2006-05-17T14:20:00.000-07:00

I tell you what, sometimes life can be funny. There for a while it seemed like having a good day was never gonna happen for me. I mean, it was just one bad day after another and I couldn't figure out what to do about it. I was at the end of my rope and had no where to go. And then all of a sudden things started getting better and looking up. I realized one day that when you are at the end of your rope you have two options, you can either let go, or start climbing back up. Well, lets just say that I have never been one for giving up so I figured it was time to start working my way back up. I have always heard and believed that when you have a bad day it is because God has something really good coming for you and the devil is trying to get you down before you have a chance to receive it, and the past two weeks have been the perfect example of it I suppose. I have realized that your day can only be bad if you allow it to be, and I was definetely allowing it to be. I was letting the devil get the best of me by telling me that I was a bad wife, and a bad mother, and the bad thing is that I was believing every word of it. But there is always a light at the end of the tunnel. I always tell my husband when he is in a bad mood that if the world looks dark and crappy maybe you need to pull your head out of your rearend. And I suppose its time I take my own advice. Things are only as bad as you make them and althoughI may have a bad day occasionally, the good things definetely outweigh the bad. I guess everybody has days like this, although when you are having them it feels like you are the only one in the world that is having them. But the good news is that I have found the light at the end of the tunnel and things are much prettier when they are in that light. I guess that this blog probably doesnt make much sense, but I am sure everybody will know where I am coming from. I suppose I need to end this now, it is time for me to go enjoy life, yet again. Until next time, god bless, and I love you all.

Long time no see

2006-05-15T19:08:00.000-07:00

Hello all. I really dont have a lot to say today, although there is plenty I would love to vent about, I am just not feeling up to it. Sinus problems. But I just wanted to let everyone know I have not forgotten about ya'll, I am just letting things settle back down after having Kylee. So dont worry, I will soon be more regular. Just thought I'd let you know.

Pondering Thoughts

2006-04-18T13:32:00.000-07:00

Today I read my husbands blog. I am sure you all know annointed-firefighter ( or more appropriately sometimes Ricky Retardo, jk honey). And in there he talked about a dream that he has been having, he has told me about this dream so it really wasnt all that much of a shock.But it did get me thinking. About four and a half years ago right before we got married our youth pastor got killed in a plane crash. When he got killed he wasnt our youth pastor because they had moved to TX. but I am sure ya'll understand my meaning. He held a very special place in my heart. Anyway, when he died he left behind a wife and two sons. And my husbands blog got me to thinking about that. Right after he died everybody naturally started feeling sorry for his wife and kids. Asking how she was going to survive without him, whether or not the kids even understood, you know the usual things that get asked at funerals. Everybody figured that she would leave TX. and come back to NM to be near her family. But she surprised us all. She stayed in TX saying that she had to go on with her life. She told me at the memorial that Pastor Leroy wasnt sitting in heaven with everything on hold until she got there. So basically she couldnt sit in her room with everything on hold wishing and praying he would come back. She just had to live her life day to day and miss him but know that she will see him again someday. You may be wondering what this has to do with me. Well, it got me to wondering if I would be able to do that. Pastor Laura-Lee showed a strength that possibly nobody ever even imagined that she possessed. And now I am faced with all of these thoughts. I dont know if I am alone here. But I am about to give birth to mine and Lees second child. And everybody always hears about complications and the moms passing away. And all of this stuff has me thinking about that. I dont know what I would do if I wasnt able to spend the next 50 yrs with my husband and if I wasnt able to watch my children grow up. If I were to die today, I believe that my children would be fine and my husband would survive, but how would I handle it? Don't get me wrong I cant wait to go to heaven butI have my own little heaven on earth everytime my daughter smiles at me or tells me she loves me. And also when my husband tells me I am his world and he doesnt know what he would do without me. Or even when the child that is growing inside me kicks me and I begin to wonder what type of person she will grow up to be. So is it wrong of me to ask God to allow me to spend the next 50 yrs with my husband and watch my kids grow up? I dont know. But I hope he doesnt take it personally, I just appreciate the things he has given me. Maybe its because I cant even begin to fathom what heaven is going to be like. How can it get any better than it already is?

Hello

2006-04-13T01:13:00.000-07:00

Hello, everyone I am new at this and really dont care if anyone actually reads this. The whole reason that I do this is not to get noticed but more like to get things off my chest. Things really bother me sometimes, but who doesnt get bothered. Things like when my husband and I fight. Or the fact that my daughter is almost 3 and absolutely refuses to potty train. Just little things like that. If you know me, then please dont take offense to anything I write here. I will appreciate comments, however, I am not writing this to upset you, its just that sometimes people need to get things off of their chests.