Simple baked oatmeal

Been baking alot these days! and my dear friend Mel wanted some recipes so here is one and I will post many more in the days to come! :)

Simple Baked Oatmeal 

2 eggs slightly beaten
3 cups cooking oats (or I did 1 C steel cuts oats grinded and 2 1/2 C rolled oats)
1/3 C brown sugar or agave necter
1 C soymilk (lessen milk if using agave)
1/2 C apple sauce
1/2 C raisins
2 tsp baking powder
1tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1tsp cinnamon

Combine all ingredients  and press into a square baking pan and bake at 350 for 25 minutes.

Everything is not OK until I find you......

I just got blasted by a devo happening live at IHOP on the web stream. The chorus they were repeating was EVERYTHING IS NOT OK UNTIL I FIND YOU......I lost it and started crying- earlier I had just been on a walk crying out to God that I would be able to cry- :) you know those times where you feel so dry that you can't even cry......it's seriously the worst! So as I was on the floor repenting and crying out for more of HIM in my life Naomi ran in and saw me and came on my lap and gave me her 'num num' (pacifier) and 'nigh nigh' (blanky) and cuddled me. In that moment I realized that is what the heavenly father was doing to me. He heard my cry and answered me. Sometimes I wonder does anyone else go through times like these- everyone else seems to have it all together and I think I do sometimes and then I loose it, break down and run into His arms.....but I know that is what HE desires- I long to be more vulnerable with my friends and real and I want it in return so much.....I think...well I know I am being still restored from past hurts with friendships. 

Praise Jesus- we are on a journey- 

Prasie Jesus my husband fixed my blog and the comments work!

Amazing, challenging, exciting, sweet, tireing, hilerious, sobering....MOTHERHOOD

Adventure weekend round 2. Ryan has been wanting to do something else on Saturday other than the usual beach that we do E-V-E-R-Y Saturday :) He likes it but was needing a little adventure.

So this past weekend we took off spontaneously at about 4pm in the arvo and drove to Waimea, stopping for a little latte and snacks. We then drove up one of the most beautiful scenic roads I have ever been on. We stopped mid way up and let Naomi out to run free on the red dirt road and boy did she run- squealing with delight, stopping to check out all the cows and horses by the way road. She then continued on rolling around in the long thick grass and we all pretended to be lions in the grass roaring and hiding from the watching eye of those on "safari" :) I LOVE being a kid again! :)

It was seriously one of the best days of my life- it was so freeing and so beautiful especially since we have introduced Mr sad spoon. For those who don't know he is a small wooden spoon with a blue sad face on it- I decided not to draw a pink or red one as that seemed to cheery and this spoon represents what it feels like when we disobey. :( :( I have used it twice now and it really has helped alot, it's hard to see her cry but it only lasts a moment then she cuddles me and says sorry. Oh Jesus help me on this journey that has only just began.....

Isn't life wonderful......

Did I ever tell you how much I love being a mum, actually and a wife, sister, daughter, auntie, friend, cook, writer, dancer, and lover of Yeshua! This season right now....no words can really describe but just so wonderful. From getting up early to be with Jesus with a nice cup of really good black coffee, to baking with my daughter, to hiking in the rain up at Kaloko with Naomi on my back (yesterday's adventure), to laying by a fire with my husband and 10:30 at night enjoying the warmth of the fire and each other, to just loving on people and hearing the Lord's heart in this season of life. I truly feel blessed. I have been getting some incredible download's lately from the Lord about a few books that I know He wants me to write. So much to go into detail in a blog so I won't but other then pray for me I can get everything in my heart out on paper. I'm not a skilled typer, so I am writing everything down and soon will have to put in on my computer. erg. Anyways just wanted to share oh another thing so annoyed no one can comment on my blog I can't fix it! Will keep trying.....

Awake, AWAKE

Awake Awake, arise oh sleeper
Wake up for the time in near
I know you've heard it before but I will say it again
ARISE oh army of God
You are the generation of Jacob
You are called by by name
Stop listening to the lies of the enemy
Be alert, Be ready
The world is sleeping and is lulling us all to the the hums of the enemy
Eat, Drink, Be merry
Spend, buy up and be happy
But I, the captain of the ARMY of the Lord of hosts say
ARISE- WAKE UP
Open your eyes to all that is going on around you
Do not retreat to the hillsides and think all will be ok
It is not ok- people are dieing all around you
I need you- I need you to be bold- to lay aside every thing that is hindering you from Love, for my name Alone.
I need an army that is unified and alert of the schemes of the enemy
for we have now entered enemy lines

Be ready, Be watchful, be sober, for the day is at hand.
Many will laugh and say- I have heard this before.....
But I- the captain of the Army- say "This is the day- this is the hour where I am drawing a line in the sand- you will either be in my army or you will be in the enemy's camp."
Put on your fatigues
Be dressed be ready.

Luke 12:35

Keep your loins girded and your lamps burning,
And be like men who are waiting for their master to return home from the marriage feast,
so that when he returns from the wedding and comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately.
Blessed those servants whom the master finds
AWAKE and ALERT AND WATCHING
when he comes.
Truly I say to you, he will gird Himself, he will gird himself
and have them recline at table and serve them!
If he comes in the second watch (before midnight)
or the third watch (after midnight) and finds them so, blessed are those servants
But of this be assured: If the householder had known at what time the burglar was coming,
he would have been awake and alert and watching and would not have permitted his house to be dug through and broken into.
You also must be ready, for the son of man is coming at an hour and a moment when you do not anticipate.

Precious moments

5 am, 3 days ago, Naomi wakes up crying (not normal) so I go into her room pick her and she nuzzles my neck (oh FYI all done nursing :) So we just cuddle and I shut my eyes and inside my heart prayed that the Lord would fill the room with His presence.
I feel the Lord hugging as together and then Naomi through her dummy with eyes shut says-

"Jesus.....Jesus"

Wow- how precious is that.

Pancakes and Praise!!!!

Our new family tradition on Sunday morning- Pancakes and Praise!!!!! YEAH!