Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and behold, the log is in your own eye? “You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye. Matthew 7:3-5

Someone asked me the other day why Christians were so judgemental, so I took it upon myself to do some investigation and what I believe is that most of the time they are not, I believe that they are commanded to spread Gods word and by doing so people view them as judgemental, so the next time you feel someone of Christian faith is judging you or your lifestyle take this into consideration. However the verse I cited above should be taken into consideration by those who "do" choose to judge others. No one person or family is perfect, we are "all" sinners. We should teach our children acceptance and love not judgement and exclusion. We all are working on our imperfections on a daily basis, and if people could work on being more compassionate instead of judgemental I believe we could change the world and then perhaps there would be no need for sheltering our kids.  But remember for those true "Christians" are not judging you , they are trying to share the Lords word with you!  By true Christians I mean those that have truely accepted him, there are alot of people out there that attend service every Sunday or attend every Bible study or every Church function there is, and they still choose to lead different lives behind closed doors, whether they act immorally at home or work or whatever. -I myself have ALOT of work to do!- and I think that if you ask most people and if they are speaking honestly they will say the same!  I think we are all guilty of being judgemental at one time or another so my challenge to you and to myself is to think twice before saying or telling someone there way of doing things is wrong , whatever it may be!
Every night I have a routine of prayer and mostly I pray about the same things everynight, tonight I will pray for those who do not accept others and others way of life!  I will pray for a closer relationship with God and I will pray that the Lord will touch each and everyone of you in your journey through life.

Today has brought more challenges, why did I expect anything different LOL, in spite of my disclaimer on my last post I seemed to have offended or upset some of my followers, let me reiterate that I am in no way directing my thoughts or beliefs to any one person or family.  I can only express what  I feel is right for me and my family. All I can do is teach my children right from wrong and protect them the best I can, and teach them to protect themselves when I am unable, I cannot and will not shelter them from the world, however I will teach them to stand up for what is right , even if that means standing alone. All of my children have a wonderful belief in the Lord and they know right from wrong and they also know how to deal with the immoral situations they come in contact with. I am not happy with the world we live in today, I am appauled on a daily basis at peoples lack of humanity, however these people are not going away, you just cant pretend they dont exhist, denial will get you no where, instead we choose to deal with these situations head on, we discuss things openly and honestly, because believe me we as parents can not always be there to protect our children, as much as I wish we could, so when the time arrises MY kids will know how to deal and resolve these issues. Unfortunately we do not live in a idealistic world so we must deal with it realisticaly.  however on a much brighter note I believe wholeheartedly that this world has alot of positive and wonderful things to offer and I encourage my kids to reach out and touch these wonderful opportunities. I look out my kitchen window each morning and see our horses frolicing together with their manes flowing in the wind, I watch Dalton fly through the sky on his dirt bike, I watch Aiden run through the back yard with a big smile on his face, I see Kenzie enjoy a good book, I watch Hunter and Avery ride their horses as if nothing else exhists and I know that this truely is a wonderful world we live in!!!!!!!!!!!! Life is Good, what a wonderful world it is that we all get to make our own decisions and no one person gets to decide our fate!!!    

We made our trek to Indy yesterday for the kids yearly Tourette's Syndrome check-up. There are going to be some changes and I pray that all goes well!! I have alot of anxiety and mixed emotions about the future and I hope and pray everyday that the Dr.'s are making the right decisions. But at this point I am at a loss and do not know what to do on my own, Usually being versed in the medical profession I have strong ideas and opinions on mine and my families healthcare, however at this point I have done and tried everything I know and am now leaving it in the hands of God and the Dr.'s.  Through the years I have watched my kids grow and strive and succeed in virtually every aspect of their lives from school to their behavior to their beliefs and I am sooo proud of them, No it is not easy and it never has been, but for our little (LOL) family our way has worked out magnificently.  And that has not changed.  I am so lucky to have the great children that I do,  I have been told from virtually every teacher they have ever had that our kids are the most responible,well behaved and socially adapted kids they have ever met, I believe this is a direct result of the way we have chosen to raise our kids. No we are not perfect but the decisions we have made have impacted our children positively and made them who they are today, yes they are exposed to outside influences as we are unable to shelter them from this world, but we have prepared them to deal with these situations and on occasion they have had to deal with less than desirable circumstances and I could not be more proud of how they have dealt with the situations. I cannot control the world we live in and I refuse to put rose colored glasses on my kids, the world is what it is and we will deal with it together one day at a time, I believe this is a behavior you must instill from day one, no it is not always ideal for a small child to see other kids doing wrong or acting undesirably but it is a fact of life and they need to know how to react and deal with these problems, the only way is to expose them to and discuss with them,these situations. This blog entry is in no way intended to be to or about anyone person, so please noone take offence, I just fealt compelled to express my feelings today, so please do not take this personally if you are reading this.  People who dont have children with Tourettes have no idea what that is like and I am very proud of how well adapted my children are, not only do they do well but they are excelling in society, everyone from their peers to teachers to Dr.s have expressed their amazement and belief in their success, lets hope it continues........I KNOW IT WILL!!! I HAVE SOME PRETTY AMAZING CHIDREN GOD HAS BLESSED ME TREMENDOUSLY   Sorry for the soap box today, just fealt like expressing myself today.

Here are some photos of our wonderful horses, the black and white colt is Brody he is a 9 mo.old Gypsy Drum.  The one with the flaxen mane is Chrissy she is a Kentucy Mountain Saddle/Rocky Mountain Horse-Hunter's Baby, the black one is Bentley he is a Friesian cross and my pride and joy. and Sassy is the Bay Quarter Pony who is absolutely wonderful.however she is named Sassy for a reason!!! They are all totally irreplacable and will be with us till the day they die!! WE LOVE THEM MORE THAN WORDS CAN EXPLAIN!!! 

So I finally got an I-Phone , Yeahhhh!! Now I have to learn how to use it LOL my kids will teach me Im sure. Taking the 2 oldest kids to Indy tomorrow for their Tourettes, I sure hope the weather holds out! It seems every time I have to go to Indy we have a snow storm, but this is one appt. we cannot miss, so nomatter the weather we will have to make the trip. 

Sooo, since my last post, Hunter and Avery have been to two Horse Bowl competions and they did very well, so off to state at Purdue. All of our snow has melted and consequently our pasture is flooded so we have been battling that, it is just wonderful that all of our neighbors properties drain onto our, and none of them seem to care. Hunter and Bentley and making great progress towards their dressage goals and are hoping to do some testing soon. Avery and Sassy are working through their issues as well and Sassy is absolutely loving and accelling in jumping....who knew the short ball of fire could jump LOL.  Dalton has been training for the upcoming Motocross season that starts in 3 weeks, he and Bill can not wait to get started again.  Aiden is being his ornery self, and is coming along nicely in school, he is so intelligent beyond his years, he came up to me the other day and says "Mom, Let me get this straight, you mean to tell me you have been bred 5 times. OMG he is sooooo funny!!!!!!!!! All I could do was say yes. Kenzie is anxiously awaiting to hear from the academy to see if she has gotten accepted, in the mean time she is doing awesome academically, she never ceases to amaze me. Bill and I have just been working away, and trying to keep up with these busy kids. Bill was able to purchase his tractor he has been wanting for a long time, of course he says it was for MY horses, but I have a funny suspicion that he will use it for other things as well. We now all 3 have new tires on our vehicles so we are all safe now.    Here are some pictures of Dalton and Aiden and Daltons friend Deon building their snow tunnel and a pic of me and my fav. dog Allie she is the best Weiner dog in the world, and also a pic of Bill's tractor

So today on my day off the girls and I traveled to Morocco, In for a Horse Bowl and Hippology Contest, I am very proud of all our White Co. girls they all did wonderful and presented theirselves very respectfully and all qualified for the State Contest. Also our teams won on the Horse Bowl portions of the competions today. The whole time we were there it snowed, that was a surprise, by the time we left we had 5 inches. WOW what a surprise, so the hour drive home was quite eventful, there were 5 cars in the ditch and one semi, but we made it home safely, we had wonderful company traveling with us, our friends Tracy and Kiley rode with us, and that helped me keep my mind off being nervous of the roads, and I must say I think the girls had a blast singing their hearts out all the way home the only thing that would have made it better was earplugs LOL Just Kidding girls you all sang wonderfully!!!  I have never heard Firework by Katey Perry sang quite like they did but none the less it was entertaining. So we made it home safely and we all decided a nap was in order, Then it was time to make Aiden a new blanket, we absolutely love these no-sew blankets they are so easy to make and very warm and cheap to boot!!! Now I have 5 more to make, that can be a later on in the week task, as tomorrow is riding lessons and then back to work on Monday. God Bless and Have a wonderful weekend.

BLIZZARD

So we have been homebound by what they have called a blizzard, I wouldnt go that far, but it has been nice to have all the kids at home and not having to run them here and there. We lost power for a couple of hours last night but we managed just fine.  First thing this morning Dalton got up and went out to start plowing us out, by now he has had to do it again and he and Aiden and Bill managed to make it to the Dale and Dorothys to plow them as well. Dalton and Aiden really enjoy working in the snow, that is good because there is plenty of it.  Our big outside doggies have become inside doggies for the next few days until the weather straighten out some, I didnt realize how much they snore LOL. The horses have managed the storm well, you would think they would go into their barn for shelter but noooo not our silly horses they preferred to run around like yearlings playing in the snow and ice, I am always afraid they are going to fall and hurt themselves. But they do have their blankets on so they did stay nice and dry. Work called me yesterday and said that our outpatients were not going to be able to come in, so that was nice that I didnt have to try to drive to work today, Thank God!! Thanks to all the cooworkers who had to work the "Floors" and were dedicated and stayed at the hospital to take care of "business" . Well here are some pictures of our sNOw fun as I call it!!