School time-09

Well, school is almost in full swing at the Butlers house.
I did say almost,,I as a teacher-mama I start slowly,
We stay so busy during our time off, it takes a while to get
back on a schedule. So we started last monday with
a few things & this week I added a few more.
Monday I will add the last few things,
So then the schedule will be in
full swing........


This is what our kitchen table looks like during the
year..has to be cleaned off everynight before supper.


No I'm not one of those people who has
a neat school room to keep all this in or
for my kids to do school in.
So we make room :)

...Kitchen...

...Cheyenne's room...


...Boy's room...

They get up 7-7;30. they do a few chores to do-eat breakfast.
We get started around 8;30-9;oo,,,
Get done some time around 2;30-3;00 most days
and thats with 10min break & 45 min lunch...

I do try to let them have some fun,,
I'm not that bad of a teacher.
yesturday I let them have a icecream break.....


:) :0 :) ;0 :) ..........

This is a few funny pictures from the past few years,,
I do think school needs to be fun,, Right ???

Trudy thinks she needs to be smart too !!



...SILLY...

I love having this time with them....
They make me smile,, when I need it..



( I would like to hear about ya'lls school days )
I like to see how different people do things..
gives me new ideas..I sometimes like change. lol

Yall have a good tuesday--in Christ :0)

Happy Birthday My MAMA.....

HappyHappy B-day to my mama....
Today is the Best Mother in the worlds b-day,
Her name is Brenda Cofield,
she is the mother of this 4 brats,
Renee,Rhonda,Robin & yes her baby .lol.(me) Rebekah
( & yes this pic is old )

Mama, happy b-day ,I love you so much,

You have always stood by me no matter what,

through my good & BAD.!!!

I dont no what I would do without you,,

Let me take that back what would any of us do without you ???


You are the BEST mama ,mawmaw & friend anyone could ever want :D.

I love you !!

Hope you have a Great day!!!!

( if you still have your mama ,?call her tell her what she means to you)

5 years ; part 2..

This week I have just been thinking on the 5 years I've been saved,,Last thursday it had been 5 wonderful years,(scroll down & read that post if you hav'nt already). On friday night we was in church-what a wonderful place to be on a friday night !The message was about what he "The LORD" went through for us before he ever got to the cross.It was wonderful...


It got me thinking on how lost people dont see it & how I didnt,,but I really got to thinking on people that say they are saved & not caring,,you see five years ago is not even a part of my life anymore ,& yes it is my past & I NEVER want to forget what I was before him..But I never want to go back,,but some do ,,go back to their old lives after living a christian life for a while or they say they got saved & never change.

I dont understand ? I'm not saying those people are not saved(we have to keep Lot in mind if the bible didnt tell us he was saved I would have to say he's not ) & I know people get saved & just get saved. Never do anything for the Lord or want to do anything for him .

Thats the part I dont understand, all he went through for us ,so we can be saved.

I owe(indebted) my life to him,my kids lives & everything I have, Its His....


As I write I'M going to include pictrues of my life now, how could I ever go back ????????



I got a phone call on yesturday from a dear friend I love some much,

Stevie Moon, --the one in white--



Look at that face,,does she look happy to you??

she called me yesturday, so happy saying do you know what today is?

"Today is the day the Lord saved me 2 years ago"

But you know why her day is even more special to me & my husband,

because she was saved in Sunday School while my husband was teaching,ok preaching! its hard for him to teach...I'm not saying that just because it was Jim,,but when you see God use someone you love it sure helps..you know??



I the past few weeks have been told & heard somethings,

that some old friends dont understand like,why cant you go certainplaces ?,why dont you come around ?, why do you stay away from certain people that you would at one time go around ??

They think I have been told by my husband or my Preacher I cant go & do these things..

Its not that,,,I DONT WANT to do the things that I did at one time,,

My life is Great!!

I love it ..

Do I get down & have bad days,? sure I do,

Does things go wrong ? All the Time,

Do I hurt over this kind of talk,from people that is suppose to love me & be my friends till the end ? Feels like someone has cut my throat,

But I cant go back just because of a bad day,or because they dont like who I am now.



I dont need the devil telling me,when I hear all this stuff,how much better my life would be if I would just go back.

And trust me he does just that,!,when I heard all of this a few weeks ago,

the next week we started having love ones put in the hospital, one a week for 4 weeks.

He started to tell me I could just go back, to drinking,to that care free world of sin.

And things would'nt be so bad . He was even telling me ,my church dont care what I go through, your friends now or just your friends because they have to be.

And YES I was thinking about it all,Why do I go on? What do we get out of all this? Could it be better ??


Does my church care like they say they do ????

I got to where I could'nt even pray,,

thats what the devil will do !!



But then last week came;)

And before I knew it the LORD was bringing back to my mind

5 years ago, when I was lost & on my way to hell, with the devil.....

I started to think of the cross, & how I could not have gave my son to die for those who dont care....could you???

I thought how I have seen sooooo many blessings,in not just my life ,but the lives of others.

How Stevie couldnt even hold her head up the morning she was saved,,but God saved her & now she can hold it up proudly & worship Him...

O WHAT A SAVIOR !!! is mine..

I thought of Jim, he didnt even like me, but now he will do anything for me.

My childern, they hate to be sick now because they hate to miss church..






How do people go back ??????? I wish I knew,,

I would hate to know,the devil got me to go back because of his mind games & I missed out on Gods blessings,on seeing another friend or family member be saved, or seeing one of these loved ones be healed because of church & friends prayers..

My prayer is Lord keep the devil away,

not just from me but from your sheep,

I love You LORD !





Each day that I liveHe gives more than I need,

I could never describe His goodness to me,

You ask how I make it day after day,

There's only one thing I can say,,



Its been a long journey but I have been Blessed

Walking with Jesus I have no regrets

He is so good to me & I must confess

The way has been long,but I'm Blessed



All that I need I find at his feet,

When I hungry he feeds me with manna so sweet,

When my soul is weary I find peace & rest,

All I can say is I'm Blessed,



Now I've had my share of sunshine & rain

Days filled with laughter/nights filled with pain,

But for every mile I've traveled this way,

The journey gets sweeter each day.





.........Tell the LORD today what he means to you.......you need it more than he does....

............you see he dont need us we need him !!!!..................:)

I want one !! :)

Have you ever wanted somthing that you know you wont ever have ,that you dont need, & that would make absolutly NO sense in having one ??(does that make sense ??)

Well we have been having some work done in our yards ,trees cut ,cleaning up.You know that work that always gets put off ;)
..........before..............


...........after...........

............just kidding ;) ;D....this is after...


The guy we got doing all the hard work has got some of the coolest machines,

& I want one of these BAD BOYS !!

Not to sure what the correct name is for one of these,

I just know they dont play,

Me & my kids watched yesturday,as this machine cut about 15 trees to the ground in about 15 mins,,,good school lesson,,,

OK ,maybe they didnt learn anything just that mom wants one.

I told them if I had one I would be one of the..NO NO! I would be THE coolest mom around this part of Ga,

We could mud ride like no one else,,this thing can cross a ditch, climb a hill, cut a tree down all at the same time,,forget that 4 wheel drive boys, something new is in town!;)

.....call a friend today,,remind them of a good time yall have had together,memories are wonderful...

Its been five WONDERFUL years !:)

GAL,2,20-21 Iam crucified with Christ nevertheless I live;
yet not I,but Christ liveth in me ;and the life which I now live
in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God,
who loved me, and gave himself for me.
I do not frustrate the grace of God ;for if righteousness
come by the law ,then Christ is dead in vain...
You see,5 yrs ago today before 8pm, I was on my way to hell.
and to be honest at the time I did not care.
but there is a GOD in Heaven who did care for me.
I'm going to give a bit of my testimony,
and I hope you enjoy it.
Before sept 03,I thought I was saved
that month the Lord took someone out of our family
as fast as you can blink your eyes,it was my sisters fiance.
they was so happy onemin,& he was gone the next.
Days after his death I began to hate God & wondered
how can he do that to us ??So for 11 LONG months
I was a person no one wanted to be around.
as the days went on I just got worse. Me & Jim was
already just live in buddys ,didnt love each other the way we should have.
So we was BAD off by this point !! nothing was going right.
but little did I know they was a church praying for us (my daddys church)
The pastor at the time was Bro Michael Andrejewski,
He & his wife Ms Nina had such a burden for us that now when I
think back on it, I think they must have been praying Lord
whatever it takes. But I sure am thankful now..
I went to church on fri aug 6th,it was the last night of revival
meeting, and the only reason why went to church that night
was because my daddy said if I came he would take my youngest
home with him ,jim had the boys,so that told me afterchurch I could
go do what I wanted (no kids). I loaded her up, called my sister told
her I would be there around 9 to party with her.?.?.?.?
BUT GOD butted into my plans,I'll be honest I cant even tell you
if anybody else was there,I just heard a message & in that God told me
if I left that church unsaved I'd die & go to hell.
I guess you know what happened after that.
That night not only did he save me ,he told me I was about to start living,
& that my husband was the one & we needed to marry ? WHAT ? yes thats what I said !!
We had always said we would never marry,but I knew what God told me to do.
so 2 days later I told Jim we had to marry or I had to leave,,
And to my surprise he said ok..WHAT ?? yes i said it again.


This is us 2 weeks after i was saved,,I'm so happy,
but cant say the same
for him,,,look at that face ??
we had went to the court house on aug 20th
in the middle of a work day & got married.(one year later on our ann we had our ann we had a church wedding)

I hope you understand why I make such a big deal out of
this day,,
I was a drunk ,a drugy,not a good mother ,not a good friend ,
not a good anything..But GOD put us into the hearts of some people
that loved us ,so they would pray for us day & night.
its funny Bro Michael told us later when they first took the
church & meet my Daddy, my Daddy said I got some family that needs to be saved!!
I'm so THANKFUL for my Daddy & Bro Michael & Ms Nina.
I know they didnt save me, but God does use his people.
This is the things I get to see now !!:)


Happy children,,

My Husband is a preacher,
Oh I didnt tell you, the Lord saved him 2 months later .
called him to preach 9 months after that. THANK YOU LORD !

We are so in Love :) :)


I get to see people pray together ,& not only that I 'm now
apart of praying for the lost....

My God has put a family together, that nobody thought
was possible...not even me.


I'm not the perfect christian, but I would like
to be,, I owe him my everything ..
Rev,22 -4 And they shall see his face....
cant wait to thank him.....
" I've got so much to thank him for"
Thank you ,to all who prayed for us
its been 5 WONDERFUL years..!:)

...... thank someone today,someone who has helped you in your life ......

Happy Birthday ;) Ms Nina !!

Today is MsNina birthday,,


she is a very good friend of mine;she was my pastors wife
for about a year.

God called them to the mission field in oct,2007
This was there last service at Living Waters Baptist,
in LaGrange Ga.

I miss her so much,wish I could see her today & take her
for a cup of coffee,,( she loves coffee )

MsNina I hope you have a great day,I love you & miss you.

Oh & I just realized I almost got saved on your b-day how neat is that!!?

((she also has a blog for those of you that dont know her..go over and take a look..she always has something good))http://www.portugalbound.blogspot.com/

......Becka......

..call a friend today & tell them what they mean to you ;) (you never know they might need it)

The time has arrived !!!

My Husband says the time has come..

for our 12 year old boys to help with the real work.

since we remodeled the inside of our house last year we

have been wanting to start on the deck ,,

that we have talked about for about 5-6yrs now !:)

So the past few weeks "well all summer"

we have been talking about a pool (yes I said a POOL !!)

So on friday afternoon Jim put hiself & the boys to work.

they did not come in friday till about 11p.m.

And got started yesturday around 10am

& worked till about 5p.m...

I got the 3 hardest working men around :)

Jim just so happy the boys can help & understand

whats going on ..(yes im sad my babies are 12 & can do hard work) :(


As they was finishing up,it was snack time.

"Cold Cantaloupe"

whats better than that ???on a hot aug,day..

Trudy just wants to know when is the noise

going to be over with ????

" forget the deck just put the hammer up"