The heavenly Father and the earthly Father

If Ye then being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is is in heaven give good gifts to them that ask Him?

                                                                   Matthew 7:11

I struggle sometimes, struggle to really understand and embrace the way God feels towards me.  I feel at times as though I forget that He is my Father, that He is the PERFECT Father.  I know in my heart  one of the reasons the Lord gave us the ability to multiply and to have children is to bring us the revelation of His Father heart towards us, and in return as He reveals it to us, we become better parents. 

 Our fatherhood on earth ( this is referring to mommas too not just daddys) is to be the very reflection of the Father in heaven.  How do we become this reflection? By experiencing God and studying His heart.   The beautiful thing is, that He uses our children and our role as parents to teach us.  When we think of our love for our children, the joy they give us, the sympathy in our hearts when something is wrong with them, the patience and self sacrifice they require of us, He is showing us His heart as our Father, and how much more of all of that is in His heart.


O, that I may make myself available as a mother to breath in the Spirit of God, to put on the mind of Christ and to be the ladder that leads my children to their heavenly Father.  I love how God puts pieces together,  we encounter Him as our Father through raising our children and as a fruit of that encountering and that revelation our children will in return through us encounter God as their Father.  He is so so so good!

I can testify of a moment when I heard the Lord whisper to my heart and teach me a little bit of His Father heart, and He used Grace in the process.  I was just looking at Grace, I was telling her I loved her, and although she couldn't say it back, just in her expression and her tenderness towards me, I knew that it was her way of saying she loved me too.  I thought to myself of the scripture 1 John 4:18 We love Him because He first loved us, I thought wow, Grace has never had to do anything to win my love, I love her unconditionally, I love her because she is my baby and because I loved her first she will love me back...it's like God saying " now do you understand?" =) I love when He uses our little ones to sharpen us and to speak to our hearts.  It is little moments like that, that help us become better mommas.


God transform us moms and dads to be bearers of your light, to be parents who act like you, talk like you, discipline like you and love like you. That in return our children would know you as their Father, teach us, guide us...Let our main goal be to be parents who bring glory to You, and to lead our children straight to Your heart.


Parents are to be the picture of our heavenly Father, the ladder that leads their children to Him..

Why parents fail....more from the book " Raising Your Children for Christ"

I am still trying to tackle this book! It is actually a 50 chapter book, although the chapters are really short, they are filled with such wisdom that I always find my self  stopping, bible referencing, taking some notes and then continuing to read.  I wanted to share some things that I read in chapter 18 titled  "Why parents fail".  This chapter is bitter sweet, he speaks straight to the heart of the parent, not in a condemning kind of way but in a provoking way.

I am gonna list some things he talks about that bring a little sting to my heart, in a good way.

Cheif causes of parental failure:

• Lack of self Discipline -To follow the will of God, to be obedient in the command & duty as a parent. ( ruling the home is a God given command and not obeying that command leads to spoiled & ruined children)
• Laziness- The task of influencing and forming other souls for God, needs special self sacrafice, purpose, attention and perseverance.
• Spiritual problem- Lack of true devotion to God himself.  

Solutions for parental failure:

• Determine to do God's will.
• We must rule our home and our children.( he actually says that not disciplining your children is putting them above God. wow! I agree)
• Have a personal, strong relationship with God. 

 Laws in the art of ruling:

• Do not give to many commands at once, take small steps, once they have mastered obedience in one they can tackle another.
• Do no command what you cannot enforce.
• Let your command be given in quiet, deliberate tones, with self control.

 I love this book so much, it has been teaching me so many things and I am so excited to put all these things into action in my life and as I raise my babies.  I know it's not gonna be easy, and I will prob fail along the way but He gives grace and strength and He knows the desires and intentions of my heart. I hope you all find this useful, I am eating all this info up =)

What are your thoughts??

Now, I MUST get my laundry folded and put away. lol its been a wk!! =)

Love you guys.

Sweet partnership...

 I sit here, my heart heavy once again with the burden of raising my children for Jesus.  Growing up I  never truly understood the importance of being a mom, the meaning behind parenthood, I always knew my children would grow up in church, as I was, I knew how to give my love 100% ( my mom and dad have loved me so well, so good and have made me the loving and affectionate mommy that I am today)but I never knew that it was so much more then taking them to church, and giving them a list of to do's and dont's all because God said so and that is the way to heaven.  There is something so beautiful about being a parent, it is the relationship that takes place between God and the parent.  The exchange of love as God gives us a gift and we in return give the gift back.  He places this baby in our wombs, gives us this child, to love and to raise, not to raise him/her just because but that in return we would declare the child to be His, to raise them for Him.  This is such a close relationship, it's intimate, its a sweet, sweet partnership, a blessed joint ownership over our kids.

1 Samuel 27,28  " For this child I prayer; and the Lord has granted this petition which I have asked of Him.²⁸ Therefore I also have lent him to the LORD; as long as he lives he shall be lent to the LORD.”

No where can my child be safe or happy except with Him, and there is no other way I could effectively raise my kids out of partnership with Him.

I have always said I want to raise my children for Him, but now more then EVER He has placed this huge burden in my heart to really do it, to really raise my children according to His standards and the way He leads me to and not the way the world does.  He gives grace to those mothers you sincerly partner with Him, and He gives His strenthgh in the midst of our personal failures.


Think about it...are you doing everything it takes to raise your children for Christ? Are you living a life worthy of becoming a reflection of? IT IS OUR DUTY TO PARTNER WITH GOD, AND TO RAISE THEM WHOLLY FOR HIM....Teach and help us Lord, we say yes!

We are not mothers "just because"....

My firstborn...my love....my little Grace.

My awesome little girl is growing up so fast.  I was getting all sad thinking about when she was a little baby,  I miss her as a baby so much.  Right now she is such a toddler, and has a strong character, she knows what she wants and when she wants it.  I pray over her all the time, declaring that she is an obedient child, that she will honor her parents and others.  These past two wks have been tough, trying to really be consistent in disciplining her, lets just say, I am constantly reminded of why we named her Grace Anna, ( double grace) =)  This morning, I was watching her play as I fed Joshua and I couldn't help but miss that little baby that made me a mommy.  Those of you with more then one child know what I mean when I say that the firstborn has such a special place in our hearts.  She is so special to me, and although my little guy Joshua is just has special, it is a different special, one that only Joshua has and one that only Grace has in my heart.  So, I started to look at pics of my little princess and wanted to post a little re cap of my growing little girl.

Born Aug 4, 2009

8:24pm, 6lbs 12oz

Grace @ 1 month

Grace 6 months

Grace @ 12 months

My princess now!

I love you Grace Anna! You are so beautiful, funny and sweet, thank you for filling my heart with joy.

Encouragement to all my mommy friends....

Jesus hold moms so near to His heart.  We are raising instruments of justice and righteousness for Him, and the enemy wants to mess with our minds and hearts constantly.  The feeling of failure, the feeling of disqualification, even the heaviness of depression.  Being home day in and day out, with our hubbys off to work all day can sometimes feel lonely, at least for me it does.  Being a mom is not easy, its a beautiful thing but it comes with lots of responsibility, and lots of laying down of life for those little ones.  For so many months I was weighed down with the feeling of failure, of being disqualified.  I would even compare myself to other moms, telling myself " I bet they don't lose their patience like me", but in the end we are all different.  We all have our journeys with the Lord,  and we all have different areas of our heart that need work, but we are not failures. 

We are beautiful in the eyes of Jesus, and every step we take in reaching for Him moves his heart with so much love for us.  I find so much encouragement in what Mike says, he always says, choice by choice, day by day, and step by step I will chose Jesus.  If yesterday you feel like you have failed, today strive to do better, if 5 min ago you feel like you failed then right now strive to reach for Jesus.  Don't sit in your failure, but press delete and move forward.  Dont get me wrong I have days when the whole day just goes wrong but never the less He is merciful, He loves me and I love Him and I will, no matter what, press to reach Him.  The Lord LOVES His moms, I ask for a revelation of that love to hit all of our hearts....I pray that the Lord would encourage your hearts, that He would give you grace, and strength and wisdom in raising your children, and I pray that even now His love would come crashing down over you heart.

Love you guys!

The week begins...REALLY want to start it off strong.

Last week was all wacky for me.  By Saturday night I was crying on my couch because Grace was being disobedient. I know, why cry? I was just tired, felt a little overwhelmed, Grace has been disobedient lately, she is exercising her power to make choices and say the word NO over and over again.  Seriously if you can try and correct your child without saying no do it.  I tried the don't do that, or uh oh, but it just didn't work.  I found myself saying no, spanking and putting Grace in time out over and over again.  I felt like a bad mom, but I guess she has to learn how to honor her parents, how to fear us, and how to be obedient.   I think discipline is one of the hardest things of parenting, one side of me feels terrible and the other feels determined to raise children who are polite, generous and obedient.   Anyways, by the end of the week my patience was running sooooo thin.  This week starting today, I am determined to keep the atmosphere in my home as joyful, and peaceful and practice my patience.  Thus far the day is going good, Grace is happy, Joshua is happy and mommy is rested, we are finishing breakfast and having our daily devotional time.  Hope you all have a beautiful day AND week!

By the way, can any of you share with me ways that you discipline, things that work and don't work.  I know every child in different.  I have a spicy little one =) but what toddler isn't!

My Journey into becoming a mommy....

I wanted to write I a little bit about my journey into becoming a mom.  It has been a sweet couple yrs of so many emotions, ups and downs, and a realization of who I am and what the Lord has called me to do in this season of my life.....here it goes....

August 8th, 2008 I took a pregnancy test and surprise! I was pregnant, I was so happy! I went and surprised Moe at work with the positive pregnancy test and a card, it a happy moment for us. But this pregnancy was weird, all I thought about was losing the baby, and the baby not making it.  Now that I think about it, I dont know if it was fear, or the Lord preparing me for what was going to happen.  I just was on edge all the time, its like I knew something was going to go wrong. Well almost 11 wks into the pregnancy, I started spotting, went to the ER and  had a sonogram, I remember looking at Moe, he saw the baby on the screen and smiled so big, but then the news came, the horrible words of "I'm really trying but I cant find the baby's heart".  I looked at Moe and his countenance fell, and I just couldn't believe it, what I feared the most just happened.  Even the sonogram tech had tears in her eyes.  I left the hospital, " You will just pass the baby at home, come back if it is too painful" they said, the pain my heart felt was just horrible.  The next morning I woke up in extreme pain, went back to the ER and I felt the baby come out, a sac with a tiny little being in it,  the nurses were so good to me, and my mommy flew in just in time.  Through all the pain, and hurt, Moe and I were determined to trust God, and not let our hearts get offended.

Well, that Nov just a couple months later, I took a pregnancy test and sure enough a big positive.  I cried, not out of only joy but I was so scared and afraid, afraid it would happen all over again, but this time around I just felt the Lord really near, I was just so sure everything was going to be ok.  On August 4, 2009 my absolutely beautiful and delightful little princess was born!!! Grace Anna Reyes, the love of my life.  O my goodness, when I saw my baby my life just changed.   When Grace was born I decided to stay at home with her, I wanted to be with her, I set aside everything I was doing and just wanted to be Grace's mom.  I don't think people understood, but every person has their own journey with God, every mother has their own place that God wants them to be at.  I will never forget those days, when it was just me and my baby girl at home, just the two of us...sweet sweet memories! The Lord was working on my heart in many areas, and on Moe's heart too and we decided to move back to KC.  It was a crazy time for us because not only were we moving with our baby all the way to KC, but SURPRISE baby # 2 was in the womb!!!  I honestly cried, I was so shocked, Grace was about to be 8 months, I felt like I was being a bad mom to her for not waiting and now having to force her to share mommy with another baby.  It quickly grew on me and I was very happy.

While pregnant with Joshua, I hit the roughest most driest time with the Lord, I rarely felt Him, so I rarely prayed, I was just feeling discouraged, I felt like everyone around me was moving and growing and I was just stuck.  I lost that feeling in my heart of just wanting to be home, and be a mom.  I had never really understood the importance of motherhood, and I was really missing the days when I spent hrs in the prayer room and leading my sets, I wasnt embracing this new season.  On Dec 18, 2010 my life changed once again! My beautiful son was born, I just couldn't believe that I had a son. Now, I was not just a mom of 1 baby but 2!!! I was happy but it felt different, I wasn't enjoying Joshua as much as I enjoyed Grace when she was born.  I felt overwhelmed with the fact that I was a mom of 2 now, I was dealing with so many emotions, with breastfeeding challenges and with Joshua's weight loss and jaundice.  It was a lot to take in, and I wasn't sure I could handle it!  But praise the Lord for his grace, and for His faithfulness to my heart and for a praying husband, I started seeing the light at the end of this dark tunnel I was in.

Something took place in my heart, the Lord did something, He awakend my heart, He gave me a new vision for my children, and fresh revelation of motherhood and who I am as a mother.  Being here a part of the IHOP community has really blessed me, they have taught me that being a mom is not "just" being a mom, it is of value and of importance.  The Lord has been so faithful in showing me that He has chosen me, has called me to be Grace and Joshuas mom to stay home with them, and lately there has been a burden on my heart to be diligent, to pray, to seek God and to raise my babies for His glory.  I had trouble finding joy in this place, but  He has given me that joy, He has spoken to my heart and I LOVE that I can stay home and raise my kids for Jesus, that I can teach them and home school them when the time comes.  I  have now embraced this beautiful calling and this season the Lord has brought me too.  I know some may not understand this season, or think I am not using my gifting of worship leading, but I am using my giftings in the secret place called my home, with my babies, and I love it.  I know the time will come when my kids are older where I can do things that I used too.  But today and right now and for many yrs my place will be here in my home with Grace and Joshua and any other babies the Lord sends my way.  This is MY season and I will embrace every sec, min, hr and day!

Grace and Joshua mommy LOVES YOU!

(srry for my grammer, it isn't the best ) =)

The Lord is my shepard.....

This morning was a bit lazy for me, I just DID NOT want to get out of bed.  Joshua was nestled right next to me, both warm and cozy as he dozed right back to sleep after his feeding, and little miss Grace was quietly laying in her bed.  The apartment was quiet and dim and my eyes were still feeling heavy! Never the less the princess of the home eventually called for momma and I as I entered her room I was greeted with a beautiful whiff of poop, or caca as she says..lol  walked in tired and walked out awake lol!!

So, after we were all fed and energized we started devotional time.  First scripture that popped in my head was Psalm 23:1-3.  Psalm 23 seems to always pop in my head, so I will just say the Holy Spirit led me to it.  I read vs 1-3, those were the ones that really popped out to me, and then danced too some praise music.  Let me just say that sometimes I truly have to go CRAZY dancing and jumping up and down to get Grace super excited and involved, some mornings she is more receptive then others.  If people were to peer into mornings here they would think I was nuts, but I gotta to what I gotta do to get something out my child, and let me tell you it works soo good! lol Anyways, after I layed Grace and Joshua down for nap, I decided to do some reading, and the Lord led me back to Psalm 23:1-3.  I started thinking what does it really mean when it says "The Lord is my Shepard" so I looked up charasterics and duties of a shepard, here is what I found, read and think of Jesus the whole time.

Characteristics and duties of a shepard:

• In the morning he gathers his flock by calling out to them & and leading them to the partures.
• He watches his flock, usually with the assistance of a dog, should any of them stray away he searches for them until he finds them.
• He finds water for them from a stream (sheeps only like to eat from still waters, quiet streams)
• At night when he gathers his sheep he makes sure not one is missing, and he is very watchful making sure that non of them leaves the fold, sometimes he even sleeps across the fold to make sure non get out. 
• A shepard is very watchful and tender towards his sheep
• Shepherding is life of hardship and even danger.  Shepard's often have to fight wild animals to protect his sheep and face many threats of being robbed while watching his sheep at night.
• Shepard's are keepers, protectors,defenders,leaders,providers,sheilds...etc

As I was reading all of this, my eyes watered.  Jesus is such a good leader, such a tender keeper of our life and of our hearts.  He leads us perfectly, we will not be in a state of need, or poverty because He leads us, He provides for us, He protects us and defends us.  He leads us into a place of rest. When I read vs. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me besides still water, I think rest, pleasure, joy, comfort, refreshing, peace, food (spiritual), living waters, and restoration.  Today, I want to lay in those green pastures, I want both my family and I to just rest, rest in Him, feel the winds of refreshing, drink from His living waters, feel His pleasure and His joy! and rejoice in His perfect tender leadership, He is sooo good to us.

 During painting time, I made a little drawing for Grace to paint on this Psalm vs 1-3.  It wasnt a very skillful drawing but it is a good way to teach Grace and talk to her about the Psalm.  She is little but I know she is capable of feeling God's presence just as we feel Him.  I took some pics! ENJOY!!!

Grace praying for her baby brother.

Her prayer consists of putting her hand on his head and saying " Amen"=)

 

Joshua's baby dedication.

Joshua was dedicated to Jesus this morning, and he looked sooooo handsome! I love this part of being a mom, dedicating my babies to Jesus.  It is so special for me and I know it is for Jesus too =)

Joshua Elias Reyes =)

Precious family time...

After so many months of freezing weather, and lots of indoor time, we have been blessed with some spring weather! This past Friday was in the 60's and it felt so amazing!  Moe has also been working so hard that we don't get a lot of family time during the week.  This week we were determined in taking Grace to the park to enjoy the nice weather and to give the poor toddler some outdoor play time.  As soon as Moe got home Friday we packed up the kids and went to the park, after the park we headed to chick fil-a for dinner.  I felt so blessed, Grace was so happy and Moe was enjoying running around and going down the slides with his princess.  I love my little family!!! Here are some pictures I took while at the park...I look forward to many more days like this one as spring and summer head into full swing.

Her new fun thing to do is bubbles =)

The Parents calling...

OK! This book is so good that I am just going to share everything that tickles my heart! This paragraph is from the chapter called "The faithful Parent".....

The Parent's Calling

  There are two sides of a parent's calling.  Be very full of faith and be very faithful.  Be full of faith in the living God, in His covenant, in His promises for you children, and in His faithfulness.  Take God's Word as the only measure of faith.  Then, be very faithful and take God's Word as the only measure of your life, especially in the family.  Be a parent such as God would have you to be.  Let it be your one desire to live a holy life yourself, to rule your home, to command your household and your children that they may walk in the ways of the Lord.  Then the Lord could bring upon you that which He has spoken concerning you.  You can be sure that the blessing will be large and full. You will be blessed in your christian life as well as your home life with your children.  You will also be given power like Abraham, to enter into God's secrets, and to plead with Him as an intercessor for the unsaved.   God will prove to you that believing, faithful parenting is one of the highest privileges to which man can be admitted.  - Andrew Murray

Reading this book pushes me to become a better mom to my babies. It has increased my faith in God, faith that I can lead my kids to Jesus because he will give me the tools I need.  I am pushed to live a more consecrated life, a life that my children can become a reflection of.  My one desire is that Grace and Joshua would be COMPLETELY HIS!

Lord I pray for all the mommies that read this, Lord that you would place in their hearts a burden to see their children saved, a passion in their hearts to partner with You in raising spiritual children.  Give them grace and fill their hearts with your love, your gladness and empower them to live their lives wholeheartedly for you.  Kiss their hearts, and blow upon their garden, that they may feel your sweet presence over them and in their homes as they raise their children for You.  Show them Your tender heart towards them, refresh them, and even now let them feel a wave of Your love.  Amen.

His mercies are new every morning...

Phew!! Thank God that I can wake up today and put yesterday aside and set my heart to have a beautiful day with my kids.  Yesterday was kind of an off day, I woke up feeling tired, discouraged, and just heavy.  Joshua has been fussy in his sleep, and has ended up preferring to sleep with me, ON me to be exact and lets just say, the nights drag because I cant get a real restful night of sleep.  Normally I wake up, get the kids up, turn on the prayer room, get them both fed and so on. Unfortunately yesterday didn't go that way, I turned the t.v on first thing and to top it off while Grace slept watched the food network, I must confess t.v is my weakness, especially the food network and hgtv lol, I don't think there is nothing wrong with watching t.v as long as it doesn't interfere with the spiritual atmosphere of my home, and all of our relationships with Jesus, and yesterday it did! Anyways, the day dragged, and by the end of it I felt completely done with life, and just felt like giving up and I know we ALL have those days! lol But thank you Jesus for a new day, a fresh start, and for your tender mercies that are new every morning, and thank you for your grace.  Today is not yesterday and I choose to set my heart on you first and foremost! I will be a joyful momma....and by faith tomorrow I will feel the same =)

On the  bright side as soon as Moe came home we had some family time! Here are some pics we took to capture the sweetness!

Prayer request for my friend Jennifer and her unborn baby boy

I just want to ask everyone to keep my friend Jennifer in prayer.  She is 21 wks pregnant with her second baby, a little boy whose name is Avery.  After her 20wk sonogram doctors saw that there was something different with the way his head was growing.  It turns out that Avery's head is abnormally large and parts of his brain are missing, he is missing the organ on his brain that tells him to breath, and he has no brain tissue, just liquid, his heart is also on the other side of his chest and tilted.  Doctors want to induce Jennifer in 12 days, Avery's chance of survival are EXTREMELY slim unless the Lords heals him completely.  I am asking you to contend with me in prayer for this little life, please, even if it is 90sec prayers, whenever you think of her pray.  Below I posted a picture of Jennifer playing with her daughter Genesis, so you can have a mental pic of her in your mind.

Thank you!

Grace and Joshua, created in my likeness....

Today is day 3 of the babies napping at the same time! Praise the Lord, I'm still trying to figure out whether I want to start Joshua on a schedule now, or let him fall into one on his own.  Grace fell into her very own schedule, hopefully Joshua will to, so far it is looking like he is.  Anyways with all that said, being that they have been napping at the same time, I was able to read chapter 2 of " Raising Your Children for Christ".  The chapter is called The family-Heaven or Hell,  Andrew Murray basically talks about our fallen nature. He uses Genesis 5:1-3 and 4:8,  He expounds on the fact the yes God created man in His image,  but the fallen Adam also produced sons after his image and likeness, unfortunately after Adams fall his sons took on the fallen nature.   It was one of the wonderful traits of Gods likeness that man had the power to give life to others, but when sin came into mans life that likeness was not destroyed but it was terribly distorted.

Our children were born into our likeness, unfortunately we are fallen people, and our children inherit our very own evil natures.   Thank God the Father for sending His son and empowering us as parents to be the very instrument He uses to mold the lives of our children.  It is through faith and prayer that Moe and I will be able to establish Grace and Joshua in the ways of the Lord, and  lead them to be instruments of grace.  Sometimes I think to myself wow, God chose me, He has entrusted me with the lives of my kids, It is like I hear him saying " Melany you will give birth to Grace and Joshua and I trust that you will partner with me and that through your prayers and your faith, you will lead them into paths of righteousness. " It is my responsibility to be a mom of prayer, and to lead my children in the ways of truth and light, lead them straight to Jesus.  We can only do it by leaning on our beloved, loving Him with all of our hearts and trusting He will guide us along the way. Out of all people God chose me, and has chosen you to be the mother of your children.  All I can say is Lord it is my honor to be the mother of Grace and Joshua and any other little blessing you send my way.  I will do all that I can, and give them all that I am and I WILL lead them to You by faith!

Here are some points Andrew Murray made in this chapter that really provoke me:

• The consecrated lives of a father and mother will mold the lives of their children.
• Parents must be what they want their children to be.
• Let father and mother lead a life that is marked by love for God and others.
• Let ALL your dealing with your children be done in love.  Angry words, sharp reproof, and impatient answers are infectious.  Love demads self-sacrafice.  It takes time, attention and perseverance to train our children in God's ways.
• When parents love the Lord their God with all their heart, the family love will be stengthened.
• Only those parents who are willing to live consecerated lives, entirely given up to God, will receive the full promise and the blessing.
• If we want to make our homes a foretaste of heaven, then ordianry, half hearted religion is not enough.

I can seriously keep going but then I would end up typing the whole entire chapter for you lol.  I really recommend this book to all mommies and fathers aswell.  Well, thats all I have time to write, I am going to start on chapter 3, before my pumpkins wake up from their naps.

Love you guys!

4 yrs of Marital bliss....=)

This week Moe and I celebrate our 4 yr anniversary.  I cant believe we have been married 4 years already.   I am so grateful that Moe walked into my life 6yrs ago.  He is one of the BEST things that has ever happened to me.  He is really an amazing husband, he treats me like his precious jewel, and I know without a shadow of a doubt that he loves me with all of his heart.   Moises and I met right when I was about to turn 18, I kind of eyed him out =) I had noticed him a while back, I was leading worship at our youth group and I saw him walk in as I was singing and I was like wow, he is cute ( then quickly caught myself totally checking someone out while leading worship ooopppsss lol).   We started hanging out with the same group of people, and I really started to like him, BUT he didnt like me =) I burped, and well let just say I wasn't his "type".  We have shared so many special moments, moments so sweet that I will never forget.  One of those moments that really sticks to me was the night we layed on the top of my car and stared at the sky, we asked God that if we were meant to be to show us a sign, and as soon as we said that we saw a shooting star, we looked at each other and kissed =) Just a few months later Moe asked me to marry him!!! I could go on and on but long story short, after 2 yrs of ups and downs, and a beautiful restoration of my once broken heart on March 10, 2007 Moises became the man I would now spend the REST of my life with!!! All I can say is thank you Jesus for bringing Moises into my life and for giving me the free will of choosing him as my husband!  I couldn't of asked for a better man to partner with Jesus in being the keeper of my heart and the father of my children.  I love you Moises Reyes II!

Here are some pics of our special day!