Dance Recital

One of the benefits of having a little girl is dance class. Since September, 2009 Addison and I have traveled to Sylva each evening to Triple Threat Performing Arts Academy to Predance class taught by Miss. Nicole. This has been one of our favorite mommy & daughter activities, Dad has school on Tuesday evenings so dance class helps the evening go by faster.

In December, 2009 the class of 10 3 & 4 year olds started to prepare for their recital piece "The Wheels On The Bus". A few weeks later they were measured for their costumes. And the dance recital was starting to come together.

This past week was filled with extra classes & rehearsals, and the recital was today. I volunteered to be the "stage mom", helping the little ones keep their bows tied, hair fixed & entertained the group while we waited for our turn to go on stage. And finally, it was our turn. The lights turned to a bright yellow to match their adorable costumes, and it was time for the girls to go on stage. But their was a problem....my little one was glued to my leg. I picked her up and explained to her that she was going to dance for all of her friends & relatives that came to see her, and also that if she went on stage that there was a brand new slip - n - slide waiting on her in the car. That was all that it took...she bolted in front of Lydia ( a friend from church) and went out and did her wheels on the bus thing... and she did great! And yes, if you did ask me if it all was worth it... I will proudly tell you yes, yes it was! I was so proud of her on stage, dancing around and having so much fun!

The Wheels on the Bus go round & round...

The babies on the bus go wah wah wah...

The mamas on the bus go shhh shhh shhh

The slip n slide!

Brazil...

As many of you know, recently my husband went on his first mission trip to Brazil. He left on April 9 and returned on the 18th. He first arrived in Manaus, Brazil, flew to Santarem, Brazil...got on a boat and traveled for 7 hours into the Amazon rain forest. Once he reached his destination he ministered to two villages in the rainforest. He & his mission team (of 7 other people) did bible school activities with the children in the morning, went and handed out tracks to the "locals" in the afternoon & ended up the day by showing Christian films (one night it was Facing The Giants, in Portuguese) to the adults.

This post can't do justice to the work that God did while he was in Brazil, one night over 30 youth came forward and made decisions for Christ, and I'm sure that there were many more. "Spunky" says that the best part of the trip was working with the children, many afternoons hubs & some of his buddies could be found playing soccer with teenage boys... and there are many more stories.

For Addie & I, the week was difficult with hubs being gone, but we had a blast at the same time! The hardest part was not being able to communicate with "Spunky" the entire week. On Thursday, I did receive a post card, sent from NYC while hubs was on a layover & to be honest with you, it totally made my day! I took half a week off of work & we spent our days hanging out with the other "missionary widows" as we called ourselves, shopping, cleaning & of course paying visits to the Waynesville Rec Center.

I will leave you a few pictures of the great time that hubs had....
The children of Brazil. My favorite picture from his trip, I think that this little girl is just beautiful and this mother just wanted hubs to have a picture of her little girl because he had such an impact on their lives.
This is the local church.

Happy Easter!

Hope that you and your family had a great Easter like we did!

Easter Eggs

Flowers The Bunny

Meet the newest member of the Goodman family...Flowers The Bunny! Originally, the Easter Bunny was supposed to bring the new furry creature, but we then decided to allow Addison to go and pick out her new bunny. I don't know where she came up with the name, but we like it and think that it is cute!





Flowers will be living in her new hand crafted home located behind the swing set. The new home is complete with a loft bed room, and a hanging water bottle. Flowers seems to enjoy her little home that "Spunky" spray painted green.





Flowers, welcome to the family!

3 Weeks from today...

In 3 short weeks from today, I will take "Spunky" to the airport and say goodbye to him. For ten days he will be going on the trip that he has always dreamed of....his first mission trip! He's headed to Brazil, more specifically the Amazon River Basin to do various mission work that includes street ministry, Vacation Bible School for children & to help some of the locals to start churches.

All week we have been collecting various items such as toys, hygiene items, stickers & school supplies. Last night he went to meet with the 7 other people that he will be traveling with to pack his "supply bag" and it is now packed to the brim.

"Spunky" is really excited about this adventure and he is anticipating how God is going to work through him in Brazil. I am a little nervous about this experience, but I know that it will be awesome and I can't wait to hear all about it.

Please keep "Spunky" & the other mission team members in your prayers.

A Typical day in the Goodman household...

One of the blogs that I read (www.kellyskorner.blogspot.com) encouraged each of her readers to write about their typical days...so I guess that it's my turn.

6:00 am - Beep beep beep, yup that's the beeping of my alarm clock, but it's going to get earlier next week as I have vowed to be at the gym at 6 Am!

6:35 - Addison is normally up and perched on my spot in my bed beside her Daddy watching morning cartoons, Daddy is usually grumbling that it's too early Ha!

7:10 - Out the door with lunch in hand headed to Asheville

8:00 - Setting up my room and getting my first patient of the day

8:05 - 12 PM - Patients, patients & lots of them! I am supposed to see one patient every 30 - 45 minutes, so I have to stay on track. During each visit I invite the parent of my patient to come back with their child so that I can talk to the parent about the child's diet, brushing techniques at home and their daily schedule. I first listen to any concerns that the parent has about their child's teeth and then I attempt to get x - rays on every patient that I see & show the child's parent how to effectively brush and floss their child's teeth and then I do a quick cleaning. The child normally sits on my lap for the cleaning, and yes a lot of times they scream, but I try to talk the child through it. After an examination by the dentist & a good fluoride treatment the patient is out the door with a new toothbrush & a shiny new toy, and I head back to my room to finish up my notes & to clean my room up as fast as possible before my next patients appointment.

11Am - Josh is normally dropping off Addison around this time at our babysitter & heading to work himself!

12 PM - lunch time, I normally eat my lunch at work, but sometimes I run errands or make a quick trip to the mall.

1 - 5 PM - More & more patients!

5 PM - I'm usually heading out the door & on my way home, fighting Asheville rush hour traffic!

6 PM - I arrive at Mom's to pick up Addison ( she normally picks up Addie around 4:30 from our baby sitter. I try to make this a quick stop, because I need to hurry home & prepare dinner.

6:15 - Finally home to prepare dinner, I run in and prepare Addison a quick snack to hold her over until dinner is served. Normally, I prepare something the night before so that whatever we are going to eat that night just needs to be thrown into the oven & I only need to prepare a couple of side dishes. We eat lots & lots of leftovers. While whatever is in the oven I do a load of laundry, lay out clothes, or do some type of chore! On a daily basis I always wash all of the dishes (by hand because we don't have a dishwasher) & do a load of laundry. It drives me nuts if the laundry and dishes aren't kept up with!

7PM - Josh is now off of work, but rarely does he come home right after work. Tuesday nights he has school at Fruitland Bible College in Hendersonville, Wednesday nights he has class & on Thursdays he meets with some people at church to pray for his mission trip that he is going on in April. So normally Addison and I eat at this time & she helps me clean up afterwards. Such a sweet girl!

8PM - Daddy is finally home around this time! He eats dinner while Addison and I go off to play in her room & work on some educational things!

8:45 - Bath time for Addison

9:00 - Story and bedtime for Addison

9:00 - 10:00 - Mama time!!! This is my time of the day to do whatever I want to do, although sometimes I am preparing dinner for the next day. Thank goodness for the dvr so that I can record shows & watch them during this time!

10:00 - 10:30 - devotionals and time with hubby

10:30 - lights out for me anyway, Josh normally stays up and does some studying and comes to bed a little after 11.

I know that this is a crazy day, but thank goodness I only work 4 days a week! On Fridays Addison stays home with me and we have fun! Sometimes we go to the Rec Center and go swimming, or go to the library, or just stay at home and play all day...oh and catch up on housework!