something I am proud of..

Ok so this week I was trying to accomplish something:

Get Mini Queen Bee to take naps in her crib-without being rocked to sleep-without being held-without having any human contact...

So far so good..she will lay down and grab her cozy blanket, suck her pacifier and look at her lil light display til she falls asleep. She will whine/cry once-when her pacifier aka 'binky' falls out, but I go in, pop it right back in her mouth without any words, and she is just fine!

We are trying to make her a lil more independent of mommy and daddy-so that when we aren't around-she doesn't FREAK!
Love ya!
Queen Bee

Carls Jr.

Okay So last night I went to a "focus group". You ask what in the world is a focus group?

Somewhere I or someone else signed me up at this research group to get paid for my opinion.

In this case I think that Carl's Jr. wanted to know how they can improve their sales for the late night hours. So Carls will hire this company to find out what people want. The research company then calls people in their database to find out if they meet the criteria. For instance they were looking for people that ate fast food late at night especially Carls. Once they have the number of people they would like to sample they next put people randomly in groups. These groups then go into a room where you are asked questions about the product.

The group I was assigned to were all men and there was six of us. The woman asked us questions about fast food and what we crave late at night. I could go on and on about all the questions but I just wanted to share with you what I did last night. The coolest part is that they gave me some money for two meals and paid me for just hanging out and answering some questions for an hour or so. It finally paid to eat bad yes!!!

Tomorrow is Friday Oh yeah almost time to hang with the lounge peoples!!!

Jeff

lunch...

Just about every other week I meet with Pastor Rod for lunch! We usually meet at his 2nd home:
We also like to meet at Rosa Maria's but it's not a very 'meeting friendly' place.

Anyway-
We talk about youth; how it's going, what we can improve on, what events are coming up, the leaders, retreats, conferences and much more! I look forward to our meetings because we don't just talk shop! we also talk about life! Pastor Rod always shows an interest in our family, in Mini Queen Bee, in our home, and in our friends! He probably doesn't know how much it means to me, to us, that he cares to ask how our personal life is going as well. Queen Bee and Mini Queen Bee sometimes come to the meetings too! This week, since the weather was so nice, we sat outside! Mini Queen Bee loves to be out side, in the wind, enjoying the fresh air!
So yea! I love to meet with Pastor Rod, I always leave the meetings re-fired up on things to do for youth!
Speaking of Mini Queen Bee- Here are a couple new pics of her. We started on her first solids this week! It was fun! (but after a lil upset tummy later that night we have decided to push it back a few more weeks before we continue on the food route) enjoy!
Love ya! Mr. T

THE FLU!!!!!!!!!

SO THE DILLONS HAVE THE FLU AND LET ME TELL YOU WE ARE NOT HAVING FUN!!!! IT STARTS OUT AS A COLD AND MOVES TO THE ACHES AND CHILLS. NOT FUN... SO IF YOU ARE STARTING TO GET SICK GO TO THE DOCTORS THE AND REST... WE JUST THOUGHT WE WOULD SAY HI AND WE LOVE YOU ALL. AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE BETTER AND WE WILL SEE YOU ALL ON SUNDAY,,

JESS AND JEFF

No opportunity wasted!

Do you take advantage of all the opportunities that God puts in your path??

Just about every week I have to make a trip to our local Beaumont Staples. Around Halloween time- an employee there told me about how his daughter-about 2 weeks older than Baylee-had just been hospitalized for heart problems. As I left there I thought nothing of it...

I returned weekly... I didn't see him- then I saw him again mid-November...he told me how he had just lost his lil baby girl! My heart broke as he looked at Baylee with a different look then other strangers give! He would say hello to her and try to get her to laugh...again...my heart broke!

After loading my 'stuff' into the trunk-I sat there and prayed for this man. A few tears fell down my face as I thanked God for my healthy baby! My beautiful baby! My happy easy going baby! I thought- I will pray for this man and his WIFE often!

Last week at Staples- I ran into the man again- He again made Baylee laugh and commented on how cute she was- I said- you know- I've been praying for you and your wife!! I am sure the holidays were rough! He said WOW! THANK YOU! You have no idea how much that means to me! and I went on my way...

I am not braggin...I am reminding you to take advantage of all the opportunities you have to pray for people God puts in your path!
Did somebody cut you off today-pray for them instead of boiling in anger!!
Did it take longer at Starbucks then you expected? Pray for the car infront of you, behind you, the employees...
Did the grocery clerk have a bad attitude? Pray that God could soften their heart!
-J-tizzle-aka Jannae

Calories...yo!

Queen Bee here-Sooo how many of you have ever been to



Well in stickin with trying to loose a lil weight I went on their website to check out what would be a good option when we go there for dinner..
This is what I always get when we go
Wiskey River BBQ Chicken Wrap



I thought this thing would be semi good for you: Boy was I wrrong!
Check it out:
Calories: 1526
Fat: 81g
and that was with JUST ONE SERVING of fries!!
and no-there was not a typo I meant 1526 Calories and yes oh yes 81gs of fat!!
Needless to say-the next time I went-I didn't order that!!!
There website is soo cool-you can customize your order and they will then customize the nutrition info. EX: They let you substitute a Whole Wheat Bun instead of reg bun. Take off Mayo-add mustard- take out fries-all that jazz!

So before you go to Red Robin again-check out your fav item and see how many calories are in it! There are some better options there-so it is possible to stick to your weight loss plan and dine there like normal!

Sunday night thoughts

Today was a great day! I really missed teaching and hangin with the youth during the month of December! It was great to see all your smiling faces!

I loved seeing the room full! There was only 1 extra chair!!

I loved small groups! I heard that the girls had a good time in small groups too! We love to just gettin down to it and applying God's word to our daily lives!

I pray you took yesterdays word to your heart! I know it was heavy but I pray you will take a stand and not be a 'faker' anymore! That you will be a true example of what Christ is! And represent Him well!

I love you all! g'nite!