Little Eyes Are Watching

Quite a few months ago, Jon and I experienced the joy of praying with our son. Then he began to lead prayers by himself. This past Sunday as I held him in church, we experienced another awesome moment. I looked over and he was raising his hands to the Lord and singing in his small voice. I realized he had been watching his dad and I. Tears formed as I thought of how he listens and sees everything we are doing. Im so guilty of letting of little terms of frustration like, "Crap, stupid, etc." And I know those words are better than others :) So instead of feeling guilty, it just made me realize that it means I can teach him more, like bible verses and such. Now if I could just dust off my bible more........

What stays in Vegas............

Well, Jon and I are going to Vegas this weekend as a special treat from my sis and her hubby! So excited because neither one of us have been and I've always wanted to experience it! So we are staying in the Stratosphere, Im packing walking shoes, and we are off to have some fun. (Please note that we aren't really gamblers, though we may have to do some penny slots or something) So I know Jennae and I will be taking many photos to post later.

Oh Yeah, my Mom, Dad and I lived there for a few months when I was almost 3 and Mom was preggo with Jennae. I used to say, "Has Megas"

TWILIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay so my sister got tickets to the Midnight showing of Twilight, the movie. OMG! It was so good. Not scary. Very very very good. At least I thought it was. It was so romantic-yes folks. Romantic. I don't want to give it away but you need to see it. And oh yea, I haven't even read the books! Nevertheless Doug and Jonny didn't care for it because it was a "Chick-Flick" but they were troopers for going with us.
Anyways, I just had to share. And now I'm going to read the books.......

Whew! How time passes!

Well, it has been a long 2 1/2 months and a lot has happened. For starters, I went to see a doctor about my health. Im on track and slowly losing weight. Its been hard to change my lifestyle but I know its worth it. I won't say how much I weigh but I will say that I have been able to shed some inches and try on smaller clothes.

Then, Jennae and Doug got their house and so we helped them for a few weeks. Its beautiful and I am proud of them!

Then the biggest decision we've had to make came to us right in the face. We have been praying for over a year with the decision of leaving EPIC church. We have struggled because though we loved the people, we didn't feel we fit the church and if we tried to hang on any longer, we'd sabotage what God was trying to do. We probably went about it the wrong way but everyone was shocked (and some still don't realize it) We've also tried to make it peaceful so that this doesn't interfere with the relationships we've built with everyone. So we officially decided on November 7, 2008. We decided until God directs us to a specific church, we'll attend them all. I don't want to say that we are "trying" out churches because its God's direction that we are looking forward to. We felt complete peace about this and we plan to still attend our life group until its time.

Jonny was accepted to the Psychiactric Technician program beginning in December. This means a year long program, no money and lots of faith. Thank God we both have supportive parents to keep our faith up and pray for us.

He Loves Us..........

Okay the ever so popular song "How He Loves Us" is streaming everyone's blogspots and myspaces. I found this video on a friend's blogspot and had to share it. Something for EPIC to think about doing..........

Update on Nathan

Hello All,



Thank you so much for your prayers and thoughts. This has been a long and windy road with Nathan. Some may know and not know that Nathan had to go in for more testing last Friday on an urgent basis per an endocrinologist from Children's Hospital. I finally got a hold of her today and she said that she wasn't able to say an exact diagnosis but looking at the first set of results, Nathan's cortizone hormone was very low and he would probably have to get a shot anytime there is a stressfult situation (which was vaguely defined by the doctor) the rest of his life.



Nevertheless, as his parents you could imagine this still leaves us hanging because we don't know what to look for but we have a doctor's appt on September 8th to talk to the doctor more in depth. She will also have all the results back from his hormone testing and CT scan. We know that we serve an awesome God and He will bring us through this. We know that he has put each and every one of you in our lives for a reason.



More updates later.....otherwise he is doing great! He is talking so much. Last night on the way home from life group, he was telling on one of the kids because he kept talking in long sentences and I heard him try to prounounce some of the kids' names. He is also potty training. We have a Nathan's Potty Prize jar and if he goes he gets 3 M&M's.



Love The Bartletts



Jessica N. Bartlett
"I know what I'm doing. I have it all planned out—plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you
hope for." Jeremiah 29:11

Addicted to Love......

Remember the song by Robert Palmer, Addicted to Love? Well, I was just listening to it and a funny thought hit about my grandma. In the video of Addicted to Love, there are women with slicked back hair, ruby red lips, and playing electric guitars in dresses. So with the thought of that video and song in mind, I wanted to share a picture and something that happened on our trip up north.

My sister, mother, grandmother, Nathan and I went to visit an elderly lady in the rest home. My 75 yr old grandmother is a caretaker for her. In the visiting room there was an old organ and of course my mom had to play it. So my grandma picks up Nathan's toy guitar and pretends she is playing it. It was so funny because it was random and because we could never imagine grandma picking up a guitar, let alone an electric guitar. I could totally see her starring in that video with her beehive hairdo and ruby red lips.....