HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
to the most fabulous pink and purple "cowgel" in town!!
We sure do love you bunches Miss Cambree Jane!!
(longer post with party details later in the week)
2/27/11
Turnin' 5!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
to the most fabulous pink and purple "cowgel" in town!!
We sure do love you bunches Miss Cambree Jane!!
(longer post with party details later in the week)
2/19/11
'Round These Here Parts
Here's a little of what we have been up to lately
1. Re-organizing kitchen cabinets on one of our snow days.
*I know I have an excessive amount of cupcake liners and sprinkles, sugars and decorations! My mom fuels this by constantly buying this stuff for me...and always expecting food in return!! But that's okay, because we LOVE to bake 'Round These Here Parts! See those sugar cookies in the bottom right corner...YUM!!
2. Getting to spend some extra time with this CUTIE PATOOTIE!!
*While snow days don't do much for my paycheck, they sure do tremendous amounts for filling my heart with joy. I could definitely spend a lot more time 'Round These Here Parts hangin' with this guy.
3. Chillin' with our BFF Bretlynn!
*Okay, I don't know if she knows she is our BFF, but she is! We wanted to keep her. Westynn tried to love on her several times, but the fact that he is three times her size didn't help the situation. We LOVE having visitors 'Round These Here Parts!
4. Playin' a game of football!
* These exceptionally warm February days have found us outside many evenings. Preston loves nothing more than to play football 'Round These Here Parts.
5. Bike Riding
*I just squealed when I saw this picture on my memory card! It's not anything extraordinary as far as pictures go, but it is such a perfect portrait of my girl at this point in her life! I would love to just bottle her up and keep her just like she is right now 'Round These Here Parts.
6. Bonus Material
* I told you we love visitors 'Round These Here Parts didn't I? We especially love them when they are tiny, smell good, give big grins and are so gosh darn adorable! I sure hope we didn't scare her mom and dad off from asking us to watch her again. I may have even volunteered to quit my job and keep this little darling if the need ever arose!
Thanks to all of you who left a comment on my last post. Looking back I could have had SO much more to write if I had simply waited another day! After the events of the last week, and especially yesterday, I have no doubt that a war has been waged against me. This isn't the first time I have felt this way in my life. And I am positive that it will not be the last. I guess the key to overcoming this is realizing when it is happening and turning to God to help me through it. I will not be defeated!! And neither will my God, who has promised to be faithful to me in all circumstances.
"You are happy when people act and talk in a bad way to you and make it very hard for you and tell bad things and lies about you because you trust in Me. Be glad and full of joy because your pay will be much in heaven. They made it very hard for the early preachers who lived a long time before you." Matthew 5:11-12
I admit, the last thing I felt was HAPPY when I found out that someone has been telling lies about me. I was not GLAD or FULL OF JOY. I was angry and hurt...okay, angry might just be touching the surface of how I really felt! But it has brought me to my knees and forced me to spend a lot more time in prayer and more time searching for words of comfort in the Bible (or my handy new Bible Promises book!).
I can say now that I have HOPE! I am HAPPY...just thinking about the pay that will be waiting for me in heaven is enough to put a smile on my face. Want to know something else? Each time I see this person(s) I will just smile and think of the joy I will experience in heaven...(and only slightly about the fact that they will have to answer for what they have done!)
"Great riches are in the house of those who are right with God, but trouble is what the sinful will receive." Proverbs 15:6
1. Re-organizing kitchen cabinets on one of our snow days.
*I know I have an excessive amount of cupcake liners and sprinkles, sugars and decorations! My mom fuels this by constantly buying this stuff for me...and always expecting food in return!! But that's okay, because we LOVE to bake 'Round These Here Parts! See those sugar cookies in the bottom right corner...YUM!!
2. Getting to spend some extra time with this CUTIE PATOOTIE!!
*While snow days don't do much for my paycheck, they sure do tremendous amounts for filling my heart with joy. I could definitely spend a lot more time 'Round These Here Parts hangin' with this guy.
3. Chillin' with our BFF Bretlynn!
*Okay, I don't know if she knows she is our BFF, but she is! We wanted to keep her. Westynn tried to love on her several times, but the fact that he is three times her size didn't help the situation. We LOVE having visitors 'Round These Here Parts!
4. Playin' a game of football!
* These exceptionally warm February days have found us outside many evenings. Preston loves nothing more than to play football 'Round These Here Parts.
5. Bike Riding
*I just squealed when I saw this picture on my memory card! It's not anything extraordinary as far as pictures go, but it is such a perfect portrait of my girl at this point in her life! I would love to just bottle her up and keep her just like she is right now 'Round These Here Parts.
6. Bonus Material
* I told you we love visitors 'Round These Here Parts didn't I? We especially love them when they are tiny, smell good, give big grins and are so gosh darn adorable! I sure hope we didn't scare her mom and dad off from asking us to watch her again. I may have even volunteered to quit my job and keep this little darling if the need ever arose!
Thanks to all of you who left a comment on my last post. Looking back I could have had SO much more to write if I had simply waited another day! After the events of the last week, and especially yesterday, I have no doubt that a war has been waged against me. This isn't the first time I have felt this way in my life. And I am positive that it will not be the last. I guess the key to overcoming this is realizing when it is happening and turning to God to help me through it. I will not be defeated!! And neither will my God, who has promised to be faithful to me in all circumstances.
"You are happy when people act and talk in a bad way to you and make it very hard for you and tell bad things and lies about you because you trust in Me. Be glad and full of joy because your pay will be much in heaven. They made it very hard for the early preachers who lived a long time before you." Matthew 5:11-12
I admit, the last thing I felt was HAPPY when I found out that someone has been telling lies about me. I was not GLAD or FULL OF JOY. I was angry and hurt...okay, angry might just be touching the surface of how I really felt! But it has brought me to my knees and forced me to spend a lot more time in prayer and more time searching for words of comfort in the Bible (or my handy new Bible Promises book!).
I can say now that I have HOPE! I am HAPPY...just thinking about the pay that will be waiting for me in heaven is enough to put a smile on my face. Want to know something else? Each time I see this person(s) I will just smile and think of the joy I will experience in heaven...(and only slightly about the fact that they will have to answer for what they have done!)
"Great riches are in the house of those who are right with God, but trouble is what the sinful will receive." Proverbs 15:6
2/17/11
Struggling
I am struggling...I admit it.
I don't have it together...at all.
It bothers me...like crazy.
While I am very happy for Jeremy with his occupational change that is coming in a little over a week, I am really starting to worry/fret about the changes that it will mean for me.
Selfish, I know.
I could list all the things that have been weighing me down, but really they are pointless. My head is telling me that I am NOT trusting in the Lord to walk me through this, that I am letting Satan get into my head and drag me down.
So, tonight I turned to this little book my mom gave me one year (for mother's day I think) called "God's Promises for Moms." Now, I know that most of my troubles have nothing to do with my children right now, but I just needed to find something to work on me. A good, solid Bible verse that would sort of slap me back into reality.
And you know what? I found just what I was looking for.
RIGHT ON THE FIRST PAGE!!
Coincidence? Hmmm?
Here it is,
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7
Not the first time I have ever read this scripture, but I found it very comforting tonight. So tonight I am going to take a minute and THANK Him for who He is, present my requests to him and rest in the peace I find in the Lord.
But I am also gonna try and do this...
Don't you think I need to have this printed, framed and hung in our new house? I am definitely gonna do that...now, where to put it?!
I don't have it together...at all.
It bothers me...like crazy.
While I am very happy for Jeremy with his occupational change that is coming in a little over a week, I am really starting to worry/fret about the changes that it will mean for me.
Selfish, I know.
I could list all the things that have been weighing me down, but really they are pointless. My head is telling me that I am NOT trusting in the Lord to walk me through this, that I am letting Satan get into my head and drag me down.
So, tonight I turned to this little book my mom gave me one year (for mother's day I think) called "God's Promises for Moms." Now, I know that most of my troubles have nothing to do with my children right now, but I just needed to find something to work on me. A good, solid Bible verse that would sort of slap me back into reality.
And you know what? I found just what I was looking for.
RIGHT ON THE FIRST PAGE!!
Coincidence? Hmmm?
Here it is,
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7
Not the first time I have ever read this scripture, but I found it very comforting tonight. So tonight I am going to take a minute and THANK Him for who He is, present my requests to him and rest in the peace I find in the Lord.
But I am also gonna try and do this...
2/14/11
Happy V-Day!
Doesn't one of my little valentine's look absolutely adorable today?
And, YES, I had to Beg and Plead for her to wear this dress.
It took me an entire Sunday afternoon to make.
I really need to get a better shot of these FAB.U.LOUS shoes.
HAPPY {HEART} DAY!
2/2/11
Fastest Thing on Two (?) Wheels
I am just going to warn you now. DO NOT take a drink of coffee or your favorite soda then push play on this video. You will shoot it out your nose!
I can't believe that I forgot about this video (and several others)! But after the holidays we just got back into our normal routine.
You should really be grateful that we had a snow day yesterday and I was browsing my folders looking for some cute material for some new picture frames. Otherwise, this might not have seen the light of this blog.
Go ahead, push play now! Oh, turn on your speakers because Preston's mom and Aunt Janelle are what make this so funny!
So, here's the deal. Uncle Jeff got this motorcycle for Jace. Problem was it didn't have any training wheels and Jace still needed them. So, when they came home for Christmas, Jeff brought the bike and proceeded to spend a day making these "bad-ass" training wheels for it. Aunt Janelle told him, "make sure he can't tip over." And Jeff did just that!!
This video is actually the second time Preston had been on the bike. OBVIOUSLY he was feeling over-confident in his ability to drive the beast! I can NOT believe that I just stood there and video taped him while it looked like he could quite possibly hurt himself...or someone else.
Paralyzed by fear...and hilarity! That's my story and I am sticking with it!
I can't believe that I forgot about this video (and several others)! But after the holidays we just got back into our normal routine.
You should really be grateful that we had a snow day yesterday and I was browsing my folders looking for some cute material for some new picture frames. Otherwise, this might not have seen the light of this blog.
Go ahead, push play now! Oh, turn on your speakers because Preston's mom and Aunt Janelle are what make this so funny!
So, here's the deal. Uncle Jeff got this motorcycle for Jace. Problem was it didn't have any training wheels and Jace still needed them. So, when they came home for Christmas, Jeff brought the bike and proceeded to spend a day making these "bad-ass" training wheels for it. Aunt Janelle told him, "make sure he can't tip over." And Jeff did just that!!
This video is actually the second time Preston had been on the bike. OBVIOUSLY he was feeling over-confident in his ability to drive the beast! I can NOT believe that I just stood there and video taped him while it looked like he could quite possibly hurt himself...or someone else.
Paralyzed by fear...and hilarity! That's my story and I am sticking with it!
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