Thursday!!!!

Thursday deserves to have 4 exclamation points behind it. BEcause that's just what it is.

!!!!!

I love Thursday's!!!!

Thursday's are long!!!!

Thursday's stress me out!!!!

Thursday's get me excited!!!!

Worship rehearsal is on Thursday!!!!

Thursday, Thursday, Thursday!!!!

I'm tired. I'm not feeling all that great. But in my weakness, He is made strong. 

Go away Thursday's!!!  Just kidding...... 

My husband did tell me about a ba-jillion times today that he loved me. That made up for all the stress. 

Plus,  remembering the fact that Jesus died on a cross for me while I'm complaining about Thursday's is humbling. 

And this is not my child. It's Jenn's. But I thought the sequence was hilarious. ha! 

Goodbye, Thursday.  You'll only be around fore 8 more hours. 

My sanity

God just knew....

that I needed this man in my life....

To keep me sane. 

To go through the ups and the downs. 

To love me. 

To keep me laughing. 

To keep me on my toes. 

Just really thankful for my hubby today. Not just today, but forever and always. 

Pumpkin Patch and a Mommy Weekend

Thursday, Jason left for the Men's Retreat and I was supposed to go to Houston. Madi ended up getting a fever and cough again, so we ended up not making it to Houston, but we had the best weekend. I took Friday off, Jack went to school (with the help of Jenn coming to my rescue) and the girls and I just hung out until it was time to pick him up from school. We had a great time together. I think God knew that I needed to just lay low, play with my kids and enjoy being at home.  We had a dance party Friday night, made chocolate chip cookies and laughed a lot. The kids love to sleep in our bed when Jason is gone, so we had one big sleep over too.

This morning Bre and I took the kids to a little pumpkin patch near our house and she gave me a bit of photography lesson. I have never had any idea on what settings to use outside. I love some of the pics I got, but I KNOW she got better ones.  Can't wait to see them.

In the meantime, here are a few of mine...

 We could not get a serious picture....

 See....

 Sweet Abby...

 And another....Ha!

 Right after kissing her brother.....

 My sweet babies.....

 Aunt B!

What a wonderful weekend it was! God is so good!

Other stuff

I have been reminded lately of 2 things.

1. I need to wash my face more and use cream.
2. Waiting on God is one of the most important gifts we will ever receive.

Why?

Well,  let's face it. I'm getting older and need to take drastic measures in making sure this face stays smooth and fresh.  ;-)


Also, waiting on God is found every where in the bible.

Here are a few:

• Psalm 25:4-5 Show me Your ways, O Lord; teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me: for You are the God of my salvation; on You do I wait all day.
• Psalm 25:21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait for You.
• Psalm 27:14 Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and He will strengthen your heart. Wait, I say, on the Lord.
• Psalm 31:24 Be of good courage and He shall strengthen your heart, all you who wait for the Lord.
• Psalm 33:20, 22 Our soul waits for the Lord: He is our help and our shield. Let Your mercy, O Lord, be upon us, as we wait for You.
• Psalm 37:7, 9 Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him... Those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.

When I think of the times I have waited vs. reacted, I remember that most of the good fruit I have seen has been in the waiting.

Reacting usually is because I am fearful, anxious and not very trusting of God.

Seems like there are so many things the Lord has always asked me to wait in. I have unfortuantely not always obeyed and went ahead doing it my way. Fail.  It never goes well when it's my way.  Learning to just trust in the Lord more.  Today at bible study I was admiring my friend, Rachel Springirth.  She seems to have a unique peace and quiet soul about her.  I can see her truly taking the time to wait on the Lord and then just trusting him in the meantime. Ultimately, it comes down to my trust and faith in Him. That's challenging.

If there is one thing I'm glad I waited on, it's this guy. 

The Lord saved me from what could have been!!! 

Reagan turns 3

I am also late on this post...but, what the heck...I'll post it anyway! Ha.

Reagan turned 3 last month. :) I've been waiting forever for this day! ;-) 

• Reagan weighs 35 lbs. Another big girl!
• She's potty trained! Yay! 
• Reagan is in our Mother's Day Out program at River City and loves learning. 
• She loves to color with markers (only), loves everything princess, likes to do things her way (only), loves spaghetti, apple juice, peanut butter, her Lukie,  playing with Jackson & Madi, being in charge, McDonald's, going shopping with mommy, painting her nails, makeup, playing outside, and making sure that she has her hair done by (only) her daddy. Notice all the "only"? ;-)

I love the way Reagan is so passionate about everything she does. From the way she loves her siblings, her daddy, her baby dolls to the way she is so particular about how she does things. She is super smart. Too smart if you know what I mean. She is very much my little leader and is already proving that she will make a way for herself one day. She could also care less what other people think and I think THAT IS FANTASTIC. I adore that characteristic in her. I wish I could be more like that!

I love that she loves to snuggle, pray and have me sing to her every night. I love that she is the ultimate "girl" and can't wait to do lots of girly things with her as she gets older!

She is our little princess that I thank God for her every single day. So humbled to be her mommy! I know that God will use her in so many amazing ways. He already is!

Madison Joy - 8 1/2 Months

This post is a little late. ;)

Our sweet Madison Joy is 8 1/2 months old already!

•  She weighs 20 lbs 1 oz. Big girl! :) 
• She's finally started to get "some" hair.
  I still have no idea what it's going to look like. If I could guess, I'd say light brown. 
• She's crawling and pulling up on everything. We are constantly closing all the doors and picking everything up off the floor. Thank goodness we don't have stairs! I'd lose my mind. Ha! She's starting to show that she wants to stand alone. I think we may have an early walker!
• Madi loves bath time, bananas, sweet potato puffs, pasta, cheese, peaches, apples, her daddy, playing with her brother & sister, being outside and puppies. 
• She is so, so, so sweet. She is still the easiest baby we have had at this stage. She rarely is fussy and hardly ever cries. I know immediately that she is either hungry or tired if she does cry. 
• Poor baby has been a little sick lately. She had to have breathing treatments and had a bout of bronchitis.  That was no fun, but she's much better now. So glad we got that flu shot. 

We love you Madi! You are such a delight to your mommy & daddy. So thankful that Jesus gave you to us!