Mother's Day 2010

Today was my 3rd year to celebrate Mother's Day. I am so lucky to have such 2 beautiful children. I adore them. I still can't believe that I am a Mom. With a capital "M".... :)

I also have to say that I am so thankful to have a husband who loves and supports me as a wife and a mom.

To my baby boy. This was one of the most amazing days of my life. I couldn't believe that I could love someone so much and so instantly! Jackson you light up my life!! I love you in every possible way. I love being your mom and I LOOOOVVVEEE that we share a love for music. :)

To my baby girl. An equally amazing day! I was nervous that I wouldn't know how to love you as much as I loved your big brother. But I was so wrong. I was so overcome with emotion the day you were born. You changed my life and added another amazing piece to our family. I love that you are already my little "girly girl". I'd be lying if I said I didn't pray for that!

What a beautiful gift God has given me. Prayers and blessings for all you Momma's and Moms-to-be. And a VERY special prayer of hope to those who have lost their Mom's and are praying for a child. I say a BIG "Happy Mother's Day" to you because I think women were made with the gift to nurture and influence others.

Lots of love.

A Quick Post

The kids spend their Friday mornings at my friend, Jenn's house. It is such a blessing because it allows me to go to staff prayer on Friday mornings and have one last weekend meeting before Sunday services. Plus, I know she LOVES them!!

This is just a little view into what they get to do over there. So fun. :)

Another quick note....

Jason had an amazing opportunity to go and meet Karl Rove last night with Sean (our pastor) and his friend Galen. There were only about 150 people there and they got to meet him. I know it was one of the neatest things he has ever gotten to be a part of. You can read all about it on his blog.

Family Update

Sometimes I forget that there is family who read this blog and don't get to see my kiddos all the time. :) So, here's an update in the life of Jackson & Reagan.

This picture pretty much says it all. The fact that she is in her Princess pajama gown and wearing a bow even says it more. Jason changes and puts her to bed every night. I thought it was funny he left the bow on her. She is such a girly girl who loves her daddy. She's talking more and more these days and continues with her love of food. This morning was her first time to be put in timeout. She threw a fit over not getting a cookie for breakfast and I had to stick her in the corner. She cried and then told me she was "saaahhhry". She still melts my heart even when she's misbehaving. I taught her a New Kids On The Block song that she sings along to, as well as, Taylor Swift's "Love Story". That's my girl.

Jackson.

My sweet boy. Key word....boy. I snapped this picture in the car recently. We were listening to Bon Jovi (courtesy of Jason) and he was rockin out on the "air" drums. He also got a new hair cut and looks even older to me. He'll be 4 on May 28th. I am already re-living the day we brought him home. So crazy. We are going to celebrate in Houston by taking him to an Astros game. His first game ever. Jason is so excited and I know this will be as much, if not more, of a celebration for him too. He still gets up every single night and wants to get in bed with us. He starts out in Reagan's room, but finds his way to ours around 2 am. I am usually so tired that I don't even realize he's in there with us. He still love school and LOOVEESS music.
Jason and I are doing wonderful. We just celebrated 6 years of marriage and couldn't be happier. We have been very blessed and are constantly seeing God provide for our family in every way. Our marriage has never been better. Jason has found a new love with yard work. (Or got sick of me saying things about it.) He is out there almost every day trimming trees, prepping to lay new grass, killing weeds, moving rose bushes, planting new flowers...etc. We've been eager to make a lot of changes in our home, but are taking it one step at a time. At this point, I don't care much about what we end up not getting done. I just love that we are excited about doing life together. Recently, Jason surprised me with a Pandora charm for my birthday. I love everything about it. He knows I love Pandora and he bought this one because it was the 6th Anniversary stone. I know that he was really thinking of us when he bought this. Really meant a lot to me....and now I'll stop gushing.

My sisters will be watching the kids this summer Tuesday - Thursday's. I plan on having a list of chores for them each day. Just kidding. I was 12 when they were born and I had my fair share of raising them. I'm just loving that they have to wipe bottoms 3 days out of the week.

We plan to spend lots of time at Landa Park in New Braunfels and the neighborhood pool this summer. I want a tan...and the kids want to swim...and I want a tan.

So, there it is. That's what's going on!

This one...

This little one...

makes my heart smile.

Weekend News

What a lovely weekend it was. Friday I had a creative stage design meeting with some fun ladies. We colored, sketched, surfed the internet for ideas and ate lots of food. Fun times.

Saturday, Jason did taxes. The end. Jk.

We pretty much hung out the rest of the day, went grocery shopping and watched Tombstone. Jason knows every single line to that movie. It was a little annoying, but I have to say it was quite impressive too. I didn't remember seeing the movie, but I really enjoyed Val Kilmer's role in it! Fantastic character!

Sunday was church. Of course. Great day it was though. I am really enjoying leading worship. God is so good and I love seeing where he is taking our congregation in worship. Powerful stuff. Pastor Sean's message was VERY timely for me. I love River City. We spent Sunday evening in Gruene. Just our little family. We had dinner, drove home listening to ABBA at full blast, laughed until we cried and talked about dreams we have. Twas wonderful. :)

Other big news...Aaron & Breanna (most awesome siblings-in-law's) made a huge announcement. They have felt the call to start a multi-site for River City! It will be on the north side (Bandera), so that means they will be moving away from us. I am actually really sad about that. Our kids have pretty much grown up with each other. I don't think there goes a week without seeing them at least 2 or 3 times. Breanna has been such a blessing to me. She watches them for me on Friday's and they LOVE her as much as we do. For 6 years we have lived within 5 miles of each other....or less. I will just miss them being so close, but I am THRILLED at where God is taking them. Pray for them on this new journey. God is going to do great things through this family!

We have Monday's off and enjoyed every bit of it yesterday. We did some much needed clothes shopping for Jackson and I finally got myself a pair of new running shoes. We also wanted to celebrate Aaron and Bre's new life journey and invited them over for dinner. Jason made (although I was over his shoulder ever 5 seconds) The Pioneer Woman's pasta with bacon and mushrooms. Oh my word. Delicious...

And we watched Tombstone again. That made for 2 Powers boys who knew every single line. Lucky me.

A few little pictures I took this weekend.....

I posted this wreath a few months ago. I bought it for $2 at Walmart. I finally did something with it. I like my little "spring" wreath.

Guess who's up to no good? I found her in the car by herself. She was just sitting in the drivers seat. Her little head was bobbing up and down thru the front window. What a stinker!

Happy Tuesday!

Sweet Siblings

These two love each other more than I could have ever imagined. I know it probably won't always stay like this, but I'm so grateful that they have each other.

A few things....

Jack is always excited to see her.

Reagan goes to his room before seeing anyone else when she wakes up.

They play cars together in his room.

He lets her drink his chocolate milk.

She gives him her blanket & vice versa. (Which is a pretty big deal)

Jack made her a "Mii" on the Wii.

He calls her Reag-y.

She calls him Jack-Jack.

When we are jamming to music in the car, he yells, "Go Reagy, Go Reagy!"

She wants to be a drummer like him.

He wants to sleep in her room at night.

He always asks to that I pray for Reagan at night.

They are so sweet and although they have completely different personalities, I know they will grow up loving each other.

By the way, Reagan is now almost 18 months old. She's walking, running, talking and getting into everything. She's very brave, a risk taker and LOVES her daddy. Loves being at home like him too! She is starting to realize that she can do funny things and that it makes us laugh. She walked out the front door yesterday and I (THANK YOU JESUS) found her almost in the street. I told her to come in and she shook her head at me. She does not like waffles. Loves pancakes. And loves to say "Mommy" about 438 times a day. We also have slowly started moving her to a big girl bed. She did great the 1st night, but I still think she's too little....(or that could just be mommy not wanting to let her grow up)

Jackson is almost 4!! Holy Batman! He loves everything music. Just warms my heart. :) Loves the movie Cars and collecting every car from it. Loves to play make believe. Loves the Wii. Loves learning how to write and wants to already read, but since he can't he just makes stories up. Loves to pray. Adores his cousins. Would rather be out and about then stay at home...just like his mommy.

Who's that weird guy?

We went to a birthday party for a friends little boy who was turning one. Breanna & Aaron were there and (lucky me) she had her camera. :)

What I thought was a sweet picture of momma and baby girl ended up making me LAUGH OUT LOUD every time I see it.

I also have to add this picture. I love everything about it.

Thanks Aaron for always making laugh...and to Bre for capturing all the funny & beautiful moments. :)

Reagan.

Reagan has been watching me a lot when I blow my nose....because of these killer allergies. It's kind of funny because now she gets a tissue and tries to blow her nose too. I thought this was cute.

Cause I had a bad day....

I think she gets it from Jason.

Christmas - Part 1

There is a lot to post about for Christmas 2009. It is definitely a memorable one. Some ups and some downs, but overall one that truly has left me thanking God for all the he has done.

Here is our Christmas (in pictures) with Jason's parents. I love them so much. Way more than I could have ever expected to love them. I am so lucky to have such fantastic, supportive and Godly in-laws.

(P.S. These are all pics that my MIL took. I didn't get any while we were over there.)

This picture just simply makes me laugh. Abby and her Winnie The Pooh.

Jason's parents surprised him with tickets to see John Mayer in Austin! I knew about this the wholetime and was SOOO excited to see him open this. Of course, I am also thrilled that I get to go with him. He he.

Miss Girly Girl Reagan in her new ballerina skirt.

This gift made me cry. A lot. Breanna recently took our family photos....in a bed and in the freezing cold weather. I had the bright idea to do a family portrait in our pj's, but I wanted to do them outside. Breanna and I decided that a bed out in "nature" would be awesome. I wasn't expecting this at all and had not even been able to purchase pictures yet. Wow.

My family means so much to me and this picture will forever be one of the best gifts ever!

Reagan and Abby. Sweet cousins.

Jackson and Carson both received musical instruments. Jackson the drums and Carson the guitar. They decided to trade (for only a short time, I'm sure) and put on a rock concert. I LOVE this picture!!!

Daddy and Rae. Stuffed from the great food and tired from the long (but great) day!