As I think about our summer together, I can't help but be SO thankful for all that God has provided for us!! We have gotten to have so many fun adventures together!! We have made so many wonderful memories...it has been amazing and I am SO thankful!! :):) Since this blog is kind of like my own personal diary, I just want to remind myself WHY I am so thankful during this season of our lives!! :)
*Time together, totally un-interrupted!! :)
*Date nights!!!! :):) WHOO-HOO!! :)
*Our 8 year anniversary!! :) WOW!! :)
*3 of the MOST important birthday's in my life!! Wyatt's on June 21st! Maddie's on July 23rd, and my sweet little Zack's birthday is coming up on August 11th!!!
*Time with dear friends!!
*LATE night spades games! :)
*Family time, just our little family of 4, AND time with our families!
*Silver Dollar City
*VBS!
*Date nights out with both my son and daughter!
*Homemade milkshakes
*Rides in the Jeep! :)
*A movie at the Palace!
*NO school for 3 months!!
*Teaching Maddie and Zack to read!
*Teaching M and Z all about chores and earning an allowance!
I feel so blessed by all of these things and SO many more!! Wyatt and I both feel that God has places some very specific friends in our lives for His purpose and we are SO thankful!!
THANKS God for your many blessings!! The 4 J's are SO THANKFUL!!! :):)
Monday, July 30, 2012
Monday, July 23, 2012
Birthday!
I know I have been REALLY MIA this summer with my blog and I am so sorry!!! :) We are ENJOYING our summer SO much!! We have been so busy with all of the summer time activities we had planned for ourselves!! We have enjoyed a variety of friends, lots of family time, a few short vacations, camp and SO many other things!! We have been SO blessed by this summer!!
Today, however, has been a day that I have been thinking of ALL summer long!! It is my precious daughters 5th birthday!! :) If you have kiddos, you KNOW what a HUGE day this is for kiddos and their parents!! Maddie has been looking forward to this BIG birthday for an entire year!! And, since today is HER special day, she has gotten to choose everything we have done!! :) Soooooo, today we have enjoyed breakfast at Panera, a couple of hours at Jump Mania and lunch at Pizza Inn!! We are now back at home for naps, and will head out again here in a few hours to celebrate Maddie for the entire evening!! I can't WAIT! :)
I can't help but think back to 5 years ago when we were waiting for Miss Maddie to come!!! Of course Wyatt stood by my side the entire day, and my family spent the day at the hospital and... and my two best friends were in and out all day!! We were ALL, SO EXCITED about the arrival of Maddie Joy!!! Finally, she made her grand debut weighing at 9 pounds and 5 ounces!! She is beautiful!!! From the very first moment I saw her, I could only imagine what amazing plans God has for her life!! She was send to us for a specific purpose and I am SO THANKFUL that God saw us fit to be her parents!! :) WOW!! What a blessing!!
I knew that becoming a mommy would change my life, but I never could have imagined how MUCH it would change me!! Being a mommy, has made me a better woman, a better daughter, a better friend!!! Life is no longer about ME!!! It is all about my family and how I can serve them the BEST...and with a happy heart!!! I'm not going to lie and say that I am completely selfless, I am working on it on a daily basis, and God's graciousness continues to work on my heart, refining me!!! But I do know that God has brought me a long way, and for His faithfulness I am so thankful!! God has blessed our family SO much in these past 5 years!! We have a beautiful home, two cars that work so well, food on our table, clothes to wear and 4 people who LOVE God, and who love each other SO much!!!
" The Lord had done GREAT THINGS for us, and WE are FILLED with JOY!!!!!" Psalm 126:3
Today, however, has been a day that I have been thinking of ALL summer long!! It is my precious daughters 5th birthday!! :) If you have kiddos, you KNOW what a HUGE day this is for kiddos and their parents!! Maddie has been looking forward to this BIG birthday for an entire year!! And, since today is HER special day, she has gotten to choose everything we have done!! :) Soooooo, today we have enjoyed breakfast at Panera, a couple of hours at Jump Mania and lunch at Pizza Inn!! We are now back at home for naps, and will head out again here in a few hours to celebrate Maddie for the entire evening!! I can't WAIT! :)
I can't help but think back to 5 years ago when we were waiting for Miss Maddie to come!!! Of course Wyatt stood by my side the entire day, and my family spent the day at the hospital and... and my two best friends were in and out all day!! We were ALL, SO EXCITED about the arrival of Maddie Joy!!! Finally, she made her grand debut weighing at 9 pounds and 5 ounces!! She is beautiful!!! From the very first moment I saw her, I could only imagine what amazing plans God has for her life!! She was send to us for a specific purpose and I am SO THANKFUL that God saw us fit to be her parents!! :) WOW!! What a blessing!!
I knew that becoming a mommy would change my life, but I never could have imagined how MUCH it would change me!! Being a mommy, has made me a better woman, a better daughter, a better friend!!! Life is no longer about ME!!! It is all about my family and how I can serve them the BEST...and with a happy heart!!! I'm not going to lie and say that I am completely selfless, I am working on it on a daily basis, and God's graciousness continues to work on my heart, refining me!!! But I do know that God has brought me a long way, and for His faithfulness I am so thankful!! God has blessed our family SO much in these past 5 years!! We have a beautiful home, two cars that work so well, food on our table, clothes to wear and 4 people who LOVE God, and who love each other SO much!!!
" The Lord had done GREAT THINGS for us, and WE are FILLED with JOY!!!!!" Psalm 126:3
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