Hi guys!! I have been asked to speak at our Women's banquet at church next month and the topic is Spiritual Gifts!! I am very nervous, speaking is not necessarily one of my spiritual gifts, but I am honored that they thought to ask me!! Will you please be praying for me as I search God's word about what He says about Spiritual gifts!?!? Will you also pray that I would not use my words but His!! Also, if you have any thoughts on this topic, I would love to hear them!! THANKS!!!
1 Peter 4:10 "Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms."
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
My Favorite Verses
I found my "old" Bible today as I was cleaning through a few things!! I LOVE this Bible so much because it was the first Bible that was actually mine, and not one that we just had laying around the house! It lovingly (but very faded) says my name on the front: Christina Embree, it is purple in color, and it is very worn!! I love seeing my maiden name of the front cover! I haven't had that last name for almost 4 years,but it always feels good to hear!!! It reminds me of where I came from!! As I am looking through my Bible I am reminded of some of my absolutely favorite passages!! I just wanted to share a few of those with you all today!! As I delve deeper and deeper into God's Word I am astounded by His wisdom and knowledge of us, His children!! He knew us so well, even before we were even born!!! His Word is amazing, and has so many answers to our questions, and, verses of encouragement and love meant just for us!!! What a MIGHTY God we serve!!!!
One of my dear friends has this verse set in her e-mail and anytime she sends me something I read it and am encouraged!! She has been through A LOT in life but still holds strong to her faithful relationship with the Lord!! She is a huge encouragement to me!!!
"I have set the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken." Psalm 16:8 --AMEN!!! I WILL NOT be shaken, not by anything!!! Thank you Father for this promise!!!
I also love Proverbs 3:5-6
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your path straight!"
I went to this verse A LOT during my college years when I didn't know who or what I wanted to be!!!
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future!" Jeremiah 29:11.
This is a constant reminder of how I should live my life!
"You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men. You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house! In the same way, let your light shine before men that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven."Matthew 5:13-16
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me!" John 14:6
"I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes..." Romans 1:16
These are just a few verses...I hope to post more later this week!! I hope you are encouraged!! Father, thank you for your Word and for all of the guidance you give us in life!! I love you!!!
One of my dear friends has this verse set in her e-mail and anytime she sends me something I read it and am encouraged!! She has been through A LOT in life but still holds strong to her faithful relationship with the Lord!! She is a huge encouragement to me!!!
"I have set the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken." Psalm 16:8 --AMEN!!! I WILL NOT be shaken, not by anything!!! Thank you Father for this promise!!!
I also love Proverbs 3:5-6
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your path straight!"
I went to this verse A LOT during my college years when I didn't know who or what I wanted to be!!!
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future!" Jeremiah 29:11.
This is a constant reminder of how I should live my life!
"You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men. You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house! In the same way, let your light shine before men that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven."Matthew 5:13-16
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me!" John 14:6
"I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes..." Romans 1:16
These are just a few verses...I hope to post more later this week!! I hope you are encouraged!! Father, thank you for your Word and for all of the guidance you give us in life!! I love you!!!
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Precious Moments
You all know that as parents we often get to have precious moment's with our kiddos!! Really, every day that we get to live with our babies here on this earth is a precious monet! But, being at stay at home mom, I feel like I get to see these moments every single day!!! For example, today Maddie started dancing to music!! It is absolutely the cutest thing I have ever seen her do (up until this second at least!!) She was sitting on our bed watching her praise music DVD while I was getting ready! When I looked over at her, she was bopping to the praise song!! It brought me so much joy!! Another precious moment was last night! I went out with a couple of girl friends and when I got home, Maddie and Wyatt were sitting on the couch together. Wyatt was holding Maddie and she was all bundled up in her jammies with a soft blanket tucked around her. She was almost asleep, but every once and awhile she would reach up and touch his chin, just to make sure he was still there. Then she would open her eyes to give him the sweetest smile you have ever seen a daughter give her daddy!! WOW, what a precious moment!! Maddie is so alert and loves to take in the things around her so she does this head tilt thing where she looks around you, or over your head (when you are sitting down), it is hilarious!! We love all of the precious moments we have with her!! She is absolutely the best thing that has ever happened to our family!!! Before we had Maddie in our lives, people told us that having a baby would change everything...some people made it sound like our baby would change our lives for the negative!! For those people I feel sad!! Maddie has changed our lives so much in such JOYFUL ways!! Sure, being parents is hard at times, you have to become selfless (which I am still working on) but it absolutely one of the best responsibilities that God has ever blessed us with!! We are in awe of our daughter every single day!!!
Last night before we went to bed, we had a precious moment with our son!! I was laying on my side and he started kicking my stomach so hard!! Wyatt got to feel him kick for the first time!! It was awesome!!! We are so excited to meet baby Zack (or as Wyatt calls him-the Zack attack!) God obviously had some amazing plans for our family, I can't wait to see what they are!!!
Last night before we went to bed, we had a precious moment with our son!! I was laying on my side and he started kicking my stomach so hard!! Wyatt got to feel him kick for the first time!! It was awesome!!! We are so excited to meet baby Zack (or as Wyatt calls him-the Zack attack!) God obviously had some amazing plans for our family, I can't wait to see what they are!!!
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
It's a BOY!!!
Wow!! Wasn't it about this time last year that I was writing about the sex of our first new baby!! Well, here we are again, time flies when you are having fun!! Last Monday Wyatt and I found out that on, or before, August 14th we are going to have our first son to join Miss Maddie and our family!! At first we were a bit surprised, I wasn't expecting that at all!! But we are absolutely thrilled!!! Of course we had to go out and buy a few blue things to hang in his closet!! We get to be blessed with a boy and a girl, the perfect mixture!! We are so excited that we get to experience life with Barbies and bows and frills, and, with sports and dirt and trucks!! We feel so blessed!! We are honored that God has chosen Wyatt and I to raise both a boy and a girl!! We could not be more excited!! Thank you Father for your many blessings!!
So my daughter has just started doing something new that I wondered if anyone else's child had done! She now has four teeth two on top and two on bottom!! She started grinding them yesterday!! I know this is not good for her teeth and it makes a terrible sound, but how do I get her to stop??? Any ideas?? Do you think that since these teeth kind of new and exciting she will just get past it?? Thoughts?? Ideas?? Advice??
Hope you all had an amazing Easter!!
So my daughter has just started doing something new that I wondered if anyone else's child had done! She now has four teeth two on top and two on bottom!! She started grinding them yesterday!! I know this is not good for her teeth and it makes a terrible sound, but how do I get her to stop??? Any ideas?? Do you think that since these teeth kind of new and exciting she will just get past it?? Thoughts?? Ideas?? Advice??
Hope you all had an amazing Easter!!
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Friends
Hi! As I look back over the past few years I realize how much change does affect our lives!! I am not really big on change, as in I struggle with it a lot at times, but I know that there are different seasons of life! I think I have grown to love these seasons over the past few months!! Just today Maddie and I had a play date with a girl that I went to college with and her son. Our kiddos are only a month and a day apart, and our husbands are good friends, but I hadn't seen her in probably two months!! It was so fun to catch up with her right where we left off!! I love friends like that!! Friends that don't expect you to be any less than exactly who you are!!! On Tuesday night I had a girls night out with a good frined from high school. It was so much fun to go back in time with her and talk about things we did in high school!! We also talked about our upcoming 10 year reunion and how much fun it was going to be to remember all of the people we knew in school!! Again, I haven't seen her in a month or so, but we just picked right up and talked for 2 hours!! Then of course I have the friends that I see on a daily basis who mean the world to me! We are rasing our kids together and enjoying life together daily as we walk through life together!! It is amazing how people drift in and out of our lives every day. For some friends, for a time, they seem to change the path of our lives. Some of them stay and some of them go, but the ones who make the biggest impact (at least to me) are the friends that stay the same to you as time goes by!! (Not that they stay the same, but they they grow with you.) Knowing that you can count on them to be unconditional friend even when you have a bad day, or just need someone to cry to!! Many of my friends have seen me in all stages of my life, and are still here!! We laugh together and cry together, we call one another when we are SO excited and we hold each other on bad days!! For all of you, I am trully grateful!! I am SO BLESSED by so many wonderful people in my life!!!! Thank you for refining me and for being there for me every single day!!! I love you all!!!
"A friend loves at all times...!" Proverbs 17:17
"A friend loves at all times...!" Proverbs 17:17
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Our week, is it gone already?!
What an awesome week it has been!! I am continually thankful for all of the blessings God bestows upon our family!! On Sunday, church was wonderful! Our Sunday school class is meeting in a larger room to acommodate our always growing class! It is always SO good to be in class with our friends and our thoughtful leaders!! Ace is so good at directing our attention to God's Word and teaching us how different passages apply so closely to our lives! Sometimes it is so hard to imagine why I don't spend more time in God's Word. It is SO GOOD!! There are so many answers to our questions and downfalls! He encourages us so much through His words and experiences!! What a MIGHTY God we serve!!
Sunday afternoon was a blast at the Duggers!! They have a beautiful new home that is so warm and welcoming! It was so much fun to sit upstairs with the other girls (and our kiddos) and chat and laugh about life! We were having so much fun, the game was over before we even knew it! :) Thanks Duggers for being awesome hosts!!
Monday's are always a blessing because Maddie and I get together with our best friends Katie and Max! We were going through an awesome study called "Created to be His Help Meet," and we finished it up on Monday! I have learned so much through this book and through my conversations with Katie! It is so nice to have such an honest, loving friend who you can discuss anything with! I am continually blessed by our friendships with the Ramsey's!! After our Bible study we shopped at Aldi's and had lunch together!! It was a great day!!
Tuesday was my birthday and it was a ton of fun!! We had breakfast with a good friend and had lunch with my Sister, Mom, Dayle and Griffin!! Then that evening Wyatt made special plans for us to go out to dinner with my sister and brother-in-law. My mom joined us for dessert, then we shopped at Target with birthday money! :)!! It was a great relaxing evening with my wonderful family!! I love my husband so much!! He always makes my birthday special, and even at 28, I love it!! He is so thoughtful and he knows me so well!! I fall more and more in love with him every single day!!
Wednesday was also an awesome day! Maddie and I had lunch with a friend then my dad (and friend A.J.) came to hang up some of my new birthday gifts!! :) They look fabulous! I just kept walking through my house yesterday to see all of their handy work! :) That night was our Valentine's Party and it was fun as well!! There is nothing better then sitting around with your good friends laughing and talking and "picking" on one another!! Again, I am SO thankful for the girls in our Sunday school class, we have such a unique bond that holds so strong!!
Thursday was kind of our "rest" day since we had been going all week!! So Maddie and I had some good time together!! She loves to play with her toys, so we played on the floor and in her room, and in my room! That evening we had family night and my Grandparents came!! I am SO thankful for my Grandparents! My mom and dad had my sister and I when they were young (thus my Grandparents were young also) so Catrina and I have gotten to "grow up" with our Grandparents!! We know them so well and they know us so well!! It is fun to see how much they love Maddie!
Friday was amazing too!! We had lunch with Katie, Max, Anna and Titus and just sat around together and chatted! It is wonderful to have Godly girlfriends! We just talked and laughed, I felt sorry for the guy sitting around us, I am sure he found out stuff about us that he didn't want to know!! :):) Friday night some of my girlfriends took me out!! We had dinner at Cheddar's then came back to my house for cake and chatting!! It was SO much fun and very relaxing!!
Saturday was another day of rest for Maddie and I! We ran some errands in the morning then went out with Wyatt for lunch!! That evening we went to the Harshman's for a fun birthday party for our friend Justin!! There was fun fellowship and a delicious cake! :) (Awesome job Sarah!!!)
By-the-way---I am going to try to memorize scripture every week starting this week!! Some of these scrptures I know bits and pieces of, but these days I cling to scripture as I wait on God's perfect timing in our lives!! I have been struggling with worrying lately, and scripture is one of my favorite passages, so I will leave you with it!!!
"Rejoice in the Lord always, I will say it again REJOICE! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, 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. Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things. Whatever you have learned or recieved or heard from me, or seen in me-put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you!" Philippians 4:4-9
Sunday afternoon was a blast at the Duggers!! They have a beautiful new home that is so warm and welcoming! It was so much fun to sit upstairs with the other girls (and our kiddos) and chat and laugh about life! We were having so much fun, the game was over before we even knew it! :) Thanks Duggers for being awesome hosts!!
Monday's are always a blessing because Maddie and I get together with our best friends Katie and Max! We were going through an awesome study called "Created to be His Help Meet," and we finished it up on Monday! I have learned so much through this book and through my conversations with Katie! It is so nice to have such an honest, loving friend who you can discuss anything with! I am continually blessed by our friendships with the Ramsey's!! After our Bible study we shopped at Aldi's and had lunch together!! It was a great day!!
Tuesday was my birthday and it was a ton of fun!! We had breakfast with a good friend and had lunch with my Sister, Mom, Dayle and Griffin!! Then that evening Wyatt made special plans for us to go out to dinner with my sister and brother-in-law. My mom joined us for dessert, then we shopped at Target with birthday money! :)!! It was a great relaxing evening with my wonderful family!! I love my husband so much!! He always makes my birthday special, and even at 28, I love it!! He is so thoughtful and he knows me so well!! I fall more and more in love with him every single day!!
Wednesday was also an awesome day! Maddie and I had lunch with a friend then my dad (and friend A.J.) came to hang up some of my new birthday gifts!! :) They look fabulous! I just kept walking through my house yesterday to see all of their handy work! :) That night was our Valentine's Party and it was fun as well!! There is nothing better then sitting around with your good friends laughing and talking and "picking" on one another!! Again, I am SO thankful for the girls in our Sunday school class, we have such a unique bond that holds so strong!!
Thursday was kind of our "rest" day since we had been going all week!! So Maddie and I had some good time together!! She loves to play with her toys, so we played on the floor and in her room, and in my room! That evening we had family night and my Grandparents came!! I am SO thankful for my Grandparents! My mom and dad had my sister and I when they were young (thus my Grandparents were young also) so Catrina and I have gotten to "grow up" with our Grandparents!! We know them so well and they know us so well!! It is fun to see how much they love Maddie!
Friday was amazing too!! We had lunch with Katie, Max, Anna and Titus and just sat around together and chatted! It is wonderful to have Godly girlfriends! We just talked and laughed, I felt sorry for the guy sitting around us, I am sure he found out stuff about us that he didn't want to know!! :):) Friday night some of my girlfriends took me out!! We had dinner at Cheddar's then came back to my house for cake and chatting!! It was SO much fun and very relaxing!!
Saturday was another day of rest for Maddie and I! We ran some errands in the morning then went out with Wyatt for lunch!! That evening we went to the Harshman's for a fun birthday party for our friend Justin!! There was fun fellowship and a delicious cake! :) (Awesome job Sarah!!!)
By-the-way---I am going to try to memorize scripture every week starting this week!! Some of these scrptures I know bits and pieces of, but these days I cling to scripture as I wait on God's perfect timing in our lives!! I have been struggling with worrying lately, and scripture is one of my favorite passages, so I will leave you with it!!!
"Rejoice in the Lord always, I will say it again REJOICE! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, 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. Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things. Whatever you have learned or recieved or heard from me, or seen in me-put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you!" Philippians 4:4-9
Friday, February 01, 2008
The JOY in Life!!
There is so much joy in life!! I am experiencing it so much these days!!! I think JOY is something that sometimes you have to seek out, it is not always obvious! But, other times JOY is so exciting that you can't help but see it and feel it!! Here are a few reasons I am JOYful!!!
**I have an AMAZING husband who knows me so well and STILL LOVES ME!!! :) (This is quite surpring to me some days!!:)) We have been together for over six years, yet I still get excited when I know we are going to get to spend time together just us, and, with our precious daughter!! God has blessed me so lovingly through him, I can't help but feel God's love for me when I think of how He brought us together! I am so thankful!!
**I am so joyful for my beautiful daughter!! We didn't think we were ready for a baby, but we totally were!! She lights up our lives every single day!!! She is my pride and joy, I love to hear her laugh and see her smile!! I love the way she loves me!! I am amazed that God saw it fit for Wyatt and I to raise her and have her in our lives!! She is our sweet little gift!! I LOVE being at home with her watching her experience life!! She is amazing!!
**I am joyful for wonderful friends!!! I love having lunch each week with different friends, talking and laughing and sharing!! I love how I can have such a unique and fun friendship with each one of my dearest friends, knowing that I could call any of them at any time and find encouragement, support and love! I look forward to raising my children with their children and living life together with much fun and fellowship!!
** I LOVE having my family close!!! I am eternally thankful for the impact my mom, dad, sister and brother-in-law have on our lives every single day!!! I love it that my sister, my mom, Maddie and I can have lunch together every week and always have stuff to talk about!! I love picking on my dad and exchanging e-mails with him, encouraging one another!!! I feel SO blessed to have such a wonderful relationship with them!!! They are my life support!
**Finally, I am JOYful because I have a Savior who died for my sins and covers me with His grace every single day!!! (Boy do I need that grace!! :)) I am thankful that He has a plan for my life and that it is a great secret that He reveals to me piece by piece, one day at a time!! I praise Him for my JOY and for providing me with so much to be thankful for!!!
**I have an AMAZING husband who knows me so well and STILL LOVES ME!!! :) (This is quite surpring to me some days!!:)) We have been together for over six years, yet I still get excited when I know we are going to get to spend time together just us, and, with our precious daughter!! God has blessed me so lovingly through him, I can't help but feel God's love for me when I think of how He brought us together! I am so thankful!!
**I am so joyful for my beautiful daughter!! We didn't think we were ready for a baby, but we totally were!! She lights up our lives every single day!!! She is my pride and joy, I love to hear her laugh and see her smile!! I love the way she loves me!! I am amazed that God saw it fit for Wyatt and I to raise her and have her in our lives!! She is our sweet little gift!! I LOVE being at home with her watching her experience life!! She is amazing!!
**I am joyful for wonderful friends!!! I love having lunch each week with different friends, talking and laughing and sharing!! I love how I can have such a unique and fun friendship with each one of my dearest friends, knowing that I could call any of them at any time and find encouragement, support and love! I look forward to raising my children with their children and living life together with much fun and fellowship!!
** I LOVE having my family close!!! I am eternally thankful for the impact my mom, dad, sister and brother-in-law have on our lives every single day!!! I love it that my sister, my mom, Maddie and I can have lunch together every week and always have stuff to talk about!! I love picking on my dad and exchanging e-mails with him, encouraging one another!!! I feel SO blessed to have such a wonderful relationship with them!!! They are my life support!
**Finally, I am JOYful because I have a Savior who died for my sins and covers me with His grace every single day!!! (Boy do I need that grace!! :)) I am thankful that He has a plan for my life and that it is a great secret that He reveals to me piece by piece, one day at a time!! I praise Him for my JOY and for providing me with so much to be thankful for!!!
Monday, January 28, 2008
Is anyone still out there?
Hello friends!! I don't know if anyone checks this anymore, but I thought I would write anyway!! There has been so much going on, so many exciting things to tell about!! So I guess I will jump right in!
Maddie is now 6 months old!! She is absolutely amazing!! She smiles and giggles all the time!! She loves her daddy and our kitty Rajah!! She also loves her Grammy, Mze, Aunt Trina and Unky!! She is so beautiful and so joyful!! She loves everyone and anyone who will pay attention to her!! Wyatt and I absolutely adore her!! She is the light of our lives!! She makes us smile like no one else can!! Being a mom is amazing, although I always thought I was an avid prayer, my prayer life has changed substantially since Maddie came!! :) Nothing that we do goes uncovered by prayer! I desperately want to raise my daughter to know and follow hard after Christ!! We pray every morning, noon and night together with Maddie, it is such good bonding time with her and it draws Wyatt and I closer together as parents also! It is amazing!! She is our precious little blessing!!
We had a wonderful Christmas!! We attended lots of fun Christmas parties leading up to the week of Christmas! Wyatt was able to take off about 10 days so we could spend time together as a family!! We got to be home together for the morning then we went to my parent's house for the rest of the day!! We spent hours opening presents and laughing and talking together!! We are SO blessed to have my family so close!! They are such a huge source of encouragement and love! They love Maddie so much, it is fun to watch my mom and dad interact with her!! We got the surprise of our lives the weekend before Christmas!! We found out that we are pregnant again!! WHAT?!!?!? We are due in August, just a month after Maddie's first birthday!! For about 4 days I really struggled with the idea of being pregnant again, but now I know that this is just God's perfect Will for us!! His timing is always perfect and who am I to question Him?? We are really excited about having another baby!! What an adventure this next year will be!!! (PLEASE be praying for us!! :):))
We had a fun weekend this past weekend!!! This past weekend we all took a zooming trip to Illinois to go to my Great-Grandpa (so Maddie's Great-Great Grandpa's) 95th birthday party!! It was awesome!! All of our family was there celebrating his life!!! I can't imagine what it would be like to have lived for 95 years! My Great-Grandma died about 4 years ago and he has been living in a really nice retirement village since then!! There were 125 guests at his party and the majority of the guests were his friends from where he lived! It was awesome to see the out pouring of love and support they offered!! It was also very cool to introduce my daughter to him! Everyone was so proud of Maddie, especially her Mze and my Grandma!! (for those of you who don't know, my dad is "Mze" which is African for grandpa! While my dad was in Africa last year the tribe he was with appointed him as an elder in their church, thus why my dad thinks he is now African and must go by Mze!! He is so funny!!)
I hope you all are doing well!! We look forward to spending some time with you all in the next few weeks and months!! Hope your week is blessed!!!
Maddie is now 6 months old!! She is absolutely amazing!! She smiles and giggles all the time!! She loves her daddy and our kitty Rajah!! She also loves her Grammy, Mze, Aunt Trina and Unky!! She is so beautiful and so joyful!! She loves everyone and anyone who will pay attention to her!! Wyatt and I absolutely adore her!! She is the light of our lives!! She makes us smile like no one else can!! Being a mom is amazing, although I always thought I was an avid prayer, my prayer life has changed substantially since Maddie came!! :) Nothing that we do goes uncovered by prayer! I desperately want to raise my daughter to know and follow hard after Christ!! We pray every morning, noon and night together with Maddie, it is such good bonding time with her and it draws Wyatt and I closer together as parents also! It is amazing!! She is our precious little blessing!!
We had a wonderful Christmas!! We attended lots of fun Christmas parties leading up to the week of Christmas! Wyatt was able to take off about 10 days so we could spend time together as a family!! We got to be home together for the morning then we went to my parent's house for the rest of the day!! We spent hours opening presents and laughing and talking together!! We are SO blessed to have my family so close!! They are such a huge source of encouragement and love! They love Maddie so much, it is fun to watch my mom and dad interact with her!! We got the surprise of our lives the weekend before Christmas!! We found out that we are pregnant again!! WHAT?!!?!? We are due in August, just a month after Maddie's first birthday!! For about 4 days I really struggled with the idea of being pregnant again, but now I know that this is just God's perfect Will for us!! His timing is always perfect and who am I to question Him?? We are really excited about having another baby!! What an adventure this next year will be!!! (PLEASE be praying for us!! :):))
We had a fun weekend this past weekend!!! This past weekend we all took a zooming trip to Illinois to go to my Great-Grandpa (so Maddie's Great-Great Grandpa's) 95th birthday party!! It was awesome!! All of our family was there celebrating his life!!! I can't imagine what it would be like to have lived for 95 years! My Great-Grandma died about 4 years ago and he has been living in a really nice retirement village since then!! There were 125 guests at his party and the majority of the guests were his friends from where he lived! It was awesome to see the out pouring of love and support they offered!! It was also very cool to introduce my daughter to him! Everyone was so proud of Maddie, especially her Mze and my Grandma!! (for those of you who don't know, my dad is "Mze" which is African for grandpa! While my dad was in Africa last year the tribe he was with appointed him as an elder in their church, thus why my dad thinks he is now African and must go by Mze!! He is so funny!!)
I hope you all are doing well!! We look forward to spending some time with you all in the next few weeks and months!! Hope your week is blessed!!!
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
It's Fall
Hello Friends! I hope your fall season is wonderful, it is always so much fun to have cooler weather and watch the leaves change!! Today was such a beautiful day, I opened our windows this morning and Maddie and I have been enjoying the gorgeous weather all day!!
The past few months have been so full of change for our little family!!! Maddie finally made her debut in July and we are thankful for her every single day!! She is our little blessing, she makes us laugh with her cuteness!! She holds her head up so well and is quite strong!! She is working on sitting up, she is going to master it soon, she gets this very determined look on her face every time we work on it! It is adorable!! She is so much fun to be with, I enjoy staying home with her so much!!! We love having play dates and hanging out with our friends!! We are so blessed with so many kids that are around Maddie's age. It is is much fun to get together with friends to watch their children grow up!! We are so BLESSED!!! We are looking forward to a fun trip to the Pumpkin patch next week, it will be an adventure!!! more on this adventure to come! :)
We are staying very busy!! I am working about 8 hours a week with Griffin! He is so sweet, he loves Maddie so much!! In the car he holds her hand "so she won't be sad!" He helps rock her to sleep, he is so good with her!! Although, last week we were in the car and Maddie was crying. I turned around to check on them and Griffin looked straight at me and said, "TT, next time Maddie is going to sit up in the front with you, she is too loud!!" It was hilarious!!
Wyatt is crazy busy at work!! For only being at BKD for 2 years, they sure seem to like him alto! :) He works a lot with specific partners, he really enjoys it!! He is traveling less which is a HUGE blessing to us! We love having him at home!! We are still busy being forwarding agents for a very special couple! It is so fun to hear how they are growing and learning new things! I feel that sometimes we live through them listening to all of their stories and hearing how God is working! It is pretty amazing!!!
There is so much to look forward to!! It is so much fun to experience each season with Maddie, she brings us so much joy!! And, I hear it only gets better!!
I hope you all are experienceing much joy today! God is so good to us! Love to you all!!
The past few months have been so full of change for our little family!!! Maddie finally made her debut in July and we are thankful for her every single day!! She is our little blessing, she makes us laugh with her cuteness!! She holds her head up so well and is quite strong!! She is working on sitting up, she is going to master it soon, she gets this very determined look on her face every time we work on it! It is adorable!! She is so much fun to be with, I enjoy staying home with her so much!!! We love having play dates and hanging out with our friends!! We are so blessed with so many kids that are around Maddie's age. It is is much fun to get together with friends to watch their children grow up!! We are so BLESSED!!! We are looking forward to a fun trip to the Pumpkin patch next week, it will be an adventure!!! more on this adventure to come! :)
We are staying very busy!! I am working about 8 hours a week with Griffin! He is so sweet, he loves Maddie so much!! In the car he holds her hand "so she won't be sad!" He helps rock her to sleep, he is so good with her!! Although, last week we were in the car and Maddie was crying. I turned around to check on them and Griffin looked straight at me and said, "TT, next time Maddie is going to sit up in the front with you, she is too loud!!" It was hilarious!!
Wyatt is crazy busy at work!! For only being at BKD for 2 years, they sure seem to like him alto! :) He works a lot with specific partners, he really enjoys it!! He is traveling less which is a HUGE blessing to us! We love having him at home!! We are still busy being forwarding agents for a very special couple! It is so fun to hear how they are growing and learning new things! I feel that sometimes we live through them listening to all of their stories and hearing how God is working! It is pretty amazing!!!
There is so much to look forward to!! It is so much fun to experience each season with Maddie, she brings us so much joy!! And, I hear it only gets better!!
I hope you all are experienceing much joy today! God is so good to us! Love to you all!!
Thursday, September 13, 2007
She is HERE!!
Our daughter is finally here!! YAY!!! She arrived at 8:13 p.m. on July 23rd!! She is an incredible girl!! She is so beautiful and fun!! She has an amazing smile and a great giggle!! I love being at home with her watching her experience new things every day!!! She is growing so much, I can't believe she is almost 8 weeks old!!! WOW! Where does the time go??? Wyatt is such a great daddy!! Maddie love shim so much, anytime he walks into a room and swueals with delight at the sight of here dad!! Her smile stretches all the way across her face!! It has been awesome watching Wyatt become a daddy! I always knew he would be a wonderful dad, but I never expected him to be SO wonderful!! I feel so blessed to have him in my life!!! Please continue to watch our Picasa web site as we post new pictures of Maddie every few days!! She is such a JOY!! Love to you all!!
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Is it time yet??
We are now exactly one week away from baby Maddie's due date!! Whoo-hoo!! We are so excited and ready for her to come!! I can't WAIT to see what she looks like and who her personality resembles! :) All of her baby furniture is assembled and her cool art has been hung in her room! Her bag is packed and we are ready, I think!! It is pretty amazing to think about everything that goes into preparing for a baby...are you ever really ready??
We have an sonogram on Friday, so please be praying for that. We will be able to see how big Maddie is, and at that time, we will make a "birth plan," (will they induce me, will we wait her out, etc.) I can't wait to see her again!! It feels like the 20 week mark was a year ago! :) Please do be praying though, we want a safe and healthy delivery and a happy joyful baby girl!!!
We have had a busy week this week. My dad is re-roofing their house so Wyatt and my brother-in-law have been working hard with him on that!! Tonight my sister and I are throwing a surprise birthday party for my mom. Her actual birthday is next Wednesday, (Maddie's due date), so we thought it would be fun to surprise her early!! I hope she is surprised!
Hope everyone is doing well!! Hopefully my next post will be about our new baby!! Love to you all! :)
We have an sonogram on Friday, so please be praying for that. We will be able to see how big Maddie is, and at that time, we will make a "birth plan," (will they induce me, will we wait her out, etc.) I can't wait to see her again!! It feels like the 20 week mark was a year ago! :) Please do be praying though, we want a safe and healthy delivery and a happy joyful baby girl!!!
We have had a busy week this week. My dad is re-roofing their house so Wyatt and my brother-in-law have been working hard with him on that!! Tonight my sister and I are throwing a surprise birthday party for my mom. Her actual birthday is next Wednesday, (Maddie's due date), so we thought it would be fun to surprise her early!! I hope she is surprised!
Hope everyone is doing well!! Hopefully my next post will be about our new baby!! Love to you all! :)
Friday, July 06, 2007
Time Flies When You Are Having FUN!!
Hello all!! WOW!! Can you guys believe that it is already July?!!? I cannot believe it!! Where has this year gone??? We are now only 18 days away from our due date!! It is so exciting yet a little scary all at the same time! Maddie's room is all ready for her, she has beautiful clothes, fun toys and a lot of loving "aunts" and "uncles" waiting for her to arrive!!! Her Grandma and Grandpa E. couldn't be more excited for her arrival. My dad (Grandpa E.) has just recently returned from Africa. His luggage got lost, but in his carry-on he had the most beloved gift he brought back, and it was for his little Cheetah. My dad has given baby Maddie the nickname "Cheetah" because he loves Africa, and he thinks all of our children should have special African names, so he has given Maddie the first one! It is his special name for her, we think it is pretty sweet!!! He brought her a little Cheetah carved out of soapstone. It is pretty cute, it is sitting on her bookshelf! He also brought her a little bracelet!! My parents are going to be wonderful grandparents!!
Wyatt is keeping busy at work! He moved to a "Supercube" on the 9th floor which was very exciting! :) He now resides among the Tax people!! He has been in town, which is a huge blessing!! Please do keep us in your prayers as he will have to travel for 12 days in August! But until then, he will be here!!! I am still nannying about two days a week! It has been so nice to be at home!! I have gotten to hang out with some wonderful friends and our house is cleaner than ever! :)
We had a wonderful 4th of July!! We spent the afternoon at my mom and dad's with my sister and brother-in-law and my grandparents. My parents of course made way too much food, but we had a blast eating and talking and swimming!! Then that evening we had a few people over for the amazing display of fireworks that the city of Nixa puts on at the Community Center!! It was so fun to sit on our deck and watch! My dad and a few of our friends even provided music! :):) It was SO MUCH FUN!!!
We hope you all had a happy and safe holiday!! Take care friends!!
Wyatt is keeping busy at work! He moved to a "Supercube" on the 9th floor which was very exciting! :) He now resides among the Tax people!! He has been in town, which is a huge blessing!! Please do keep us in your prayers as he will have to travel for 12 days in August! But until then, he will be here!!! I am still nannying about two days a week! It has been so nice to be at home!! I have gotten to hang out with some wonderful friends and our house is cleaner than ever! :)
We had a wonderful 4th of July!! We spent the afternoon at my mom and dad's with my sister and brother-in-law and my grandparents. My parents of course made way too much food, but we had a blast eating and talking and swimming!! Then that evening we had a few people over for the amazing display of fireworks that the city of Nixa puts on at the Community Center!! It was so fun to sit on our deck and watch! My dad and a few of our friends even provided music! :):) It was SO MUCH FUN!!!
We hope you all had a happy and safe holiday!! Take care friends!!
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Baby Stuff
Our baby furniture is here!!! YAY!! We set it up on Monday evening and it looks SO beautiful!! Actually my dad set it up, my mom and I "supervised!" :):) And, Wyatt and our friend Luther hung our chair rail! I am so excited about it!! The room looks so pretty, I can't WAIT to bring Maddie home to it!! She has so many fun things to wear and to play with! I can't WAIT to read her all of her little books! I now have Monday' s and Wednesday's off which is a huge blessing so I spent all day today putting away Maddie's clothes and organizing her closet!! I am starting to get into that "nesting" stage, can you tell??
I am so excited about this weekend!! Todd and Paige are coming into town for his brothers wedding!! It is going to be a grand time! I can't WAIT to see Todd and Paige all dressed up in their fancy clothes! Then on Sunday we have the Memorial Day party at the Lale's, I am totally pumped! I am constantly amazed at how God blesses His people!! We are so blessed to have such wonderful friends! Hope you guys have an awesome rest of the week!! Take care friends!!
I am so excited about this weekend!! Todd and Paige are coming into town for his brothers wedding!! It is going to be a grand time! I can't WAIT to see Todd and Paige all dressed up in their fancy clothes! Then on Sunday we have the Memorial Day party at the Lale's, I am totally pumped! I am constantly amazed at how God blesses His people!! We are so blessed to have such wonderful friends! Hope you guys have an awesome rest of the week!! Take care friends!!
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Excitement
Hi friends!! I am sorry that this new post is looooong overdue!! I forgot my password and could not get it reset for the longest time!! But alas, I am back!!!
It has been crazy times since my last post!! I am now out of school!! Whoo-hoo!!!! Our last day was a week ago today!! It was a wonderful day! We only had a half day of school, then the parents and teachers surprised me with a baby shower! It was so much fun to have all of the parents (mostly moms) and teachers in the same room! They blessed me with much wisdom, advice, encouragement, laughter and love!! It was a wonderful day!!! I have loved teaching so much, but I am glad the year is done!! I hope to go back to teaching at some point, maybe when it is time to send our kids to Gloria Deo, I will go back to teach there! It is a wonderful school and I highly recommend it!!! But for now, I am so glad the year is over!!
Baby Maddie's room is now painted, we have her bedding in and are just waiting for the chair rail to be hung before we move in her furniture! Her room is so cute!! I can't WAIT to get everything in there and hang stuff on the walls!! I can't wait to put away all of her adorable little clothes! Mostly though, I can't wait to meet her!! I think about her all the time wondering what she will look like and what her personality will be. It is amazing to think that she will be here in less than 11 weeks!! Nine months seems like SO long, surely I can wait 11 more weeks! We are thankful because we feel that Maddie certainly has a wonderful group of "aunts" and "uncles" to hang out with! :):) Praise God for good friends!!
We have been blessed by three baby showers already, all in the same week!! It was a crazy week!! :) (However, we did enjoy some delicious CAKE!!!) We are overwhelmed by the love and thoughtfulness of our friends!! Thank you so much for being excited for us and for being so willing to help us and celebrate with us!! We love you!
This past weekend was an awesome weekend with our Sunday school class!! We had our marriage retreat in Branson!! Angela and Adam were able to get the condos for the weekend and we all spent the weekend together talking and laughing and learning about how to make our marriages better!! It was a great weekend of growth in friendships and our marriages!! We are blessed!!!
I am still working with Griffin, at least until July 1st. Then I will hand him over to my sister as we wait for the arrival of our daughter!! WOW! Exciting times are upon us!! Hope you are all well!!!
It has been crazy times since my last post!! I am now out of school!! Whoo-hoo!!!! Our last day was a week ago today!! It was a wonderful day! We only had a half day of school, then the parents and teachers surprised me with a baby shower! It was so much fun to have all of the parents (mostly moms) and teachers in the same room! They blessed me with much wisdom, advice, encouragement, laughter and love!! It was a wonderful day!!! I have loved teaching so much, but I am glad the year is done!! I hope to go back to teaching at some point, maybe when it is time to send our kids to Gloria Deo, I will go back to teach there! It is a wonderful school and I highly recommend it!!! But for now, I am so glad the year is over!!
Baby Maddie's room is now painted, we have her bedding in and are just waiting for the chair rail to be hung before we move in her furniture! Her room is so cute!! I can't WAIT to get everything in there and hang stuff on the walls!! I can't wait to put away all of her adorable little clothes! Mostly though, I can't wait to meet her!! I think about her all the time wondering what she will look like and what her personality will be. It is amazing to think that she will be here in less than 11 weeks!! Nine months seems like SO long, surely I can wait 11 more weeks! We are thankful because we feel that Maddie certainly has a wonderful group of "aunts" and "uncles" to hang out with! :):) Praise God for good friends!!
We have been blessed by three baby showers already, all in the same week!! It was a crazy week!! :) (However, we did enjoy some delicious CAKE!!!) We are overwhelmed by the love and thoughtfulness of our friends!! Thank you so much for being excited for us and for being so willing to help us and celebrate with us!! We love you!
This past weekend was an awesome weekend with our Sunday school class!! We had our marriage retreat in Branson!! Angela and Adam were able to get the condos for the weekend and we all spent the weekend together talking and laughing and learning about how to make our marriages better!! It was a great weekend of growth in friendships and our marriages!! We are blessed!!!
I am still working with Griffin, at least until July 1st. Then I will hand him over to my sister as we wait for the arrival of our daughter!! WOW! Exciting times are upon us!! Hope you are all well!!!
Thursday, March 29, 2007
It's a GIRL!!
Hello!! It's a GIRL!!! We are going to have a baby girl!! We are so excited!!! I was so worried that we wouldn't be able to see the sex of our child, but we got a clear shot and she is a girl!! YAY! Really sonograms are amazing things, we also got to see her brain and her vertebrae, we got to see her legs kicking and her arms moving. We even got to see her mouth move, it was amazing and so exciting!! So now we are starting the fabulous process of deciding what furniture to buy and what bedding to go with! I even bought her first outfit last week, it is so cute! Thanks guys for being so excited for us!! We are so blessed to have such wonderful friends! It has been fun watching many of you become parents, we are excited for lots of fun play dates!
My school has been on spring break this week, it has been a wonderful break!! Wyatt and I both took the day off on Monday and we spent the entire day together, it was wonderful!! I have an amazing husband, he so thoughtful and loving!!
Hope you guys are having an awesome week!!
My school has been on spring break this week, it has been a wonderful break!! Wyatt and I both took the day off on Monday and we spent the entire day together, it was wonderful!! I have an amazing husband, he so thoughtful and loving!!
Hope you guys are having an awesome week!!
Monday, February 19, 2007
Embarrassing Moments
As I am getting farther along in my pregnancy I am realizing that embarrassing moments do tend to happen, even when you are not with the in-laws! Usually my most embarrassing moments happen in the company of my in-laws, or the grandparents in-law but over the past several months, embarrassing things have happened sporadically throughout what I might have thought to be a normal day. Take the first embarrassing moment: I am teaching my class of 9 spunky kindergarteners and I look up to see one of my students picking their nose. Ok so that is gross enough when you are not pregnant, but when you are pregnant it is really, really gross. However the story does not end there, not only does the students pick their nose, THEY EAT IT TOO!!!!!! Ok, ewwwwwwwwwww, disgusting and gross!! I threw up all over her!!! I could not help it, I felt so bad, but it was so gross! Whew, I am glad that is over, try explaining to a parent why you threw-up all over their child, NOT one of my favorite conversations! :)
This brings us to embarrassing story number two: Last weekend my sister, my mom and I took a fun family trip to Branson to buy some maternity clothes. I was so happy to find cute clothes I thought I would wear my maternity jeans to work last week. You know I am starting to get bigger, I thought it would be a fun adventure! I was so wrong! I put the jeans on, they were a little big, no worries though because I am growing every single second. Well I am sitting on the couch with my boss (Griffin's mom, he is the little boy that I nanny for) with my legs crossed, we were hanging out just chatting it up. I go to stand up and catch my huge pant leg with my foot, and thus my pants come tumbling straight down!! Oh yes they did! Let me tell you that the recovery time for britches falling seemed to be one million years, I thought I was never going to get those darn things back up!! Hmmmmm, extremely embarrassing!!!
I am sure the embarrassing moments are not over, but as I was thinking about it on my way home this evening and I had to laugh out! I am so thankful for grace and laughter! :) See you guys later!
This brings us to embarrassing story number two: Last weekend my sister, my mom and I took a fun family trip to Branson to buy some maternity clothes. I was so happy to find cute clothes I thought I would wear my maternity jeans to work last week. You know I am starting to get bigger, I thought it would be a fun adventure! I was so wrong! I put the jeans on, they were a little big, no worries though because I am growing every single second. Well I am sitting on the couch with my boss (Griffin's mom, he is the little boy that I nanny for) with my legs crossed, we were hanging out just chatting it up. I go to stand up and catch my huge pant leg with my foot, and thus my pants come tumbling straight down!! Oh yes they did! Let me tell you that the recovery time for britches falling seemed to be one million years, I thought I was never going to get those darn things back up!! Hmmmmm, extremely embarrassing!!!
I am sure the embarrassing moments are not over, but as I was thinking about it on my way home this evening and I had to laugh out! I am so thankful for grace and laughter! :) See you guys later!
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Hi hi hi
Hello again! Wow, time flies when you are having fun and boy has it been a fun couple of weeks! The ice storm was a bummer, but a blessing in many ways! We were able to entertain some good friends and spend time together all at the same time! Our friends Nick, Katie, and their 3 month old Max, came to spend the weekend with us. What FUN it was to have a baby in the house!! He is such an awesome baby, he smiled and cooed at us all weekend!! He is so cute!! Max and baby Jenkins are going to be best friends!! When our power went off, Katie and I had some really fun conversations, we stayed up until 1:00 a.m. just chatting and dancing around the room (we were starting to go a little crazy:)) ! It is so special to have good friends!
We are now 14 and a half weeks into our pregnancy! We are SO EXCITED!!! Will July ever get here?? I can't wait to see what our baby looks like! I can't wait to meet him or her, to love them and care for them! I know it will change everything, but I think that change will be wonderful, hard at times, but wonderful! YAY!
Even though it wasn't our"plan" to have a baby this year, it is amazing how God is already blessing us through it! It is amazing how God's timing is always perfect, and to see how He is always working in our lives!! I have been spending a lot more time in prayer and time alone with God ever since we found out I was pregnant. I need that time with Him so much, it has already brought about so many changes in my life!! I am SO excited about having a baby, even though at times I am scared to death! Wyatt and I have gotten a lot closer in so many ways! I have an amazing husband and sometimes I forget. I am really trying to tell him how much he means to me every single day! He needs that affirmation as much as anyone! I love you Wyatt! I am richly blessed by you every single day! I have also realized what awesome parents I have! I thank them daily for their faithfulness in Christ, for their unconditional love, and for their patience, kindness, and grace to my sister and I! What a blessing!
I am SO looking forward to these next few weeks and months! They are going to be full of adventures and I can't wait to see how God uses those adventures to teach us and to bless us! Thanks to all of you for your encouragement and support!! We love you all and are so thankful for your friendship!! Be blessed today!
We are now 14 and a half weeks into our pregnancy! We are SO EXCITED!!! Will July ever get here?? I can't wait to see what our baby looks like! I can't wait to meet him or her, to love them and care for them! I know it will change everything, but I think that change will be wonderful, hard at times, but wonderful! YAY!
Even though it wasn't our"plan" to have a baby this year, it is amazing how God is already blessing us through it! It is amazing how God's timing is always perfect, and to see how He is always working in our lives!! I have been spending a lot more time in prayer and time alone with God ever since we found out I was pregnant. I need that time with Him so much, it has already brought about so many changes in my life!! I am SO excited about having a baby, even though at times I am scared to death! Wyatt and I have gotten a lot closer in so many ways! I have an amazing husband and sometimes I forget. I am really trying to tell him how much he means to me every single day! He needs that affirmation as much as anyone! I love you Wyatt! I am richly blessed by you every single day! I have also realized what awesome parents I have! I thank them daily for their faithfulness in Christ, for their unconditional love, and for their patience, kindness, and grace to my sister and I! What a blessing!
I am SO looking forward to these next few weeks and months! They are going to be full of adventures and I can't wait to see how God uses those adventures to teach us and to bless us! Thanks to all of you for your encouragement and support!! We love you all and are so thankful for your friendship!! Be blessed today!
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Happy Days!
Hello again friends! What a crazy month it has been!! It has been a month full of surprises and joy! For starters, Wyatt and I found out that we are going to be parents in July!! SURPRISE!!! Our pregnancy was definitely a joyful surprise, but a huge surprise at that. It has been so fun to share the news with our family and friends over the holiday season! What a blessing a baby Jenkins will be. He or she will bring so much JOY to our lives, I can't wait to meet him or her! Wyatt will be a wonderful dad, I can't wait to watch him with our little one! YAY! What a year of adventure it will be! :)
Christmas was wonderful! We celebrated with Wyatt's family on Saturday, we took shrimp and egg rolls (that is not my pregnancy diet, that is exactly what the kids asked for :):)) we had lunch and opened presents! It truly was a good time! We headed back home Saturday evening and had breakfast with some of our Sunday school class on Sunday morning, again a blessed time! Wyatt and I had lunch together then finished up our wrapping and baking throughout the day. At 6:00 p.m. we headed to my home church for the candle-light service which I always enjoy. Both of my parents have amazing gifts and talents, but as I sat in church listening to my mom play the piano I was absolutely overcome with amazement as my mom's fingers flew over the piano. She is amazing at playing piano!! She can play anything at any time!! I am so proud of her and for the way she humbly shares her gift with others!! She is pretty cool!! After the service we always eat together, usually it is a Chinese place, but seeing how it was Sunday evening, hardly anything was open, so we headed to my favorite place, Cheddar's!! :)
Christmas morning Wyatt and I woke up in our very first house together and opened presents just the two of us. We actually had an amazing chat about what life would be like next year with our baby. It is so crazy to think that we are going to be mom and dad to a perfect little one. After our amazing talk (emotional at times), we prayed for this upcoming year. Hey, if we are going to get through everything, God is going to have to be at the direct center of everything!! It was the best Christmas morning we could have shared! About 11:00 a.m. we headed over to my parents house where we laughed and talked, ate, and opened presents all day long!! It was a wonderful day of family!!
Christmas was wonderful! We celebrated with Wyatt's family on Saturday, we took shrimp and egg rolls (that is not my pregnancy diet, that is exactly what the kids asked for :):)) we had lunch and opened presents! It truly was a good time! We headed back home Saturday evening and had breakfast with some of our Sunday school class on Sunday morning, again a blessed time! Wyatt and I had lunch together then finished up our wrapping and baking throughout the day. At 6:00 p.m. we headed to my home church for the candle-light service which I always enjoy. Both of my parents have amazing gifts and talents, but as I sat in church listening to my mom play the piano I was absolutely overcome with amazement as my mom's fingers flew over the piano. She is amazing at playing piano!! She can play anything at any time!! I am so proud of her and for the way she humbly shares her gift with others!! She is pretty cool!! After the service we always eat together, usually it is a Chinese place, but seeing how it was Sunday evening, hardly anything was open, so we headed to my favorite place, Cheddar's!! :)
Christmas morning Wyatt and I woke up in our very first house together and opened presents just the two of us. We actually had an amazing chat about what life would be like next year with our baby. It is so crazy to think that we are going to be mom and dad to a perfect little one. After our amazing talk (emotional at times), we prayed for this upcoming year. Hey, if we are going to get through everything, God is going to have to be at the direct center of everything!! It was the best Christmas morning we could have shared! About 11:00 a.m. we headed over to my parents house where we laughed and talked, ate, and opened presents all day long!! It was a wonderful day of family!!
Saturday, November 25, 2006
Thanks
What a fabulous week and weekend!!! I LOVE Thanksgiving!!! I love everything about it!! I love the family, I love the food, and I love the time to share together with friends and family laughing and talking, and being thankful for life!! This Thanksgiving was especially special for so many reasons!! Wyatt and I spent thanksgiving day at my grandparents house in Marshfield, MO. My great Aunt and Uncle and cousins were there, it was so much fun!! My "great aunt" is only 5 years older than my dad so my sister and I always beg her to tell us funny stories about when my dad was younger. They hung out a lot together since they were so close in age! She always tells us hilarious stories of my dad as a kid and a teenager!! Whoo-hoo, hilarious!! :) After lunch my dad and I decided that we wanted to look through the News-Leader to find the BEST sales for the day after thanksgiving so we got in the car to take a quick trip to the closest convienence store! Well little did we know that the only thing that people do in Marshfield on Thanksgiving day is sit around and eat turkey while looking at every single solitary paper that was sold in Marshfiled!! They were ALL GONE!!!! Every single one of them!! We went everywhere in town, every gas station and store that was open (including Wal-Mart,) they were all gone!!! So we ended up going on a mission to find a paper and low and behold we finally found the last 4 papers in Conway!! Yes my dear friends my dad and I drove to Conway to get an everloving paper! :) What was supposed to be a 15 minute trip took an hour and fifteen minutes! It was so fun though, I love spending time with my dad so we had an awesome talk while driving around!!
One thing that I missed this Thanksgiving was everyone going around the room and telling what we were thankful for!! So I am going to tell all of you!! YAY!
I am so thankful for my amazing husband Wyatt. He knows me so well, and still loves me!! He laughs with me and is quiet with me, he is tender and compassionate with me, yet he loves to pick on me. Never could I have imagined marrying someone so entirely wonderful!! Wyatt, I adore you!
I am also thankful for our friends!! You guys are such a blessing to us!! You have helped us grow so much in our relationship and marriage! You have helped us stretch our friendships! You guys have refined us! We are so thankful! We look forward to so many of the adventures we all have ahead of us!! We love you all!
My family is amazing!! God knew that I would need each one of them throughout different times in my life! They are here to love me and laugh with me, to grow with me and stretch me! I love them all so very much!!
Last but not least is Jesus Christ! What an incredible gift!! I am so thankful that I have Him to lean on and to trust when I feel scared or unsure! I feel so happy to know He is there whenever I feel lonely or when I simply cannot talk to anyone else! He is my Savor and King! I feel so blessed to have come to know Him at such a young age!
For all of these things, I am thankful!
One thing that I missed this Thanksgiving was everyone going around the room and telling what we were thankful for!! So I am going to tell all of you!! YAY!
I am so thankful for my amazing husband Wyatt. He knows me so well, and still loves me!! He laughs with me and is quiet with me, he is tender and compassionate with me, yet he loves to pick on me. Never could I have imagined marrying someone so entirely wonderful!! Wyatt, I adore you!
I am also thankful for our friends!! You guys are such a blessing to us!! You have helped us grow so much in our relationship and marriage! You have helped us stretch our friendships! You guys have refined us! We are so thankful! We look forward to so many of the adventures we all have ahead of us!! We love you all!
My family is amazing!! God knew that I would need each one of them throughout different times in my life! They are here to love me and laugh with me, to grow with me and stretch me! I love them all so very much!!
Last but not least is Jesus Christ! What an incredible gift!! I am so thankful that I have Him to lean on and to trust when I feel scared or unsure! I feel so happy to know He is there whenever I feel lonely or when I simply cannot talk to anyone else! He is my Savor and King! I feel so blessed to have come to know Him at such a young age!
For all of these things, I am thankful!
Sunday, November 12, 2006
Hello Again!
Hello friends!! Sorry that I had to take a few days off from blogging, these past few weeks have been CRAZY!! Thanks for your thoughtful comments! You guys always make me smile!! :)
Wow!! What a fabulous weekend!!! Friday night was a fun evening with my husbando!! We shopped at Sam's to get cool stuff for Caryle's baby shower, then we had dinner at Qdoba! Honestly I do not love their food, but I tried something new (thank you very much) and I loved it. So next time you go to Qdoba, try the chicken gumbo, it is delicious!! :) It was so fun though, Wyatt and I just sat and chatted, like best friends do. We talked about our families and our friends. We talked about work and life, but mostly we just lived life together, slowly and lovingly at Qdoba!! It was so much fun!! Sometimes I forget that we need to continue to date one another even though we are married! I have such a wonderful partner in life! Good times!!
Saturday was a BLAST!!! Wyatt got up super early to go hunting, yes friends I did say hunting. Now most of you would not think that Wyatt is a hunting man, and really he isn't, but his brother-on-law (his sister's husband) has been inviting him for two years. So alas, he gave in and went hunting!! He had a fabulous time! Anyway, I got up and started preparing for Carlye's baby shower!! Saturday was such a beautiful day! People were out and about. You can tell people are getting so excited for Christmas (I am one of them!!:):)) Whoo-hoo!! At 1:00 p.m. Wyatt, Paige, Katie Sinnokrak, and Teresa joined me!! THANK YOU SO MUCH friends for all of your thoughtful help!!! It was such a fun shower and I could NOT have pulled it off without your help!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! So the shower was fun, lot's of good times with Lynette!! Let me give a Shout Out to Caryle's parental units (I am sorry, that is just what I call them.:):)) You guys are so fun, thank for hanging out with us!!! Feel free to move here....I mean come back anytime! :):):)
We hung out with the Ferguson's on Saturday evening which was a BLAST!!! We are SO thankful for you guys!!! Thanks for having us over, your house is so warm and comfortable!!! Paige your scrapbooks warmed my heart, they were beautiful!! Scrapbooking, here we come!!!
Sunday was my sister's birthday!! She is 28!! Yes, I did say 28!! Whoo-hoo!! One thing that I love about being the younger sister, is that she will always be older then me! :) I will always be more mature, but she will always be older!! He he!! She really is a joy in my life and I am so thankful that God blessed me with a sister! We had a great time hanging out with my parental and grandparental units all afternoon!! And THEN we went to our church's Thanksgiving dinner!!! Another good time had by the Jenkins' and our SS class!!!!! The Barber Shop choir was very interesting. They definitely LOVE to sing and they are very good at it also!! We had a fun time listening to them!! It was even more fun to be there with the Ferguson's, the Frederick, (Teresa we missed you!!!), The Sinnokrak's, The Harshman's, The Bryant's and the Marquis and Rima! :)
It is going to be a busy week, but a fun one!! Remember ladies to put December 4th on your calendar for the Ornament exchange!! Christmas is coming...... :) Take care friends!!!!
Wow!! What a fabulous weekend!!! Friday night was a fun evening with my husbando!! We shopped at Sam's to get cool stuff for Caryle's baby shower, then we had dinner at Qdoba! Honestly I do not love their food, but I tried something new (thank you very much) and I loved it. So next time you go to Qdoba, try the chicken gumbo, it is delicious!! :) It was so fun though, Wyatt and I just sat and chatted, like best friends do. We talked about our families and our friends. We talked about work and life, but mostly we just lived life together, slowly and lovingly at Qdoba!! It was so much fun!! Sometimes I forget that we need to continue to date one another even though we are married! I have such a wonderful partner in life! Good times!!
Saturday was a BLAST!!! Wyatt got up super early to go hunting, yes friends I did say hunting. Now most of you would not think that Wyatt is a hunting man, and really he isn't, but his brother-on-law (his sister's husband) has been inviting him for two years. So alas, he gave in and went hunting!! He had a fabulous time! Anyway, I got up and started preparing for Carlye's baby shower!! Saturday was such a beautiful day! People were out and about. You can tell people are getting so excited for Christmas (I am one of them!!:):)) Whoo-hoo!! At 1:00 p.m. Wyatt, Paige, Katie Sinnokrak, and Teresa joined me!! THANK YOU SO MUCH friends for all of your thoughtful help!!! It was such a fun shower and I could NOT have pulled it off without your help!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! So the shower was fun, lot's of good times with Lynette!! Let me give a Shout Out to Caryle's parental units (I am sorry, that is just what I call them.:):)) You guys are so fun, thank for hanging out with us!!! Feel free to move here....I mean come back anytime! :):):)
We hung out with the Ferguson's on Saturday evening which was a BLAST!!! We are SO thankful for you guys!!! Thanks for having us over, your house is so warm and comfortable!!! Paige your scrapbooks warmed my heart, they were beautiful!! Scrapbooking, here we come!!!
Sunday was my sister's birthday!! She is 28!! Yes, I did say 28!! Whoo-hoo!! One thing that I love about being the younger sister, is that she will always be older then me! :) I will always be more mature, but she will always be older!! He he!! She really is a joy in my life and I am so thankful that God blessed me with a sister! We had a great time hanging out with my parental and grandparental units all afternoon!! And THEN we went to our church's Thanksgiving dinner!!! Another good time had by the Jenkins' and our SS class!!!!! The Barber Shop choir was very interesting. They definitely LOVE to sing and they are very good at it also!! We had a fun time listening to them!! It was even more fun to be there with the Ferguson's, the Frederick, (Teresa we missed you!!!), The Sinnokrak's, The Harshman's, The Bryant's and the Marquis and Rima! :)
It is going to be a busy week, but a fun one!! Remember ladies to put December 4th on your calendar for the Ornament exchange!! Christmas is coming...... :) Take care friends!!!!
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