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Thankful Friday :)

I  promise Thankful Tuesday is coming back; when my crazy brain remembers it again on the right day. I enjoyed my "Jesus Today" by Sarah Young about being thankful. 

We have had a great Fall Break taking a break from school. I have enjoyed the extra sleep and the girls have loved spending the week at home. I am thankful for this time with them. I feel like I am counting down the days until the baby comes, which we are all very excited about but I also know I won't have as much time to "hang" with the girls so this time has been great! 

We:

....went to the Children's Museum with friends...

...painted our finger nails...

And went to the doctor to get our flu shots (this is the "before" obviously. Actually it's a hilarious story. The girls only had to get the mist but it was just as dramatic as getting a shot I assure you. Ha!) 

Adam and I and Kimberly and M went to see Chris Tomlin and Louie Gigio at Hope Pres! It was awesome!!

We painted pumpkins with our cousins..

And had our first set of swim lessons.

We did lots of fun crafts..

...danced at Target...

And got ice cream and made mermaid tales at the new Chickfila.

What a fun fun week! I am very thankful for these two little ones!! 

Every good and perfect gift is from above. James 1:17

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.. Ecclesiastes 3:11

Give thanks to The Lord always and for everything. Ephesians 5:20

And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Colossians 3:17

"Where Dreams Come True" Part 5

 Thursday we headed to Epcot and saw a few shows,

we saw the Nick Jr show, the Little Mermaid Show and a few others, ate lunch and then headed back for naps..

 because we really wanted to see the fireworks that night.

We saw the fireworks at Epcot first and they were so amazing. They were the best fireworks I had even seen. Of course, they scared Annabelle to death because they were so loud.

 But right after the Epcot fireworks we zoomed over to the Magic Kingdom to see the fireworks from the front of the castle and it was so breath taking.

 We were so glad we made it to both fire works shows that night!

After,  the fireworks we took advantage of the fact that there were not that many people on the rides and Adam took the girls on the roller coaster that they love and I couldn't ride. There was no wait so it was perfect. I couldn't believe how much they loved the roller coaster. Adam said they would even put their hands up and that Annabelle was the quite roller coaster rider and Adelyn was the screamer. ha :)

 On Friday we headed back to Magic Kingdom for our last day there. We rode the Little Mermaid ride again because that was their favorite then we rode the Pirates of the Caribbean ride and Adam took the girlies on the tea cups again.

 The girls also insisted on meeting Tiana so they could meet all of the princesses (but Annabelle insisted today that we didn't meet all of them because we didn't see Pocahontas. That girl is hilarious.)

 They thought Tiana was beautiful and the fact that she greeted us with a "Hello Ya'll" was priceless.

 On Friday night our friends Tony and Dawn and their precious boy Archer came to visit us and we all went to the boardwalk and then went to the Casting Crowns concert. The concert was amazing. I had forgotten how deep and touching their songs were and I just loved getting to see them with our friends.

That night we got a chance to meet them and they were all so genuinely kind and personable. We couldn't believe they were still signing autographs at midnight and after and then they were headed on a bus all night to Ohio. What great God loving people.

Well, that about wraps it up for Disney. What an incredibly memorable and fun trip. I will never forget all of the memories we made this trip. The girls were at such a fun age to go and meet all the princesses and ride the rides. Again, we couldn't be more thankful for our Gigi and GePaw who made it all possible!

Meeting Mandisa and Laura Story

 I totally forgot to post about the concert I had a chance to go to last Sunday. It was the Mandisa, Laura Story concert and it was so amazing for so many reasons.

 First of all, the people behind my friend Mandy at the concert just tapped on her shoulder and asked her if she wanted to have 4 back stage passes. She was like, "ummm yah!!!!" So we got to go back stage and meet Laura and Mandisa totally unexpected! Crazy!

 The music was amazing and but I loved the company of my friends (and friends daughters :) ) so much and

 absolutely loved how both artist were completely vulnerable and really really shared their hearts with their audience. I don't imagine that was an easy thing to do but they both opened up and shared in such a God honoring way.

 There is nothing more refreshing than hearing straight from someone's heart to me. I will never forget this night.

One of Mandisa's back up singers even sang this song from Matthew 11:28 that I so much loved and need to get a copy of.

Matthew 11:28-30 says,

"Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden and overburdened, and I will cause you to rest. [I will ease and relieve and refresh your souls.] Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am gentle (meek) and humble (lowly) in heart, and you will find rest (relief and ease and refreshment and ^[recreation and blessed quiet) for your souls. For My yoke is wholesome (useful, good--not harsh, hard, sharp, or pressing, but comfortable, gracious, and pleasant), and My burden is light and easy to be borne.

Tonight in bible study we are discussing Ephesians 5. I have been so excited all week to hear from the ladies who have been married for years about what they have to say about these verses. I believe there is definitely going to be wisdom in years that comes with the topic of mutually submitting.