Park Day & Special Adelyn Time

Today was "Park Day" for Annabelle so I got to take her to the park for school today! She had so much fun and was filthy dirty which made me know she had a blast! I was excited for her to get to play with her friends at the park.

 I decided to take this little one for a fun mommy and Ad date day!

We went to the library to story time and we read LOTS of books, Ad got the letter "c" and she colored a picture of a sunflower and then she got to plant a sunflower seed so I can't wait to see it grow. I think Annabelle will be really excited about it!

After the library we went to pick some "flowers." Ad was so so cute. She picked flowers for me, Annabelle, and Daddy. I just wanted to eat her up she was such a cutie today. To top off our "date" we went to visit her bff Oliver! I didn't get a pic but they always have fun together!




I love spending one on one time with this little girl! I am so thankful I get to do that! Only a few more "school days" left for me to take advantage of our time!

Weekend Recap!

This weekend was jam packed and crazy fun! It was dnow weekend at our church and Adam and I along with James led worship for it. It was such a great time of teaching and worship as in I really felt the Lord there. You know He's ALWAYS with us but sometimes He allows us to "feel Him" more and it was like that for me this weekend!

On the last night I got some pictures with some of my friends. They all stayed over night with different groups of girls! I have so much respect for all of these ladies!

It reminded me of one of the last times I stayed over night with girls. This was YEARS ago when Adam was serving at a church in Mississippi and I was tan because I lived in the south ha! As consistent with d-nows you dress up on the last night with your group and we were "gangsters" that year. :)

The speaker was John Blackwell who Adam served on staff with in Mississippi. He loves the Lord so much and was the absolute perfect speaker for the topic of evangelism because he actually lives it out and shares his faith regularly. 

This was the group on Sunday. :)

The neat part about my role in the weekend was that I only had to be there from 5-9ish Thursday through Saturday night and so during the day I got to hang out with the girlies. We got to go to the park on Friday.

And me and the girls invited ourselves to eat with Adam, James, and John for lunch on Friday, we went to this little Mexican restaurant in town and Annabelle wanted her and baby to have their picture taken in this chair. :) She must have remembered that we have done that before. I thought it was cute.

Annabelle has this new obsession with her bathing suit...good thing tomorrow is "Bathing Suit Day" at school. She is going to LOVE that!

It was Earth Day on Saturday and we went to the library to do some crafts. They made butterflies and sun catchers.

And last night right before I left for the concert (which I will have to write about tomorrow) I took this one. Little Adelyn missed her daddy sooo much this weekend. I would say "You missed mommy last night?" and she would say, "No miss daddy." They two are two peas in a pod.

On Thursday night when I was walking into my house I saw the brightest light. It reminded me of the struggle of light and dark and how bright the light is when the dark is so dark. It applied in so many ways in my mind but it was a HUGE word from the Lord to me to pray for the "light to shine in darkness" for D-now weekend. I prayed that for people to see the light for the first time and for sin in people's lives to be exposed including my own and boy did God answer that prayer.

 {I have been studying Ephesians 5. Imitate God. Felt like I could stop and sit there for a week. God has MUCH work to do on my heart. I mean "Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect." Wow.}

 {LOVED the message version of Ephesians 5 this week!}

{Such powerful scripture! What spoke to me this time I read it was when Stephen said, "Lord do not charge them with this sin." Are you serious? They were killing him?!}

 {I will show him how much he must suffer for my name. (Jesus speaking about Paul) Acts 9:16}

 {Again, Paul..."I count everything worthless...."}

 {I WILL rest in HOPE}

 {We will not fear}

{My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever. Those who desert him will perish for you destroy those who abandon you. But as for me, how good it is to be near God! I have made the Sovereign Lord my shelter, and I will tell everyone about the wonderful things you do. Psalm 73}

{An e-mail I got from a dear friend that I LOVED}

If the last part is confusing, don't let it be. This blog as always been for me to document what is going on with my family and I haven't had the liberty to always be extremely gut wrenching honest as I would like to be because honestly today I don't feel like it would please the Lord. I feel like sometimes we listen to the enemy tell us not to be honest because it makes us too vulnerable when that is the one things someone needs from us is to just be like "ya I have problems." I would love to explain all that is going on with us one day.....but today is just not the right time.

All that to say, I am in a healing process as I know someone out there is as well, and so how dare I not post what has been such an encouragement to my soul right now in this difficult time for me and my family. 

This past weekend was so wonderful for me in so many ways. Was it hard for the girls to have a different sitter every night and was it physically and emotionally exhausting? Yes!, BUT it was also spiritually uplifting in soooo many ways and I had a blast getting to hang out with the girls and sing my heart out to God this weekend. I literally felt like when I was standing up there singing that I was saying without saying, "MY GOD IS STILL GOD. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND ME! HE IS ENOUGH!" I am very blessed and thankful to have that kind of an opportunity and to serve such an amazing God!

Thankful Tuesday

Colossians 3:15
And let the peace of God rule your hearts, to which you have been called in one body, and be thankful.

I'm pretty sure I like taking pictures because they remind me so much of happy moments or moments that I want to be sure to remember. So, today for Thankful Tuesday, I want to write about each of these pictures and why I am thankful for that moment, person, event etc. 

1) Annabelle gave Adam her picture she made in church on Sunday. It was precious.  I am thankful for how good of a dad Adam is to the girls.

 

2) Adelyn found this BIG bear stuff animal and carried it all over the children's part of the library hugging and kissing it. I am so thankful that she loves animals and is not scared of them like me!

3)I am beyond thankful that God blessed me with two little girls!

4) I am thankful that I got to pay ultimate on Monday again and that I got to chat with these ladies they are all so much fun!!

5) I am thankful for the youth girls who love on my kids and I'm thankful my kids are letting them more and more these days!

6) I am thankful for a husband that is in the word every single morning. What a comfort and example to me.

7) I am thankful that Annabelle stayed in her room all night by herself as a "big girl" in a big girl bed.  (This was her this morning when I went in to check on her; I love it that she took her diaper off and everything. What a cute little booty!)

8) I am so thankful that we got out of the house today and did something fun and that the girls are starting to do better when I take them places by myself!

9) I am thankful that we are to the stage where the girls play and I can actually get things done around the house or in this case, in the garden! I am also thankful that God blessed me with two cuties!

10) I am thankful for being the one that gets to teach the girls and pour my life into them. I am thankful that God has given me such a HUGE job as a stay at home mom. Today, we had a mini science lesson about a worm. (As much of a science lesson as a 2 1/2 and 1 1/2 year old can have! :) )



My heart is full just looking over all of these pictures just from Sunday. No, every day is no easy but we sure do have fun! I am blessed beyond belief!

The first Thankful Tuesday and the reason for it can be found here. 

1 Chronicles 16:8

Give thanks unto the Lord, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people!!

(TMI:I know this is kinda gross and a little strange probably, but pray for Annabelle, she has a huge sit looking thing on her bottom and it is so gross. It hurts her really bad, she wouldn't even let me carry her at all today, which is soooo unusual for her. We are going to check it in the morning and then see what we should do but I would appreciate your prayers because if we look at it or even get near it, Annabelle starts bawling. :(  )

Week in Review!

 We have had a busy busy and eventful week! Monday, we went to play on our favorite play ground. I just thought their outfits were cute. They looked like little golfers.

I think it was on Monday that I finished this book. It was amazing and I would definitely recommend it!It has taught me sooo much; I'll have to devote a post to it some time. Also, on Monday, usually Adam plays ultimate frisbee and I watch the girls but he was determined to let me play and so at half time he took the girls home (bc they will whine for me if they see me) and let me play. I absolutely LOVED it! I had a blast and I was so thankful for the time I got to spend with some of the youth girls!

 On Tuesday, Adelyn and I were here by ourselves because Annabelle went to run some errands with daddy and I asked Ad if she wanted to go pee pee in the potty and she said, "yes!" I took her over to it and she went. It was so cute and about 15 minutes later, she did it again! It was so awesome! I was so proud of her! Also, on Tuesday, I had my first run with my new running buddy. We ran 2 miles and walked two. It was great! I look forward to running more now that I have a running partner!

 Wednesday morning, we went to the library to toddler time. There were sooo many people there but the girls really did a good job! They have this puzzle where every toddler gets a letter and when they call your letter you have to go up to Mrs. Linda and put your letter back in the puzzle. Ad had "r" and Ab had "s" and when it was both of their turns, they just pranced right up there an put their letter back! I was so proud!

 Wednesday night at youth group, it was dress like a super hero night and so Ashley and Valerie came over before hand so I could figure out something for them to wear. Well, the only thing I could think of was girly princess super heros. ha! Annabelle of course had to dress up as well.

 Wednesday night when I was almost home from church I got a phone call from my friend Maly. Oliver had bit through his lip and was crying really hard. I went to her house and got her daughter Ryley and brought her to our house. Poor Oliver had to get 6 stitches total. They had to drive all the way to Children's to put him to sleep for it. They didn't get home until 5 am! Crazy! Oliver is going to have an awesome "battle wound" to show off when he is older!

 Also, while we were keeping Ryley, I went to put some of the picture of Adelyn pee peeing in the potty on the blog and I saw this! I was in shock at first. I could not imagine all of the blog being gone. It's a long story, but my e-mail had been hacked and they had deleted my blog too. Luckily, I have an awesome cousin who lives in New York and does computer codes and stuff (: and he fixed it all for me and even got my e-mail back for me! It was sooo amazing and I was soo incredibly thankful for him and his hard work and that I blog.

Thursday, I had to take Annabelle to the doctor to get her ears checked and it was hilarious because she insisted on wearing her pjs with her princess dress on over them and she did not want me to touch her hair. I just decided to not fight the battle that day and go with it. I love this picture. It is hilarious and I hope I remember this stage forever. She is so precious and opinionated, just like her mama!

We spent some time with the Moseley's  on Thursday which was nice because I got to talk with my friend Maly. I enjoy her friendship muchly. On Thursday night, I went to talk with someone about nutrition and Adam ended up hanging out with the Moseley's some more. Maly gave the girls a popsicle and Adelyn looked so adorable with hers! She is just getting too big!!

Friday, we went to the zoo. I did a whole post about it on my phone and it won't post it so I'll have to save that for later. We did get to touch a real live snake though! All of us did it! Friday night Adam and I went on a much needed date! We went to Panara. I know the picture is sideways but this is just like the perfect meal to me. I wish I could eat there all the time but it is just so expensive. They got a new poppy seed salad though that is pretty good and I had to try it!

 All week, Justin and Adam (mostly Justin) have been working on our patio! More on that later too...

 It is so fun to watch them play together. Annabelle really does a good job a lot of the time and a lot of the time she tries to beat the baby up so I have to stay on her a lot about it but for the most part they love each other. I cannot even believe the difference having tubes has made for Adelyn. She is SO.MUCH.HAPPIER and I am so thankful! I can tell she feels a lot better with them!

Today was "yard day." My neighbor LaDonna and I went to the greenhouse and got some flowers and bushes for our pitiful yard. I will most definitely do a post on that later but here is a preview. Also, my friend Emily came over tonight and kept me company while Adam put in all of the top soil! We had a great time; we always do!

I posted on 6:33 Women this week in an article entitled "Why to Stay Healthy." You can find it HERE.

Also, the Lord has been so good to me this week. I don't exactly know how to put it all down in words but He is teaching me that the.only.thing.that.will.fulfill.me.is.HIM! I wish I could learn that lesson once and be done with it but I guess that is just not how life goes. When everything goes ok, my dependence on Him starts to slip and He always reminds me again of how desperately I need Him!!!

There are lots of verses etc that have spoken to me this week and I just cannot leave this post without writing some of them down!

"Remeber those days...those were hard times...kicked around in public, targets of abuse-some days it was you and other days it was your friends...if some enemies broke in and seized your goods, you let them go with a smile, knowing that they couldn't touch your real treasure. Nothing they did bothered you or set you back. So don't throw it all away now. Your faith is a sure thing. You have to stick it out with God. Stay with it and survive, trusting all the way. Hebrews 10:32-39 (Message)

"My righteous one will live by faith and if he shrinks back, I will not be pleased with Him." Hebrews 10:38

"When my endurance fails, Lord, would you help me keep focusing on the great reward of Your favor and eternal promises? I don't want to slow down or lose sight. I want to keep going. Please help me Lord." ~Beth Moore

Therefore as God's chosen people, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Col 3:12

Compassion=the ability to see and feel other people's pain-a tenderness of heart that hurts when someone else is hurting and is compelled to relieve suffering-more than a feeling-produces action

Kindness=sincerely wishing other's well and desiring them to do good

Humility= a holy unawareness of oneself

Gentleness= strength under control, the choice not to use one's power against another

Patience= long suffering in the face of insult or injury-more than just enduring difficulty or passive resignation to circumstances but living ongoing faith

These all require an others centered point of view. Considering other's feelings and need above one's own.

"The theme of Job is that Satan can take away a lot of things but the thing he cannot take away is the eternal promise of our salvation!!!" McArthur
    This one is my favorite!! In the end Jesus wins, over Satan, his demons, over our spiritual warfare!  
     And since we are with Him, we win too!!!!!

Well, now I know why I keep up with this more regularly!! Whew!

Night!!!