One sunny spring day this past week, our friend Jerry took my boys and Jonathan on a ride around the block in the back of his truck with Kaki. They had a blast!
Jonathan moved this week...we are really going to miss having cousins right down the street. :-(
And THREE is the number of cavities that Elijah had filled this week. Poor guy! He was so very brave though and I was so proud of him. I think it was harder for me to watch than it really was on him.
His dentist is very sweet...here she is giving him his first shot. He didn't even know he was getting shots...they did such a great job disguising everything.
And drilling....eek!
They called this is mouth "raincoat". It kept his bad tooth exposed without having to suction him the whole time. He disliked the raincoat the most.
And some good old laughing gas. That really helped relax him and keep him still. He said a few funny things while we were there. I told him he looked like a clown with a red nose. :-)
This week is spring break around here! Elijah is at camp of the hills with my mom for a few days. We are really missing him but he is having a blast I hear! He told Jason before he left, "You better take good care of my mama while I'm gone" :-) He is such a sweet boy. He'll come back on Weds, and until then Judah and I are doing some major spring cleaning / painting around the house. I haven't taken many recent pictures of Judah...I am going to try to do that and get a couple of videos to post on here. He is getting so vocal lately and is at such a cute age!
I just returned home from meeting this precious new baby girl, Brynlee Grace. She was born yesterday at 10:59am weighing 8 lbs 8oz to my sweet friend, Abbie. She looks like her big sister when she was a baby.
Abbie and I have been good friends for over 5 years now. We have known each other since college but became close when Elijah and her daughter, Ellie, were babies. They have become such sweet friends and have grown up together. Brynlee is baby #3...poor Deacon is sandwiched in between two sisters :-) Here I am with Abbie, Brynlee and proud big sister Ellie. I just love new babies and especially love when my close friends have them!
This past weekend, Jason and I left the boys with his parents and ventured to College Station, our old stomping grounds and first place of residence after we married. We were attending a 20 year anniversary of Camp of the Hills...the place where we fell in love and got engaged. It was like a college/camp reunion...so much fun!
I just recently got my hair cut and highlighted (although some claim to not be able to notice the highlights :). The dinner was held at The Zone and overlooked Kyle Field.
While there, we finally got to visit the Bonfire memorial. Bonfire fell when I was a freshman and I lost a friend that night. His name was Jerry Self, and while we weren't close, he was part of a group that I attended a mid-week college worship service with. I remember the moment I found out that he was dead...it was very surreal and very sad. I had never attended a funeral service for someone so young. Here is the monument in his honor.
Beautiful words about him written in stone:
And an image of his face in his corps uniform with his name and signature above it:
Here are all 12 of the monuments. They each face the city from which the victim was from.
I only captured one picture with some of my old friends. I worked out at camp and attended A&M with these sweet girls.
My friend Sheena, from Fortress, was one of the keynote speakers. She spoke about how Camp of the Hills had changed her life and brought her closer to God. She did an excellent job and I was so proud of her!
This is overlooking part of the A&M campus from where we had dinner. They are doing a lot of construction on the student center right now. I have so many memories in there and was bummed we couldn't go inside.
I am so thankful for my time at Texas A&M in the Aggies for Christ and for my two summers at Camp of the Hills. I can't even count how many ways those years changed my life for the better and brought me closer to God. Gig 'em Aggies!!! WHOOP!
"A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value. She brings him good not harm all the days of her life." I am doing a lot of soul-searching lately and feel like I have a lot of room for improvement in the wife arena. :-) I really like this verse because it inspires me to be more valuable than rubies and to bring Jason good and not harm. In my Beth Moore bible study, we are studying being filled with the Holy Spirit and I know that being filled with the Spirit will empower me to be a better and more godly wife.
Please click on the link below to read the heart of a young American girl who gave up everything to move to Uganda and help the orphans there. This is just beautiful and very difficult to hear, but I think we all need to hear it. It is so true. What are we willing to give up for Jesus? Take a look at THIS.
We awoke Thurs morning to a beautiful snow. Since the roads weren't icy, we all had to go to work and school. Unfortunately, Judah was running a fever so my mom stayed with him while I went to work and took Elijah to school. When we got home, Judah was feeling a little better, so we went outside to play.
The boys built a snowman:
They were both so excited to be wearing their "snow boots" :-)
Are you sure we live in Texas??? Crazy!
Judah was all about "boot, coat, hat, hand (gloves), out". When we weren't outside, he was insisting to wear them inside.
These are on Friday morning. It is just gorgeous!!!
You can't even see the street!
The trees were my favorite!
Elijah and I made snow ice cream after Judah went down for his nap on Friday. It was very yummy!
Thank you God for the gorgeous snow...we LOVED it! ---------------------------------------------------------
Judah's 1st "Official" Haircut
On Saturday, we decided it was finally time to take Judah to a professional for his first haircut. I mean, he was starting to sort of sport a mullet in the back...NOT COOL! :-) I think everyone at the preschool will be very happy with me for finally buckling down and doing it. It's amazing that he's nearly 2 and we're just now doing this...his hair must grow at turtle speed.
A few "before" pictures while waiting our turn:
We went to the same barber where Elijah got his first haircut. As you can see, he was not too sure about it at first. He was saying, "MAMA, MAMA!!!"
"Seriously dude, quit messing with me, I don't like it!"
"Okay, I guess I need to suck it up, no one is going to save me."
"I am so over this."
"Don't I look handsome? Mama saved all of my curls in a baggy for my baby book."
Then Elijah decided he wanted to chop his off as well, much to Daddy's dismay. Daddy likes it long but mommy is tired of wetting it down every. single. morning for school!
And the finished product for both of my boys. They are so grown up! Almost 6 and almost 2.
--------------------------------------------------------- My verse for February 15th:
Ephesians 4:1-2 "I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love."
I have been talking with some lately about your calling and how to know what your calling is. God has a specific purpose for our lives while we are here on this earth...it is not just to coast through until we get to heaven. If we are not in tune with God and His word then it is probably difficult to know what He has called you to do. Also, if we let things hold us back from our calling such as fear, our comfort, money, the opinions of others or anything else, then we are selling ourselves short of the exciting life God has planned for us. I feel like I am starting to get an inkling of some of the things God has planned for me through study of His word, conversations with others and some confirmation...I am praying about this a lot right now and thought this verse would be a good reminder for me to press on in my search.
p.s. I think it's funny after I said the last post was for my 2 fans that I had 2 comments...lol.
I know my 2 fans have been on the edge of their seats for a blog update...so, this one's for you! :-)
Elijah had Western Day at school last week. Here he is in his duds:
He is just growing up so fast! Some things about him right now: *I think he is officially not a bed wetter anymore (knock on wood :) *One of his bottom front teeth is still loose but doesn't appear in a hurry to come out yet *I took him to the dentist a few weeks ago for a check up and he has 3 cavities. :( Poor guy, I guess he gets that from me. I didn't eat a lot of sweets and brushed well but have always had cavities. We will be going back to get those filled in March. *He is doing really well in school. I met with his teacher last week for a mid-year conference and he is excelling, especially in reading. She said that he had already mastered everything he is supposed to have to go to 1st grade next year. *He says he is ready for 1st grade because kindergarten is boring. :) *He wants to have a swimming party for his 6th birthday with a Batman cake. *He and I have memorized two scriptures together so far. We recite them on the way to school every morning. *He loves to pester his baby brother...sibling squabbles already. *He is testing my patience right now as we struggle through homework, video game restrictions and his constant urge to argue with me.
Oh, how I love him though! I mean, just look at him!
Judah at 21 months old:
Oh, Judah Judah. What to say about him. He is a MESS! *Just this week I have been the parent with the screaming, flailing toddler in the middle of the store TWICE! Once at Walmart and once at Lifeway Christian bookstore. Yikes...I never thought I would be the one on the receiving end of all of the stares. *Apparently we have started the terrible twos early...I am hoping that means they will end early as well. :) *His vocabulary has exploded lately, and he will at least try to say everything you ask him to. *We have started time-outs with him (wonder why:)..and so far they work *He will be 2 in just a couple of months...I CANNOT believe it!!! Sesame Street party is in the works. *He is still attached to his pacifier (blah) and blanket (coey)....I have no idea why he calls them that *He has yet to have a "real" haircut...it may be time soon though :) *Favorite foods: yogurt, pepperoni, fruit (esp bananas & strawberries), crackers, goldfish, cereal bars and juice...nothing GREEN! *Recently he adores Kaki, Elijah (yijah), school, his teacher Ms. Pam, his new bff Jace, balls, trains, cars, Sesame Street, dinosaurs and throwing fits (ha ha)
He is teaching me so many things right now and we just love him!!! Don't you like the price tag that he put on himself??? I think he's worth a little more than that. :)
The boys were showing us their muscles here:
We also went to Deacon's birthday party last weekend:
Judah enjoyed his balloon immensely!
And what have I been up to??? *Getting over a cold / congestion *Teaching at the preschool, which I am loving! *Spending time with my hubby and boys *Starting a new Beth Moore bible study with friends from the preschool on Tues nights *Enjoying bunco with friends once a month *Growing a precious new friendship (those don't happen as often as you get older) *A lot of praying, soul searching and growing in the Lord *Memorizing scripture and *Preparing for change
Hopefully the next posts won't be so few and far between!
6 "Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. 7 Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus".
I tend to worry, worry, worry about things I just shouldn't worry about. I want to experience the peace that God has for me in letting go of those worries and giving them over to Him. I am excited to commit this scripture to memory, and pray that it takes hold in my own life.
I am a bad blogger lately and I apologize for that. I will try to get some pictures up of the kids soon.
