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Saturday, November 17, 2012

The Blessing of Conviction

Sometimes the Lord convicts us. Conviction is such a blessing yet it can be so hard. If you know me I am a big planner. I am always planning the next activity or thing to buy or project for the house. The wheels are always turning and I don't think that is a bad thing but it is when it gets in the way of my relationship with God. Lately, I feel like my focus has not been on God. Today, I feel like the Lord just showed me that and sometimes it can be so hard to realize how you have been, facing ourselves is one of the hardest things to do. As a counselor, I am always telling people how we can only change ourselves.....and it is so true. So, I hope to start spending time with God and in His word than on Pinterest and in prayer more than being on Facebook. Do I think those things are bad? Certainly not, I quite LOVE them! But I see that if more of my time is going to those things and not God then I am not truly being a servant of Christ. But I am just so thankful for this conviction and what a blessing that can be!

Can you believe Thanksgiving is already almost here? How did that happen? It seems like school just started and we are almost halfway through they year! Grayson and Ella are so ready for the holidays!! The other night they were begging for hot cocoa and were watching Christmas movies. Since they are so stinkin' cute, I gave in! When Grayson and I went to Michael's today he wanted to buy everything Christmas.






This week went by so fast but it was full of fun! We took our 5th grade students at our school to the Dallas Symphony and it was amazing! Our students were so well behaved and it was a once in a life experience for many of them. We even got amazing seats in the choral terrace.
And I love my counseling shirt. I got it awhile back and completely forgot about it!!! I broke it out of the closet yesterday for a day full of counseling and it was the perfect shirt for a busy day!
And I have to share this picture because when I saw it I laughed out loud...literally...in the office because I was surprised by the background. I didn't remember taking a picture in a garden with a lovely fountain...haha!! H-I-L-arious!!

And this is random but this is from last weekend. I am amazed at how kids keep themselves entertained....Grayson and Ella were at my in-law's and decided to be birds...and then cats...in a cage and took turns getting in and feeding "the bird" fruit snacks.....love the creativity!
And today we enjoyed some time shopping and some Starbucks. Did y'all know it was buy one, get one free? Grayson liked that idea!
And we just got back from celebrating my little brother's 22nd birthday. I can't believe how big he is. It seems like just yesterday I was making him and Megan play school with me and bossing them around....(what's new). I am so proud of the young man he has become. He is going to school, married with a son, a homeowner, and has a great job. He has already accomplished so much at such a young age! Love him bunches...Happy Birthday, Jordan!!
Y'all have a blessed week and a wonderful Thanksgiving! I know I have so much to be thankful for and look forward to my mom's and mother-in-law's super yummy food!! : )




Monday, November 5, 2012

Oh, Mommies!!

I am a mommy.....so of course I think my kids are just super cute! You know you're a mommy when you chase people down at work to show them new pictures of your kids. I am sure the school psychologist, the parent liaison, the dyslexia teacher, my principal, and the teacher I am mentoring weren't super excited when I showed them the pictures we had done....but I was too stinkin' excited to share. It's amazing how you love your own mom even more when you have kids. It's crazy to imagine how much you love your own kids and to know your mom went through that and still loves you that much even when you're a big ol' grown up. But since I shared pictures with everyone at work, I know you don't want to be left out...so here's a sneak peek at our family pictures we had done with our family friend, Amiee over at Aj's Expressions. She did a great job since it was Ella's nap time and the kids were going just about crazy! I was amazed we would have any pics based on how "energetic" Ella was. Grayson, on the other hand, was just smiling and posin' away!
our sweet babies




the love of my life


Love those big blue eyes!

This really captures Ella's personality...love!

The weekend before Halloween we enjoyed a lot of fun fall activities. We made a visit to the Scarecrow festival, went to the Harbor where our church had a booth, did pictures, went to the kids' school festival which was so adorable, and then headed to the music minister's house to pass out gospel tracts and candy on Halloween night. We had so much fun and enjoyed fellowship with our sweet church members.

I am not going to lie....I was a little emotional this year. Since Grayson was born we have always celebrated Halloween (which we actually don't celebrate the scary stuff) with Megan and Josh at their house and our whole family would go over there. Since he has passed away this is the first year without that tradition and it just made me really miss Josh and that time we all spent together.
Grayson and Liv at the annual event

 But we did enjoy trying new things this year and I think the kids had a blast!
Cousins

See....elves are real!

cute baby Sawyer





church booth


buddies


school festival

overwhelmed





I know this looks kind of creepy...haha Imagination Parade at the Disney Store


Hanging out with Pawpaw


I won't even lie, I am looking forward to doing a whole lot of nothin' this month and just enjoying time cuddling with our little family. The kids are still enjoying basketball and gymnastics...we are going to take a break in December to enjoy all of the CHRISTMAS fun stuff!!! Grayson made his first basket on the "big goal" 2 weeks ago.....he was super proud!
And Ella enjoyed getting on the higher bars at gymnastics....
Yikes! It's almost 11 and it's a Monday night, I am getting wild being up this late...haha! I better head to bed but y'all have a blessed week!!