Praying Women

Last night I went out to Palmer and had a ladies time with some sweet friends.These are the wonderful women of our prayer group. They truly are the dearest people to me. I continue to learn and grow so much with them. The Lord is amazing to place such wonderful Godly women in my life to learn from and gain wisdom from on all life issues. They're not just my friends, but my family. It was a wonderful night of sharing and praying for one another. I feel recharged and ready for the day. I pray everyone has a support system to encourage them and then pray with them during times of trial. Love to all my ladies!!

Some New Creations

This was my favorite thing I made tonight. I was feeling crafty and got some things out and made some new things and then just add a little to my old things. It was a lot of fun.

My new picture frame!! The crown was old piece of jewelry I just hot glued to the ribbon.

Our dresser in the Master Bedroom.

Christmas candle Gingerbread man.... Any ideas on how to sparkle him up. It's still a little to plain for me.

My Gingerbread Man Candle for Christmas!

Sisters

The girls lounging on the couch this morning. They all were so cute. I just can't pass up the moment to take a picture. We had a great day today. Kynnedi and Savannah are learning about the letter G and shapes. We read Go Dog Go, David and Goliath, and Goodnight moon. All books that have G words in them. Tonight I went and talked to a sweet friend from church. It was so encouraging to have someone sit and listen and pray with me. Thank you Lord for the wisdom you gave me through Sandra. I just love Wednesdays.

Happy 4th Birhtday Savannah!!

Happy 4th Birthday Savannah!! Wow, my heart overflows with love for you. I pray for you daily and I wanted to share some of what the Lord has me praying right now in your life: I pray for your salvation and that it'll happen at a very early age. That you'll never depart from it and always seek wisdom and wise counsel. I pray against rebellion in your life from God and me and your Daddy. I pray for your character and your heart. I pray for the Lord to transform you from the inside out. I pray for your relationship with Him, your family, and all those He'll put in your path. I pray for your husband that he'll be a man after God's own heart. I pray he'll love you like the Lord loves the church. I pray for a strong spiritual heritage to be passed down to your children and grandchildren. I pray the Lord will always bless you and keep you safe. You're such a joy and delight to my life.

Savannah, I can't believe you're already 4 years old. I remember the day you were born and how much I fell in love with you that day. I remembering holding you in my arms and looking into your eyes and knowing the Lord had blessed me with such a special gift. We have been partners ever since. You were such a quiet baby and now you're always making us laugh. You have such a fun and funny personality. You come up with the most clever things to say. Oh, Savannah you're so smart for your age. The things you pick up are amazing to me sometimes. You love to play babies and mommy. Savannah you're a woman after my own heart because you already want to play house and nurture everyone one around you. We both need our sleep and need to be feed, if we're not it gets pretty bad. You have such a sweet relationship with Olivia. I love watching her with you. I know she feels safe with you, it's very obvious. By the little things you do I know you truly care and love her. Thank you for being such a great big sister.

Sweet Olivia dancing to the music while we were bowling for the girls birthdays. She was so funny to watch dance. Olivia really loved the music!

Savannah's special night bowling for her birthday. She and Kynnedi have such a special relationship. It truly blesses me to watch them grow and become closer everyday. The Lord has definitely put them with one another. It's awesome how they encourage one another and learn from the other. I pray Kynnedi and Savannah will be close friends for their whole life. Savannah is such a gift to our family. I'm so proud of you Savannah. I love you with all my heart partner!!!

Happy 5th Birthday Kynnedi!!

My sweet Kynnedi on her 5Th birthday! She wanted to wear a fancy dress and she got this one. It's such a joy to watch her grow up into this wonderful little girl. She has such a sweet spirit. Kynnedi is a girl after my own heart in many ways. She always wants to wear something fancy even when she's going outside to play. Lately, she has on her princess high heel shoes and a purse on her shoulder wherever she goes. We started Pre-K this year and I have been so blessed by watching her learn. She really has a heart to learn and discover new things. Kynnedi loves to draw, read books, do art and crafts, play on the computer, and playing with her sisters. I love watching her with Savannah because it's not really like she and her little sister. It's more there the same age. There truly best friends, which means it's mostly love, but some heart ache. Kynnedi is a little mommy with Olivia. It would bring so much joy to her heart if Olivia would let Kynnedi carry her around all day long. She tries to carry Olivia, but my baby girl will have no part of it. Kynnedi would love for us to have another baby to help take care of ....maybe one day.

I pray for her salvation every night. Lord please allow her to come to you at a early age and never depart from you. I pray for her character and her heart. I pray for her relationship with the Lord, her family, and those the Lord will put in her path. I pray for her husband. May he be a man after God's own heart, that will also love her the way the Lord loves the church.

The Lord has truly blessed our family with such a special little girl. I'm so proud of her. I love you sweetheart!!

snakes, Snakes, SNAKES!!!

Today when we went outside to take out the trash, guess what was dead in our driveway? A long skinny snake!! I was like yuck, but of course the girls said," Wow mommy look". We all had a long talk about snakes. I thought it was a really cool moment to capture because now we're living in the "country" and we're finding all types of things. I loved the way the girls were so engrossed and delighted with this new creature. It was to precious not to capture. Enjoy the pictures. Yes, Olivia still has on her p.j.'s. It had been a long morning. ha ha!!!

The snake in our drive way. Very Yuck!!!

Savannah is my child who really studies a situation before jumping into it. She really was checking out the snake. She had never seen one before in her life.

Kynnedi and Savannah first looking at the snake. They weren't scared of it at all, which wasn't good in my mind. We had the big talk about how if they were playing outside and if they were to see a snake make sure no one was to go near it because it could hurt you. Obviously, the talk had an impact on them. Look how close they are to the snake. ha ha

Kynnedi loves animals!! She wanted to touch the snake so badly. Savannah on the other hand tried, but just couldn't allow herself to do it.

A Fabulous Birthday Party

This past weekend the girls celebrated their birthdays together. We had a great party for them at our home. They invited all their friends and family to come and celebrate. We had cupcakes, tons of games, and such much fun. I love that the girls are getting older and really have a lot of ideas on what they wanted this year for their party.

Each year seems to be getting better and better, which honestly when we first started out I didn't know if it would be true or not. I love the baby stage and couldn't imagine anything better then always holding your baby. I was wrong! Hearing your child tell you they love you, them wanting to come and give you hugs and kisses, and also saying mommy I forgive you. This last week was hard. I had to ask the girls to forgive for my tone. The Lord is teaching me so much through them. I want to be the best person I can be for them. I pray every night that the Lord would capture their hearts at a early age and that they will surrender everything over to Him. I pray that they will Love the Lord with all their hearts, with all their minds, and souls. I pray that they will be women after His own heart. I want them to fully know how much the Creator of the Universe loves them. I want them to be happy in Him. I'm so blessed to have Kynnedi and Savannah in my life. My love for them grows deeper and stronger each day.

My sweet Kynnedi at her birthday party!!

My sweet Savannah at her birthday party.

I asked Savannah to smile for me and this was it. She's such a ham!!

Mommy and Olivia on party day! She loved having all the kids here. Olivia would walk around and around the house just looking at everybody and checking everything out.

My last minute center piece for the girls party. Look at their pictures when they were one. They were so small. I can't believe how much my babies are growing up. 4 and 5 years old. Wow!

The kids playing pin the tail on the donkey. They all had so much fun with this game. Tim would spin them so many times I had donkey tails all over my kitchen.

My girls with their birthday cupcakes. I can't believe my babies are 5 and 4. It seems like yesterday I was in the hospital having them. I'm learning each new season is a lot more fun then I thought it would be.

Olivia was introduced to the wonderful world of ring pops. She loved it!

Savannah and Leslie

Birthday Party with a Lonesome Dove Theme

Tonight we went to our friends 60th birthday party and it was a Lonesome Dove theme. His wife decorated it so well. We walked in and there was cowboy and western stuff everywhere. I should have taken pictures, but honestly I didn't even think about it then. They had country music playing in the back ground and served stew, corn bread, and peach cobbler. I just took a few pictures of the girls at the party. I wish I would have taken more, but it was a long night chasing around kids. We did have a wonderful time. Happy Birthday Micah!! Here's Savannah trying the stew. It wasn't one of her favorites!! She did like the dessert.

Kynnedi posing for the camera! She wasn't quite sure about the cowboy stew.

Olivia eating beef jerky for the first time. She didn't like it, which I don't blame her one bit.

A sweet up close picture of my baby girl!!

Fair Day

Tim and I haven't been to the fair in 5 years and we haven't been with kids. We didn't know how the day would turn out, but it was awesome. We got to do so many fun and new things. Getting to see the fair through the girls eyes was priceless. They had so much fun so in return we had so much fun. Hope you enjoy our pictures of the day.

Our first official family day at the fair. We were so excited and can't wait to start the day.

The girls thought Big TEX was interesting. The didn't understand how or why he was talking and Olivia just kept looking up at him.

Our family watching the diving show. It was a great family day. Thank you Lord for the wonderful blessing of my family.

Tim and Kynnedi at the fair.

Everyone has to get cotton candy when you go to the fair. It was funny because only Kynnedi and Daddy liked it.The girls and I at the petting zoo. We got some food for the animals and the they loved feeding them. We saw tons of different animals. The girls favorite was the momma pig and her babies. They were so cute. It reminded me of Charlotte's Web.Olivia was so scared in the building. She would not let me put her down once. She was freaked out about the animals.

Mommy and Savannah coming back from a potty break. Wow!! Try taking three girls to the fair and count how many times you go to their lovely bathrooms. I lost track, it was a lot.

Kynnedi and Savannah on their first ride of the day. The boat ride! Kynnedi had remembered this ride from last year and wanted to take Savannah on it. Savannah wasn't to sure about it for a while. I think they both had a great time. The girls on the scary part of the ride!Savannah and Kynnedi on their second ride at the fair. Daddy had told them to pick their favorites because we only wanted them to do a couple. They had a lot of fun on this ride. The bear turned around really fast, like the tea cups at Disney World. I thought they might get sick, but thankfully no one did.

Kynnedi, Savannah, and their cousin Micah while watching the wonderful bird show. The kids loved getting to see all the live birds in action. We were so close to most of them. Look at their faces! It was hot outside that afternoon.

While everyone else watched the bird show Olivia and I walked around her stroller. She wasn't to interested in the birds. Look at her pants they're almost falling off. Poor thing!

Instead of playing in the sand box Olivia enjoyed her Daddy's snack. Poor thing by this point of the day she was so sleepy and ready for her nap.

Savannah not sure about the sand box yet. She's my girl who has to check out the scene before anything real involvement is going to take place. After ten minutes, she was having a fun time.

The end of the day!! Kynnedi and her cousin Micah having so much fun in the sand pit. The girls had an awesome time! Thank you Summit Energy and Daddy for taking all of us to the fair.

A New Creation

Happy Fall Season!! I just love fall time. It's one of my favorite things to decorate for in my house. I took a picture of my mantel to show you the new project I just finished this afternoon. This is the new project. It was so easy! The girls and I worked on it together. It was hard because Kynnedi kept wanting to use the hot glue gun and I was like no not yet. We all had a fun time making it.

Aunt Haley and New Decorations

My cute new Fall decorations!! Sarah made them for me and they turned out so cute!!!

My friend Sarah made Olivia these sweet letters for her room. I love them so much. Thank you Sarah for making such cute things for her room.

My sweet sister, Haley, and Savannah games at my mom's house. Haley is one of the sweetest people I know. She's a wonderful sister and someone who love my family very much.

All the girls having fun together!!