21 Months Old!!

Home Fellowship Leaders Retreat

This past weekend David and I joined the other Home Fellowship Leaders at our church for a day and half retreat at White Oak Conference Center. We had a great time worshipping the Lord, hearing great teachings and spending time with the other leaders building on current relationships and developing new ones; all while enjoying the beautiful weather that God provided for us.

The topic of the weekend was True Friends. We examined what friendships look like as represented by Jonathan and David in 1 Samuel 18-20; the importance of intimate friendships for accountability, prayer, and encouragement; as well as different types of friendships- from aquaintance, casual friendships, close friendships, and intimiate friendships. This weekend was great- it made me appreciate the friendships I have, reconfirmed the importance of investing in others lives, and challenged me with some relationships I have as to how God changes them for His purposes, and also was reassured that it is okay for friendships to change- because God has a season for all things including our friendships.

I am so blessed to have such wonderful friends that are faithful and encourage me. God has blessed me beyond imagination.

SNOW!!!!

We finally had snow that was worth saying we had snow. For the last three weekends the Charlotte area has had some kind of winter weather but it seemed to miss us. We woke up to a blanket of beautiful white fluffy snow. We grabbed the jackets and mittens and out we went!


What's this????? "sNOW!"










Sara enjoyed running and crawling in the snow after she got used to it!

C.Cheese Playdate

Sara had a playdate with her favorite friend. She and Garret love each other so much!

Just watching to see what he does

Getting Ready.....

Here I GO!!!

He's such a cutie, I love him like my own...

10 years old

Xander turned 10 years old today. He is such a blessing. I will never forgot the 1st time David introduced me to him and I saw this adorable 4 year old that was in to EVERYTHING, he has now reached 'double digits' and is becoming such a young man, already! I may not of given birth to him but I am so very thankful that he is my son and I am blessed to be his mom. Xander, I love you through and through!


David, Xander, and Jared- my 3 favorite guys!


Sara using chopsticks


Happy 10th Birthday Xander!

Sara is 19 months old

Sara- 19 months old

Sara's 1st Hair Cut

David and I decided that it was time to take Sara for her first hair cut; well more of a trim. I actually had been thinking about doing for a few weeks and I happened to mention it to David and was surprised when he said that Sara could not go for her first haircut until he was there. So on Monday since he was off from work we made an appointment and took her to this kid's salon that I have heard a lot of people talking about; Doolittles.


Sara on the way to get her hair cut


Doolittle's is a really neat place for kids to get their hair cut. Sara was enjoying herself looking around, watching the cartoons, finding books. Then it was her turn to get in the police car (aka the chair) to have her hair cut. She was not overly fond of the idea as you can see.


The girl cutting her hair gave Sara her first lollipop and that made things a little better!



After a few minutes of a lollipop distraction, cartoons, and some encouraging words from David and I she ended up sitting happily while the girl cut her hair. I'm a little biased but I think she looked beautiful!