A Wonderful Sunday!

Just when I start getting in a slump God does something truly amazing to get my attention once again and show me that he is still working all around me. I was amazed this past Sunday at the outpouring of Gods Holy Spirit. We had ten people baptised! One of them was my nephew Devin!!! I've been praying for that little guy and I feel like a huge weight has been lifted. I know there are so many more people who need salvation and I'm not trying to trivialize that fact by saying how blessed I am to see him saved but praise God I am so happy for him.

Another young boy who was baptised Sunday was saved the night before! God had special plans for this Sunday and he worked it all out and I am still feeling giddy from the huge blessing I got from being privileged to witness this event.

Part of the crowd gathered to witness the batptism.


The smile on Chloe's face is just beaming. I love this little girl!


Emily is super proud her cousin is soaking wet! She prayed hard for him. She really loves him.



Mother and son!

Mom's Back WHOO HOO!

My Mom and Ken (stepdad) finally made it back from Hawaii. They don't have any of their things shipped over yet but it should be soon. We went for a visit yesterday. It was the first time Chris had seen their house. I love that they are so close. Only 46.8 miles from my driveway LOL. It was a fun visit and I'm thankful to have them back.

Me and my Mom

Me and Jake

Me & Emily goofing off.

This is a whole nother subject... I have siamese twin squash... Isn't that the weirdest thing you ever seen? LOL I didn't know squash did that.

I Feel Blessed!

Sunday at church the preacher made a comment about how we should take time each day to be alone with God. I thought to myself that this is something I NEED to make priority. An average day for me began to play out in my head and I was mentally trying to think how I could fit this in somewhere. I thought about how I couldn't do it in the mornings because I have to be moving around for a good hour or so or I'll get all sleepy again. Then I thought about how I couldn't wait too long after I woke up to wake up the kids and blah blah blah. Finally I just prayed "God make me do this!" I knew I couldn't sit there and promise God I was going to do this because I knew better. I knew I would be too busy and things would be too hectic and I just wouldn't be able to be as strong as I need to be. So I just asked God to make me do it!

I know this is just the second day of the week LOL but God works that fast! Yesterday I told the kids I was going in my room to talk to God and I didn't want to be interrupted. I got a good ten minute chat in with my Lord and I can't tell you how big a difference that made in the rest of my day! I am once again amazed at how great God really is!

I started reading a book last night that I have been trying to read for like six months. Every time before that I've opened this book it just didn't mean ANYTHING to me but now I am reading this and am amazed that I didn't realize what it was saying before! It's called "The Pursuit of God" by A.W. Tozer. I am so excited to be seeking God. I just wanted to share that and anyone reading this who doesn't have a personal relationship with Jesus should think seriously about getting to know him. He is the closest friend you can ever hope to have and he will never leave you no matter what. I'm thankful God is forever faithful and there when I seek him.

Now this is off topic but we harvested these from our garden this morning. Another blessing! ;) A yummy one too!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HANNAH!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUyouyouyou! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUyouyouyou! HAPPY BIRTHDAY HANNAH BANNANA!!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUyouyouyou.

Happy Birthday Emily!

She's nine years old today... Hard to believe!

A Day With Dad!

Chris took the kids on a hike the other day. Taylor and I stayed home because the hike down to this cave at Bennett Springs is like three miles in so like six miles round trip and I didn't feel up to dragging Taylor along right now. Well they took the camera so I have some cool pictures and cool stories about their adventures. They really had fun and I'm glad they got to get out and explore.

Emily Brett & Logan in some sort of hollow.

This is not the same hollow spot as the one above. Logan was the only one who climbed up to this one. He is like a monkey. Chris said he just took his shoes off and shimmied up the side and into the hole. Of course I was freaked out when I heard Chris let him explore a "cave" by himself. Chris said Logan got up there and said he could see the back wall and there were lots of flies in there LOL

Logan sittin' proud after his climb.

Logan climbing back down. It's a lot steeper than it looks in the first picture.

This is the little creek inside the tunnel cave that they hiked to. I guess the cave is open at both ends with a creek running through it.

One of the openings of the cave. A view from inside.

Logan found a friend along the way.

This is a video of the kids playing in the creek in the cave.

More storm video's...

We had another strong thunderstorm yesterday. It was during the day so we thought we might catch a tornado... well Chris is the brave one. There were some really strong winds at one point it was scary. I was amazed that there were no warnings for our county during this.... We were listening to the radio since the power was off and no warnings for our county... I think we at least qualified for a severe thunderstorm warning.