Our wonderful friend Piotr took some fun pictures of our family in San Clemente last week!! This is my absolute favorite picture of Hudson and daddy!! This is definitly getting blown up and put in the house!
I love valentine's day! I know that it is just a lame holiday created to make people spend money:) but I love it for many reasons. I used to love v-day for the wrong reasons. I was selfish and wanted Gabe to be romantic and when we were first married I had many expectations that were not met:) My husband is sooo wonderful but at first being romantic was not his specialty and my expectations of him were way too high...poor guy!
Now I love V-day because it reminds me of how blessed I am to have so many people who I love so much in my life. I also love it because it is a day were so many people are focused on others instead of themselves. It is a day where giving is encouraged and appreciated!
When you look around at v-day decorations there are always hearts so today I did a word study of the word HEART during my quiet time. Our heart is the center of our relationship with the Lord. Others see our actions but the Lord knows our hearts. I love knowing that the Lord knows me intimately and cares for me deeply. We can give so many aspects of our lives to the Lord but if we have not truly given our heart to Him we will never know Him! I want to always be crying out to the Lord, "Search me, O God, and know my heart!! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any greivous way in me and lead me in the way everlasting!" Psalm 139:23-24
Search your heart today on "heart" day...better yet ask the Lord to search your heart and be willing to do the work that He has for you to do today!!
love you all
here are a few pics for our V-day morning!
Our heart shaped pancakes and beautiful red tulips !!! I love tulips!!
Reese and Daddy eating heart shaped pancakes!!!
Heart on heart!!
Wow! I can't beleive it has been a whole month since I blogged!!! I am so sorry! Reese, Hudson and I met my parents at Disneyland on Wednesday!! We had a great time! Reese loved meeting Ariel and all the princesses. Here are some pictures of our fun day!
Reese and Mimi at ToonTown!
Mom and Dad with the trailer!! They live in their 5th wheel RV from Dec-April!! So fun!
We had a wonderful New Year! Our dear friends Jen and Shannon came from Orange County and auntie Summer came to visit. On New Year's Eve our friends John and Kristin joined the party! We cooked dinner, played games and ate dessert! It was a wonderful night with great friends!
We are so thankful for Jen and Shan and their willingness to drive so far to visit us. Jen is such a kindred spirit and a wonderful encouragement to me. We spent the night of the first discussing goals that we have for the year ahead. It is so wonderful to have a friend who spurs me on toward righteousness! love you Jen!!
here are the cute kiddos. Reese and Noah are two weeks apart and Hudson and Jordan are 6 months apart. It is so fun when we are all together! I hope all of you had a wonderful New Year. We are all well around here now so I should be able to start blogging again :) I will see you all on Monday for Extreme Makeover Monday!
I know I said that I would blog more this week and I didn't!! We all got sick right before Christmas and are finally coming out of it!! This is my friend Anne! She was one of the first friends that I made in Bakersfield and she has become such a dear sister in Christ to me. This week was her birthday (she is much younger than me:) and our celebration was squalched because she got sick!! Such a bummer. There are so many things that I love about Anne and since it was her birthday this week I thought I would tell you about a few!
A animated~ Anne cracks me up all of the time. She is one of the funniest people I know!
N nuture~ Anne takes care of her friends! She feeds my belly with yummy food and she
nurtures my soul with biblical love!
N no nonsense~ Anne tells it like it is and I love that about her. If I am having a bad attitude
she lets me know! and she never forgets to say everything with love!
E encourage~ Anne is an encouragement to me everyday. She truly seeks to be a godly wife
and mom and encourages me to do the same!
Anne thank you for your friendship. Bakersfield would not be fun without you! love you girl!
Happy Birthday!
Many of you know how much I love my brother-in-law. He and my sister started dating when I was still in high school. He has been a part of many growing events in my life and I am so glad to call him family! We were able to spend christmas day at his parents house with his whole family and my whole family! We had the greatest time! Check out this post by my sister-in-law-in-law:) It is just one of the reasons Aaron makes us laugh soooo hard! He is crazy! Go to this website and scroll down to the video of Aaron. Enjoy! www.bishopbrigade.blogspot.com
I am so sorry that I have been lagging in my posts. I have many excuses and all of them are good :) I am hoping to update all of you on a few things this week so stay tuned!! For now here are some pictures that didn't quite turn out for the christmas card this year:) Oh the joy of family pictures! love you all
