Mother's Day 2018

I took this picture one day about a month ago. The weather was beautiful and Timothy asked if we could eat lunch on the picnic table out back. We enjoyed it so much! This is me...M-O-M! I wouldn't want to be doing anything else! I know that most people probably think I am crazy for being a "stay at home mom" and especially crazy for having five children. I have never for one minute wanted to do anything else! This is a special calling from God and making an impact on eternity! Yes, we have those days that are very challenging but God gets us through those days too!

Here we are at the soccer fields! The children have just finished up their spring soccer season. They like playing and sometimes they all have a game so we are at the fields a lot! I took this picture while we were waiting for Isaac and Sarah's game to start. These two had a game later that evening. I am one blessed woman! Mother's Day is every day for me! I did enjoy my Mother's Day...

We traveled to Alabama and was able to visit with Bryan's mother on Saturday and attend church with my mother on Sunday. Then we were able to spend some time with my parents before heading back to Tennessee Sunday evening. Made lots of memories and had a great time! We are blessed with great mothers and our children are blessed with some awesome grandmothers!

Mother's Day 2015

I LOVE being a mother! I am very thankful that God changed my heart when I was 19 years old and now I am following His will and not my own plans. His ways are definitely much better than ours!!

My parents came up and was able to spend Mother's Day with us. I am very thankful that I get to spend Mother's Day with my mom. I am blessed to have her as a mother!

Here is me and mom. Now below are Mother's Day pictures from 2011. I love looking back and comparng pictures. :)

Here is me and my 5 blessings in 2011. They have changed so much!

Here is me and my mom in 2011. Memories are great! I pray that God will help me to be a Godly mother and be the mother that my children need. I want to lead my children to know God greater, know Him in a personal way, hear His voice, and follow Him all the days of their lives. 

Mother's Day 2013!

My mother came to see us this weekend and we celebrated Mother's Day together! Sarah and Bryan planned to make supper for us on Saturday night. It was so sweet and such a blessing. Our supper included wonderful juicy fruit, fried turkey, mashed potatoes, broccoli, and for dessert this delicious cake!

This was a great Mother's Day and I am so very thankful for my family and the love they show me not just on Mother's Day but every day of the year!

Vacation- Part 2

 Today is Mother's Day and I am so very thankful for these 5 blessings!! Today was also our first Sunday with our new church family! We enjoyed being with them and look forward to serving the LORD with them! :)

 Here are the 5 kiddos enjoying the sand!! They had lots of fun playing in the sand and this little steam of water.

 Sarah floating off on the float. She is a little fish!! She LOVES the water!!

 One day we did art work in the sand. This is Sarah's master piece. She could have done this all day!

 Isaac's art work.

 Bryan's art work! He is such a sweetie!!

 Sarah's message...We did enjoy and love Orange Beach!

 These two were glued together! They had so much fun playing together.

This was Joanna's friend that she met and her and Timothy played with. The girls were so cute together. :) Her family was so sweet!

 It did get a bit chilly out on the beach. The sun was shinning but the wind was blowing really hard and was very cold! So we would stay on the beach for a little while and then head to the indoor pool and spend most of our time there.

 Isaac is growing into a young man! He had so much fun swimming!

 Here is our little fish again! :)

 Timothy loves his goggles and does really well in the water! I am so proud of him. His favorite thing was swimming in the pool!

This little girl learned that if she kicked her feet she could move around in the pool by herself! She had so much fun in the water!

Mother's Day 2012

We celebrated Mother's Day while we were in New Orleans. We loved being able to be with our Mom's Friday night before graduation and we gave them their gifts that night. Sunday morning my parents had to leave and head back home.

I had a wonderful Mother's Day!! We went to the IMAX theatre which is in downtown New Orleans. The show we went to started at 10 a.m. so it was not too busy when we arrived. When we came out of the movie there were people EVERYWHERE!! I am not a crowd person in a place like that, and with 5 children I was as nervous as a cat's tail in a room full of rockers! LOL!!!

My Dad and Mom before they left. It is always sad when they leave, we love having them around!

We got to the IMAX a little early so we got to look at the water and boats.

Joanna was not happy about having to stay in the stroller.

The kids loved this water fountain. It was pretty!

I am so proud of my family and so blessed to have them.

The kids looking into the water! Please don't fall in!!

Joanna is trying her best to get to that water. This is the point I started getting nervous. Honestly I am sure that the crowd that was there was not near as big as it could have been but it was big enough for me! :)

My sweet hubby has an eye for beautiful sunsets and sun rises. He took this one of the chapel on seminary campus.

Here is another picture he took!

That evening we went to the campus and let the kids ride their bikes and play on the play ground while Bryan and I took turns doing a little running/exercise. Then they took me out for supper. I really did enjoy my mother's day and loved the fact that I was with my family ALL day!

I hope all of you Mom's had a great Day!

Mother's Day 2011

Me and my children!

My dad and his mother (Nanny)

Me and my mom!

Joanna's Baby Dedication

My parents came up yesterday and brought my Nanny with them. It was so good to get to spend Mother's Day with my mom and Nanny! We also had Joanna's baby dedication this morning, it was real sweet! Happy Mother's Day to you!!

Happy Mother's Day!

Me and my blessings/gifts from God!

My mom and the grandkids!

My mother and I! I love her!

Bryan and his mom! She is a great mother and mother-in-law!

Gigi with our children (some of her grandkids)!

I pray that all you mom's had a great and blessed Mother's Day! We had a very exciting weekend. We went to Alabama on Friday and surprised my mom. My Dad was a great "partner in crime". He made plans to take mom out for a date on Friday and then as they were leaving we pulled up in the drive way. She was so surprised! Thanks Dad for all your help, you were great! We took mom out to eat and then to the cookie place. After supper with my mother we headed to spend the night with Bryan's mom. It was nice getting to spend some time with them. Then on Saturday morning everyone except for me headed to watch our nephew play baseball. My dear hubby took the kids with him so I could spend some time one on one with my mom. We went to a few stores and then we went and got a red velvet doughnut! Time with mom was great and the doughnut was delicious. Mom and I hardly ever get time alone so that was a real treat. Thank you Bryan for giving me some time with my mom. You are such a wonderful and selfless husband, I truly am so blessed! Then Bryan called me and I met all of them and we ate lunch with his mom. It was a nice lunch and a great time to spend with her. After a full morning we headed back home. Today has been a blessed mother's day for me! My children (Isaac and Sarah) told me Happy Mother's Day first thing this morning without having to be reminded. Actually Sarah beat Bryan to it. After lunch Bryan took care of the kids and let me have some time to read and rest! I told you he was and is awesome!! Then after supper we went to the Sonic and got ice-cream. The sweet part was Isaac used his money to buy everyone's ice-cream. He said that was my Mother's Day gift from him. I feel so blessed to be a Mother and also so undeserving. I thank God for making me a MOM!

Her children rise up and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praises her. Proverbs 31:28

Mother's Day 2009

This is a picture of the kids on Mother's Day. Do you know how hard it is to get the kids to smile at the same time? It is a challenge!! Timothy has been smiling some and it is so sweet. Time goes by so fast and the kids have grown up so fast!! I will try and post pictures of Elijah's party which is this Saturday!!!