20 Years!!

Yesterday Bryan and I celebrated our 20th Anniversary! 20 years has gone by really fast and a lot has happened in those twenty years. We were able to get away for a couple of days last week while my parents came up and stayed with the kids. It is very nice to be together and have some alone time. We love each other more today than we did 20 years ago! Bryan shared with me 20 reasons why he loves me and I followed suit with 20 reasons I love him. I wanted to share the 20 reasons I love him...

Number 1: God has changed his heart

Number 2: he loves the Lord with all his heart, soul, and might

Number 3: he has genuine and true worship

Number 4: he has compassion for the lost (those who don't have a intimate relationship with the Lord)

Number 5: he always knows how to make me feel special

Number 6: he had the most unique way of asking me to marry him...I will never forget that!

Number 7: he is the greatest spiritual leader of our family and marriage

Number 8: he is an honest man

Number 9: he loves me unconditionally

Number 10: he provides for our family which allows me to be home with the kids so I can be the mom I need to be

Number 11: he always has my best interest at heart

Number 12: he is great at giving me compliments (truthful)

Number 13: he loves my parents and are very good to them

Number 14: he is the most godly pastor I know

Number 15: he will serve the Lord no matter where He leads

Number 16: he is a great dad to the kids and I couldn't be the mom I am without him being the dad he is

Number 17: he has a big part  in our school and very supportive of our homeschooling

Number 18: he is very knowledgeable of Gods Word and still keeps learning. He has a great desire to know Him greater!

Number 19: I love it when he holds me, I feel very secure and loved

Number 20: he still likes to flirt with me! 

I can't wait to see what the next 20 years holds!

Mothers Day 2016

Sarah enter a Mother's Day poem contest and won the 7-8th grade division. I am very proud of her!

Thought I would post the poem and share it with all of you! Hope each of you mothers have a blessed Mother's Day!!

Thank You for Life, Mom

Life is Precious because I am fearfully and wonderfully made,

Life is Joyful because I am so blessed that you are my mom.

Life is full of Love because you loved me before I was born,

Life is an Awesome Expression of a mother’s and God’s love toward me.

Thank you for Life, Mom because if you had aborted me, I would not be alive.

My Life is what my mom was so Joyous about when she heard I was going to be born,

My Life was well taken Care of when I was little because you cared for me, Mom.

My Life is so full of your Teachings, Words, Doings, and Thoughts,

My Life is full of women and girls but you are the only one I will call Mom.

All I can say to you is Thank you for Life, Mom!

Happy Birthday Timothy!!

Last Friday we celebrated Timothy's 7th birthday! Actually the celebration started on Tuesday when we received a Lego set in the mail from Pop and Gigi!! Then my parents arrived on Friday with his gift from them. 

Saturday Pop and Gigi arrived and we had a birthday lunch and cake and ice cream!!

This is Timothy's normal pose. When the nurses were cleaning him up after being born he had his feet crossed and hands behind his head. :)

Timothy is such a joy and blessing to our family! He brings laughter to our day. My greatest prayer for him is God to change his heart and save him. I also pray that Timothy's life would glorify our great God and cause others to glorify God! May I be the mom that he needs and lead him closer to the Lord!

Happy Resurrection Day!

Our prayer is that Resurrection Day yesterday was full of celebration for you and your family. The tomb is empty and Jesus is ALIVE!! My family is healthy and together! We have freedom to worship God with other believers in a church building! God is good ALL the time! Lots of reasons to celebrate!! 

Field Trip

We have been having Read Across America this week. We started our week off with a field trip to the Battle Of Franklin, tour of the Carter Home. Isaac and Sarah have been studying the Civil War so we thought this would be a great place to visit. We plan on going again and visiting the Carnton Home. 

For lunch we stopped at Burger King. 

Here is our burger Queen! 

For a treat we stopped by Krispy Kreme. Then it was 15 minutes to the Carter Home. 

Here are the kids out back of the home. Standing in front of the slave cabin. It was not an original from that farm. When the Confederate army took over the farm for a base they tore down the original slave cabins and used the lumber for building a blockade. 

Here is a picture of the back of the Carter home. The smaller building directly in back of the home was the kitchen. This was a very informative tour. Bryan is a history guy and he really enjoyed the tour and information. 

The Children and Their Animals

The kids have really enjoyed their animals. It has been great to watch them play, take care of, and enjoy their own animal. Thought I would share pictures of each animal with its owner.

Sarah with Little Ann

Joanna with Charlie (she is part owner because Joanna will tell you that Charlie is her and Elijah's dog)

Timothy with Stormy

Elijah with Charlie

Isaac with Old Dan

4-H Posters

In the fall of 2014 we joined a 4-H homeschool group and have been participating in several 4-H activities. The first project of each year is a promotional poster. Wanted to share some of those posters with you.

Here is Elijah's first promotional poster. He was in the 2nd grade so his poster could only compete in our group.

Here is Elijah's poster from this year. He received a blue ribbon for this poster.

Here is Sarah's poster from this year. I didn't get a picture of her poster last year. She received a blue ribbon for both posters.

Here is Isaac's poster for this year, he got a blue ribbon. I didn't get a picture of his poster from last year but he received a blue ribbon for it also.

We have enjoyed being a part of 4-H. The second project the kids are to do is a speech. Isaac and Sarah both won the county 4-H speech contest both years. They went on to multi-county contest and did very well at that level. Sarah came in 4th in her grade for both years and Isaac won both years in his grade. Very proud of both of them!!