31 Days {day 30}

October 30, 2013

name 10 things you hope to be remembered for

1. I was an honest person.
2. I loved God.
3. I loved my children.
4. I was helpful.
5. I was not selfish.
6. I was a good wife.
7. I made sure that my house was always a home.
8. I never quit trying to be better.
9. I had a servant's heart.
10. I was a good friend to many.

"My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, for length of days and years of  life and peace they will add to you. Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man." Proverbs 3:1-4

31 Days {day 29}

October 29, 2013

Okay. So I don't get the "Blogger of the Year" award.
My weekend was spent in New Orleans with Karli at a dance convention.
I was able to watch my baby girl study under some of the world's top professional dancers.
That is more important than blogging any ole day.
So, I'm skipping over a few days and "catching myself up" today.

{day 29}

what's your favorite quality in your spouse?

Freddie is a very hard worker.

There is not a lazy bone in his body.

He pushes himself every single day to provide well for us.

We made the decision years ago for me to quit my job

and stay home to raise our children.

He has picked up the slack and worked a full time job and then

the equivalent of another job and sometimes more.

I also love that he is in love with me.

Girls need to feel special and beautiful,

and no matter how much weight I gain,

how crazy my hair looks,

or how I look without make-up,

Freddie always makes me feel like he thinks I am 

the most beautiful girl in the world.

"Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh." Genesis 2:24

"But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever." 1Timothy 5:8

31 Days {day 24 & day 25}

October 25, 2013

Lucky us.
Another two for one!
Listen y'all, I've got a crazy busy weekend so please forgive my skipping.
Just a warning, it's GOING to happen again.
REALLY soon.

{day 24}

what is your most & least favorite things about parenthood

My least favorite thing about parenthood is disciplining my children.

It just stinks, especially when the lessons are hard.

I never want to be the "bad guy", even though I know that in reality I'm not.

My favorite thing about parenthood is everything else.

I love the snuggly moments, 

the belly laughs, 

seeing them grow into themselves, 

kisses & cuddles, 

seeing them learn,

the feeling that I have when they show me they love me & trust me.

I love being a parent!

{day 25}

if you could have dinner with anyone in history who would it be and what would you eat?

What an honor would it be to have dinner with Jesus? Just to be in the presence of the Messiah would be enough to take my breath away. And if I could actually eat, we would eat Bread & Wine.

"And while they were eating, Jesus took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying,'Take and eat; this is my body.' Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, saying, 'Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. I tell you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father's kingdom.'" Luke 22:26-29

31 Days {day 23}

October 23, 2013

what is your favorite holiday and why?

This one is easy.

My favorite holiday is CHRISTmas.

I love CHRISTmas because it is so much more than just one day.

It's a season.

With the first cool spell of fall, a spark ignites an ember within me.

It is the trigger reminding me of a coming day where we will gather 

with our family and friends to celebrate and reconnect.

There will be laughing, and food, and exchanges of tokens of our affections.

Memories will be relived and made new.

It's a sentimental hope, a settling deep within, a joy, an emptying of one's self to be filled.

CHRISTmas is when I turn off the noise of the world 

{for the most part}

and focus on the Gift and what it means for me.

Every year it's about the Birth- about God becoming a human being in the person of Jesus.

It's the reminder of His love for us that awakens me to a re-birth within my soul.

I am grateful always for a Savior who gave the Greatest Gift, 

and for the celebration of His birth continues to give so much more to me & my family.

"Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord." Luke 2:

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reading the CHRISTmas story at our family party