I want to win!

" I knew it was the beginning of the end when they opted out of delivery and brought me home like this"



I am entering a contest over on another blog: wearethatfamily.com Above is my entry. I am so super excited! I usually do not even take time to enter contests, but this one has an AWESOME prize. SO awesome, it has me updating my blog after 2 years :)
Prize is a brand new TEMPUR®-Contour Signature and the TEMPUR Advanced Ergo System®. Matt and I were given a king size mattress 8 years ago when I was pregnant. We were SO thrilled! The second night we had it, I was huge pregnant and dog-sitting a great dane. In the night I felt something very warm in the bed. I slowly woke up and realized the GREAT DANE had peed ALL over the brand new bed :( Well. That was the the beginning of a long, abused life for that mattress. Now 3 kids later, 2 adults turning 30, and pain in our backs. IT IS TIME! I am praying and hoping we can win this baby!!
If we win, I may even get back to blogging regularly! ha!

Halloween

Sorry it's blurry, but oh so cute!

Adisen didn't wear the wig the 1st night, but tried it the 2nd. Just hilarious!


Thanks for all of your encouraging comments! I am working on a longer blog about our actual move and Houston purpose. But for now here are some Halloween pics.


The night before Halloween, we met at a friends house for some cute pictures of kids in costumes. Then headed over to a Fall Festival at Maddox's preschool. I usually do not like big events, with lots of chaos and germs...but this one was lots of fun. Probably, just having Matt with me made all the difference. Sometimes it is hard taking the kids to things like that, alone. It made for a great family night! They had all the typical church festivals have, but I really loved how creative the Truck or treat area was. Very cute!

Halloween day was very busy filled with running errands most of the day. Matt was leaving that night around 7 for a 2 week tour with the Robbie Seay Band, Bethany Dillon, & Caleb & Will Franklin Chapman!
At 6, I got kids dressed and Matt packed up and we parted ways :(
The kids and I wandered the neighborhood. Maddox was so funny, He kept saying things like " We don't need all this candy, it's just too much sugar for us"
I missed Matt, of course, but really had a fun night with the kids.
But man...the next day...WOW! We went to church, but after my kids were SO crazy! I think with the candy, time change, and Matt leaving, they were just an emotional mess. It was a very rough night and I think they were in bed by 7:30! They have mellowed out lots since then, and since the candy got put away :)
Adisen was Dorothy. Matt's mom made the dress for us! Maddox had planned to be Batman. But at the last minute decided on Spiderman. Thankfully, we have a good stash of dress-up clothes! It worked out great because Maddox's friend Ezra was Batman. So, they were some very adorable super heros! Maddox didn't like to wear his mask because it kept falling over his eyes

No excuses.

I just gave up :)
I think when we first moved here, I didn't want to blog because I didn't want anyone to know how crappy I felt. Then I just kept putting it off because I can not put the time into it to make it look as awesome as many blogs I read. But again. No excuses. I'm just going to try it again...slowly. Cute or not!
Where do you start once you haven't blogged in 8 months? I will try and not focus on what I haven't blog about. I will try to move forward, with maybe a few random moments from the past few months.
Here we go :)

Wow...

Time for an update indeed! But it will have to wait another day! I will carve out sometime in the next few days!!
We are moving to Houston, Texas! We have to be out of our Fayetteville house March 10th. There is lots to do! I just had a great weekend with some family! I will get those pictures uploaded too.

Sorry...but this makes me laugh!!

This is an advertisement for a local dance studio. It keeps cracking Matt and I up :) Let me know if you don't get it.


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I have been changed.

I have been changed. I'm not really sure how. Nor have I seen some significant evidence today. But the message I heard yesterday is still being spoken in my mind and heart. How could you have sat in Wyatt Baptist Church yesterday and NOT been changed?!?
I WILL NOT just walk away from yesterday and just say "that was nice" "that was a great service" "how amazing"........I want to walk away completely different. How can I not forget this feeling of urgency to LOVE and to LIVE??
How was Jill so graceful in all she did?
I know the same God that Jill knew......and I love Him. But not like Jill did. But I want to. I WILL be changed. I feel like my heart has been completely gutted out. It is painful, yet I feel God's hand, so it's comforting.

I will write more later. My mind is so tired and my heart still very broken. I am going to rest

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADISEN!!!!

We are SO thankful for our sweet daughter!! She is such a joy and fun burst of energy in our life! She really enjoys playing and pretending with her family and friends. She enjoys going to school 2 days a week and dance classes every Tuesday night. Adisen is a natural musician and talks of being "a rockin star" She has always had an awesome singing voice. Matt and I are were so surprised how gifted she is with music already. She loves to talk about God and his creation. She is the BEST big sister to her brother Maddox. We are constantly told how smart he is and I know it has everything to do with all that Adisen teaches him. Adisen loves to draw and write things. We are so proud of her!! She spent her day at school, with homemade cupcakes in tow! I hope she knows how truly loved she is!! Her is a funny story about me picking her up today :)

SO....I thought that I would take all the princess helium balloons(from her party) with me to pick her up. I know she already saw them, but I thought it would make her feel special if I brought them to her school to get her. WELL...I was running a few minutes late and completely forgot to grabbed them when i got out of the car. ( who doesn't notice giant balloons blocking their view right?) Anyways, I forgot them and ran in to get the kids. Well, when we came back out to the car my hands were loaded down! 2 backpacks, 2 lunch boxes, tons of crafts, and the empty cupcake box. So, I opened the passenger door to unload all of the items....forgetting about the balloons. As soon as the door opened...off went the balloons in the wind!!!!!
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? What was meant to be a sweet gesture, ended as a cruel joke :( Adisen was already exhausted and having some allergy issues, so her favorite princess balloons flying away, pushed her over. She started crying and yelling "who left my balloons in the car!" So sad!! My quick wit kicked in and I said (as the balloons were still in view) "HURRY make a wish!!! That's what you do on your real birthday, release your balloons and make a wish!!!" Thru her tears, she said "I wish my balloons would come back." :(

I didn't know weather to laugh or cry. I was sad to see her so sad, but couldn't help but laugh at the irony of it all.