Georgia on my mind! Boys' and Darci's Party

Today we celebrated Bryson, Brennan, and Darci's birthday with Doug's side of the family. At every family gathering, however, there is something missing...our GEORGIA family. Doug's Mom has a sister that lives in Georgia with her beautiful family. There isn't a party or holiday that goes by that they aren't missed. This post is for you guys in Georgia...WE LOVE AND MISS YOU!

The birthday kiddos!Mamaw and Jaden snuggling on the couch.

This cracks me up! Lotta love in this family!
I told Darryl and Tim to get together and show some love! Love it!

Then the silliness continued! Dennis (Doug's Dad) and Doug

Beautiful ladies! Caitlyn with her Momma, Linda.

Derek hangin' with Momaw Donna

Doug's big sis, Deana. (I was taking her pic at the same time.)

Doug's Aunt Linda and Tyler

Nothing like a Mommy and her baby boy~

Aunt Linda and Lolee

Derek having some Lola Joy time:)

Silly Nay Nay!Mamaw Edith and the Gang!

We were singing Happy Birthday to Brennan. Think he was embarrassed?

Darci making a wish! May all your wishes come true, my sweet~

Near the end of the party we got lazy!

Uncle Doug and Niecie Darc!

Cozying up

One big, happy family!

Again, love and miss you Georgia crew! Come and see us soon!!!

So super blessed to have the most fun, and loving family!
God is soooo good!!!!

Check out these new reads I picked up!

On one of our snow days the kids and I decided to venture out. One of our stops was at the local Family Christian Store. I was eager and thirsty for a new study. I knew what I was looking for...here's one of the books I got. Just starting to read the first couple of chapters of this has already challenged me to the CORE! WOW! I think everyone needs to read this. I pray that it doesn't just challenge me, but it CHANGES me! I want to SHARE JESUS WITHOUT FEAR!! Check it out!

I also picked up this little very simple daily devotional. Sarah Young, the Author, has written daily messages from Jesus' point of view. Here is an excerpt from Feb. 15th.

"When anxiety attempts to wedge its way into your thoughts, remind yourself that I am your Shepherd. The bottom line is that I am taking care of you; therefore, you needn't be afraid of anything. Rather than trying to maintain control over your life, abandon yourself to My will. Though this may feel frightening--even dangerous, the safest place to be is in My will."

Love this book! Go get yours!
Here's a book my BFF and I are going to study. We were desiring a small group study of sorts and our churches weren't really offering a whole lot right now, so we decided to start up our own SMALL group of sorts:) I believe we can ALL relate to insecurities! After all, I think we women invented it! I know I have my share!

Blessings!

Julie

Referral for our dear friends!!

We are so happy for our sweet friends, Scott, Emy and their son Ben upon the referral for their daughter! She is approximately 20 months old and is residing about 3 hours outside of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. We've been so blessed to see this family on their journey of faith, as this road to their 2nd child has been a long, bumpy one to say the least! I am sooo proud of them and would LOVE it if you would hop over to their blog and give them some bloggy love by leaving a comment! Please keep this family and their sweet baby girl in your prayers! Go to http://www.bigbrotherdreams.blogspot.com/. We love you Emy, Scott and Ben!!

Family Birthday Party Madness:) LOVE IT!

This past Friday night we had the boys' birthday party with my side of the family. So, SO blessed to have such an AMAZING, SUPPORTING, LOVING, and FUN family.

Let the pics speak for themselves!!

Mamaw Jean started the party off right by bringing my boys' FAVORITE..

Chocolate covered strawberries! YUM! They disappeared VERY quickly!

Here's my mom and my niece Morgan! So much fun!
Papaw Bob and my sweet Lolee Joy!
Dustin, Jason, Brian, Brooklyn, and Brennan
These guys can rock it out on rock band!

Morgan, Jason, and Brooklyn
LOVE THIS PIC! TOO FUN!

Lola Joy and Uncle Brian havin' some lovins!

My niece, Madison and Me

You 'n your sis are so beautiful!

(tears:( these girls are growing up WAY TO FAST!)

Love the Kiss rocker face Morgan!!!

I was being attacked by Brooklyn and Spencer! Ha!

Family pics.

The boys with my Mom and Dad

The boys with Brian, Kim, Madison and Morgan

The boys with Dustin and Brooklyn

(We missed Beth and Baby Jaelyn)

Jason and Spencer gettin' rowdy!

The boys with my Uncle Mark, Aunt J, cousin Jason, and Spencer

The boys with Popaw Bob and Mamaw Jean

This shot is hilarious! (Side note: Lola Joy was extremely fussy at the party and she really never fusses. That night she didn't sleep.

Took her to the dr. Sat. a.m. and she had a double ear infection!!:( Poor Baby!

Yay! Hollie and Chad were able to make it and hang out!

Hollie and Lola Joy right before my Mom put her to bed:)

Bren acting like his uncle Bobbo and Jason! (We missed you Bob, Jona and crew!)

Here's Jason trying to talk Brennan into sticking his face in the cake!!

Brennan thought about it, but didn't...this time!

You're lucky Jas!

Thanks to our BEAUTIFUL family for making this birthday an awesome one! It wouldn't be the same without you guys!!! LOVE YOU ALL!!!!

ps. Looking forward to our next party with Doug's side of the fam!!!

Snow Day Fun!

Today was the 1st snow day I've gotten to go out with all 3 kiddos. Normally I get the 4-wheeler and pull the kids behind the tube, but with L.J., this year I've adapted what I can do. I bundled her up and decided I couldn't stand it any longer. I wanted to play outside in the snow with them. (or at least snap some shots of them!) So, here we are!

I love this pic of my sweet, sweet boys!!!! Momma and Bryson havin' a blast!
Bryson

Brennan

I LOVE THIS PICTURE!!!

My SMILEY girl!

She cracked me up, I sat her down in the snow and she just laid back!:)

All bundled up together! (Poor Lolee can barely move, let alone see, but she kept smilin') ha!

I love how she's peeking over her big honkin' coat!:)

Snow Princess

God is good!!!!

'This is the day the Lord hath made; let us rejoice and be glad in it!" Psalm 118:24

(School is called off tomorrow already...yippee!!!)

Baby boy...7 years old!!!!!!!

You will always be my baby boy!!!

Bryson Quinn,

What a treasure you are. You are such an amazing little boy. You are the BEST LITTLE AND BIG BROTHER EVER! You would fight to the death for your brother, even if he's done something to you...you still don't want him to get into trouble! You will do ANYTHING for your sister, carrying her all over the house. Making silly faces at her. Making her laugh when no one else could. You are just plain funny!! The clown of the family!You are so athletic; so good at basketball and baseball. You are so kind and compassionate. You are extremely creative and talented. You are my artist. You are so determined. You're so smart. We ARE SO BLESSED and honored to have you in our family, sweet boy!

Love you,

Mommy and Daddy

So.... we braved our 1st friend party for Bryson.

He invited 10 of his best buds to play laser tag. #1 on his list???? HIS BIG BROTHER!!!!!

How sweet is that??

Check out this crew!!!

They were pumped and ready to rock n roll!
Here are their best silly faces!

Right before they headed into the arena I snapped this shot!

BTW, the Dad's are WAY more into this than the kids~ lol!!!

MMM! Pizza, Cupcakes, and ice-cream!!
Sophie Belle joined us later for a cupcake! Sweetie!

We made it home safe and sound. (We weren't sure if we would even be able to have the party since we had a couple of inches of snow!) Bryson had 2 friends spend the night. Here's Bren jumping in front of the camera last second before I snapped a shot of the boys in their sleeping bags! What a ham!!!

A little after 11:00 the boys finally came to camp out in the great room.

They turned on Pirates of the Carribean and were asleep by midnight.

It was a ton of fun watching Bryson enjoy his friends!

Good times!

Today Bryson requested tacos for his birthday lunch. (He's easy!):)

Here he is opening his UK outfit. He loves him some UK WILDCATS!!!!!

In the afternoon he played with his best bud, Cole and Brennan.

Bryson, hope all your wishes come true!

"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future!"

Jeremiah 29:11