Friends

We (Jen Norman, Jacob and I) went to OKLAHOMA this weekend to visit our friends Any and Jenny Campbell. Let me tell you, it was a blast!

A quick synopsis of the weekend was Riding Trikes into OKC, 4-wheeling, mountain-boarding, and ziplining at Camp WOW, late night POKER, and to top it off, spending the day at the lake- wakeboarding, and wake surfing.

It was so much fun, I dont know why we havent been sooner. Jenny and Andy have 2 precious kiddos, Kai and Kennedy. Andy is a fireman and has a trike shop named: Trinity Trikes. Jenny has a new business named "Scraphappy" and she makes cute headbands and baby blankets, as well as other neat stuff.

I was reminded of those lasting friendships that you will always have regardless of how far apart you are. We are lucky to have great friends who LOVE to have a great time!

Pray for Jenny, she was feeling sick this weekend. What an awesome mommy she is. I admire her a lot, especially b/c her husband is a big KID himself.

Our House, is a very, very, very fine house.

That's right we are buying a house!!

I have to admit I am not as freaked out about this house as I was about buying the last one. Maybe because I know the process this time, and I see it everyday at work.

Anyways...we are going to close on June 26th, and have a whole LOT of work to do once we get in.

New Carpet
New Countertops in kitchen and bathrooms.
New fans and other light fixtures
Painting
Yard work
New knobs and pulls
Retexture the ceiling
Make the fireplace be "not ugly"

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Lots of stuff

Luckily Jacob has the summer off and he can work on it all day, everyday.

But, hopefully all the hard work will be worth the effort. And very soon, we will call the house, "Our Home".

I will post pictures of the finished product.

I Weep for You, My Friend

As I knelt to pray today, I couldnt help but weep for you. I had just finished hearing a sermon on being SLAVES to GOD. You, my friend, are the epitome of a slave of Christ. You have shown me more strenth than a thousand men, more endurance that a marathon runner, more obedience than I have ever seen from anyone ever. Your dependence in the Lord has humbled me.

I weep for you because I am not there with you...because you are going through the most painful experience ever. "Worse than death" I have heard it described...but yet, I stand in awe.

I am in awe of your constant prayerful attitude...I am amazed by your teachful spirit...I have never respected anyone, EVER, as much as I do you.

Please know I pray for you...I hurt for you...and I weep for you, but most of all...I LOVE YOU!!!

-C

P.S. I lit a candle for you.

Beach Trip 2009!

We went to the beach last weekend in DESTIN, FLORIDA!!

It was so fun!

I cannot do it justice- Just enjoy these pictures!

Sydney loved playing in the sand

We got so tan!

Our group on the beach

(I am married to a giant!)

The Allmans came to visit and buried their children...in the sand

Clark Elliot Allman

(so cute!!)

Chillin in the sand

Pappy, Sara, and Sydney

My Favorite Picture

(Connor Gantt Skaggs-my choice of a name for him)

Until next time...

Celebrity Apprentice

I dont know why, but last night, I could not keep my eyes and ears off the TV. The Celebrity Apprentice Finale was on, and I wanted to see who won.

I thought Donald Trump made a good decision in choosing Joan Rivers. She was really compassionate about her charity, and honestly I respected the fact that she didnt talk behind anyone's back, she was honest the whole way through.

Now, there was too much bickering, between Joan and Annie, which made me just want it to be over, but I watched the whole 3 hours (while playing cards with mom and GiGi).

Way to go Joan!!

Epiphany

OK. This is the first of hopefully many posts.

WARNING- I have ben contemplating starting a blog for a while, so I will probably spill a lot of info in this first post. I hope you will bear with me and read my ramblings. I have never thought that I had anything especially interesting to say.

For this post, I will share what the Lord spoke to me yesterday, in my car.

Most of Texas is aware that it has been raining lately, A LOT!
As one of many downpours came upon Georgetown, I was listening to the song, "God You Reign," by Lincoln Brewster on KLOVE. The Lord not only reigns over our lives, He also provides much needed rain to our land.
God was reminding me of all the storms I have been a part of in the past year. It almost seems as though He has put me in a place to experience hardships on the sidelines, while my friends and family are the real ones going thru the "faith-testing trials."
What does that mean for me? That there is some trial awaiting me that He is preparing me for? OR...that He has gifted me with a spirit of comfort and is placing me in the lives of those people for a reason...I choose to focus on the latter. Needless to say I MUST be fully relying on God for wisdom each time I encounter a friend in need.

I guess my reason for saying all that, is that I hurt for my friends and family. BUT praise God for the way it changes our relationship, as well as, the way I can see Him working in their lives.
AND...Even as I type, I am getting encouragement seeing MY GOD being ever faithful to those who put their trust in Him.

Each day we must allow God to REIGN over each thought, decision, and situation.

Currently, my husband and I are in limbo when it comes to the direction the Lord wants us to go. We LOVE Georgetown, but there are a lot of items that are in the "air" or more appropriately in God's hands, that may cause us to move further north.
BUT, to describe where our lives are...the word would be FULL. Full of Love, Full of Possibilities, Full of Hope and FULL OF GOD's Provision.

I hope this is a good intro to my blogging career.

Enjoy the rain, and I'll see you later.