Trip to Africa!

WesleyGrant and I got to see the women's trip off to their destination to North Africa! It has been so exciting to include Wesleygrant on praying for these girls. We are so excited for them and can't wait to hear what they saw and heard there!! We love you girls!

A Joyous Night

On February 28th, I had the privilege of serving 16 women from our church in my home. I have a relationship with them in some way or another and I wanted to use the gifts that God gave me to love on them. The first half was serving them a delicious meal along with some talented chef's and servers (Laney and Lauren!) and then the last half of the evening, I called each one up beside me to call out one characteristic I have seen in them...i.e..."Wisdom, compassion, servant, warrior...ect." and I was able to use my gift of encouragement to call out how I saw God using them. I was also able to tell them what others had said about them and thank them for being the beautiful women they were in our body at The Austin Stone. It was AMAZING for all of us!! In the end, we had some unexpected entertainment by our very own WesleyGrant...check out the video for a small preview! This went on for an hour if you can believe it! He loved the ladies!!! HA! Love you ladies and i'm so privileged to know and serve with you!

The God who Works Wonders

Psalm 77:13-14a

"Your way, O God is holy; what god is great like our God? You are the God who works wonders..."

There has been much to blog about, and in time, i hope to post more things, but for now, this verse has been on my heart all week. It has shown as we hosted a dinner last week for 16 amazing girls...as our moms provided for many teen moms in Austin...as I talked with my neighbor...as we heard of the murders of many children in Memphis...as we prayed and sent the team of women off to Egypt....as sally is sick...as we plan for the block party this weekend...as i cleaned up throw up off the floor and poop off bottoms....and now as an idol has surfaced in my heart....

I'm young...old to some...but as i continue to walk this life, I am finding that the truth of God is the greatest gift I could ever have. If i were without all things, let me not be without the truth of God. This season of life is a busy one for Stew and I...but in it we are finding the truth of God to be our anchor in all things.

WesleyGrant - Our BOY!!!

WesleyGrant has become truly the BOY of the house! His favorite thing to say about boys and girls is the "Girls are Beautiful, mommy and Boys are Stong!" This truly portrays how he opperates....Sally is one to be gentle with, help and "boss" around and He is always trying to do things himself, experess his early leadership skills and "super hero"powers. His new favorite thing is to dance...the video above is when i caught him going outside in his underwear and dancing for the neighbors! crazy! I am seeing fruit in his life socially, emotionally and even spiritual. He told me last night..."mommy, i have a problem" 'What is wrong, wesleygrant?' "mommy, i have sin in my heart.....can you pray that I will obey?" WOW! We are so proud of our son! He is our BOY!

Sally - OUR GIRL!!!

Sally is JOY in our home! She is always seen with a purse, shoes on, a pacifier, jewlery or something on her head...or sometimes both! She loves food! and she is known for helping...cleaning up her brother's messes and loves to pray. We love our little sally!

Valentines Dance for Pa

The kids got a Valentines package from Pa in the mail. And we, including me, couldn't wait until Valentines to open it....so we tore into it and found gifts, only pa can give! The kids each got a singing animal singing them love songs. And there was enough candy to feed our entire neighborhood! So after a few pieces of candy, this is what happened next....enjoy! Thank you Pa!! We love you!

Family, Friends and Neighbors

We recently went to Georgia to visit Stew's family. We forgot our camera and so are lacking in the pics of that one...sorry Grandaddy and Nanna!! But we've returned and been able to continue using our house for lots of fun! These are some recent friends who came over. We live right near a park and the kids love walking over there. We have really gotten to know surrounding kids that live here in our neighborhood that way. Sally and Wesleygrant continue to wave and say high to anyone that will look their way...they are quite the show around here!

We are getting ready for our block party this weekend! We are hosting it and it is out of control! I mean, when they throw parties around here, they do it all! We have neighbors bringing tamales, beans, rice, and mexican pastries! We are cooking some hotdogs for kids and there will even be a big bouncing Castle for the kids in our back yard!! crazy!! I'll be sure my camera is ready and share more next week!