Family Photo!

This is our latest family photo. From Left to right....Avery, Christian, me, Hannah, Noah, Abi, dad, Johnny, Daniel, Emma-Lee.

Lord, I Love this family! :)

Genius!

This is Emma-Lee Grace!

She is a genius. She remembers everything.
This can be a good thing or not a good thing...like when she says,
"But mommy, you said we were going to the toy story tonight.."
"But mommy, you said I could come with you this time...."
"But mommy, you said......"

I always thought it would be really cool to be quoted one day by someone for something I said. Now I am quoted constantly by this little girl and her sister's and brother's. It's not exactly how I imagined it to be.....

But still I would rather be quoted saying something from these sweet lips than from the President of the United States or some one from TIME magazine because the quotes that come from these lips are reporting words of love and life and memory's!

And at least I know whatever I do forget...they will remember.

I pray when I am an old lady this sweet little girl will be quoted the things she remembers most about me; words of faith, scripture, and words of love for her!

Gotta run Emma is in the other room calling me......."Yes, Emma, I did say you could get up from your nap now...let's go swing outside for a while."

Out of the sky.....from heaven above.....Avery!

This is Avery Joy.
Her name means "out of the sky" or "from heaven".

And so she is our joy from heaven!

She is:

smart
sweet
funny
a great dancer and singer
a great eater
big footed (is that a word?)....wears an 8 1/2 wide shoe (at 22 months old).
cuddly
stubborn
curious
friendly..."Hi to all" from Avery...
cool
watchful
playful
determined
delicious!
and fun!

She loves having a lot of big brothers and sisters to tease and to be babied by....when shes in the mood, that is!

A blessing!

This is my Hannah.
My blessing.

My climber.
My tester.
My little bag lady
My mommy's little helper
My control freak
My towel folder
My stubborn baby
My joy!
My laughter!
My certainty of God's goodness.
My Hannah.

We adopted Hannah from China 4 years ago and she has been a blessing ever since.
She is curious, smart, organized, funny, and sweet. She loves God and says constantly that He is her helper and that He is always with her.

I look forward to what God does with this little girl .........

I'll keep you posted!

Dear Abi.........

Abi is a prayer warrior. She prays about everything.
If I ever say, "I have a head-ache..." she comes over and quietly lays her hand on my head and prays for me.

I have often found her on her knees in her room praying.
And what so blesses me about this sweet 7 year old girl is that she is almost always praying for someone else's needs.

I look forward to seeing all God does in her life.

Got a prayer request? Write my dear Abi as she will take your prayers to the true and living God and it won't be her personal advice but wisdom from above and direction for your situation. :)

Have a great day!

Protection from the inside!

Daniel and Noah take guarding their sister's very seriously.

They will marry godly men....or else!

No one's getting by these two....

We asked Avery if she felt safe with Daniel and Noah guarding her. She answered, "Yes, because I know that if they get passed these 2 rough guys, then I will just have to take them down myself! And I can take them....have you seen my feet lately? Well they are an 8 1/2 double wide! No problem! I would like to see some bad guys just try and come in here.......

Emma was asked how safe she felt with her brother's protecting her. She said, "Oh, there great...they have the power of the Lord watching over them! and God is watching over me...and He likes my princess dress, do you like it? I like it.

Abi and Ansley felt safe too while Daniel stood watch for more than 3 minutes. "I think we're in the clear of bad guys now."

Hannah looked up and smiled and said, "Can Daniel protect me with that Daniel Boone get up on? I don't know, I'm from China where we have real fighters like Jackie Chan. But I can tell you this, I can see angels up in the ceiling watching over us, doing God's bidding to keep us safe, and that's all the protection I will ever need!" just look at them flying........now that's the joy of the Lord!

Abi and her pal Beary.

This is my Abigail Praise and her bear. Abi has had Beary for many years. I guess I would think that was silly if I didn't still have my own bear from when I was very young (22).

We all need things to hold on to

We all need memories....why do you think the invention of the camera went over so well?

We all need to remember the great moments and ponder the not so great ones, grow, and go on.

I want you to remember Abi's little face here because one day soon she is going to replace Beth Moore. I am sure Beth will be happy to share the stage with another great Bible teacher. Abi loves to learn and teach God's word. She already practices her speeches and what she will say. She wants women to know how much God loves them and has a plan for their lives. I guess the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree.........

Please pray for Abi as she grows into a godly young woman!

Now go and get out your old stuffed animal and give it a hug....go on now...it's okay!

God bless you!