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Wow... Its been 2 months almost since I posted!

I want to ba a blogger I am just horriable at it..... there is so much that goes in in our crazy lives and with my memory if I dont blog or write it down I wont remember what happen in a month.... (Lord help me get better at this!) It is almost Valentines day and can I just say that this yr Valentines day means more to me than ever before cause of Malachi.... I know I say that about everything but really he makes life so much fun and when I think of Valentines day I think of "LOVE" and he is a product of our Love for each other! that to me is just the neatest thing in the world!

So far this Year has been wonderful! I can believe we are already in the middle of feburary.... its going to be july before I know it! God has been blessing us right and left... sreiously everytime I turn around he is doing something else unexpected in our lives! Gosh I love being a christian and serving the Lord! My Abba Father is amazing! I am so in AWE of how much he loves me and spoils me! Not only meeting our needs but also tending to our wants....

I got the privilage of being with my little sister all day last friday at her school for the Mardi Grasi court and ball...I did her hair and makeup.... so much fun she looked absoutly beautiful! SHE WON QUEEN! everytime I get to spend any time with her it blesses me I miss her so much! She is such an amazing woman of God! She inspires and challenges me ...it was so neat to be around her and all her friends and teachers and hear all the things people say about her.... She has so much favor with God and MAN! Her teachers just adore her they were saying things like .... "You deserve to be queen cause you are so genunily nice to everyone..you make sure everyone feels accepted ... I hope and pray my daughter turns out just like you one day... your love for God and all that you do is amazing and no one deserves this more than you" ...SO cool to know these things about her but to hear them from her teachers! and the kids her PEERS.... just love her ....she is so blessed! I love that at such a young age (14) she is embracing her calling in life and living for God now and taking every challenge brought her way with such a great attitude. She seriously lives for God in the NOW! What if we all took our relationship with God that way and sought out oppritunities of how God can use me today! We can get so caught up in the past..."i remember when God...... " that we forget he is the same yesterday today and forever! he still can move like that now if your willing to open your spiritural eyes and let him! :)

Deanna I love you and thank you for being such an inspiration to me and everyone around you! your amazing!

Hello Everyone... its been about a month since I last posted..... the holidays are crazy for everyone but even more so when you pastor a church! I love it and wouldnt trade it for anything in the world... We are so blessed!!!

Thanksgiving was alot of fun we went to Lafayette and shared it with my brother and soon to be sister n law and her family..I got to take Michael and Liz's engagement pics had a blast!.. paul had plans for thanksgiving so we didnt see much of him but I cherish the few hours I did get to see him... Sherese came over to liz parents so it was nice to hang out with her too! then we go to meet some of my hubbys family (sisters) from his dads first marriage... That was neat we found out he is a great uncle...lol he has nieces and nephews older than him! lol look forward to getting to know them more!

Family is somthing that is so special to me! I love my family so much and love to spend time with them when ever we get the chance to!!

Christmas went by quick .... Malachi suprised us when he decided he didnt need help getting the wrapping paper off so he could eat it! lol .... it was so cute to watch him get excited and open his gifts! We have a family tradition to go see a movie on christmas so me edward and malachi went to see four christmases...it was cute that was Malachis 3rd movie... he loves the big screen..lol then the day after we saw marley and me..super cute!

I am really looking forward to 2009 and all the suprises instore! :) I love the beginning of a new yr!

Here are some pics from the holidays!

A Thanksgiving Survey

Tuesday, November 25, 2008
A Thankgiving One

1. Which do you like better: Cooking at your house, or going elsewhere? I absoutly love to cook thanksgiving dinner.... Maybe next yr I can have everyone to my house!

2. Do you buy a fresh or frozen bird? Frozen... Never had a fresh one but that would cut out about 2 days of thawing time! lol

3. What kind of stuffing? bread stuffing cooked inside the turkey! Yummy! I cant stand cornbread stuffing Yuck! (THIS IS A PROBLEM CAUSE MY HUBBY ONLY LIKES CORNBREAD STUFFING)Defintally a southern thing cause I never even heard of cornbread stuffing till I moved to the south! :)

4. Sweet potato or pumpkin pie? Pumpkin Pie with vanilla ice cream! sweet patato is good to!

5. Do you believe that turkey leftovers are a curse, or the point of the whole thing? Defintally the whole point! I love me a turkey sandwich the next day! Oh I cant wait! I am not a huge left over fan but thanksgiving left overs are the best! Why do we only make this meal once a year? lol

6. Which side dish would provoke a riot if you left it off the menu? Sweet patatoes! or candied yams as I call them

7. Do you save the carcass to make soup or stock? NO yuck!

8. What do you wish you had that would make preparing Thanksgiving dinner easier? about 6 ovens and 3 stove tops! lol :)

9. Do you get up at the crack of dawn to have dinner ready in the early afternoon, or do you eat at your normal dinner hour? Crack of dawn turkey goes in the oven at 5am unless we are deep frying it...then we can sleep in late! lol

10. If you go to somebody else's house, what's your favorite dish to bring? Candied Yams, or Green Bean Cassarole, or Cheesy broccoli cassorole

11. What do you wish one of your guests wouldn't bring to your house? fruit cake..who really eats them? lol

12. Does your usual mix of guests result in drama, or is it a group you're happy to see? DRAMA...

13. What's your absolute favorite thing on the menu? I like the whole plate all together but I would probally throw a fit with out candied yams! lol

14. What are you thankful for this year? I have so much to be thankful for this year...God is so good to me! Most of all my healthy baby boy, A husband who loves me unconditionally, a wonderful church that we are pastoring, Friends that are like family...(wish you all lived closer), I could go on forever I truly am so blessed! THANK YOU JESUS!

 

What a beautiful day!
November 16th 2009.... Malachi was dedicated this morning by Pastor Tommy Carpenter! What a blessing he truly blessed us! He gave me a dozen red roses and said that a mothers love is as sweet as a bundle of red roses and the red representing the blood of Jesus who is the whole reason we have this miracle child! And also gave us a baby blue bible for Malachi with his name on it....
This was such a honor, I cried because like the bible says for this child I have prayed! And I can honestly say that before he was even concieved he was loved and wanted and prayed for!! I am just so blessed to have him and everyday is a reminder of how amazing Gods love is to us!

We decided long before he was in our lives that we will raise our children to love and serve God with all there hearts! and I am so honored to be able to do that! being Malachis mom is the most amazing privilage God has given me!


I love you Baby!

Beautiful Day

 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

It was such a beautiful Fall day today I took Malachi outside for some Fall Pictures! I love the way they turned out! I love this time of year the way the air feels crisp and all the bright colors and I love my yard full of leaves...I know most people rake them I love to leave them all over the yead...although I am dying to rake them into a pile and put Malachi in the pile for a pic! lol ... I just think God is the most amazing artist! Hope you have a wonderful day in the Lord! Remember to Thank Him for all you have and all he has done in your life for with out him we are nothing!

God is so AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

I am so excited to share this post with who ever wants to read it...lol... Last night a group of 16 went to Hell House in Texarkana...(10 youth, 6 Adults) did you see that 10 YOUTH! 3 weeks ago we started a youth group here at the church (this church has never had a youth group ever) we started with 4 youth and 2 youth leaders and me.... and they have been so excited about a focus group just for them that they have been telling there friends and the group is growing fast! I am so excited....could you imagine had someone taken the time years ago to invest in the youth here where it would be today.... ANyways last night was amazing ...God rocked there worlds... 2 of the girls rededicated there lives to the Lord and one of my girls was MINISTERING to some of the kids..(I was so proud of her) The scenes in the Hell House were very real and each kid said at least one of the scenes hit home to them... we had some awesome time of pouring into the kids and I look forward to weeks to come as we deal with Healing from the past and forgivness from God and forgiving ourselves... Please pray with me that the Holy Spirit will continue to soften there hearts and Speak to these kids! I have an amazing group of kids here so respectful and like little sponges!

Pumpkin Blessing

 

My baby 16 weeks old! He is getting so big!
When you were a kid did you have pumpkin patches that you went to pick out your pumpkins? I was so excited to take Malachi to a pumpkin Patch so I could take some pics of him and well come to find out there arent any pumpkin patches in Louisiana or Arkansas...what the Heck! My hubby said we go to walmart to get pumpkins.... so sad! So I drove around town and found a house that had this little fall display and knocked on the door and asked if she minded if I took my son pic by her scarecrow...she was so excited I asked her and let me kept saying she was so glad she put that out there even if it was just for me! I was so blessed! Plus she is a christian Lady with a small child in her 30's which is few and far between in my small town of 1200 people and 1000 of them I am sure are over 70...lol ... so I made me a friend in this hunt for a good pic! then I was so excited since Malachi doesnt sit up yet the scarecrow had a perfect lap and arm set up so he fit right in there perfectly! Praise God! see he even cares about the little things like a silly picture but it was a desire of my heart to have it so he made a way! God is so good! Hope you enjoy! Have a blessed day!

saturday was so much fun!

I seem to be a weekly blogger once a week...oh well very few read it anyway...:)lol thanks to thoes who do you make me feel special! I had so much fun on saturday..... Woke up super early from not sleeping the night before! lol I literally had to drag myself out of bed cause I knew Sandi was going to be at my door at 7:30 ....(do you ever have morninings like that) Anyway we went to Texarkana for the Race for the Cure... It was so amazing to see 1000's of people running this race and I am so glad she talked me into going and doing this! It was neat that on everyones back they had who they were running for in celebration of recovery and in memory of ... I enjoyed reading the names and lifting them up in prayer during the walk.... I had one of my best friends in High school Brenda who found out she had breast cancer while prgnant with her little girl .... Abigail is doing amazing and brenda starts her chemo back up this month... and my Aunt Wanda who had breast cancer when I was in high school and doing well...then 2 precious ladies in our church who are recovered Linda and Shirley.... and My Mother~n~law also had Breast cancer (so mom in memory of you, I wish you were still here with us but I know you watch over us from above) I took a few pics and one of them was a wiener dog in a pink polo I had to get a pic of him for crystal.... I know she would of loved him...





Then later on that after noon we went over to Sandi's house for a little while and they got the horses out and Malachi got to ride a horse for the first time! I had so much fun watching him and edward.... I got on lady the horse for a short time I was really nervous ...not sure why... it has been 20 yrs since I rode a horse...lol here are some pics from that!






Then that evening we went to a LSU tailgate party... that was alot of fun cause LSU won and the fellowship with Bobby and Brigette is awesome! They are the local Baptist pastors in town... my batteries were dead on my camera by this time so I didnt get in pics of Malachi in his LSU outfit...maybe next time!

Ok I am exhausted I will write more later!
Good night!