Marriage Part 2

Nope, I haven't forgotten about my challenge if you wanna call it that to post about the marriage conference that Michael and I went to, life has just been a little busy lately. This post will be another long one, I'm going to try and get out all we did on Saturday. It was an all day Saturday thing, but was so worth it.. I say all day, we did get to go on a date Saturday night, that one of the key parts of the conference is getting to do something special with your spouse Saturday night. Well I guess I'll just jump right in.

Session 3 was on Unlocking the Mystery of Marriage and God's purpose for Oneness.

Think about this, what if marriage is about more than just your happiness, have you ever thought about that? I know I sure hadn't.. I always thought marriage was about being happy. So what is the purpose of of being married? First it's to mirror God's image, Genesis 1:27 says "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them." God created man and woman so they can together mirror his image. Our oneness is a living picture of this intimate relationship between Jesus Christ and His followers (Ephesians 5:22-33). Our oneness is expressed within a lifetime commitment to each other. The second purpose is to mutually complete one another (to experience companionship). Companionship in marriage is God's provision to replace isolation and meet our deep longing for a close intimate relationship. Genesis 2:18 says "It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him." Oneness in a marriage is only possible when we consider our spouse BEFORE we consider ourselves. (I know at times this is hard for me, not just because I but myself first but I also put Whitnee first, I have to remind myself that I need to put Michael before myself and even before Whitnee at times, I'm sure I'm not the only one who has that problem). Satan's purposes are threatened by couples who are becoming one; therefore, Satan concentrates his major attacks on them. REMEMBER YOUR SPOUSE IS NOT YOUR ENEMY!!

Session 4 from how to wow God's plan for oneness

Oneness grows as we receive our spouse as a gift from God. Our culture's pattern for marriage has obviously failed. God's plan for oneness in marriage involves three responsibilities: you bust leave, cleave and become one flesh. First, LEAVE, the first responsibility is the establish independence from your parents. Genesis 2:24 says " Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother.." leaving must be done in the context of honor to one's parents. It is essential that your spouse is the PRIMARY relationship in your life! Be careful to not be financially dependent on your parents. the degree to which you leave is the degree to which you can cleave. Second, CLEAVE: establish commitment to one another. God created Adam with an unmet need: Adam was alone, Genesis 2:18 says "Then the Lord God said "it is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him." An important question for Adam was, would he receive Eve? "Then the man said, "This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man." - Genesis 2:23. In that passage God illustrates a corner stone principle for marriage: we must choose to receive our spouse as God's perfect provision for us. The Third responsibility is to establish intimacy with one another. Becoming one flesh is not just getting married or having sex; it is a process that helps us grow as individuals and grow closer as a couple. This growth begins as we break dependencies from our past and cleave each other. So why is God's plan difficult to experience? First off it's because of our natural differences. Differences are God's tools to teach us to trust Him and His goodness. Second is our natural weaknesses, weaknesses have divine purposes in our lives. Third is because of our natural self-centeredness, we must admit that we are selfish.

Session 5 was on What every marriage needs, God's Power for oneness.

To truly experience oneness in marriage, we must first experience the power that comes from oneness with God. Oneness in marriage is the result of fulfilling God's purposes ad following God's plan for marriage. Oneness with god begins as we establish a relationship with Him and continues as we experience an ongoing relationship with Him. First, establish a relationship with God. Oneness as at the center of God's original design for marriage. Adam and Eve's oneness with God was the centerpiece of their marriage relationship. Oneness was destroyed when Adam ad Eve rejected God and His plan for life. Oneness was destroyed between mankind and God. Oneness with God is possible because of Jesus Christ, because of his death, burial, and resurrection, the path to oneness has been restored!
I'm so thankful that I'm able to have that oneness and then in turn be able to have oneness with my hubby!!

Session 6 was we fight too, a conflict survival guide (don't we all need this one?)

How a couple resolves conflict reflect the state of their oneness. Conflict is common in ALL marriages! The goal is to not be conflict free, but to handle it correctly when it occurs. First, where does conflict come from?  Conflict occurs when our desires are ot fulfilled when we don't get what we want, our unfulfilled desires may result in anger. Our unfulfilled desires lead to fighting and quarreling and for conflict to be resolved both husband and wife must be committed to oneness. Second, resolving conflict requires loving confrontations, being able to "fight fair" and remembering your spouse is NOT your enemy!! Third Resolving conflict requires forgiveness. The bible teaches that as a Christian we are responsible to God to seek out and grant forgiveness! Lastly, we minimize conflict when we actively choose to bless one another in marriage.

Sessions 7.. I think I'm gonna keep this one to myself, it's on sex. How intimacy is a great thing, and God created it for us to enjoy when we get married. I don't wanna spill all the details.

Wow I hope you all stuck around! I know my fingers hurt from typing! Please remember I didn't come up with this on my own, this just little snippets from the book they gave us, there is so much more to each session that I didn't even include, God did an amazing thing that weekend. I encourage each and everyone of you to try and make it to a conference. If you are planning on throwing in the towel try this conference first. Let me know, so I can show you how to get connected and so I can be praying for you and your marriage! My prayer for my marriage is that Michael and I will leave a Godly legacy behind for Whitnee, and our future children if God blesses us with more. I want to be the couple that Whitnee and her husband look up to, I want to be the couple that our youth can look up to and pray they have that one day. I know that if Michael and I are seeking God's face together we will be that couple!

God bless you all!

Vacation 2014

This year we got to go the Gulf Shores, Alabama with my best friend and her family. This was only my 2nd time to the beach, but it was Whitnees first time. I knew she loved to swim and be in the water, so I figured she would LOVE the beach! Well guess what, I was right! As soon as we arrived we went straight down to the water! Whit looked at me and said this is amazing!!

Prepare yourself for an update via pictures. It's just easier that way. :)

The look on her face says it all.

Just a little collage I made.

I love love love having my feet in the sand! I've always said that if God moved us somewhere else for our ministry I hope it's closer to a warm beach! 

Oh how my hubby loves me! We celebrated our 7yr anniversary while we were gone, before we left we had decided that we weren't going to buy each other anything because going to the beach was awesome enough. This was hard for me because my love language is one of gifts, and I wanted to buy him something. But I was good and didn't, well as you can see he cheated! He completely surprised me! He ended up getting me a Williw Tree figure, he did such a good job picking it out!

The bestest best friend a girl could have! So glad I got to spend a week with her and her family! It was a busy week because her baby brother got married while we were there. 

Wedding day! It was such a pretty wedding! 

Whitnee dancing with the handsom groom. She was so excited to dance with him.

Haha this kid! The last 2 days were very lazy and it was great! Whit got to play her little heart out in the sand! She even convinced one if the boys to help her build sand castles it was so cute!!

When we finally made it home we ate an early dinner, and then when I came into the living room I found this! So sweet! We all went to bed around 630. I felt very well rested that next morning! 

So far summer 2014 has been a great one! I can't wait to take Whit back to the beach, maybe we can go next year!  Whit had her last day if pre school before we left. She had such a great year, and I can't believe my baby is starting K in the fall! She said she is ready! I on the other hand am not! I won't have to walk her in every day and I'm not sure how I will handle that! So till then we will enjoy the summer and spending every day togeather. 

Marriage

This past weekend Michael and I went to Branson, MO for the Family Life Weekend to Remember event. One of Michaels friends bought us the tickets for Christmas so we could attend. It was one of the best weekends we have had in a long time! We learned so much! I want to share some of what we learned that way maybe it'll help someone reading this, and so I can come back one day and remember this amazing weekend.

First off the conference was at the Chaetae On The Lake, they were doing a special room rate if you stayed at the hotel and were going to the conference, so Michael and I decided to take advantage of it. We are so glad that we did, it was so nice to be able to just go back to our room to get ready for the night or be able to sleep in a little more and just walk down stairs for the early morning sessions, since neither one of us are morning people.  We got to the hotel Friday afternoon, went and got something to eat then did a little shopping. That night we had a couple of sessions to attend so we headed back to the hotel.

The first session was on why marriages fail, and just the different things that can happen in life to break a marriage up, from difficult adjustments, like the way you were raised, to what your expectations in marriage are. Another reason marriages fail is because of our cultures patterns. Now a days it's so easy for people to just throw in the towel instead of trying to work things out. I'm so glad that before we got married Michael and I made a vow to always work things out, and to never talk about the D word. Another reason is due to inevitable difficulties, you know when life gets hard it's hard to work through things, and still keep the love alive in your marriage. Extramarital affairs is another reason why marriages fail, not just with another person but you could be in an affair with your career, material things, or even activities. We must always remember that the first relationship in our life is God, but then the second one is our marriage. Lastly selfishness, everyone can admit that they are a selfish being, but being in a marriage you have to learn to put your spouses needs before your own. I will be the firs to say wow this is hard! Yet at the same time after 7 yrs of marriage making Michael happy makes me happy. It has become much easier over the years. In a round about way this session talked about how we need to have oneness in our marriage to make it work. Oneness with 3 people. God, our spouse and ourselves. When we have found that oneness it will make our marriage so much stronger and better in the end. I'm so glad that I married a Godly man who makes God the center of our marriage and then in turn our family!

The second session was on communication. Wow can communication be difficult! We learned about a couple different types of communication that I want to share so you can figure out what is your communication type and the what type your spouse is. I'll put a (*) next to the type I am.

• Land-the-plane: this type of communicators want to find the shortest path to the goal. They destination is their goal. (*)
• Enjoy-the-ride: they think you might as well relax and enjoy the ride. The trip is what it is all about.
• Share-your-feelings: they feel deeply about what they are communicate. for them emotions are simply a part of thinking (*)
• Just-the-facts: set aside emotions for logic, reason, and fact. For them, emotions interfere with good thinking.
• Thinking-out-loud: ask questions and make comments as soon as the thought occurs - even if the other person happens to be talking all the time. For them conversation is a group activity. (*)
• Let's-take-turns; use the principle of justice and fair play to govern communication. Conversations are simple: first you talk and then I talk.

Guess what communication styles Michael had.. the opposite. You will probably find that common with you and your spouse. By knowing the type of communication our spouse uses it will make it easier to communicate with them, and at times even be able to use their communication style. We also learned when communicating to respond emotion with emotion and fact with fact. Wow what an amazing concept.. in other words say I'm having the worst day of my life and I'm very emotional about it, Michael shouldn't respond with oh well are you sure it's the worse day what about this day, instead he could respond with oh, I'm so sorry Honee, and the proceed to give me a hug and a kiss.. being very emotional about it.
We also need to learn to listen well, this is where I as a female struggle because I'm a multitasker.  So I'm now striving to give not only Michael but even Whitnee my focused attention, to listen with acceptance and understanding, if I don't understand to as questions to clarify the statements, and to focus on what is being said and not the way it's being said. then I in turn an going to start thinking before I speak, remembering that not everything I'm feeling needs to be expressed, ask to make sure I'm being understood and to speak in a way that encourages.

All of this was just taken in on Friday night! I think I will stop there for today. Hopefully I will remember to get back on and talk about the rest of the weekend. We really did have so much fun spending the time just him and I.. well and all the other people their, but it felt like it was just him and I. We learned so much and I'm excited to see this weekend in working through out the rest of our marriage. Will we have ruff times? Absolutely but prayerfully we will make it through a lot easier because of the things we learned. We have already started doing devo together and praying together ever night again. It's so nice to be doing that with him. I hope that someone gets something out of this post. If you do please let me know. Thanks!

Life!

Haven't been able to post much due to living life! Ever get that way? Busy living and don't take time to blog, read, clean (my house shows that). It's been a busy past couple of weeks. The most exciting thing to happen is I became an Aunt again, but this one was extra special! I have my first nephew!  

Everyone meet Zachery Tyler! It's amazing how much love you have for a baby as soon as you meet them! It's extra special with my nieces and nephew because I get to spoil them and send them home! 

Whit was sick when he was born, so we had to wait for her to meet him, but when she did, she loved him! I love this picture because you have Bailey Grace trying to get in! 

Last week we had my sister baby shower, I only took one picture!! SHAME ON ME!! At least we know we had cute decorations! 

Before the shower Whit and I took some selfies! I love these pictures! She is such a goof like her momma!

So we have been with out a working CD player in the car for almost a year now, well that has no changed! PRAISE THE LORD!! Not only can we play CDs but we can play music from our phone now!! I feel so fancy! It also has some really pretty colors! 

 

Well we are getting ready for soccer season! Whit can't wait to play again! Our March and April are going to be very full! Soccer starts, we have a movie night set up for the youth, and then YCW at Silver Dollar City, and then the hubby and I are headed to a marriage conference in April. In so excited! God is doing great things in our lives, and in the ministry of our youth! Keep us all in your thoughts and prayers!! 

Crazy Week

Whitnee was suppose to start back to school last Monday. Due to more snow she didn't go back till Wednesday. Then more ice hit and she missed Thursday and was able to go back on Friday. Poor thing, she was so sad to be missing school! She really has fallen in love with going! It'll be weird her being in school all this week. 

This is how we spent most of our days, in jammies and what ever other stuff Whit thought she needed to wear. :) 

I took Whit to a gymbacks meet. It's so much fun watching Whit watch the gymnasts.  

I was also going through old pictures and saw this. Blows my mind that the little baby in my arms is going to be 5 in May! I'm struggling with the fact that she will be 5. 5 seems like such a big kid age! She's not a toddler/baby anymore! UGH! She is however such an amazing blessing in my life! I look at her and think wow she is awesome! I pray she grows up knowing how much we love her Nd how much God loves her!  

Cooking with some amazing girls! We got together to cook for Memas (michaels mom) birthday. It's so much fun cooking with these girls! LOVE them! So glad I have an AMAZING sister in love and my little ginger niece! 

I've said it once and I'll say it again, it's time to get my butt in gear and loose some weight! We are going to the beach in June and I need to me smaller when we go! Hoping I can stay motivated this time around! 

BIG Update

WOW! Has it really been 5 months since I have blogged? Shame on me! My new goal this year is to get back to blogging. I'm so bad at keeping goals/New Years resolutions so we shall see how this goes. 

Well our life has been pretty crazy since July if last year. Whitnee has started school. It's been a lot easier of a translation than I thought it was going to be. We are so blessed by the school Whit goes too. Her teachers are amazing, and Whit looks forward to going. 

Whitnee also started playing soccer. She LOVED it! She will start playing again in the spring. We are counting down the days. 

The hubby and I got to attend a lot if Razorback games this last season. Fall is my favorite time due to football! I'm such a dude when it comes to football season! It never lasts long enough for me! 

I took part in a woman's bible study! This was one if the best decisions I made! I LOVED learning more about John, and getting together with some women once a week. It was nice! 

In August my best friend had a baby! He is the cutest little guy ever!!! It's been so much fun seeing them become parents and I'm so blessed to be able to see this guy grow! 

In November we took a trip with one if my friends to Vegas to see my dad. Talk about a good time! 

This winter has been crazy! We have gotten so much snow and ice! I'm so not a snow bunny! We had our one good snow and I'm now over it and ready for flip flop weather! 

Well that should know have me caught up, and now I can hopefully start back to my normal blogging. I really do feel so much better when I take the time to blog. Crazy enough I go back and look at my old blogs often, crazy to see where our life was and where it is now. Some may say my life is boring, but I LOVE it! 

30 Things: Number 9

1. My Mom

She has always been there for me, from being a kid, to a teen and now into adult hood.

I don't know how many times I've called her and asked her a parenting question or just

to vent over how hard being a parent is.

2. My Dad

Yet ago, he was there growing up, spoiling me (as a dad should his daughter), when I was a teen my

mom and him split, and he moved to Vegas, I did't have much personal interaction with him then. 

But now that I'm an adult I call him all the time and as for advice. 

3. My high school choir teacher

This one is not a good one. Going into 11th grade when I tried out for Choir he put me in a class that I could't be in because my drama class met only that hour, and he told me that he would give me another try out but he does't do that, and he really doesn't know where to put me. I told him I didn't have to be in choir and that I would just sell my dress. Ever since then I have been really shy about singing especially in front of other. 

4. My Sweet Whitnee

She has taught me to look at life through her own small innocent eyes. I try to find the good in everything like she does. Also to see faith through her eyes. She will ask the biggest questions about faith and when I ask her what she thinks the answer is she is right and gives the easiest answer.

5. My Husband

He has helped me through some rough times. He helps me understand my faith better and with out him I would be lost.

6. My 3 siblings

Growing up we fought like any other siblings do. Now that I'm older my siblings and I have become more like best friends and I look to them for advice. 

I can't really think of any other people who have influenced my life.  Not sure if that's really a good thing or a bad thing. 

30 Things: Number 8

So the past 2 weeks I've been so busy! Whitnee went to VBS at a local church with out me staying and well she didn't do so well. Not sure how school is going to go this fall. We shall see. Then this past week we had VBS at our church so it was short days and long nights at our house. Busy Busy Busy! So I've been slacking on my 30 things, but I'm hoping to get back to it this week.

1. Raising my kids to love every one. 

This one may be controversial, but I know that we are raising our kids to be Christ like, and the biggest part of being Christ like is to love everyone. Does that mean we agree with how they are living? No but we must still love them just not what they are doing. 

2.  My faith

I was raised going to church, spent some time after I graduated wondering about what I believed in and was always pulled back to what I knew was right. I'm so great full for the freedom to have my faith and what I believe in. Some people don't have that freedom and get persecuted for it, have to hide away just to be able to pray. 

3.  My husband

For him to not make this list would be silly. If you aren't passionate about your spouse then you are headed to a not good place, or at least I feel that way. I strive every day to make him happy and be the best wife I could possible be. 

4. My Whitnee (and future kids)

Whitnee is such a blessing! I'm so great full to get to stay home with her and be a 24/7 mom. Hardest thing I've ever done? Yes! do I have my days where I would like to lock myself in a room? Yes! But I'm passionate about her! And when we have other kids I will be the same with them.

5. My family

Not just my family that lives in my house, but my parents, brothers and sister. That also includes Michael's family. I love them all and don't know what I would do with out any of them! They are all a very big blessing in not only my life but in the life of Michael and Whitnee. God really has blessed us! 

30 Things: Day 7

     I'm not really sure what my dream job would be, I at one point would have thought it would be being a teacher, now that I'm a stay at home mom, I don't know if I could teach other peoples kids. HA I love being home with Whitnee and I don't think I would change it for the world!

    Some times I still think maybe I should go back to school and get my teaching degree, I just really don't know. Right now I guess my dream job is to teach our kids how to walk in Christ. 

30 Things: Day 6

1. No house payments ever
2. 2 new cars for the hubby and I
3.  For my kids to never experience pain. I know the pain I had growing up, even if it was  friend being mean or a boyfriend breaking my heart has made me who I am today, but I don't know how this mommy heart will deal with all that when the kids are older! 

30 Things: Day 5

1. Being a mom
2. Being a wife
3. Whitnee's laugh
4. Air conditioning, I know seems silly but with the heat it's so nice to be able to cool off inside!
5. A hubby who will play outside with Whitnee when mommy needs some time alone. 

30 things: Day 4

Let's see, when I was 16 I was in 10th grade, that'll help me remember what was going on in my life. 

1.  The boys who break your heart aren't worth it!
2.  Your parents getting divorced will be the hardest thing you will go through, but you will survive!
3.  STAY IN CHURCH!!
4. Focus on school so you can get money to go to college!
5. Pick out your good girl friends! One of this will still be a great friend after you "grow up" you will rely on her a lot
6. Being a mom will be the hardest yet funniest thing you will ever do!
7. Keep going to football games! As you get older you will enjoy the sport even more and be a huge Razorback fan!
8. Don't listen to the choir teacher who tells you that you can't sing! It'll haunt you for the rest of your life!
9. High school girls are mean! Don't let them get you down

So I can't think of a number 10, so I'm going to leave it blank and maybe I can think of something later.

30 things: Day 3

My relationship with Michael my hubby as I like to call him is a great one! He works so hard so I can stay home and raise our kids, play with them, teach them, and be the best mommy I can be. It’s always been our dream for me to be able to stay home with our kids and I’m so blessed that I get that opportunity! We don’t get to go on as many dates that we would like but we make sure to take advantage of our in home dates. He is the spiritual leader of our home and is an amazing daddy! I can’t even describe the joy I get when I see him playing with Whitnee (and i'm sure it'll be the same with our future kids) and how Whitnee's face lights up when he gets home. I love how he enjoys and looks forward to doing devotion (or devo time as Whitnee like to call it) before bed time and he always makes sure to pray with Whitnee before bed time! As every marriage it’s a work in progress! We have our days of bad or maybe even a couple of days where we just don’t get along and then I think hmm we haven't been doing our couples devo that's probably why, and then we fix that and things around the house go a little smoother.  I pray that Michael and I are always setting a good example of what a Godly relationship is not only for our kids but for others around us. 

30 things: Day 2

1. Snakes, pretty sure I got that fear due to most women have that fear, and umm they can kill you, and are just creepy looking.
2. Losing a child, I think every parent has this fear, I just don't know what I would do if I lost Whitnee, or any of my future children.
3. That I will fail my children in some way, I know I know at some point my kids will think I'm the worst mom ever, but I look back at how I was raised now and I'm thankful that my parents (now divorced) raised me the way they did! I was a preacher's and my parents didn't raise me like there was a spot light on me all the time! I't sow my goal to raise our kids in a similar way! I was allowed to make mistakes, I was able to build trust with my parents and was able to do things that maybe they didn't wan't me to do but they let me do it and learn from it. 

30 Things: Day One

1. I love fruit, almost every kind.

2. I'm a perfectionist when it comes to crafts, but when it comes to house work I'm not, LOL however I like things done a certain way, so does that make me a perfectionist?

3. I like to tuck my toes between the mattress and the foot board so we wot be able to ever have a bed with out a foot board. 

4. My worst fear is probably snakes.

5. I LOVE getting my nails and toes done! I like to go crazy and pretty for spring and summer, but for the fall and winter time I like to have normal colors. 

6. I love the lines the vacuum leaves on the carpet but I hate to vacuum, and I freak out when the lines aren't the right way. 

7. I don't cuss. I have times when I feel like a cuss word would best describe how I feel but I still don't say them.

8. I had to delete pinterest off of my phone because I spent WAY to much time on it.

9. I LOVE to give gifts! That's my love language for sure!

10. Becoming a stay at home mom was so exciting ad scary for me.

11. I have been friends with a group of ladies who all have kids that were born May 2009. As of June 2013 I haven't met any of them, however I'm hoping to change that this summer! 

12. I LOVE flaming hot cheetos! So much that I could eat a big bag in one sitting

13. I'm horrible at spelling.

14. I'm a Thespian, if you don't know what that is look it up, it has to do with theater.

15. I had always wished life was a musical, everyone can sing and dance, and now I have a 4 yr old princess who sings all the time!

16. I have a love hate relation ship with my blog, I love that I have a place to type out my thoughts, and keep a log of stuff about our life, however I feel like we are boring and no one reads it.

17. I loved to roller skate when I was younger; one of my fav Christmas presents was a pair of skates.

18. I've always wanted to live in a log cabin.

19. I have to have one foot/let out of the covers when I sleep, it gives the perfect not to hot not to cold feeling.

20. I think I love football specifically Razorback football more then most men do

30 Things...

So I came across this blog while going through pinterest tonight while watching Private Practice on Netflix ( I know I'm a multitasker) and I thought this would be a great thing to do and hopefully I can keep up with it and blog more often. I'm not saying I'll do ever one every day but at least try and keep up with it. It'll allow you to get to know me better and I'm also keeping it on a word document to hopefully print of or put in a book or something. So here is the list of 30 things, and I'll try and get question 1 done and posted tomorrow. I"ll also try and come back to this post and link in my other posts. This should be fun!

1. List 20 random fact about yourself.
2. Describe 3 legitimate fears you have and explain how they become fears
3. Describe your relationship with your spouse.
4. List 10 things you would tell your 16 year- old self, if you could.
5. What are the 5 things that make you most happy right now?
6. If you could have three wishes, what would you wish for?
7. What is your dream job, and why?
8. What are 5 passions you have?

9. List 10 people who have influenced you ad describe how.
10. Describe your most embarrassing moment
11. Describe 10 pet peeves you have.
12. Describe a typical day in your current life.
13. What's the hardest part of growing up?
14. Describe 5 weaknesses and strengths you have
15. Describe when you knew your spouse was the one or how you fell in love.
16. What are your 5 greatest accomplishments?
17. What is the thing you most wish you were great at?
18. What do you think your spouse loves most about you?
19. How do you feel the moment you become a parent?
20. Describe 3 significant memories from your childhood.
21. Describe your relationship with your parents.
22. Where do you see yourself in 5 years, 10 years and 15 years?
23. What's your favorite holiday and why?
24. What's your favorite and least favorite thing about parenthood?
25. If you could have dinner with anyone in history, who would it be and what would you eat?
26. What popular notion do you think the world has most wrong?
27. What is your favorite part of your body and why?
28. What's your favorite quality in your spouse?
29. What are your hopes and dreams for your prosperity?
30. List 10 things you would hope to be remembered for?

Day Book 6/24

From my pictures... I've started doing a Beth Moore bible study on Esther. It's been really nice have some Jesus time every day! I've known the story of Esther for a long time but actually sitting down and going through it little by little been fun! I think when Whit starts school I'm going to try and find a bible study to go to once a week.

Outside my window...... it is summer time! YAY! It's so so hot! I'm glad its summer time because it's easier to get out and do stuff with Whitnee when it's summer she LOVES being outside!

I am thinking.... that I've got so much house work to get done!

I am thankful..... that my hubby stayed up late/early this morning because we had a lice scare and mommy doesn't want to take any chances of her or Whitnee getting them.

From the kitchen.... I need to do dishes boo!!

I am creating..... nothing right now, however a couple of weeks ago I made some burp clothes for my best friend who is due at the end of July. It was my first sewing project ever and I was pretty proud of my self and so grateful to my mother in law who helped me!

I am remembering.... absolutely nothing LOL

I am going...... to I dunno.. LOL

I am reading..... nothing I need a new charger for my nook and I really just haven't had the time to read.. or blog hence the lack of blogging!

I am hoping.... to be able to catch up on my sleep that I lost this week!

I am hearing...... Boy Meets World. We got some new channels on our cable, and they show Boy Meets World in the mornings.. makes me happy! I loved this show when I was younger!

Around the house....there is laundry, sweeping, mopping, scrubbing, and vacuuming that needs to be done!

One of my favorite things.... Listening to Whitnee sing Jesus music! Last night at church we were singing It is Well and she was singing the chorus with us, made my heart so very happy!

Pondering these words...... Yesterday our Pastor preached on forgiveness and he said that forgiveness doesn't make the other person right, it sets you free. Free to freely worship Him and free of the worry and stress it can cause. I've been thinking about that a lot since yesterday, and no I don't have anyone I need to either ask forgiveness from or anyone I need to forgive but I will carry those words in my heart and remember them the next time I don't want to forgive very easily.

A few plans for the rest of the week..... finish deep cleaning my house, buy grocery's, work on VBS music, and get back to running in the mornings.

Catching up

I've finally gotten all the pictures from my phone and my camera downloaded so I'm going to do a massive update.

I'll first start with our Easter pictures. Whitnee was excited to have a picture taken first thing in the morning so that's why she has the crazy face going on, but the she was all about taking pictures after church.

At the end of April we took Whitnee to the Razorback red and white game. It's free to the public so we always try and go. Whitnee always has fun and LOVES seeing the razorbacks! I'm so glad she isn't afraid of them!

Her fav place to ride!

 Teaching her right! Calling the Hogs!

Love my family!! 

Waiting to meet some Hogs!

 Her Fav!

She asked to have her picture taken on this. :D

Whitnee had her last night of Cubbies in May. So proud of that girl because she was able to finish her book, and she was always so happy to be their and go. So sad that it's over now. Here is a picture of her on her first day of Cubbies, and her last day. Then some pictures of her getting her awards.

Now that brings us to a very big day! Whitnee turned 4 May 9th! I can't believe she is already 4! She is growing way to fast for me! Her birthday was on a Thursday and her daddy took the day off and we went to her favorite place Silver Dollar City! We took some friends with us as well. It was a very busy very fun day!

I've finally been able to master the task of making bows! I've tried in years past but never succeed till now. I'm pretty proud of myself and will now be able to save money! Woot!!

 What Whitnee got to wake up to on the morning of her birthday! 

 Happy 4th Birthday Princess!!

 Taking a power nap on the way to Branson. 

We let her get her hair done while in Branson, they put all kinda glitter in it! she looked so cute when it was all done!

Whitnee and Shelby, so glad she got to join us! 

All week leading up to going to Branson she was talking about how she will ride the roller coaster again and not cry because she is very brave. Sure enough she didn't cry and had a blast! 

Trying to milk the cow :D

The day after Whitnee's birthday my Dad, his wife Tiffany (Tif Tif as the grand kids call her) and Tif's daughter Desi came for the weekend. My Grandpa Magner was celebrating his 80th birthday on Sat so we made our way to Oklahoma for the celebration.

Decked out in all her Hello Kitty Stuff that Poppie, Tiff Tiff and Desi got her for her birthday!

 Matching cousins!

Riding around with her Great Grandpa!

On Monday we went to my sister in laws parents house, they have all kinda animals. Desi was so excited to get to feed them.

 Whitnee kept saying she wanted to ride one of the goats. So Michael helped her up there and she actually did it. She thought it was so much fun!

Desi trying to milk one of the momma cows.

Holding a baby chicken.

Only a couple more random pictures. I hope you stuck around.

Whitnee and her best friend Katherine. They are so so cute!

 Enjoying a Smootie with mommie!

 Smoothie date with my hubby! Love him!!

Well that's it for now. We have whit's party coming up soon so I'll have more pictures to post after that. Life has been crazy busy for us recently and it'll probably only get worse but that's how we like it in the summer time. Hope you are all enjoying the better weather like my family is. Have a great rest of the week! God Bless!