Hail To The Redskins!!

Aunt Midgie & Uncle Ricky live in Maryland and are able to buy Redskins stuff anytime. They sent all the kids (Ty, Brett, our nieces and nephew) Redskins Jerseys. Ty couldn't wait to get his on. Brett's reaction was a little different. Grampy would not be happy!! Maybe he knows his mom is a Cowboy in her heart!!

Tim & Becky...be sure to click play...it's a video! hee hee

Sadie

My aunt Donna wanted to see our new dog, Sadie, so I'm posting it on here. The boys love her. She is 2 years old. Part Cocker Spaniel, part ??? I think she looks similar to a beagle. But she is fat like a Bassett Hound. So who knows? She's sweet and cute though!!

Playground at the Mall...Great for a Rainy Day!

Matt, Jaime (my sister in law) and I took all of our kids to the Asheville Mall Tuesday. It has been raining here for a couple of days, and I know my kids are going crazy not being outside. So they played for around an hour, then we ate at Chik-O-Lay (as Ty calls it).

Visiting Me-Ma & Pop

We went to my parent's house this past weekend. The kids love to go there because my daddy rides them on the 4-wheeler and the tractor, and me-ma lets them do lots of things and gives them lots of snacks!! Matt always gets them riled up, throwing them up in the air, and that drives my mama bananas! They get so loud and she's afraid one of them (or both) are going to break an arm or something. So here's Matt and the boys being rowdie and my dad's reaction. My daddy laid there like that for a long time. We thought he fell asleep like that, but he was just trying to muffle the noise.

Cardboard Testimony

This was posted on one of my friend's blogs, and she posted it from one of HER friends's blogs. I don't cry much, but this really got to me and reminded me of what God has done for me. Hope it does the same for you.

A Lesson Learned

"Do not quench the Spirit" ( 1 Thessalonians 5:19 ), and do not despise Him when He says to you, in effect, "Don’t be blind on this point anymore— you are not as far along spiritually as you thought you were. Until now I have not been able to reveal this to you, but I’m revealing it to you right now." When the Lord disciplines you like that, let Him have His way with you.

Allow Him to put you into a right-standing relationship before God.

This is a quote from a friend's blog. Seems I spend a lot of time thinking of God and just knowing what He expects from me. But I have a hard time sitting. I just can't seem to sit and spend time with Him as I should, and as I really desire to. When I put Him down on my priority list, I am quenching the Spirit. He has definitely told me a while back, and let me know clearly that I'm not as far along spiritually as I think I am. Not too long ago, God disciplined me for 2 days straight. I can't remember a time I felt so awful. I was under such conviction. This wasn't for outright sinning. I was just so far behind spiritually that I hadn't realized the hurt I had caused people and really didn't know what to do or how to handle things. I'm thankful for God disciplining me. I was drawn to God and I loved Him so much more afterwards. There was a freedom in the disciplining. Verses 23 & 24 say, "May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful, and He will do it." Discipline brings peace, maturity, and freedom. Grab hold and learn from the discipline of the Lord. It's just one part to the process of becoming like Christ, which is our goal.

Can We Get A Pet Cow, Please?

Brett asks me several, SEVERAL times a day for milk or juice. If it is not near a mealtime, I will give him a little bit. Wednesday he brought 3 sippy cups to me and cried for milk!! I laughed at him so hard, grabbed the camera and made him cry worse by taking pictures. All he wanted was milk...but I thought that was classic that he brought me 3 cups! Here's his sweet pouty face!

And, no...I only gave him 1 cup of milk...not 3!!

Camping Trip

Camping was fun. Just Matt & I went. The boys stayed with Jaime, my sister-in-law.

Other than our air matress deflating twice, and it was really cold and moist at night...it was great!

I had so many hotdogs it wasn't even funny!!

SILENCE...

I was loading the dishwasher and heard it....NOTHING!

I went to the living room and saw Ty & Rebecca on the couch, but no Brett or Makayla!

Then I saw it...the front door was opened!! This is not unusual for Brett.

I stepped out on the front porch and saw Brett & Makayla as happy as could be sitting in the rocks...throwing them! They were giggling like crazy and mumbling to each other. Instead of getting mad that they were outside, I grabbed the camera and said, "I'll blog this!!"

So here are the sneaky little critters below!

We Love Uncle Matt/Daddy

Thank goodness for Uncle Matt/Daddy!! He read the kids a great Bible Story while I got beds moved and ready, and while I poured milk in the sippy cups. We laid them all down and the only peep we heard was Ty, so he laid on the couch and went to sleep. They all slept through the night!! How great!!