Lucky Number 7

Guess what.....I have lost 7, count them 7, pounds since I joined the gym and started Metformin at the beginning of January! I am sooooo excited. Just wanted to share my joy with all of you. It has been years since I have lost any significant amount of weight and I am thrilled. Anyways, I hope that you are all having a wonderful week. Love you all!

I have a goodly heritage.....

First and foremost I would like everyone to know how enjoyable this has been for me. I love getting to read about stuff going on in our lives....especially for those of you I don't get to talk to daily. With that said....let me tell you about my weekend. My grandparents live in TN and we don't visit near as often as we should. This weekend the girls and I got the special privilege of going with my parents to visit. It was so wonderful to get to spend a few days with them without the hustle and bustle that is there around holidays. The girls got to get to know their great grandparents to a greater depth and I got to be amazed at how much my life has changed since I was a little one playing in their floor. There are so many things that have shaped me into who I am today. God's hand was weaving all the different pieces in my life, even when I thought I was in control. BUT I am sooo glad that I had Godly grandparents to look up to. My grandfather never even made it to school past the second grade, he can't read or write, but all my life he has told me about our Lord. He listens to the Bible on tape and memorizes whatever scripture he will be preaching out of. I have heard him stand behind the pulpit and quote verse after verse and no one else even had a clue he wasn't just reading it like they were. I have seen my grandmother pray and cry out to God for her sons to be saved. It is such a blessing to be able to share these two wonderful people with my girls. I am so glad God allowed me to be brought up in a Christian family. I may not be rich in the world's eyes but I am truly blessed beyond measure.

Psalms 127:3

Drumroll please......LOL My big sister is PREGNANT!!!! For those of you who don't know the history let me share the story....My sister and her husband got married in 2000. They wanted to start a family almost immediatly but apparently that wasn't God's will. After five years of prayers they finally had little Lauren in 2005. Shortly thereafter Natalie came along in 2007 and now there will be a new little one to bless our family. I can remember the awe we felt at finding out she was pregnant with Lauren and how it was such a manifestation of God's awesome power. I don't ever want to lose that sensation of knowing that above all our Lord is completely in control. That His time is always the best time. We spent months praying for a baby that would fit into our time frame. But God......(that phrase itself just gives me chills!) But God knew exactly what time was right and the blessings that have followed are immeasurable. I hope that you all will share in my praiseof our wonderful Saviour!

Psalms 127 : 3 Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.

Snow Day!

Today was the first time the little bits actually got to touch snow. It took me forever to get them bundled up enough to go outside and then we were only out for like five minutes, but still they can officially say they have played in the snow. Makenna thinks snow is yucky...LOL she doesn't like being wet and cold. Mallory on the other hand wanted to start a snowball fight and play for the rest of the day. LOL Oh the joy of being a toddler. I am so glad to have the girls in my life to remind me to stop and enjoy the little things. So many times I let life get in the way of spending quality time with the girls or better yet quality time with the Lord. Please pray that I will be the Christian wife and mother God would have for me to be. I hope everyone is having a great day....and please stay tuned tomorrow for some exciting news....: ) Much love to you all!

Precious thoughts....

My favorite co-worker, and very important friend (guess who) has informed me that blogging is what "all the cool kids are doing!" So in spite of my better judgement that no one will even look at this-- I am wasting time and trying to stay awake by starting my very own blog! (Hold the applause...LOL)
Not much new going on right now....thankfully God has blessed us so very much! I have learned that it is always these times of calm in my life that I am most thankful for. I have my wonderful husband that takes such good care of me and the girls. And then I have the girls....what more could you ask for? PLUS on top of all that God saw fit to save me by His mercy and grace. I could never have done anything to warrant this amazing transaction in my life but for some reason when He looks at me He sees me as PRECIOUS and not at all as I am. My family and I sing a song called "I Have Been Blessed" and in the chorus it says--"God's so good to me, Precious are His thoughts of you and me..." Mallory and Makenna tend to sing this song to me at least hourly and I have yet to get over that line. Can you think of the things in your life that are precious....I mean truly precious? My husband and my girls are precious to me...and to think that the God of the universe thinks of me like that.....only more. It is 110% beyond my imagination. Today when you have a minute remind yourself that you are PRECIOUS to our Lord! Have a great one!