Thankful Hearts

I've been thinking a lot lately about our circumstances and our perspective on eternity. I feel like we, as a church, do not desire the Lord's return as we should. We focus so much on now and how we are feeling/doing on a day-to-day basis. That is not what I desire for my heart and it is so easy for me to forget. My prayer this Thanksgiving and in the coming year is to anticipate my Savior's return and long for the day when I will see His face and worship Him forever. With that being said, this Thanksgiving I/we were overwhelmed with the goodness of God. We believe that God is good all the time and He is sovereign over all things, working things out for OUR good and HIS glory. It is easy to praise Him in the "spring" times of our life and more difficult to praise Him in the "winter." He deserves ALL glory and ALL praise EVERY moment of EVERY day. I pray God gives myself and my family that perspective and that He would enable us to do just that! Kendall and I feel infinitely blessed this season of our lives and know it is only by God's grace. We know the trials and storms are coming so we hold fast to the truth of God and know He alone will sustain us during those times as well. But until those times come, we will cherish, savor, and rejoice in what He has done in our lives and the fact that He has so graciously poured out one blessing after another to us! Our hearts are full and we are eternally THANKFUL!

Mommy's Birthday!

This year my birthday felt different. A good different. Two precious little ones staring up at me at 7am ready for the day. Two little mouths to feed all day and two little bottoms to wipe all day. Things don't suddenly get easier just because it's your birthday, BUT what a blessing. I was overwhelmed with complete gratitude this year for the blessing of two little girls that have been entrusted to us, but more than that a Savior that continues to love me, care for me, and pursue me day in and day out. I couldn't help but to think of all the comparisons that motherhood continues to teach me about the Father's love for His children. Things that without being a mom I would not have learned and I praise God for the way these things continue to mold me and make me more like Him. When I woke up today and thought about the daunting task of beginning a new day of taking care of TWO BABIES and doing virtually the same thing I did yesterday and the same thing I will, Lord willing, do tomorrow, I felt thankful. Thankful that the Lord had given me the desire of my heart for children and thankful for His grace and mercy that He so richly pours into my life day in and day out. What a memorable day and one I will never forget! Thank you sweet Jesus for the love you have for me that in turn enables me to love my girls well!

Another State to Add to the List =)

and our little family of four is on the road again...and this time to the great state of Mississippi-the girls 7th state in 7 months which means these girls' dad is a happy camper! (of course he would rather be using their passports, this will do!) Their daddy and my wonderful husband was asked to stand beside one of his best college friends on his wedding day so we loaded up the car in record time ( I believe it was < 30 minutes! :) and made the trek to Jackson the first weekend in November. We had a wonderful time celebrating their union of marriage and covenant before the Lord in addition to spending time catching up with old friends and enjoying life as a family of four. We seem to have really special time as a family when we are out of town-maybe it's because we don't feel any obligation to clean the house or work on any of our never ending to-do list. We praise God for the many trips we have had throughout this first year of the twins life for that means we have had sweet time loving on them with undistracted hearts, making this first year not seem like a blur! The memories have been endless and we give the Lord all the Glory for this season of life and blessing us immensely with these two, shall we say, bundles of joy!