forever my heart will sing

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I'm hosting with Natalie, Beth Ann, and Jordan to share the blessings

God has placed in our paths during the week.

We would love to have you join us! Make sure to grab the box and link-up with us today!

Today I'm showcasing five blessings on my heart.  Five of SO many.  God's love amazes me.  The fact that He paid it ALL on the cross but yet His love doesn't stop there. That he blesses me daily with things that leave me speechless.

The way He pursues me and loves on me even though I'm so undeserving baffles my mind.  T love the words of Phil Whickham's worship song "Cannons"...

We're singing you are
Holy, Great and Mighty
The moon and the stars
Declare who you are
And I'm so unworthy
But still You love me
Forever my heart will sing
Of how great you are

(One.)

Gator ride with Nanna on the farm!

 my momma. for the mom she is to me and the grandma she is to adeline.  words can't fully explain the blessing she is.

(Two.)

this girl.  her joy for life. the joy she shares with others. she's just precious inside and out and I get to be her momma!

(Three.)

 my mornings almost always look like this.  including a warm cup of coffee and my bible app.  y'all have no idea how much joy it brings me to know that God has gifted me with this. there were so many painful, tear-filled moments when I didn't think I would ever be able to be without a full-time outside-the-home job.  crazy blessed.

(Four.)

 my dad.  he's just as much of a blessing in our lives as my sweet momma. such a man of determination and love.  truly a blessing.

(Five.)

this man.  the Christ follower he is.  the husband he is.  the daddy he is.  so full of love. so full of understanding. and so ready to hand out grace.

I have been redeemed by an amazing God.  A God that has blessed me like crazy for His glory.  A God that I pray my heart will forever shine of His love.

What blessings has God placed in your path this past week?

blessings

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As you are probably getting used to seeing on Tuesdays now, I'm hosting with Natalie, Beth Ann, and Jordan to share the blessings God has placed in our paths during the week.

{Blessing One}

Moments like these...
 

{Blessing Two}

My Momma.  I'm so blessed to have my Momma as a best friend and in our lives the way she is.  Her and and my dad are such a blessing to us in so many ways.

{Blessing Three}

It's fall y'all!

{Blessing Four}

Our Family Friday Nights we have started! We had our second this past Friday and it has quickly caught on to be a tradition.  We have a fun, yummy picnic in the living room while we watch a Disney Movie together! Two weeks ago was Peter Pan and last Friday was Tangled.  Adeline has a ball with this time together.  It blesses us tremendously!

{Blessing Five}

That these two have each other.  They are brother and sister...forget the difference in number of legs and body covering...they are siblings.  They love on each other.  They play.  The fight for window space.  They make our house a home.  And they are best friends.

What blessings has God placed in your path this past week? We would love to have you join us!

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Ringing in a New Year!

I'm doing this a bit out of order...

Christmas posts will come once I sort through the gobs of pictures. ;)

Adeline and I spent our New Years day yesterday, lounging at home while Justin worked.  It was such a nice day since we have been so on the go lately!

making messes

having some nay nay play time ;)

napping for the last time in 2012!

perfecting our one-handed while holding a baby vacuuming skills

facetime playtime with Daddy's new phone (we may or may no have been under the same roof)

We spent our New Years Eve with our best friends, Chad, Cheri and their little girl Anna.  We have been friends with them for many, many years and have almost always spent New Years Eve together! Back in our wild small-town and bored, single days we stayed up playing card games until well after midnight and would drive through the Liquor Barn asking if they had "sparkling grape juice" when all the stores were close or sold out. Ha! Now that we are married and have sweet babies, our New Years looks a bit different but is even more fun!

We started our evening getting dressed up to go out to eat!

The Hibachi grill was a fun, success! Adeline's first time going to one was on her first birthday.  She loves the entertainment and really enjoys the food!

Our plan was to go to new cupcake shop but they were close. So we moved our dessert plans to another local dessert shop and enjoyed chocolate mousse cake and chocolate cheesecake, as well as cold glasses of milk! Adeline shared and I think the chocolate pushed her over the New Years celebrating edge! ;) She was a bit wild and had so much fun loving on her best friend, Anna.

Once we were home, we spent the evening chatting to Justin's parents (Adeline's Gee and Pawpaw) on Skype since they are in Florida for the winter already.  After letting Adeline play, we put her to bed and Justin and I watched Batman and the New Years' Eve festivities including the ball drop.

We've spent today as a family! We went to brunch at Cracker Barrel and have had a lot of fun relaxing and playing at home today!

pre-nap snuggles

Happy New Year from us to you! 

May 2013 be a blessed year for you, full of God's grace and blessings!

Merry Christmas to you and yours!

 

Joy to the world!

Merry Christmas from our family to yours...

May you have a blessed time celebrating the birth of our Savior!

pumpkin picking

We spent this afternoon at a local farm picking pumpkins! Such a fun family time and definitely a tradition we will continue throughout the years!

Adeline loved her first tractor hayride out to the pumpkin patch.  She was a bit groggy from her nap...but the excitement was there...promise! ;)

As soon as we got off the wagon, we had to stop for some photos with our cute little pumpkin!

We spent a while finding the perfect pumpkins! But had tons of fun doing it! Adeline was mesmerized by all the "buhs" (her word for pumpkin since they look like a ball to her ;).

We found two great, bigger pumpkins easily.  One nice, bright orange one for carving and a fun lighter color pumpkin that I just thought was "pretty".  We had to search hard to find a little one for Adeline. :) But after much searching, her Daddy found her the perfect one....knotty, green and all....but she loved it.  She hugged it and smiled at it.  It was precious! I think she has a thing for green!

We found our three perfect pumpkins!

And of course our gal had to spend some time at the petting zoo!