Friday, March 11, 2011
Major Fingerprints...
Meet our newest family member. Our nephew was born yesterday, March 10, 2011. He's 7 lbs. 12 oz. What a precious gift! His oldest "big sister" is uber-excited! His youngest "big sister" is not quite sure yet, but we know she will warm up in no time. :) I haven't met him yet, but I already love him! Welcome to the world, Callum!
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Signs of Spring
Spring is my favorite season, and it's on its way. I can feel it. I can see it, and I love it! We have had gorgeous weather here for the past two weeks. I just noticed the other day that Bradford Pear trees are blooming everywhere!
Spring reminds me that our God is in control of making everything new, just as he restores us and makes new when we accept His son as our one and only Savior.
Spring reminds me that our God is in control of making everything new, just as he restores us and makes new when we accept His son as our one and only Savior.
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:
The old has gone, the new is here!"
The old has gone, the new is here!"
2 Corinthians 5:17
This tree is in my front yard. I love to see it bloom each year. It's just one small sign that He is at work renewing everything that has been "sleeping" during the cold, winter months.
Spring snow!
Eddie (the hubby), and Connor (who recently informed me that he would rather not have his pictures on my blog. I guess he's too cool for mom's blog.), had a boys night to watch the last Auburn home basketball game of the season, so it was just us girls at home for a few hours. We were outside just playing around in the tree. She loves to climb trees.
Our white camellias are blooming too, so of course we picked one
and stuck it in her hair.
Jonah had to come hang out with us, too.
More fingerprints...and that makes me happy! :)
Keep checking!
Kellie
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
One Week From Now: 40 Bags, 40 Days
One Week From Now: 40 Bags, 40 Days
Click on the green link above to check out this post from a blog I like to read. A different way to participate in Lent? I've always thought of Lent as a time when you give up something or fast from a food that you "love", and focus on why you don't need it...because we have Jesus. I've always been too afraid to participate, for fear of disappointing God if I didn't do it exactly as I should.
Is giving up something we love the only way to participate in Lent? Maybe giving up the clutter in our homes, like old toys, books, stuffed animals, clothing that doesn't fit, etc., can bring Him just as much glory. After all, the STUFF that we sometimes hang on to causes the clutter, and then we constantly worry about having the clutter to the point that we might miss out on some of His biggest fingerprints. All of that worry is definitely a sinful barrier between our serving and His blessings. Rid yourself of that barrier, begin serving HIM as we are commanded, and His blessings will abound! That's exciting! The first obvious blessing is that you can donate the things that are clutter to you, but might be much needed by someone else.
If I was a SAHM, I would commit to doing this for Lent this year. Maybe I can do 40 smaller bags? :)
Keep checking for fingerprints,
Kellie
Click on the green link above to check out this post from a blog I like to read. A different way to participate in Lent? I've always thought of Lent as a time when you give up something or fast from a food that you "love", and focus on why you don't need it...because we have Jesus. I've always been too afraid to participate, for fear of disappointing God if I didn't do it exactly as I should.
Is giving up something we love the only way to participate in Lent? Maybe giving up the clutter in our homes, like old toys, books, stuffed animals, clothing that doesn't fit, etc., can bring Him just as much glory. After all, the STUFF that we sometimes hang on to causes the clutter, and then we constantly worry about having the clutter to the point that we might miss out on some of His biggest fingerprints. All of that worry is definitely a sinful barrier between our serving and His blessings. Rid yourself of that barrier, begin serving HIM as we are commanded, and His blessings will abound! That's exciting! The first obvious blessing is that you can donate the things that are clutter to you, but might be much needed by someone else.
If I was a SAHM, I would commit to doing this for Lent this year. Maybe I can do 40 smaller bags? :)
Keep checking for fingerprints,
Kellie
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
I Said I Must, So I Did!
Well, WE did.
Remember the rainbow cake? Yep, Brooke and I made it and the yummy icing, too! It was sooo tall, because we didn't divide the layers after we baked them. We could have, though, and made two smaller cakes instead of one SKYSCRAPER cake! HA!
I can't believe I left out this important part of our trip in my last blog. It made us so happy just looking at the layers, and it was really yummy, I must say. So, here is a picture of our happy rainbow masterpiece:
Remember the rainbow cake? Yep, Brooke and I made it and the yummy icing, too! It was sooo tall, because we didn't divide the layers after we baked them. We could have, though, and made two smaller cakes instead of one SKYSCRAPER cake! HA!
I can't believe I left out this important part of our trip in my last blog. It made us so happy just looking at the layers, and it was really yummy, I must say. So, here is a picture of our happy rainbow masterpiece:
Keep checking,
Kellie
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