10 GOOD THINGS RIGHT NOW

Lots and lots of cuddles on the couch

Bubble Blowing

Diet Dr. Peppers

Skyping with grandparents

Baking blueberry muffins

Eating popsicles

Kisses

Laughing

Walking to Velero gas station in the rain for treats

Dance parties


What's making YOU smile right now???

MOM'S DAY OUT

Our monthly Mom's Day Out group will be meeting again!! YAY!

Who: All moms and their kids

When: Wednesday, July 20th 

Time: 9am-11am

Where: Park Mall play area 

Hope to see you all there!!! :)))

MY LIGHT IN THE DARK

The other day, I went on a little dinner date with my Evy Rose.


We ate chicken fingers, mashed potatoes, roast beef, salad, and for dessert had a loverly pie. We did lots of coloring and a little dancing. The old man sitting behind us gave us a little giggle. It was one a the greatest times I've had and it was just me and my girl. As I was leaving I told her, "this place will be our little secret place for Evy and mommy. No one will ever know where we go."


I cannot wait to go on more mommy daughter dates!!!!

Pretty things

1. Pretty bedroom

2. Pretty Fabric Bows

3. Pretty nifty chalkboard cake

4. Pretty awesome pacifiers!

5. Pretty place I must visit

6. Pretty cute flats

7. Pretty adorable dress

8. Pretty cute girl and really cute HEADBAND!!

9. Pretty headphones

10. Pretty amazing Vespa I want to own one day

XOXO :)

LOVE IS IN THE AIR

I have the best babies. They both sleep through the night, they both take wonderful long naps together at the same time, love laughing at each other, love going swimming, love eating (we started giving Jack rice cereal on a spoon and it's pretty much the best thing he's ever had). They are just the best. I love being a mom. I cannot wait until they're old enough where we can make forts, have tea parties, paint, color, create, bake cookies and cake, have movie nights, have sleepovers, play dress up...I cannot wait!!!!!!!!!!!

Here are my cute kids being cute. :)

FATHER'S DAY

So, I took a ton of awesome Father's Day pictures and I am just now getting around to posting them. We had such a amazing time celebrating all the wonderful fathers in our lives. My kids are truly blessed to have such an incredible father.

Here are most of the fathers that were there that day


Here are two really cute cousins :)


Here is Evy Rose with the greatest daddy in the world



Jackie and Adrian


The handsomest





Beautiful Cadence





The girl cousins









My beautiful girl




Jackie with his daddy




Daddy's with their kids




Such a great day!!

Hope everyone had a fabulous Father's Day!

ONE FLESH

Becoming one flesh with your spouse is something we hear all the time. But what does it really mean?? Lately I've been hearing sermon after sermon about what it means to become one flesh with your spouse and I feel I am getting a better understanding of it more than I ever have before. Here are some key points I think are helpful in understanding what it means.


"As far as emotional attachments are concerned, the new unit takes precedence over all previous and future relationships (Genesis 2:24). Some marriage partners continue to place greater weight upon ties with parents than with the new partner. This is a recipe for disaster in the marriage and is a perversion of God’s original intention of “leaving and cleaving.” A similar problem can develop when a spouse begins to draw closer to a child to meet emotional needs rather than to his or her partner.

Emotionally, spiritually, intellectually, financially, and in every other way, the couple is to become one. Even as one part of the body cares for the other body parts (the stomach digests food for the body, the brain directs the body for the good of the whole, the hands work for the sake of the body, etc.), so each partner in the marriage is to care for the other. Each partner is no longer to see money earned as “my” money; but rather as “our” money. Ephesians 5:22-33 and Proverbs 31:10-31 give the application of this “oneness” to the role of the husband and to the wife, respectively.


This oneness and desire to benefit each other is not automatic, especially after mankind’s fall into sin. The man, in Genesis 2:24 (KJV), is told to “cleave” to his wife. This word has two ideas behind it. One is to be “glued” to his wife, a picture of how tight the marriage bond is to be. The other aspect is to “pursue hard after” the wife. This “pursuing hard after” is to go beyond the courtship leading to marriage, and is to continue throughout the marriage. The fleshly tendency is to “do what feels good to me” rather than to consider what will benefit the spouse. And this self-centeredness is the rut that marriages commonly fall into once the “honeymoon is over.” Instead of each spouse dwelling upon how his or her own needs are not being met, he or she is to remain focused on meeting the needs of the spouse."


If my family was drowning and I could only save either my kids or my husband, biblically I am suppose to save my husband because we are one flesh. When I heard that analogy it really made me understand how important a one flesh marriage is. We are not to separate. We are bound together. He is a part of me. We are not one flesh with our kids or our parents, only with our husbands. 


This has really challenged me to be a better wife to my husband. To be more respectful towards him, to love him more. All this is for the glory of the Lord.


I love you Gabriel.