January 17, 2011
Amazing surroundings....
Let me start this post with news that most of you probably already know... we are having a GIRL!!!! We are so thrilled and couldn't be more thankful for this incredible blessing! A daughter... WOW! A word I have always wanted to say! We will be bringing her into a world where we are as a family surrounded by the most amazing people! We have such an incredible family, thoughtful & caring friends, a wonderful & supportive church group and just all around glorious people surrounding our lives! We have family who always help us when needed, support us when we need it and love us unconditionally! Friends you are there for us and are first in line to jump in and give to us! God knew exactly who and what we would need in our lives and He has blessed us with exactly that! We are so grateful for each and everyone one of you!!!!!
January 10, 2011
January 4, 2011
Long time no blog....
Ok guilty again! I have once again waited way too long to update this blog... well not fully true. I haven't slacked on updating the background and the pictures but the actual meaning of the blog-the stories-yes! Me. Slacker. Anyway, Happy New Year!!!! It is crazy to think it is 2011 already! We have officially past the first decade of the 21st century! So many things have happened in our lives and so much more is to come! This will be a big year for us! As most of you already know we are now expecting #4!!! Can you say SURPRISE!!! Unexpected but happy to be expanding our family! We find out January 22 wether its a B or G! Think PINK! I mean ofcourse we would be just as thrilled to have another boy but I mean come on we need a little more estrogen in our house! We are due July 10th! This year will also bring the boys another year closer to puberty...ahhh!! Not really there only going to be 8-6-2 but WOW... what happened to my babies?!! Anyway, we as a family have grown in our relationship with the Lord and can't wait to continue our journey on His path! He has great plans for us and we are excited to adventure through all the blessings He has in store for us!
September 3, 2010
Moving along...
So it is officially September!!! My favorite time of the year is right around the corner! I am so ready for FALL and everything that comes with it! Football, fairs, the beautiful changes in the weather and scenery, decorations, food and oh yeah... school and routines are back!! Jacob started back to public school about a month ago but Dylan and Sam just went back this past week! Dylan is in Pre-K 4 days a week and Sam is in Mother's Morning Out at the same school for 2 days a week! I would say what an awesome break for Mommy but those are my work days! I am doing all of the "office" stuff for our business which keeps me busy! Its been a little over three weeks since we opened and I am playing catch up! Once I get caught up and get into a routine with the kids and the house then the work will get easier! Its crazy to look back to last school year and to see how much our routine has changed since then! Now I just have to fit in the gym time that I used to get in everyday! Yikes! I am also trying to find balance! Trying to balance the work, kids, the house, the laundry, two sports for two different kids and church functions and volunteering... yikes! But I love every minute of it! I just have to get a routine going and it will all fall into place!
The store is doing great! Jeremy is working hard and going through the same thing.... finding balance.
The store is doing great! Jeremy is working hard and going through the same thing.... finding balance.
August 31, 2010
Life versus...
I posted before about our family dedication back in June... well for that dedication Jeremy & I picked life versus for each one of our boys. Versus that we will raise them by, that hey will grow to learn and know and live by! Here they are...
Sam
Psalm 54:4
"Behold, God is my helper, the Lord is the upholder of my life."
Jacob
Psalm 51:10
"Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me."
Dylan
Romans 8:28
"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to His purpose."
Psalm 54:4
"Behold, God is my helper, the Lord is the upholder of my life."
Jacob
Psalm 51:10
"Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me."
Dylan
Romans 8:28
"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to His purpose."
August 8, 2010
Lots of change.....
Wow a lot has happened since my last post from around Mother's Day... I guess I will start with May since thats where I left off. Right after Mother's Day we celebrated Sam's first birthday!!! I can't believe its been a whole year since my baby was brought into this world! All the excitement and anticipation of his arrival and then the glorious and wonderful first few weeks of his life and now BAM he's a toddler! It goes by so fast! We had a low key party with family and a few close friends. He had a great cake, lots of balloons, great gifts & LOTS of love!! Around the same time school ended and the start of what would be a very hot summer began!! The pool was now open and ready for my boys! Jacob had finished 1st grade and Dylan was done with "preschool" and would be a big "Pre-K"-er the next school year!
June- The second week of June my Mom, me and the boys went to Ohio for the first time in nearly a year to visit with family! Ohio is one of Jacob and Dylan's favorite places to be! They LOVE their cousins and visiting with all of the family. They love staying at Aunt Mary's house and hanging out with Chase and Shane. It was a quick & short (er than usual) but FUN and busy as usual! We flew this time around too which was quite the adventure with three kids! When we got home our crazy busy summer took off! We celebrated Jacob's 7th birthday on the 13th. He had a pool party with family & lots of his friends from school & baseball! It was Star Wars themed, imagine that right?! I can't believe my first born is now SEVEN and starting 2nd grade!! Towards the end of June Jeremy and I committed our family to the church. We dedicated our boys to the Lord in front of our entire congregation. Our friends and family came to witness and celebrate with us afterwards with a brunch which we are truly thankful for!
We kicked off July with none other than Independence Day! This year we went to the lake! We used to celebrate the 4th on the lake all the time and this year came back! We started the day in Marietta walking to the square from my parents new home. We watched the parade and then enjoyed lunch and all the festivities for the day! We left from there and headed to good ole' LaGrange to relax on the lake! Once home the next couple of weeks of July flew past which led us to our next big family vacation to Hilton Head Island! We love it there! We have been going there for years. It was Jacob's very first beach trip at six weeks old & he has been back a few time since! It's a quiet, non-commercialized & very green place to relax! Biking everywhere is the thing to do! Usually we rent a condo but this year we rented a house-a large house! Big enough to house 7 adults and 5 kiddos! We had a blast! We had our own private pool in the backyard and a private path to the beach across the street! We spent everyday going back and forth and taking many awesome bike rides! HH's beach is great for a baby at Sam's age because the beach s mostly hard sand! He was able to crawl and walk around all over without getting a bunch of sand on him. He loved the ocean. He would crawl head first right into the water- far enough that I would have to stop him before the waves took him down! He was fearless! The boys had a blast boogie boarding in the huge waves! We ate in most nights and enjoyed each others company. Half way through the week we split the group- one went deep sea fishing and we went blue crab fishing. We took a boat out saw dolphins and caught blue crabs! It was neat and the boys loved it! We actually won the contest for catching the most crabs and won a t-shirt! We celebrated Mom & Dad's wedding anniversary on our last night there and went to a nice dinner away from the "vacationers" at a place none by mostly locals!
In early August- in the past week or so we celebrated Jeremy and I's 6th anniversary and my 29th birthday! Yowsers! TWENTY-NINE! I am actually not freaking out at all. I am really looking forward to my thirties! I can't wait to continue into another chapter of my life- my life with my wonderful husband and beautiful kids! The Lord has been so good to us! He has blessed us beyond measure and we are so grateful for what we have been given by HIM.
Which leads me to a whole nother ball game.... whats been happening in between all of these other happenings! Our new business adventure! Jeremy and I are opening a Stevi B's Pizza! We have spent our summer with lots of change! Jeremy left his other job with my parents Wendy's and is now changing his career to business owner. He spent many weeks training, testing, meeting, preparing and watching over construction! My Dad has walked beside him in these happenings and has guided him through it all! Thanks Dad!!!! The construction started early June and has made great progress!!! It looks amazing!! I have also had to adjust, as well as the boys, to working! I will maintain the home office and will be doing all of the administrative duties from that office. I have learned quite a bit in the past couple months and am getting used to being a part time working Mom. The hardest part to being a working Mom for me is trying to do it with three kids, one being a toddler and into everything!!! In the beginning of summer we met (& interviewed) about 5 girls for babysitting! We loved them all but in the end started using our angel, Kimberly! She is such a blessing! I truly believe God placed her with us! She is a great addition to our family!!! She is great with the boys and they truly love her! We have used her a lot too which is a major adjustment for us all considering the boys have never really been with a sitter outside of family! Our Stevi B's is opening this coming week, August 12th! We have been so busy getting everything ready for the Grand Opening! We our having a huge VIP event and giving all the proceeds to a local charity that I connected with! It is A Fresh Hope and it a great cause- helping children in need in our local community! We are so excited for the opportunity to help them and to get connected with such great people! We are located in Smyrna which is about 20 minutes from our home. Smyrna is a great community and we are really looking forward to getting involved with everything we can!
This adventure has brought a lot of change to our family. A change God placed in our hands & in our hearts! He knew we could handle it and knew we could do good things with this opportunity! We have met some GREAT people! People we have established great relationships with and will have in our lives forever! We have made new friends and are so excited to be surrounding ourselves with strong, loving and kind beings! The Lord has really guided us and lead us to what was meant for us! We look forward to continuing in this adventure and growing our business further in the surrounding communities! We graciously accept all the God has in store for us and know we are strong enough for His plans for us! He walks with us, in us and all around us! We are so THANKFUL for our family with their helping ways and loving hearts! For my parents and their guidance, their strength, their kindness, their faith in us and their giving hearts! We ask for your prayers in our walk through the next fews weeks, for our health and good will! I pray for you all and thank you all for everything!
June- The second week of June my Mom, me and the boys went to Ohio for the first time in nearly a year to visit with family! Ohio is one of Jacob and Dylan's favorite places to be! They LOVE their cousins and visiting with all of the family. They love staying at Aunt Mary's house and hanging out with Chase and Shane. It was a quick & short (er than usual) but FUN and busy as usual! We flew this time around too which was quite the adventure with three kids! When we got home our crazy busy summer took off! We celebrated Jacob's 7th birthday on the 13th. He had a pool party with family & lots of his friends from school & baseball! It was Star Wars themed, imagine that right?! I can't believe my first born is now SEVEN and starting 2nd grade!! Towards the end of June Jeremy and I committed our family to the church. We dedicated our boys to the Lord in front of our entire congregation. Our friends and family came to witness and celebrate with us afterwards with a brunch which we are truly thankful for!
We kicked off July with none other than Independence Day! This year we went to the lake! We used to celebrate the 4th on the lake all the time and this year came back! We started the day in Marietta walking to the square from my parents new home. We watched the parade and then enjoyed lunch and all the festivities for the day! We left from there and headed to good ole' LaGrange to relax on the lake! Once home the next couple of weeks of July flew past which led us to our next big family vacation to Hilton Head Island! We love it there! We have been going there for years. It was Jacob's very first beach trip at six weeks old & he has been back a few time since! It's a quiet, non-commercialized & very green place to relax! Biking everywhere is the thing to do! Usually we rent a condo but this year we rented a house-a large house! Big enough to house 7 adults and 5 kiddos! We had a blast! We had our own private pool in the backyard and a private path to the beach across the street! We spent everyday going back and forth and taking many awesome bike rides! HH's beach is great for a baby at Sam's age because the beach s mostly hard sand! He was able to crawl and walk around all over without getting a bunch of sand on him. He loved the ocean. He would crawl head first right into the water- far enough that I would have to stop him before the waves took him down! He was fearless! The boys had a blast boogie boarding in the huge waves! We ate in most nights and enjoyed each others company. Half way through the week we split the group- one went deep sea fishing and we went blue crab fishing. We took a boat out saw dolphins and caught blue crabs! It was neat and the boys loved it! We actually won the contest for catching the most crabs and won a t-shirt! We celebrated Mom & Dad's wedding anniversary on our last night there and went to a nice dinner away from the "vacationers" at a place none by mostly locals!
In early August- in the past week or so we celebrated Jeremy and I's 6th anniversary and my 29th birthday! Yowsers! TWENTY-NINE! I am actually not freaking out at all. I am really looking forward to my thirties! I can't wait to continue into another chapter of my life- my life with my wonderful husband and beautiful kids! The Lord has been so good to us! He has blessed us beyond measure and we are so grateful for what we have been given by HIM.
Which leads me to a whole nother ball game.... whats been happening in between all of these other happenings! Our new business adventure! Jeremy and I are opening a Stevi B's Pizza! We have spent our summer with lots of change! Jeremy left his other job with my parents Wendy's and is now changing his career to business owner. He spent many weeks training, testing, meeting, preparing and watching over construction! My Dad has walked beside him in these happenings and has guided him through it all! Thanks Dad!!!! The construction started early June and has made great progress!!! It looks amazing!! I have also had to adjust, as well as the boys, to working! I will maintain the home office and will be doing all of the administrative duties from that office. I have learned quite a bit in the past couple months and am getting used to being a part time working Mom. The hardest part to being a working Mom for me is trying to do it with three kids, one being a toddler and into everything!!! In the beginning of summer we met (& interviewed) about 5 girls for babysitting! We loved them all but in the end started using our angel, Kimberly! She is such a blessing! I truly believe God placed her with us! She is a great addition to our family!!! She is great with the boys and they truly love her! We have used her a lot too which is a major adjustment for us all considering the boys have never really been with a sitter outside of family! Our Stevi B's is opening this coming week, August 12th! We have been so busy getting everything ready for the Grand Opening! We our having a huge VIP event and giving all the proceeds to a local charity that I connected with! It is A Fresh Hope and it a great cause- helping children in need in our local community! We are so excited for the opportunity to help them and to get connected with such great people! We are located in Smyrna which is about 20 minutes from our home. Smyrna is a great community and we are really looking forward to getting involved with everything we can!
This adventure has brought a lot of change to our family. A change God placed in our hands & in our hearts! He knew we could handle it and knew we could do good things with this opportunity! We have met some GREAT people! People we have established great relationships with and will have in our lives forever! We have made new friends and are so excited to be surrounding ourselves with strong, loving and kind beings! The Lord has really guided us and lead us to what was meant for us! We look forward to continuing in this adventure and growing our business further in the surrounding communities! We graciously accept all the God has in store for us and know we are strong enough for His plans for us! He walks with us, in us and all around us! We are so THANKFUL for our family with their helping ways and loving hearts! For my parents and their guidance, their strength, their kindness, their faith in us and their giving hearts! We ask for your prayers in our walk through the next fews weeks, for our health and good will! I pray for you all and thank you all for everything!
"So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."
Isaiah 41:10
"Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you."
Deuteronomy 31:6
May 6, 2010
Being a Mom!
With Mother's Day around the corner I have been reflecting on what it really means to be a Mom... what being a Mom has done to for me....how mothering and raising our three boys makes me feel! First of all there is no greater joy in life than being a Mom. I am so thankful to God for choosing me to be a Mom. And for blessing me with the three unique and beautiful boys that He did. They bring so much happiness, joy, adventure, sunshine, tears & love to my life. I love being responsible for everything they do, everything they are and everything they are becoming. Although God is in charge, I know we do have a large part in shaping their every being! We try our best to be sure that they know God, trust God and love God! We know one day we will watch over them in their lives and be proud of every decision we made. We have faith that they will allow God to lead their lives as well and will be strong in their faith and relationship with Christ. And just when I think my heart can't grow anymore one of them smiles, or laughs or gives me a sweet hug and it grows! It grows and it fills with love. Just today Dylan tells me... "Mom, I like that shirt (it was a dress but still...) and it just melted my heart! It is the small everyday things that make being a Mom so great! I think I was meant to be a Mom and I am thankful God trusted in me to shape His little beings into one day strong, independent Christian men!
The boys as I was writing this....
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