January - We started the year out by celebrating our oldest daughters, Emma Kate's 4th birthday. She has grown so very much and is such a joy!
February - Brian and I had our 8th Valentines Day together. This man never ceases to amaze me! Thank you for your love and support. You are truly a blessing from the Lord!
March - WOW! This month was full of ups and downs for us. First we started out the month with celebrating Brian's 30th birthday. Then to our surprise, on March 17, Maggie Ann was born 2 1/2 weeks early. She was in the hospital for 10 days but we are pleased that she is very healthy and home with us.
April - We celebrated our first Easter as a family of FIVE. It was wonderful to celebrate our Lord and Saviors resurrection - for without Him we truly would be nothing!
May - Michelle had her first Mother's Day as a mother of three precious baby girls. She is thankful to the Father for allowing her to raise them.
June - Brian and Michelle celebrated their 7th wedding anniversary. Brian had his first Father's Day as a father of three little girls who love him dearly. Maggie Ann and Michelle also headed to Texas for Michelle's cousin, Ashley's graduation from High School.
July - Michelle directed her second Vacation Bible School at Millbrook Presbyterian. My does she have a heart for the kiddos there at our church. With much help from our wonderful church family we were able to have a very successful Vacation Bible School.
August - We celebrated our middles child, Caroline's 2nd birthday. She is getting too big too fast. She is a blessing to our life each and every day. Emma Kate also starts Kindergarten 4.
September - We celebrated Michelle's 29th birthday.
October - Michelle helped with putting together a Reformation Festival at our church. It was great to teach the children of all the reformers of old that did so much for us.
November - We welcomed new family members. Jenna (Brian's sister gets married) and Sierra (Michelle's sister) is adopted. We are thankful to the father for these great new additions to our family.
December - Brian and I will be celebrating Christmas with my dad in Missouri. We are excited to spend time with family that we don't see very often.
We pray you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Because of Him -
Brian, Michelle, Emma Kate, Caroline and Maggie Ann
Praise and thanks be to the Father!
After many prayers and many months of the unknown - we are now thankful to let all of you know that Brian has taken a permanent job with BB&T. He will be working in Deposit Services and we will be staying in the Montgomery area. Also, Lord willing, in the fall of next year Brian will be joining the Army Reserve as a Chaplain to finish his seminary degree. He will be doing this from home until his last year of school and then will have to go on campus to finish. For those of you who are wondering if he will have to be deployed - there is NO chance of him being deployed while in school. There is a chance he may have to go - if the need arises - after he finishes. We are so excited that the Father is opening the doors for us to pursue ministry. We are thankful for His constant hand in our lives.
Praise be to Him.
Michelle
Praise be to Him.
Michelle
Thankfulness
As we approach Thanksgiving. I am reminded of so many things that I am thankful for. The list could go on and on but I will share a few of those things with you.
1. I am thankful for my Lord and Savior. Without Him I truly would be nothing. I am thankful that He chose to save me - a wretched sinner - to redeem and call His own. Thanks be to the Father for His works of mercy and grace in my life.
2. I am thankful for my husband. What a wonderful, godly man the Father has put into my life. He washes me in the water of the Word daily and is such a blessing to my life. I love you, Brian!
3. I am thankful for my children. Not everyone has the opportunity to be blessed with the gift of children. I am thankful to the Father that he gave me the opportunity to be a mother of my three precious girls.
4. I am ever so thankful for my church family and pastor. Week after week our pastor gets up unashamedly, without fail and preaches the Word of God. My church family encourage, loves and prays for me and my family. Praise be to God for leading us to Millbrook Presbyterian.
5. This year I am most thankful for the gift of health that the Father has bestowed upon our family. I am thankful that he chose to spare my sweet daughters life. I am also thankful that with the help of doctors we were able to diagnose my heart problems. I am thankful that those problems are not life threatening.
These are just a few things that I am thankful for. Again, the list could go on and on. I pray that this year, you may sit back and be reminded of what all you are thankful for as well.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Michelle
1. I am thankful for my Lord and Savior. Without Him I truly would be nothing. I am thankful that He chose to save me - a wretched sinner - to redeem and call His own. Thanks be to the Father for His works of mercy and grace in my life.
2. I am thankful for my husband. What a wonderful, godly man the Father has put into my life. He washes me in the water of the Word daily and is such a blessing to my life. I love you, Brian!
3. I am thankful for my children. Not everyone has the opportunity to be blessed with the gift of children. I am thankful to the Father that he gave me the opportunity to be a mother of my three precious girls.
4. I am ever so thankful for my church family and pastor. Week after week our pastor gets up unashamedly, without fail and preaches the Word of God. My church family encourage, loves and prays for me and my family. Praise be to God for leading us to Millbrook Presbyterian.
5. This year I am most thankful for the gift of health that the Father has bestowed upon our family. I am thankful that he chose to spare my sweet daughters life. I am also thankful that with the help of doctors we were able to diagnose my heart problems. I am thankful that those problems are not life threatening.
These are just a few things that I am thankful for. Again, the list could go on and on. I pray that this year, you may sit back and be reminded of what all you are thankful for as well.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Michelle
Fall 2009
It has been a while since our last post. We have been extremely busy over the last several months.
November welcomes us with a new family member. Its official - we have a new brother-in-law. We are thankful to the Father for his goodness in allowing Doug and Jenna (Brian's sister) to become husband and wife.
Brian continues to work at BB&T (formerly Colonial Bank). The future is still a little unsettling for us but we are trusting that the Father will work out the details. We are learning to "lean on the everlasting arms" Brian also continues to work with our Junior High students at church teaching them on Wednesday eves. He also teaches Sunday School on occasion and fills in around the church as needed.
Michelle is busy, busy, busy. She is taking care of our three girls and running her own business. She is very involved at our church. She also is teaching our children how to love the Lord, serve Him with gladness and how to be a godly woman.
Emma Kate is in K4 and is starting to read. She has done quite well this year in school. She loves to dance, put on plays, sing, dress up and play outside. She loves her sisters dearly and is a great big sister.
Caroline is full of energy and life. She loves to sing, dress up, play outside and read. She is sometimes quiet but will come out of her shell on occasion and make you laugh and smile. She too loves her sisters dearly.
Maggie Ann is pulling up, cruising the furniture and crawling everywhere. We can not keep her in one place! She loves to watch her sisters put on plays, loves to be outside and loves to chew on things (that is what you get when you are teething I guess). She is growing so fast.
I guess that about sums it up for now. I will try not to wait so long until the next post.
Until next time.........
November welcomes us with a new family member. Its official - we have a new brother-in-law. We are thankful to the Father for his goodness in allowing Doug and Jenna (Brian's sister) to become husband and wife.
Brian continues to work at BB&T (formerly Colonial Bank). The future is still a little unsettling for us but we are trusting that the Father will work out the details. We are learning to "lean on the everlasting arms" Brian also continues to work with our Junior High students at church teaching them on Wednesday eves. He also teaches Sunday School on occasion and fills in around the church as needed.
Michelle is busy, busy, busy. She is taking care of our three girls and running her own business. She is very involved at our church. She also is teaching our children how to love the Lord, serve Him with gladness and how to be a godly woman.
Emma Kate is in K4 and is starting to read. She has done quite well this year in school. She loves to dance, put on plays, sing, dress up and play outside. She loves her sisters dearly and is a great big sister.
Caroline is full of energy and life. She loves to sing, dress up, play outside and read. She is sometimes quiet but will come out of her shell on occasion and make you laugh and smile. She too loves her sisters dearly.
Maggie Ann is pulling up, cruising the furniture and crawling everywhere. We can not keep her in one place! She loves to watch her sisters put on plays, loves to be outside and loves to chew on things (that is what you get when you are teething I guess). She is growing so fast.
I guess that about sums it up for now. I will try not to wait so long until the next post.
Until next time.........
New Family Members
We have a few new family members we would like to introduce you to. First of all Michelle has a new sister. Her name is Sierra and she will be 15 in about a month. We are so glad that she has come to join our family. She is such a sweet young lady.
Second, we are so excited to share with you that Brian's sister (Jenna) is engaged to be married. Doug asked her to marry him last Saturday. We are thankful to the Father for putting such a godly, caring and loving man in her life. There is no date set yet, but we will keep you posted. Did I say that we are very excited???
Photos are above - enjoy! :)
Bows for Sale
I am now selling bows. They can come in any size or color that you would like. If you are interested in purchasing any, please let me know. Photos are above.
Michelle
Giveaway
Giveaway!!!!!!
I lurve hair bows. I lurve my Bug. And I lurve LoveBugBabyBoutique.
We (she and I) shall be giving away this beautiful basic white bow. :) Also, a headband to go with it, plus a few extra goodies.
We (she and I) shall be giving away this beautiful basic white bow. :) Also, a headband to go with it, plus a few extra goodies.
Don't have a girl? Don't worry...this would make a GREAT gift for a birthday, baby gift, or even Christmas.
How do you enter? Multiple ways.
Confused by how the entries work? Here's a scenario:
Let's pretend Katie Baby wants to enter this giveaway. So she goes to the shop, picks a bow, comes back and comments letting me know. That gets her 1 entry. Then, Katie Baby gets on facebook and updates her status saying, "I just entered Carrie's hair bow giveaway. Go to www.mommyfridaysheart.blogspot.com to enter too." She just got 2 more entries (for a total of 3). Then, Katie Baby tweets about it. That earns her 2 more entries (for a total of 5). Well, Katie Baby REALLY wants this bow so she mentions this giveaway on her blog to earn her 3 more entries (for a total of 8). If she bought something from the shop, she'd get 4 more entries making her entered into the giveaway a total of 12 times!!!!!!!!!!
Dude. Katie Baby would probably win with all those entries.
ENTER, ENTER, ENTER.
Also, if you have questions b/c I have confused you, just let me know. Also, if you update your facebook status, you should alert me in some way shape form or fashion so your entries will be counted. Also, if you blog about it, be sure to come back and tell me.
This giveaway will end on Friday, July 31st at noon o'clock EST. At that time, I will use Mr. Random Number Generator to choose our lucky winner. I will post who won and then the winner will give me a safe way to contact them so that I can get them their prize. :) And then we will all live happily ever after!
How do you enter? Multiple ways.
- Go to LoveBugBabyBoutique and look through all her items in her shop. Then come back here and leave a comment letting me know what your favorite item is. This will get you one entry.
- Mention this giveaway in your Facebook status or Tweet about it and get two extra entries. If you are tweeting, remember to include @CarrieFriday so I'll know you tweeted it. If you put it on both, you'll get entries for both. YOU MUST LINK TO MY BLOG FOR IT TO COUNT!!!!
- Post this giveaway on your blog, and you'll get three extra entries, plus my friendship for life.
- Buy something from her shop and get FOUR extra entries. If you do this, be sure to include in the note to seller that you came from the giveaway or you know me or whatever so your purchase will be counted.
Confused by how the entries work? Here's a scenario:
Let's pretend Katie Baby wants to enter this giveaway. So she goes to the shop, picks a bow, comes back and comments letting me know. That gets her 1 entry. Then, Katie Baby gets on facebook and updates her status saying, "I just entered Carrie's hair bow giveaway. Go to www.mommyfridaysheart.blogspot.com to enter too." She just got 2 more entries (for a total of 3). Then, Katie Baby tweets about it. That earns her 2 more entries (for a total of 5). Well, Katie Baby REALLY wants this bow so she mentions this giveaway on her blog to earn her 3 more entries (for a total of 8). If she bought something from the shop, she'd get 4 more entries making her entered into the giveaway a total of 12 times!!!!!!!!!!
Dude. Katie Baby would probably win with all those entries.
ENTER, ENTER, ENTER.
Also, if you have questions b/c I have confused you, just let me know. Also, if you update your facebook status, you should alert me in some way shape form or fashion so your entries will be counted. Also, if you blog about it, be sure to come back and tell me.
This giveaway will end on Friday, July 31st at noon o'clock EST. At that time, I will use Mr. Random Number Generator to choose our lucky winner. I will post who won and then the winner will give me a safe way to contact them so that I can get them their prize. :) And then we will all live happily ever after!
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