Conversation

Caroline (our middle daughter) is very much into the Dorothy (from the Wizard of Oz), Cinderella, Belle, Snow White, etc. Yesterday as we were getting ready for church our conversation went something like this:

Caroline: "Momma?"

Me: "Yes."

Caroline: "Can Dorothy come to our church today?!?"

Me: "No, honey"

Caroline: "Why!?!"

Me: "She has to go to her church!"

Caroline: "Oh! What church does she go to?"

Me: "First Presbyterian Church of Oz"

Caroline: "Oh!"

My friend Lisa would be so proud of me! :)

Until next time...........

Conversation

Here is the conversation we had in the van the other day:

EK - "Mom!?"

Me - "Yes"

EK - "Having sisters is sooo much better than having a dog!"

Okay, I just had to laugh! Tis true though! :)

Life of business..........

Yes, family and friends - we are still alive. We have been busy bees over the last couple of months. Everyone is doing fine and we are having a great summer. We hope things will start to slow down before the school year starts back up. Hope everyone is doing well.

Until next time........

Kindergarten 4

Our school year is over and we could not be more proud of our oldest daughter. She had awards night last night at her school and received the "Bible Verse Award". This goes to the student(s) that have memorized all of their verses for the entire school year. We told her last night that if there were ever an award we wanted her to get it would be this one! We pray she will hide the Word of the Living God in her heart and grow to honor, serve and glorify Him!

Until next time......

March 2010

I remember this day last year all too clearly.....I was 37 1/2 weeks pregnant with baby girl number 3, blood pressure up to 169/105, my doctor out of the country and admitted to the hospital for observation. We were scared, but little did we know what God had in store for us over the next couple of weeks! That day turned into St. Patty's day and we welcomed our sweet baby girl, Maggie Ann into the world. She was very sick and was in NICU for 10 days. Those 10 days we spent on our faces before the Great Physician. Ten days later we were bringing our baby girl home! Fast forward to now.....you would never be able to tell she was so sick. She is full of energy. She is walking, trying to talk and loves her sisters very much. We are thankful the Lord allowed us to be parents

A Year At A Glance

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