Happy Fall .. my favorite time of the year has just begun...

I love this picture of him ... he is smiling so big that I can't even see his eyes! I said "CHEESE" and this is what I got from him .... taking his picture is so easy now if he is in a good mood.. I love it... Piercen is such a joy. I can't even begin to imagine what life was life without him in our lives.

Check out his HUGE BROWN milk dud eyes... I love them! My favorite pictures of him are honestly the ones I just capture ... no posing ... I love it! He is so full of life and he doesn't miss a thing. He has so many questions and is so inquisitive about everything .... never a dull moment.

October 28, 2009

It has been months since I have written. It is something, I can log on and check to see if I have email, read all my favorite blogs and even log onto facebook but for the life of me I won't take a few minutes to write on my very own blog. I used to be so good at it. Our days are always so busy and I honestly can't make myself get on my pc anymore when my baby boy is even awake. I found myself spending so much time and it was time I could have been with my family. Now making myself write seems to be a chore.

So .. isn't he so handsome? So adorable? Those BIG brown eyes - love them. He is getting so big! I can hardly believe he is going to be three in a short time. Jeremy & I honestly spend as much time as a family as possible. They are truly the loves I love to be with. I think if I had to tell just one thing that is amazing to me right now is our 'talks'. He will crawl up in my lap and say 'lets talk'... I love it. We carry on HUGE conversations and I learn so much from him. Of course he has a big imagination and I get lots of 'stories' about his friend Joe! He has a make believe friend. I love it!!! Did any of your children or do they now? He cracks me up. The other day he and his friend "Joe" were taking the yellow school bus to drop off "Joe's" dad to work.. I said "Where does he work" and he says to me "At Wal Mart". AND .... the story went on. Cracks me up!

The ministry is still going very well. Jeremy has had some cancellations from now til the end of the year but we have taken this time to plan more outreach ministries and they have been huge blessings. Both personally and to our home church. We have had the opportunity to feed people both physically AND spiritually. God has been so good to us. Reaching out to our community has changed my life. I told Jeremy I KNOW this is something God has called us to do. Our home church family has gotten behind us and support us in such a huge way. Please pray for us, we will be having the next outreach on Monday November 23rd for a Thanksgiving dinner. We pray that God will send 500 for us to feed ... we are expecting and believing! We also hope to be able to hand out groceries so that they can prepare a meal for Thanksgiving if the need is there. I praise God for the work He is doing thru us but in us as well... we serve an awesome God. And when I say that I mean it... I just wanna be a servant... we are here to serve.

I've been reading some awesome blogs lately... it is so crazy how the Lord can use someone a million miles away who I have never met face to face to minister to me... I love it! I just soak it all up like a sponge. God is good! I am thankful for my blogging friends!

I pray you've all had a great weekend and as we enter November I hope to be better at blogging.

love,

Christy

Summer Fun and Family

It has been over a month since I have blogged at all and I hate that! I was going to try a lot harder and it seems I never have time OR make time. LOL. Piercen is loving summer and is growing like a weed. He is now 2 1/2 years old (31 months seems like A LOT) and we are enjoying SUMMER FUN! Here is one of my favorite pictures of him that I have taken recently... He L.O.V.E.S the water!!! He isn't afraid of it one bit and honestly can swim pretty well. My mom calls it dog paddling. HaHa! We've had a really great time.

Piercen you are ...

*loving summer and enjoy being in the pool. You love to jump off of the side and are NOT afraid one bit.

*you still love your guitar and have found a new love for your boots.. Mommy and daddy gave you a new pair just this week for pee peeing on the potty like a big boy!

*potty training is going okay.... consistency MOMMY! (Big wink)

*you love riding the four wheeler at Paps and ask to often.

*you love church - when I am getting you dresssed whether morning, noon or night you ask "are we going to church"

*you love to play with 'my friends' as you say (Savannah, JoJo aka Jo-Elle and Gaba aka Gabrielle) they would ALL be girls :D

*you are 36 in tall and growing each and every day..

*you have the most precious laugh ever.

*you will now sit and watch tv for a bit... you love toot and puddle, little house on the prairie, and the movie Charlotte's Web & Hotel for Dogs

*you are a pretty good eater - love grilled chicken, pizza, and banannas.... You can NO do without your apple juice but mommy has to limit it.

*you will say about three sentences together and today 7/23/09 said 14 words one right after the other!!!

*you love trucks, hotwheels and horses.

*you know and can say your full name.... mommy and daddys too with the exception of middle names for the two of us...

*you love being outside

*you know several colors (blue, red, green for sure)

*you can count to eleven

*you wear a size 2t and a 8.5 shoe

*you will take up for anyone if you think someone is being fussy at them

*you have began singing along to the Cd's in the car ..

*you can carry on a pretty good conversation over the ph with nana but you like to shake your head a lot like she can see you - when Paps tries to talk to you all you ask about is that four wheeler! LOL

*you A.L.W.A.Y.S say thank you - without fail. And you are doing really well with Please!

*you always say you are sorry if you get into trouble, hurt someone on accident.

*you are learning about Jesus and know he is in Heaven and we are going there some day... you know the first part of John 3:16 and can say "For God so loved the world" by heart.... you do it with GREAT excitement!!! (wink)

*you love stickers and are really taking an interest in coloring

*you are very independent and like to do things for yourself...

*you can undress yourself completely, dress yourself pretty well except for buttons or snaps and put your shoes on (sometimes on the wrong foot but when told switch them)

*you still travel like a *CHAMP*

I love you baby boy! I pray for you every day and I know you are going to accept Jesus at a young age. I enjoy every single moment with you and am so thankful I am able to be home with you. I never want to take for granted my time with you. I remember praying for God to send us a baby and I knew I'd be happy once that time came if the Lord saw fit but I never imagined I'd be THIS happy! You are such a joy and I love you with all my heart. I pray for wisdom and knowledge as your daddy and I teach you, guide you and nurture you. May we always point you to Jesus!

xox oxo,

Mommy

Ministry updates ....

Jeremy has been traveling preaching several revivals along with church camp in OK. They had 17 saved at the Poteau River Valley. Isn't God good? The week after that camp we actually had church camp with three other churches at our home town with our home church. Bro Grant did a great job preaching and several were saved including some from our church. We attended services there and enjoyed the week! We then had revival at Pioneer FWB and it was awesome to be in service there. The people are there are family! They will make you feel so many ways that you are bound to like one of them! Jeremy just finished out this week in Casa, AR and the house was packed each night. It was a refreshing time for the church and 3 souls were saved. The most exciting thing, the ones who got saved came back for the services the following nights!

I love what God is doing and what he continues to show me. I've been listening to Jason Crabb's new CD and it has blessed my heart. "With every breathe I will praise you". I sure am thankful that inspite of the times I fail he loves me! If he never did another thing in my life he has already blessed me beyond my wildest dreams..... that is reason to praise HIM!

Just the two of us...

Well... my best friend Heather graciously offered to take a new family picture for us on Monday. I was super excited because Piercen is has really changed a lot since our last one from November!!! My excitement didn't last too long. He just wasn't in the mood to smile, didn't get to finish the nap he has started and was not going to cooperate for us. Period. So my hubby suggested that we snap a few of just the two of us! I was one happy girl! I admit it, I am a picture taker! I love snapping pictures and I love recording anything and everything we are doing... especially since Piercen has come along!

Here is the picture that turned out to be my favorite! I did a little editing and I loved it! I love my husband and he is so good to me! God has blessed me beyond measure! I pray that I can always be what he needs me to be .... his helpmeet! It is amazing me to me that our story began when two people fell in love! We will be married eleven years in Septemeber and they have been the happiest years of my life!

.....I am living out my dreams!

My handsome boy ...

These are some pics I just recently did of him...


Just wanted to share an updated picture of my handsome little man & I on Mothers Day. I haven't been good at all posting because we have been so good traveling but a picture is worth a 1,ooo words! And believe me, I could say that and more about my little guy! I was just telling someone tonight ... his imagination is LIMITLESS, his J*O*Y is UNSPEAKABLE and his *LOVE* for life is AMAZING! He is such a blessing! Thank you Lord for allowing ME to be HIS Mommy!

YEAH Kristina ....

I just wanted to say thank you to my dear blogging friend Kristina for helping me to recover my password.... I haven't been able to log in for weeks because I had to change my password about a month and half ago. I didn't write it down. Silly me! I had to go create a new email account (with cox communications) and thankfully no one had my old email address there that I had created in 2006. They set up the same account for me again since that address had no been used and so I was able to reset my password there and recover it. WHEW!!! I surely didn't want to have to create a whole new blog after so many years! Thank you again Kristina! I appreciate you so much! Now hopefully I can be better at blogging! LOL!

Piercen *AND* potty training....

I just wanted to post a quick pic of Piercen. This is one from his 2 yr pics and I love them! I just have a question .... anyone have potty training tips? It is time to begin. He wants to sit on the potty - he isn't scared of it and we 've been doing a LOT of talking. He comes to me when he needs changed now and even asks for his diaper to be changed. I just wanted to know if anyone had any tips to help this be a 'quicker' process? THANKS!!!

Blogger & Baby Caleb

Just wanted to let everyone know that my best friend is now blogging! Maybe she will be better at it than I am. HaHa! If you get a chance check out her blog.... what is it this time, Lord? www.whatisitthistimelord.blogspot.com


Also, if you have a chance stop by and wish my cousin Robin and her husband Jake a CONGRATS on the birth of a son, Caleb Thomas! You can visit her blog at ... and baby makes three!
www.jakerobinharper.blogspot.com


Happy Thursday!

Cupcakes AND Deliveries

Here are a few pictures... I was so proud of myself! Anyone who knows me knows I am so not the baker OR the cook. I have several things I do enjoy making dinner but as far as our 'Chef' that would be Jeremy! I would choose to clean up any day! I got this idea and we ended up making 72 cupcakes and delivered them ALL with the exception of a few Piercen decided to eat. He enjoyed every single minute of it... especially handing out his Valentine Cards. Here is a picture Jeremy took of us & Piercen happened to have a picture card in his hand. Precious!

Happy Valentines Day friends....

I hope that everyone has had a wonderful day! I know that I sure have. My actual "Valentine" took me to dinner & movie on Thursday night while my mom & dad kept Piercen for us. Jeremy & I rarely do this sort of thing so it was really nice. I realize Piercen is now two but he and I both were just discussing Thursday night how nice it is to get away, having a great conversation over dinner is awesome BUT after about four hours we are both itching to see the baby. I have heard many couples say this so I know it is 'normal' haha! Dinner was *yummy* and we went to see "New in town". It had a great story line AND was funny. Jeremy really got a kick out of it. I have to add that I loved the fact we went Thursday night and not actually tonight because of the crowds and lines to eat. I liked it so much we might have to do it like that more often.

Jeremy & I watched Fireproof a few weeks back and we began the Love Dare book. It is awesome! I am loving every day of it. Even though I have an awesome marriage I have learned so much. I have gained a lot of knowledge and I have learned that even when I thought I was good about biting my tongue - ha. I am not a lot of times. I was really aware of how often I had to catch myself. Isn't it funny that just when we think we have it all together sometimes the 'little' things sneak up on us? It does for me. I love the fact that we decided to do this and it just so happens todays dare was "Love promotes Intimacy". How perfect for Valentines Day. We shared a lot of personal thoughts today and it has been special. Thank you Jeremy for being my Love, my Valentine!!!

Here are a few pics of our little guy --- our valentine! He sure is cute if I do say so myself. I get so cracked up at him because I take so many pictures of him that now when I even touch my rebel he says "Cheese" and stops whatever it is he is doing. Sad huh? I tell everyone it really wouldn't be any worse if I would have had a girl. :D He is a lot of fun though and he keeps us smiling. I totally cracked up at these pictures because I didn't tell him to pose or anything! This is all on his own. P*E*R*F*E*C*T

We made cupcakes and when I say cupcakes I mean cupcakes! TONS of them! 72 to be exact. Friday we delivered them to Mema, Cousins Jen & Bekah, our girls at Trimmers Ginger & Becky, our sweet friend Christi so she'd feel extra special today, my best friend Heather & her family, Michelle, and Shelly. Today we visited Uncle Aaron & Aunt Britt, Nana, Paps and Uncle Aaron... they all LOVED them! Oh and I can't forget Sonya, Doug & the boys! They were a hit. It was my first attempt and I was pretty proud of myself. I actually left my camera in the suv or I'd post a pic. It is raining outside so I will get it and post a pic of my creations soon!

Isn't he just a cutie pie? He is growing up so fast!
God bless you guys... I hope that today was perfect for each of you!

I pray that more than anything that you are filled with the LOVE of God!

hugs,

Christy

Well... I did it...

I did it! Finally! I changed up my blog a lot and I hope to get busy using it more often. I've been a terrible blogger. I know. I find I enjoy reading others most of the time than writing. I'm excited though to get back into writing more often. Kristina, thanks SO much for your help. I followed your steps and it worked. Whew! I just have a few more things to change up and I'll be good to go.

Hope everyone is having a good week! I am really looking forward to Valentines Day! Love it!