Our Little Valentine ....

I LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK!!!!

A year in review ... just a tad bit late!!

I can't believe I have let so much time slip away. It has been bothering me for weeks that I have been such a bad blogger this year! It seems the older I get the worse I get about doing 'little things'. I have lost most of the 'friends' who read but that is okay. If I kept going back to check to see if someone had update and it had been months I'd probably get pretty bored with it! I am sorry for anyone who may check up on me. I honestly began blogging 5 years ago! I can't even believe it has been that long but it has. I checked the other day and it is amazing to me. I used to write ... all the time. Life gets a little busy with a three year old... BUT I love every minute of it! I wanted to continue doing this for him. I know one day he will be able to look back on this journal and see just what was in my heart. It was 5 years ago that Jeremy encouraged me to begin blogging so that I could share my heart then it became so special. I began to share what was going on in our daily lives, our ministry and long before I knew it we were expecting our first baby so I wrote as often as I could. I've tried to be faithful but I have failed. So.. it is a new year, a new start I hope. Surely if I spend time on email, facebook or reading about other friends I can take some time to journal myself. When I began thinking about this post I became overwhelmed honestly because I thought how on earth am I going to catch up! HAHA! What better way then to share my year in review and some of the highlights of 2009. I've had some great times, made many memories and am thankful for the treasures of my heart!!!

My computer was down in January in 2009 so I jumped to February 2009 when Piercen and I delivered LOTS of cupcakes to those we love for Valetines day! I love LOVE day! I LOVE my loves! Some of the people that we took them to were: Nana, Paps and Uncle Nate, Uncle Aaron & Aunt Britt, Mema, our cousins Jennifer and her husband Matt because we wanted to surprise her at work, we took some to our special friends at Trimmers (Ginger and Becky are the girls who cut our hair) and we also took some to our Pastor and his family. His daughter Savannah is a cutie who Piercen really likes!

March and April were busy with campmeetings and traveling a lot for the ministry.. we were home for Easter and I got to take some pictures of Piercen before so he was all decked out. I think he is just so handsome!! We had an egg hunt and fun at our church and my parents came and enjoyed watching him. Piercen and I had traveled basically 100% of the time with daddy! In April Paps actually went with us to MO for a meeting and that was the first time he had done that since his heart attacks. I was thrilled to have my daddy with us!!!
Mothers day is always one of the most special days of the year.. Christmas is my favorite and our Anniversary is for sure my 2nd most special day because without that day we were married we would have never been blessed to be parents. God has been so good to me. I always dreamed of being a mommy and I spent lots of time praying for that time in my life but NEVER could I have imagined how it *REALLY* is. Piercen is such a joy and this is our picture from Mothers day.... He is so handsome and so precious. I can never express the feelings in my heart being his mommy. I love him like crazy!!!The summer always is busy ... church camps, campmeeting in Alabama every year as well as many other preaching dates Jeremy has. Piercen does so well in his car seat. When we traveled long distances Jeremy would go to sleep the night before really early while Piercen and I had mommy and PK time. We stayed up late, watched movies and went to bed a lot later than daddy. We packed the SUV that afternoon and so once it was time to leave about 4 or 5 am Piercen and I'd go back to sleep and sleep most the way to where we were headed. It was **PERFECT** PK you were a trooper!!! June brought Fathers Day. A special day for your daddy. He is the best daddy and he loves you so much. He is a good man and if you follow his footsteps you can never walk the wrong path. He is a Godly man and He will point you to Christ. I am so proud you have him!! This picture is from a fun day at the park in our local area... we love to go there and feed the ducks and fish. Oh what fun! You LOVE water, you love swimming and you have honestly learned to swim. Daddy and I have worked hard to teach you the basics and you are a natural.. you gotta teach Aunt Britt now.

In July I did someting I have never done before.. I took some pictures of Piercen at the Nation Cemetary that my grandfather is buried at. We named Piercen after my grandfather, William Kennedy and his birthday was July 31st. I wanted to do something in memory of him as well as something to give to my family is his honor. We also attened VBS at church and you loved it.. we only missed one night. This was a huge turning point for you. You weren't used to going to 'class' on Sundays because our schedule with traveling but once you spent time with our church family and kids you were hooked. Now you BEG to go to 'class'.
August 2nd was my birthday and believe it or not I can't find my pictures from Aug.. I believe they are on Jeremys computer! We celebrated several times with birthday parties with family & friends! Daddy began coaching a little league football team with his buddy, our Pastor Gary and they did a great job. The kids loved them and they made huge impacts! We went to all of his games and you had a blast. Infact, I can't count the times you have asked daddy if he will coach your team when you get 'big'. It is priceless!

September starts the football season for us!! WOOHOO we all love some football. We honestly didn't get to attend ONE single HOG game. Daddy normally gets to make atleast a few. Didn't happen but we cheered them on AND got some cute pics of YOU! Razorbacks ended up being 8-5

SEPTEMBER 26th is our Anniversary ......... 11 years!! It was great. We went out to dinner at Franks Italian restuarant and to see a movie that I got to pick. We had a trip scheduled in October for a conference in Branson. I love my hubby. He is amazing and he loves me like no other! He is my best friend, my other half. It has truly been the greatest 11 years being his wife.



People always talk about wanting a fairytale... there is such a thing. There isn't such a thing as perfect. We all have bad days, we all have arguements but for me.... I do have MY fairytale. My dream come true! That is what is important.

The fall brought a lot of cancellations for our revival schedule. The most common reason was because of the economy and several of our dates were in the same areas. With these cancellations brought more time at home which I was thankful for. However, Jeremy isn't happy when he goes a week without preaching. After much prayer we began to follow the Lord as he lead us into several outreach ministries in our local area. With these outreaches our home church got behind us and supported us 100 % and helped us in so many ways. We began raising money and feeding the needy as well as witnessing and some open air preaching. We saw God do some great things and He also blessed with growth in our home church. We may not always understand what God is doing but as long as we are obedient He will always lead.

In October we celebrated daddys birthday and he has to miss our family get together for him because mommy was sick. I had the h1n1 flu AND pneumonia at the same time. Daddy took really good care of me. I was as sick as I'd ever remembered.

We HAD to make it up to daddy so we did... we went to eat with friends from church and had a yummy cake that Rachel made. We took the cake to Nana and Paps and shared with everyone after dinner. They even sang and mommy got this picture. Daddy will kill me!!! We can't have fall without fall pics... you always do such a great job for mommy. I am proud of you!

November begins my favorite time of the year... I love the summer because Piercen adores being in the water. I was always such a fish when I was younger and I still enjoy it BUT there is nothing like fresh air, crisp leaves and cooler weather. November is my time of year that brings such thanksgiving for what God has created and for what He has given me. Not material things but my family, my friends, my church family. They mean the world to me. We did a huge community outreach in November at our home church and it was a HUGE success. We fed 403 people and it was a huge blessing. I'm so thankful God has opened doors for this sort of ministry. My heart is so full of love people and what better way to share the Love of God and Gospel! We had these family pictures take in November and I loved them! It had been a year since we had taken some as family and I was pleased. Piercen was a ham!!!

December was a great month for us.. we spent a lot of time as a family and Jeremy preached on the weekends for the most part. We took Piercen and spent a lot of time doing things little boys love to do. Riding four wheelers, playing outside, and we even had his birthday party THREE days after Jesus had His. He loved it. He was the perfect age to share the story of Jesus with and was super excited about everything. I LOVED it. Our home was all decorated, my tree was red and gold perfectly decorated and we had the greatest gift of all ...... being together. Of course HE is the greatest gift. At the end of December we traveled to KS and spent a week there for services and had a great time with friends.

Happy Birthday Jesus.. we made cupcakes and had a party in YOUR honor. Piercen loved it. We shared with story with him and he listened well. I enjoyed all of the traditions we have began with him. Christmas PJs, Birthday party for Jesus, Cupcakes, Christmas eve snacks and Charlie Brown Movie, Stockings and so much more. You were such a joy and you really got to take it all in this year. We love you Piercen Kennedy and we know God has great things in store for our family in 2010 as well as for you and your life!!! May our love always give you roots!!!

Look who turned THREE and is SWEET as can be ....

Momma and the Birthday Boy!!

Playing with Jo-Elle

-Having a great time playing

I know how loved you are by the friends who came to share in your special day.

Xander, Piercen and Kristian... I don't think they were 'posing' ... you just wanted to play.

Here is it... your request sweet boy.

Aunt Britt took all of these pics for Mommy ...

I think your head was cut off in this one but I loved your hands haha!!!

Your invitation ....

.... Another guitar ....

"Auntie"Amanda is in BIG trouble . LOL Paybacks HAHA

You asked for a birthday hat but then didn't end up wearing it..

here you are with your buddy Xan... He was helping you get the gifts!!

Candles and Cake

Rachel did a perfect job and it was yummy!

Simple... NO theme!

The way mommy likes it... lots of Green n Blue

You are no Barney Boy or Dora N Diego Dude!

LOL.. I will love what you love but its fine too that you have no fave at this age :)

Guess who turned THREE ....

I can't even believe our boy is THREE!! I am writing this post week later because I haven't had the time to sit down and post. I guess I should have made the time but we have had a crazy couple of weeks.

We had Piercen's birthday party on his actual birthday, Monday, December 28, 2009. It began at 6:30 pm at "The Outback" play area. It is actually on the other side of Flame Gymnastics, in the same building. It is the neatest place! It has a huge indoor play area. Ball pits, climbing cages, slides, and lots of jungle gym play areas. We had a fun time and most importantly he loved it.

I was very excited about his cake this year. He told his daddy & I that he wanted a four wheeler cake. He said he wanted it to be green. Well, I began talking to him about this to be sure a few months before his birthday. We searched but I could never find one that was a good size AND green! Green is his favorite color btw! We happend to be in Branson for our annual family get- away in November and I found one at the Bass Pro shop. It has a trailor and a man too so lots of fun for Rachel to work with. Rachel is a sweet friend at church who makes wonderful cakes, cookies and bread. It is so YUMMY! She made bread for Piercen once and he feel in love with her and took to her instantly. She is always making him something yummy :) She made Jeremys birthday cake it was perfect so we knew she'd do a great job! I have never been more happy with the way it turned out.

Piercen is such a good boy. He has grown and matured so much this past year. From 2 to 3 is a huge leap. He is so smart. It amazes us the things that he comes up with and his imagination is limitless. I do not have and exact weight or height for him because we haven't been to the doctor for his 3 yr check up... I have been avoiding it honestly to keep him from being exposed to anything. He has been so healthy and with the exception of having a cold he hasn't been sick but once with a fever since his last check up. I am so thankful for that and give God praise!!!

Piercen Kennedy,

Here are some things you have been up to ....

***Mommy checked your height today because we went to incredible pizza and you had to be 44' tall to ride a bumper ride... you measured 38'. We will find out for sure at your next visit which I hope to be before Feb. 28th.

***You love to be outside, doing anything outside. Especially riding four wheelers or playing in the yard. You love your John Deer gator.

***You wear a size 3t shirt and a size 4t jeans... you grew out of a 3t jean to a 4t jean in 3 months. Your 4t jeans were long on you when we first tried them on... in one month they are perfect... crazy how fast you are growing.

*** you LOVE POPSICLES

***you adore and I mean ADORE your Nana & Paps... your grandma too. You used to be a Nana's boy but your Paps has your heart big time lately.

***you still have your friend "JOE" but now you have began to call him "JOE DON" and you still talk to him ..........a lot!!! Sometimes you even say JOEY.

***you repeat everything. When I say everything. I .MEAN.EVERthing. Daddy & I really have to watch what we say. One day a man was pulling out in front of me. I said something. A few short minutes later you ask your daddy "Daddy what is a retard anyway". I cracked up but quickly remembered there are little ears hearing everything I say.

***you know many of your colors ... Green, Red, Blue, Orange, Black, White, Purple, Pink, Yellow... except yellow is Lellow HAHA!!

***you still LOVE to swim. Your cousin Trinity had a birthday party at the Y last weekend and you were able to swim and still swim like a little fish!!

***you used to always wear your shoes. You knew if you had your shoes on you could go outside.. well now... you have them off. No matter what... when... or where we are.

***you can count to about fourteen.

***you know your full name and mommy and daddys too.

***you love jeeps. You tell your daddy you want a big jeep some day.

***you love football and have asked your daddy to coach you when you get big. You really enjoyed going to watch daddy and Pastor Gary coach little league this past season.

***you play better with older kids... kids a few years older than you.. you some times try to bully smaller ones and we are working with you on this a lot.

***you FINALLY can sit still love enough to have mommy read a book to you!! Yeah for mommy!!!

***you love your 'new bed' but will not sleep in it... we have to get this mastered... daddy changed your bed from a baby bed to toddler bed last week and you have yet to stay in it.

***you still love your apple juice... you call it your night time juice and get it at night time before bed. You love to get relaxed with the lights out and we pray and do your bible verses.

***you have learned John 3:16 "For God so loved the world" and this past year you have learned Psalms 23 "The Lord is my shepherd" and you some times say "The Lord is MY shepherd". I never correct you after you have said it correctly once because He IS YOUR Shepherd sweet boy!!!

***you LOVE music. Your favorite is Garrett Ledbetter.

***you love class at church. This time last year you were still leary because we were gone so much and didn't have a routine traveling with daddy but now you have matured so much and are confident and love to go to class.

SO much has changed the last year... I love you with all of my heart Piercen Kennedy. I am forever changed since being your mommy. I have said it since the first time they placed you in my arms and I will say it a million more times .... I never knew the love of my Heavenly father until I met you. I honestly never knew the love of my own father, how he wanted the best for me, how important his raising and influence on my life has been OR my mother as well until you. You continue to teach me so many things about myself and God continues to teach me and grown me since being your mommy. He waited eight years to bring you into our lives. During those eight years there were times I did ask "When?" "But WHY not now" and even wondered at times if it would ever be. I know now that HIS timing IS perfect. You are perfect and He gave you to us at the PERFECT time. I am so thankful!!

May our love always give you roots!!!!

xox oxo,

Mommy

***I'm having problems uploading pictures. I will keep trying!!!

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!