Our life update..

Well everyone can tell that I haven't been updating my blog, like a good little blogger. Well 2010 has been a very very busy year. In February we started building our house. God has blessed with the ability to finally build a house. Frankly, we were outgrowing our current place way to quick. Everyone will have thier own space. Hopefully we will be able to move in by the end of the summer. I promise that I will post pictures soon.

School has ended for Bizzy and Kenzie. Lulu will be finishing up this week. Kenzie graduated from Kindergarten. So now my little baby is a 1st grader. Boy does the time fly by quickly. Bizzy graduated 5th grade and that was so emotional more for me than her. She actually went on her first youth evasion this past Sunday night. I have some wonderful memories from my youth group at church when I was growing up. You truly do make friends for life there.

Lindsey is finishing up the 6th grade and looking forward to a summer off to relax before starting 7th grade. Seems like just yesterday I was taking her to the first day of 4 yr kindergarten. Before we know it, they will be in college.

Well since life is slowing down some, maybe I will be able to post and put pictures up of the house and all the end of the school year activities. Summer is here and I am ready for some days at the pool and the beach. Hopefully the oil won't destroy it too much.

Forever Friends

These are the "Three Amigos". We were able to attend a Casting Crowns concert on Friday. It was an AWESOME way to start off spring break. Casting Crowns, Kutless and Caleb were at Olive Bapt Church. Each group was great!! I really enjoyed Casting Crowns, they sang some really great songs.

I am soo greatful that Elizabeth has these wonderful girls in her life. Every girl needs friends that she can confide in and these are Bizzy's. I beleive that they will be friends forever. I have also become great friends with their moms. Thank you God for bringing them all into our lives.

My Little Artist

The Proud Artist

What an AWESOME snowman!!!

Every Year, Elizabeth ends up having some of her artwork displayed somewhere. One year it could be at the Fair and then the next it could be at the Pensacola Museum of Art. For her final year of elementary school, it was the museum of Art. One Friday night, Bizzy-Kenzie and I braved the rain and spent the evening looking at artwork displayed by the Esc. Co. students. There was artwork displayed from elementary, middle and high school. You would not believe the talent that some of these students have. I am truly amazed, especially with the older ones.

This year, Mr. Brabham, the art teacher--picked a snowman that Elizabeth had drawn. I don't know why she picked to draw a snowman. The poor child has never even seen real snow, much less made a real snow man.

My child has many talents, where she has recieved them from is beyond me. I just hope that she uses them to the best of her ability. I can say that when Elizabeth puts her mind to something, it will be accomplished.

Now I am not the museum visiting type, but I will spend every Friday night in one if it displays my little girls work. :)

Wild Aninals Watch OUT!!!

Mommy & Kenzie

Taylor getting a little kiss!!!

Kenzie before all the animals come up to the van!!!

Well today, we braved the cold and went on a Safari. We all 15 loaded up into the zebra van and then the adventure started!!! Well as soon as you go through the gate, the animals are standing there waiting for you. It is so funny that the animals know that when the vans come through that they are going to get some food.

Well there were all kinds of animals: big ones, small ones, cute ones, ugly ones. I think that if Chad would of had a gun, that some of those animals would be dead!!! That would be the closest way that he ever comes close to killing a great big elk.

Then the adventure began. With Jason behind the wheel of the van. This was really funny, Kenzie was all about going, but once those animals came up to the van windows that was the end for her. She did NOT like the huge animals, all she wanted to feed were the baby ones.

Bizzy and Lindsey were all about the animals, I myself even fed the animals. I did scream a few times. You would too, once you saw some of those animals tongues coming through the windows at you.

All in all we had a great time. We were all freezing cold. Did I forget to mention, that I totally did not pack the right clothes for the cold weather up here.

We're on the way to a.....

Ok, so I don't have any pics, but we did get our pelimanary (sp) house plans. You would of thought that you would of given me a million dollars. I was soooo excited. We have a picture of my kitchen and I just kept staring at it and thinking I am going to have this very soon. Let me tell you 1200 sq ft for 5 people is very small and although the new house isn't a mansion, to me it is. I am sooo excited.
There is a Bible verse that has just kept popping up to me in the past couple weeks.

"For I know the plans I have for you" declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and future." Jeremiah 29:11

Yes, Sara--- I am being the slacking Mom that I am--tonight, just saw that it was the kids memory verse.

For so long I have wondered ---when am I going to be able to have a house, and with patience not being one of my virtues, how thought--- when, when, when.
But now I realize that God does everything in his time, not my time.

I just have to keep trusting that my love of the Lord will help get through everything.

John Tyler McAnally

On Thursaday, January 7th at 11:00 am......my sweet little nephew came into this world. He is the most precious little angel in the world. He was 8 lbs 1 oz.

While my sister was in the hospital I had the pleasure of keeping his BIG sister, Mikayla. She was a sweet little bed buddy and loves to give kisses when she wakes up. She became really attached to me and wouldn't let me out of her sight. She even cried when I took her home. (that made me feel real good)

Can't wait to have another sleep over with her soon!! Maybe next time her brother will come along too.

This stuff is "new" to me

I am trying this because lots of my friends are doing this.

Ok, so hopefully I will be able to keep up with all this. Will get some pictures about our life soon.