A too quick visit!

Ivy gets so excited when she sees Sharon!

Hayley gets excited too but she doesn't like to sit still for a picture!

Hayley likes to sit on the floor and eat her snack!

Memaw decided to sit and have a snack too!

Oh! I look like the older sister in this picture!

We were asked again if we were twins!

Watching Aladdin and eating popcorn!

Thank you Papaw, Memaw and Sharon for coming to visit us! We had a great time! Thanks Sharon for going to "school" with me! It was fun! Thankful you got to experience it all with me! Thanks Memaw and Papaw for playing with the girls! We wish you could have stayed longer!

Just Playing!

Hayley does everything Ivy does! Including pretending that she is dancing with Ken!

Hayley likes books!

I'm so thankful Ivy let's Hayley play too!!!

A little dusting of snow....

We were anticipating more snow than what we got! Memaw and Papaw got more snow in NC than we did here in KY. It was still fun to get dressed in our warm clothes and go out early in the morning.

Ms. Anne Marie made this hat for Ivy and we love it!

"Mom, Wet!"  That's exactly what Hayley said when she sat down on the step!

Wake up Ivy!

"Mom, I think Ivy is in here! Is it ok to wake her up?"

"There is her head. Idy, Idy, Idy....."

"Ivy wasn't ready to wake up!"

Thankful!

Thankful today for:
Ivy and Hayley! They have laughed a lot to day! They have hugged today! They have danced today! They are feeling so much better! Ivy read books to Ivy for 30 minutes while I showered and got ready!
Caleb Mayfield and Jason Speier came to Southern for a conference and we got to see them. They were so encouraging. It was so neat to see family from home!
The snow! It is beautiful!
Sharon, Memaw and Papaw are coming a week from today! Sharon is going to a confernece at school with me. Memaw and Papaw are keeping the girls.
Thankful that God is on His throne! Thankful that He saw fit to save me! Thankful that He blesses us just because He loves us!
Thankful that Hayley just loves her daddy and right now is yelling "Daddy, Daddy, Daddy!"
Thankful that Ivy is reading a book and loves to read!
Thankful that Brent loves tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches for supper.
Thankful for leftover cupcakes!

Dr. Seuss Birthday Party

We had a Dr. Seuss party with a few of our friends from seminary.

We read several Dr. Seuss books together.

Our friend Lyndsey made cupcakes! Yummy!

Hayley got to color!

We made a craft!

We made Truffula Trees!

Fresh Air

Well...we have been sick! Stomach bug, colds, allergies, RSV and Yes! Pheumonia!  BUT!!!! GOD is our healer and today we have NO FEVERS!!!!  Here are a few pictures that we took a couple of days ago. We just had to get out of the house and get some fresh air! I tried to pick the pictures in which Hayley's cheeks were just a little red. Sweet Hayley has been SO sick.  Thank you friends and family for praying for us! Your prayers helped us make it through!

My little girl is growing up!

Hayley really has started to get attached to her daddy. Daddy really helped mommy take care of  her! Thanks daddy!

Christmas in February!

Wow! Our Aunts sure do love on us! They always have! All of them! If I started sharing how God has blessed me thru my aunts, I would be typing all day. They call me, send me letters, pray for me and so much more. They really are so special and I praise God for the way they love on my girls too!  Aunt Mary Sue and Aunt Ruth bought the girls new red dresses for Valentines Day and sent them to the girls. Aunt Ruth and her sweet boys, James and Edward, sent the girls a HUGE box full of stuff. Ruth knows the girls so well. She knows that Ivy loves to bake and make stuff. She sent Ivy cake mixes, cup cake liners, gold fish, stickers and the list goes on and on. Thank you to my aunts! Thank you most of all God for blessing me with my family!

New red dresses! Just in time for Valentines Day!

WOW! The box from Ruth, Bill and James and Edward was packed full!!!!

Movies!

Aunt Ruth knows that mommy loves MINTS! Thanks Ruth!!!!

Sweet letter from RU RU!

Visit to NC

Hayley loves her Papa!

It was so good to see Trent and Emma. We miss them so much!

It was good to see the Great Aunts too!  Betty, Mary Sue, Ruth and Johnnie Nell!

Ivy loves Trent, James and Edward!

I really miss my sister! Glad to see her!

This picture was taken only moments before Trent and Ivy decided it was time to be SILLY....until 11:00 PM!!!

He is to me....

WOW! Two weeks of craziness! God really has been showing me that He so much more than I ever give Him credit for! He is so good! He is to me more precious than Gold!

Ivy had the stomach bug and the same night we had a tornado watch. So we spent the night in the basement, with sirens going off and Ivy being sick. God, thank you for being powerful (Ha Gevurah) like the tornado and for directing the tornado away from us!
Two days later, I got the stomach bug. God, you knew that one of my biggest fears in moving away from family was what will happen when I get sick? God you were my strength.  (Yahweh Uzzi--the Lord My Strength!) You worked in the girls hearts that day and they were AMAZING! It was you in the house allowing Hayley to take a long nap and Ivy to be content reading.
A week later, Brent and Hayley got the stomach bug. God, I praise you that you have healed us all. You are Jehovah Rapha--the Lord our Healer. Thank you for a new pediatrician for the girls. The office is two minutes from our house and their new doctor is so sweet. Thank you that we were in and out of the office in twenty minutes. Thank you that even thought Hayley's fever was so high you protected her and you healed her! You also knew the perfect time for us to get sick. You knew that it had to happen when it did because the very next day, our sewer system failed.

Yes, I was brushing my teeth and felt my feet getting wet. The toilet flooded the bathroom. The washing machine leaked too. We found out the next day that the city sewer system outside our house was broken. It was a little crazy with company here (Sharon and Ruth) and only getting to flush the toilet's a couple times a day and not getting to take showers at our house for 5 days now but God is still amazing. God, thank you for being Jehovah-Shalom--the Lord our Peace. Thank you Lord, for allowing Brent and I to get a shower tonight at the school gym. Thank you for hot water! You give us good gifts like hot water and heat because you are LOVING KINDNESS!!

As the workers were trying to fix the sewer system today, they accidentally cut our water line and the gas line. The whole street was blocked off with fire trucks and police cars. God, you are our protector. You are El Roi--the God who sees. You kept our house from blowing up when the gas line was cut, you protected the workers, and Brent. God you are El Emunach the Faithful God. You allowed the girls to NOT be here when the gas line and water line was cut. They had already left going to NC with Aunt Sharon and Aunt Ruth. Lord, your timing is perfect. You are so GOOD!

Lord, I just know that you will fix our sewer system soon. I know that you see the piles of dirty clothes and dishes that need water. I just know that you know we have to leave for NC in two days and my desire to not leave the house in chaos. I know that you know me better than I know myself and that if I have to leave piles of dishes and dirty clothes you are using it for my good because you are Jehovah-M'Kaddesh--The Lord who Sanctifies! Thanks for not giving up on me God. I long and need to be more like your Son Jesus!