Two Birthdays in Two Days....

Did someone say cupcakes? These two are always up for baking...especially when it comes to baking for their Daddy.

All we need is Daddy to come home from work...... Happy Birthday Daddy!



Good Morning Birthday Girl......

I'm not sure if cutting is a big deal to your four year old or not, but to this four year old it's a HUGE deal.  She prides herself in cutting beautifully. I have to say that I'm always blown away at how well she does everything, but her cutting skills in particular are AMAZING.....

Mark 9:23

“What do you mean, ‘If I can’?” Jesus asked. “Anything is possible if a person believes.”

At least someone likes to get dressed up for Christmas parties.....

Lovin Santa this year

Good King Wenceslas

Izzy had her first piano recital on Sunday...oh, my goodness. She was a nervous wreck. In fact, for two months she's been telling her piano teacher that she wasn't sure if she was going to do it or not. She told her that she would pray about it and let her know. My girl....I love her! So every week Miss Chrissy would ask her if she had decided yet and she would " No, I'm still praying about it. " Well, last week she FINALLY decided that she would in fact play in the recital. Yeah!!! She is the youngest student and by far the littlest. When I saw her feet dangling from the chair while she played it really dawned on me that this was a HUGE deal for her. She is just a little girl. To play piano in front of all of the families at six years old after only taking lessons for three and half months. Gosh, I was proud of her.

Izzy and Miss Chrissy (her piano teacher)

Here she goes.....

So serious

Now this smile is worth it all, isn't it?

So proud of you my big girl : )

 

 

Our Journey so far....

Well, it's chilly here in Dalton, GA but it seems to be appropriate when you look out at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. So...I'm not complaining : )

The girls were amazing being cooped up in a car for eight hours. I mean really amazing. No fighting. No getting car sick (Thank You Jesus...Mari slept for several hours right after she told me she felt nauseated) The weather was great and the ride didn't feel that long which made me feel good because if we end up moving to this area then I'd like to think that my family would come see us more often if the ride wasn't so bad. It's good for me too knowing that I can get home to our family in a days drive. Just some weird little comfort I have in being this level of away from home. If that makes sense. Now, if the Lord calls us way far away, I guess I'll get over that : ) 

The Lord was definitely with us on the ride. We felt a great peace as soon as we drove off from our house in Slidell. I had been a little anxious prior to leaving but it immediately vanished when we left. There were a few signs on the way too.... : )

And this was on the Marquee at The Hampton Inn when we pulled in on Thursday night.....

He is so good !

So Rob went to church at Rock Bridge on Thursday night. He really loved the church so we stayed Friday and explored the downtown area where the church is located. It's a quaint urban pedestrian area that seems to be in the midst of a restoration effort. It looks like the church has had a lot to do with that. Rock Bridge takes up a block maybe of the downtown area. A few different buildings including a old theater.

Then we went up into the mountains for the rest of the day. We did the whole touristy thing...Rock City and Ruby Falls. We ate dinner at this kind of old school pizza joint in Chattanooga which was great then we went back up to Lookout Mountain for the Enchanted Garden of Lights. That was really cool. It reminded me of Celebration in the Oaks at home just not in the Oaks but on top of a mountain. The girls loved the Christmas lights and the caroling. They also loved the home made Kettle Corn and Hot Chocolate from Starbucks.

Tonight we're going to church for a Christmas program and tomorrow we're going to the early service and heading home. So much has been revealed and I'm sure there's more to come. Thank you for your prayers. We have felt completely covered by them. Blessings, Lisa