Uncle Dave, Aunt Becky, Gabe, Jase, & I Uncle Chuck and Jaden I mentioned a trip to a farm in a previous post, and it was a great outing. Chuck’s sister and her family visited us for Easter weekend. We were excited to have them here and wanted to do something to get out of the house. A friend recommended Flinchbaugh’s Farm where they held a Spring Fest. Our nephews are 6 and 3 so they got to participate in an apple…
You all know Jovie, our sweet little pup. The first picture was taken the night we got her- it is my favorite Jovie picture of all times. She was only four months old and God used her to bring such joy to my aching heart at the time. She is such a sweet puppy- loves to sit on my lap, loves to cuddle, loves to follow me around the house- an all around precious girl. Fast forward two years to…
Thank you to those of you who participated in my first ever book give-away! It was sweet to read your comments, and I was encouraged by each one of you. Keeping with the spirit of the contest, I would like to share that I am thankful for Chuck! I’m thankful because he supports me wherever I’m at- whether it be in a sad mood, a bad mood, an excited mood, or a happy mood. He gets me, and I’m thankful….
Just a reminder- tomorrow is the final day to enter my first ever BOOK GIVE AWAY! (Read previous post.) Our home is taking on a simpler agenda these days. A little over a week ago I decided to deactivate my Facebook account. I have a couple friends who don’t have an account and I had been finding myself being envious of them. I would think things like, “I wish I didn’t have a Facebook account.” It was silly to think…
I give full credit to this blog post idea to one Mrs. Lindsay Jacobs! She wrote a blog post about the book, “The Power of a Praying Wife” by Stormie Omartian- you can read her post here. I have been praying through this book since Chuck and I were engaged, and it’s amazing to see how God has answered those prayers. Lindsay actually had a give away of this book on her blog, and it inspired me to do my…
It has been an incredible gift to have girl friends in my life, some of which I have known for over 20 years. My first friend (that I am still close with) is probably my cousin, Heather. I’m sure I must have met her within my first year of life. She stood up with me at our wedding, and I’m really grateful for her. Amber is another one of my oldest friends. (I don’t mean she’s old!) I can still…
The past several days have been unbelievably amazing weather wise. I mean like the perfect, too-good-to-be-true weather. For three days straight! My heart never feels more alive than when the weather is warm. Today, for instance, our windows are wide open with the breezes flowing through- airing out the winter, stale, cooped up yuckiness. HELLO SPRING! Today the high is 73 degree’s. 73! Hallelujah! After Jase’s nap, we’ll be hitting the streets. Jovie will get a walk, I will get…
If you’ve ever seen Shark Tank, you may have seen the episode about Groovebook. I tend to get interested in products that we’ve seen on Shark Tank. Groovebook is no exception. If you have a smart phone, and want to try the Groovebook app for free, let me know. I have a code that will get you 100 pictures printed off your phone for free. If you want to order more pictures after the first free 100, it’s only $2.99…
Our “special cable deal” runs out today. For some reason cable was a lot cheaper in VA (as was everything, except for rent). The day we arrived in our new town, our very first stop was the Comcast building. Before we ate dinner, before we went to our house- we stopped to get cable. Mostly that was my request. I didn’t want the house to feel so lonely. Chuck even splurged to get us the package that included ABC Family…
I was invited to hang out with some women and kids from my new church today. It was a really encouraging morning being with them. I very much enjoyed chatting with the other girls and getting to know some of them. One of them asked me when I moved here. I responded, “A week and a half after Jase was born. Terrible idea.” Two of the women said, “When we heard about that, we thought, ‘Is she super woman or…
