Living Proof LIVE!

A few weekends ago I had the opportunity to go to Little Rock and see Living Proof LIVE. Let me just say AMAZING! I love Beth Moore bible studies and even the live Simulcast she does every year.....but to hear her and see IN PERSON the passion she has for God's Word and helping others understand it? It just amazes me. Not to mention I love Travis Cottrell too and he led the worship all weekend. I didn't want to carry my big heavy camera in to the conference so I just took some pictures of us before we left and on the way in to Little Rock on Saturday morning.

Jasmin, Kristin, Jennifer, Megan, Rebekah, Mom & Crystal

We stayed at Jennifer Boone's house.....thank you Jennifer!!! Jennifer is a very dear friend of my sisters and is just a great lady!

Not a good picture (of me!) but proof that I was there!!!

Jasmin, Crystal and Mom

I can't begin to tell you how much I enjoyed the conference but I loved every bit as much getting to spend time with my friends and family. We bonded and had a great time with each other. I am very saddened when I hear about families that can't stand to be in the same room. That is not my experience at all.....and I thank God for my mom and sisters!!

Mini Cheer Clinic 2011

The Greenwood High School Varsity Cheer Squad and Pom Squad held their cheer/dance clinic today and Hannah decided she wanted to do it again this year. I was a little surprised since she didn't want to cheer with Upward this past season but we did it. She said she had a blast. Only 2 of her friends did it this year.....Kennedy Holland and Madison Yancey. She was super cute out there learning her cheer and dance. Below are some pictures I was able to get:

They will be performing at the Bulldog Revue on April 30th. She is very excited and has been practicing this evening. Can't wait to see them perform!

Playdate with the Costons

We had the pleasure this past Tuesday of having the 4 Coston kids over to play. They are such good kids....we had a blast! Here are some pictures showing some of what we did.

Sweet Dexter Li! Love his precious smile!

Isaac & Camryn watching some Veggie Tales (Camryn was tired today.) Hannah and Dexter (she has asked me repeatedly since meeting Dexter if she might could get a sister from China....Ha!)

I don't have any pictures to prove that Brandon was there too but he was too busy singing with the karaoke machine to have time for pictures. Ha! We had such a fun time with them....hope to get to do it again soon! Thanks Mischelle for sharing your kids with us!

Hard Decisions

I feel sad tonight....we have decided to sell the Tahoe. It has become too expensive to drive and therefore sits there, undriven. I love this vehicle....even though it is old. I will miss you old friend.

Isaac & Caedmon

I am so excited that God has moved my brother and his family to within 40 minutes of my house! Tim is now pastor of Dean Springs Baptist Church in Alma, AR. They closed on their house this past Friday and moved in on Tuesday. To try and help out a little bit, I offered to keep the kids today. Jordan and Hannah ended up spending the night at Mamaw & Papaws in Paris and I got to keep Isaac and Caedmon with me! :-)

When we got home Isaac couldn't wait for Caedmon to watch Veggie Tales "The Easter Carol" with him. This is definitely his favorite movie right now. Don't they look sweet?

After they watched the movie they played with EVERY toy in his room! Then they brought a puzzle in the living room to put together. Isaac is so lucky.....all of his cousins are quite a bit older than him but they love him so much and they are so good with him!

I am very thankful for the relationship that is and will continue to develop between these two. Hannah and Jordan are the only two girls on my side of the family and I just know they are going to be so close. I just love that they are so close now. If I can just figure out how to get my sister and her boys here......the circle would be complete! I better get to work on that! Ha!

Oh the things parents do....

....while potty training their son. Isaac has been "pee-pee" trained for quite some time now. However, he refuses to go pooh in the potty. I don't understand....and quite frankly, it frustrates me so very much! Anyway, he pooped in the potty yesterday!!!! Yay for Isaac!! To reward him for his efforts (and to encourage this continued action) we took him and Hannah to Chuck E Cheese last night. There were no activites at church due to Spring Break so it actually happened at the perfect time....it wasn't croweded! When the lady was stamping our hand as we went in, Isaac looked at her and as loud as he possibly could yelled "I got my big poo-pooh's out!!" He was so very proud! :-)

This picture is terrible but it is the only one I got of the two of them....they were in total different directions the whole evening.

Hannah enjoyed very much Isaac's reward. :-)

Riding with Bob the Builder
Hannah concentrated so hard while she was racing....hope she concentrates this much when she is learning to drive!

Isaac LOVES to play ball....this was his favorite game!

Hannah & Isaac were riding some ride and just laughing so hard....I love them enjoying each other.

Yay! Daddy finally got there and played some games with Isaac.

Overall we had a great time! The kids (and Dad!) used around 130 tokens and we ate some pizza. I only hope and pray we are lucky enough to get to take this trip again soon....as another reward for continued success!!!

Miss Patty Cake

Miss Patty Cake came to our church this past Friday night. I wasn't really sure how Isaac and Hannah would do because we had never seen her before but Hannah had a really good time! Isaac would have done better had it not been at 7pm.....that was way too close to his bed time. But he was all smiles when we got there!!

We sat with our friends, the McBrides. Here is Jaycee showing me the flyer advertising Miss Patty Cake. Sweet girl!

Here I am with the kids....not the best picture but just proof I was there! Ha!

And here is Ms. Joslyn....aka Ms. Attitude! hahahaha Love this girl!!

Miss Patty Cake in action....she was great! I love that she makes songs from bible verses and just makes praising God so much fun!

After the second song Isaac was pulling my hand saying "lets go!".

Hannah tried to get him into the motions but he was just so tired. She was precious trying so hard. She really loves her brother....even though it doesn't show all of the time.

We ended the night with him laying on my shoulder.

We had a good time and loved going as a family. Thanks to FBC for having her come!