Friday, March 30, 2012

We survived!!

Shelby and I survived 5 days without DaaDee. It was hard, but we did it. We tried to keep ourselves busy...as u can tell we succeeded in this photo summary....

































Sweet hugs for DaaDee and cranky pants for mommie....nice...lol

We missed Josh sooooo much and we are soooo happy he's home!! We are also happy and excited to travel this weekend as the guys sing at Bossier's Civic Center in Bossier City, LA Saturday night and Unity Baptist Church in Hope, AR Sunday morning and night.
I've been trying to post this for 2 days now!!!!! I need suggestions on an iPad app for Blogger posts. I've currently got BlogPress and HATE it!!!!!!!

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Black and White Wednesday



My friend Mrs. Claus, invited me to participate in the Black and White Wednesdays contest she's having and I feel honored b/c I"m not a photographer, SHE IS! :)
Shelby Lynne, March 2012

I feel my eye for photography is part of my artistic expression but I"m not good at taking pictures, except with my iPhone4! hee hee..in fact, this picture below was taken of our sweet Shelby by me and my iPhone app Instagram. She was watching Mickey in her playroom and we have a large window and the sun was just kissing her face and so I snapped it. She hadn't been awake an hour and is just radiating beauty only God can give so I thought it was a nice shot and it's been my Facebook profile pic for a while. She's just a beautiful child and blessing from God we thought we'd never have. I take pictures of her a million times a day because I don't want to forget a moment of her life and she may be the only child we are blessed with. This is my way of keeping my memories alive because I know I'll forget these days. Thank you Lord for this blessing in our lives and let us never forget these little moments in our life we can view and stressful when they're really moments we should treasure.


Monday, March 12, 2012

Wonderful Weekend with Crosspoint

I CANNOT BELIEVE I DIDN'T TAKE A SINGLE PICTURE FROM THIS WEEKEND!! WHAT IS WRONG W/ ME?? We had an awesome weekend with Crosspoint (Josh isn't on the webpage yet b/c I've gotta help him write his bio...lol..and hopefully sooner than later I won't have to explain anymore who they are;the singing group Josh is in now) and 2 other groups who came down to do a Saturday afternoon worship service at our church. God was SOOOOO there and His grace and peace FLOODED my heart and His church. It was sooo great seeing everyone come out and praise the Lord in one body together.
Crosspoint did such an awesome job and it amazes me how effortless their blend is and how touched by God this group is. They did our worship Sunday morning also at church and truly touched my heart. I know my heart overflows anytime I hear Josh sing but to see him worship and sing songs from God is unexplainable. My love just pours out each time I see and experience that. I'm truly blessed to be married to my soul mate, high school sweetheart and great man of God! This new journey with Crosspoint is WITHOUT A DOUBT where God has called us and He is doing AMAZING AND GREAT THINGS through us!! I feel a complete 360 in our marriage and relationship since we gave up ourselves and gave into what God truly had for us. It's tough to say that b/c we thought we were doing God's will since we were in ministry as a worship team at our church but just because we were serving in His church doing good things for Him, doesn't mean that was His will for us, and it wasn't. Not forever anyway...we did His will for the time He needed us to and being 100% submissive to His call was and still is hard, especially since Saturday and Sunday was the first time Josh has sung at our church since we resigned from worship ministry. We know IBC is in need of a worship leader and He will provide one in His timing. We are super excited to see what God has in store for us as we travel on weekend's to wherever He leads for Crosspoint to sing and lead/point others to Christ and His Word through song. We have the next 2 weekends off so it's gonna be nice to have a breather and just take a calm weekend as a family. It's so nice to be just apart of God's church because we are called to be wherever He wants us; not one specific location is neat!!
Last night's message, Bro. Steven (our pastor at IBC) gave really struck me deep and one of the things he said that really cut was, "If you don't walk in eternal Light, then you're walking in eternal darkness." I felt like that's what I've been doing and since we've surrendered to His Will, I see that Light again and FEEL that Light in my life. I've really struggled through the years doing a quiet time, especially since having Shelby because if you're a mom, you know just 20 seconds of YOU time is impossible, so it's been a struggle but I've MADE MYSELF realize that if I can take time to check my Facebook, BLOG, Pintrest, Etsy (OMG), etc...then God can have ME TIME TOO!!!! REALLY HURTS HUH?? tell me about it.... so on Monday's and Wednesday's (when I work) I get up at least 30 mins earlier so I can have time with God and yes, that means it's sometimes 6am.....and that is TOUGH but on the days I've neglected that and gave into temptation to sleep in, my whole day felt like poo and I felt in a slumm and just blaaah....God desires time with me. GOD! THE ONE who made the heaven's, the stars, the child that I cried for, EVERYTHING!! THAT ALONE IS ENOUGH TO GET UP ABOUT!! On the days I don't work, which is the other 5 days, I do my Quiet Time sometimes in the morning and other times during nap time. It's hard, I'm not gonna lie. It's SOOO TEMPTING to just relax, watch a show I want that I don't get to because it's not on Disney or PBS Kids or involves anyone needing me for something, but none of that satisfies but God and HIS WORD!!
My Quiet Time today was in Matthew 4:4, 10 and 5:2-7. I love verse 10 of Chapter 4, (I read the English Standard Version because it's easy for me to read and understand...lol) "Be gone Satan! It IS WRITTEN (Yes it is!!), You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve!" :) that just fires me up! :) I stated that all the way to work today because my attitude STUNK! this time change has jacked me up and i was cranky and just uuuggghhhhh but that was Satan getting his edge in and I WASN'T ALLOWING THAT..... :)
this is totally random, but it's my blog so that's ok...lol...but I love how God shows you little moments to remind you He loves you and to lighten up. Today, well actually i've found these the last 2 days since this weekend because I put the container in my purse Saturday...but I found a CONCRETE McD's Chicken Nugget in my purse and Safari Themed Hello Kitty Stickers.....lol...so even though I was frantic looking for my keys, God reminded me, "Hey, lighten up...." A nasty nugget and HK stickers...thanks God :) mission accomplished! I know Shelby left them but it was just funny at the moment I found them because it was right when I needed to lighten up..:) thank you God for those moments! :)
I did find some pics! These are the only pics from the weekend I did get....The sky was insane going to church last night and sooo pretty!!



Ok, well....that's it for today...lol.. a lot of random....Oh and I met Kelly's father in law too this weekend! His group was one of the ones who sang at our church w/ Josh's on Saturday! He's such a sweet man!
Be blessed!!!

Monday, March 5, 2012

What's in the Boutique

If you read my previous post, you know I"m now in a Boutique selling my creations and I couldn't be more excited!!

Here's what I'm selling, so far, in 2Sprouts:




















this is just a glimpse of all Megan is selling of mine. God has TRULY blessed me with this opportunity and experience! I am still doing custom orders but prefer, if it's baby/child-related items that you want, that you order thru Megan at 2Sprouts for my creations if there's something you don't see you want.
Thank you Lord for this opportunity and blessing!! Thank you Megan for your interest in me and my creations! I'll be sewing up new items such as:
Couture Bibs
Taggie Blankies w/ paci clip
Paci Clips
Diaper Pouch
Changing Pad
and much much more!!!!

Friday, March 2, 2012

I'm in a BOUTIQUE!!!




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Bizzy B's is now being sold in 2Sprouts Children's Consignment Boutique in Texarkana, TX!!!
Megan was soooo nice to take time to price, tag and go through all my things and displayed 95% of what I brought!! It felt soooo good to see what I've dreamed of doing come true and God bless my lil hobby for His glory IN HIS TIMING!!!
I'm sooooo excited about this dream come true opportunity and the new adventure God's given me with this!! Megan wants me to continue to sew my style of bags, wipe cases, Crayola buddies, and wants me to start making bibs, diaper pouches, burp rags and anything else I come up with!!!!!!!! I'm sooooooo stoaked!!!!!!!! Go by and visit Megan's AWESOME, HIGH CLASS, TOO CUTE FOR WORDS, boutique. It's located at:


4072 Summerhill Square. Texarkana, Texas.

Tell Megan Bekah or Bizzy B's sent ya!!!



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Thursday, March 1, 2012

God's creation is miraculous.

This post is just pictures I've taken recently with my Instagram app on my iPhone4.