Candy Hangover?

 

Happy Easter Everyone!

 

Anyone else feeling the chocolate hangover?

 

I not only got Easter baskets from my mom and my husband, but I also have a child that can only eat certain candies so I get all that too! haha

 

I had such a great weekend with my family!

 

The Easter egg hunt went well on Saturday, but Cam was more interested in rocks and leaves than the eggs :)

 

 

He got the hang of it after a while :)

 

He sure did love that candy though!

 

Sunday morning we went to church and then came home to a big dinner and Easter baskets! :)

 

 

Cameron's cousin Conner

 

Our little Easter Bunny!

 

Hope you all can recover from all that candy! ;)

 

P.S.  I died my hair the new ombre style!  I will post pics when I have the chance to fix it!

 

Easter Weekend

I love Easter so much!

 

Not only did Jesus die on the cross for us and raise from the dead but it brings family together! 

 

Tomorrow morning I am heading to Gallipolis to be with my family to celebrate Cameron's first Easter! :)  There is an egg hunt at church then afterwards we are going to color eggs.  I'm so excited to pass the traditions on to Cameron that I grew up doing!

 

Sunday morning is the sunrise service (in which I am supposed to play the trumpet, which I have not done in front of an audience since high school) and then we have the Easter service and then a big dinner with our family!  Not to mention Easter baskets in the morning ;)

 

I hope you all enjoy this Easter weekend, but most importantly, don't forget what it's about!  Also, pray for the millions of people that only go to church on Easter Sunday.  Pray that their hearts will be softened and that God will work through that one service to prove that HE IS LORD and has RISEN FROM THE DEAD!!!!

 

Happy Easter!!!

Weekend Getaway?

Yesterday while I was sitting in church I looked at Jimmy and said, "You wanna go to Gallipolis?"

Now he doesn't think that I'm very spontaneous so he was shocked and was ready to go!

 

My sister is the youth leader at church in Gallipolis and they were having a youth lead service in which my brother was singing and playing guitar in the band.  I wanted to surprise my siblings so we made our way down.

 

It was definitely God calling me to Gallipolis.  The service was amazing! God's presence was so evident!  They performed a skit about Jesus rising fromt the dead and it was so moving!  People were saved, some people surrendered, and there were only a few dry eyes in there! 

 

God is truly working through that youth group and I was so happy that I got to witness it!

 

After the service we went over to my parents house and spent some time with all of my family.  My dad told me that he had something to tell me. 

 

Now let me say this-I'm 21 years old, I am married, and I have a child.  The fact that my dad took time to give me advice (which most people would have rejected at my age) and more importantly specifically from God's Word moved me!

 

Without going into too much detail, we have been having some trouble with our previous landlord.  It has been making me sick and I have been losing sleep over it.  My dad pulled out his Bible and gave me a passage of Scripture and advice on what he felt I should do.  I called my dad crying when I first found out what was going on because I had no idea what to do.  He told me then that he wasn't really sure what to do.  However, he didn't just leave it be.  He sought out Scripture and brought it to my attention trying to help me to become a better me!  My mom was also advising me in the same direction and was telling me about how God will bless me if I obey Him.

 

I am SO THANKFUL for parents like this!  Parents that don't give advice out of anger or worldly experience, but ones that seek Scripture and impart that knowledge upon their children!  I am truly blessed with amazing parents!

 

So now I am back home.  We didn't come home until today because the roads were pretty bad last night.  I am so happy that I was able to just get away from it all and spend a few precious moments with my family. 

 

If you think about it, pray that I will be able to set aside my pride and follow the advice given by my parents. 

 

Hope you have as great of a Monday as I have :)

College Grad!

I know that I always say that I am going to get better at this blogging thing, but I never do.  I try to stay consistent but then life gets in the way! 

 

Since I last wrote a post a LOT has changed.  My husband and I are now college graduates!  However, I had no idea that this is how it was going to feel. 

 

It may be simply because I haven't walked in my graduation ceremony yet. 

 

It could be because I don't have a "real" job. 

 

It could be because I live in the basement of my in-laws. 

 

Whatever the reason, graduating college (for me) is not all it's cracked up to be.

 

I have been seeking God's direction in all of this.  I feel like He has such big plans for Jimmy and I but right now I feel like I am in a very rough patch of my life.  I know that God is teaching me one thing and that's humility.

 

When I graduated college I was so full of myself.  I was so proud of what I had done.  I thought that I was going to make so much money and be this amazing executive or something even better.  However, that didn't happen.

God is truly teaching me that I need to trust Him and to thank Him for all of my accomplishments because without Him I would have NOTHING.   

 

I look forward to what God has planned for my family.  I wish that it would happen a little sooner, but since it's not going how I planned, I've let go and let God.  :)

 

I hope that this hasn't been too boring to read.  I'm going to try to keep up with this, but I'm not promising anything.