THANK YOU!!!!!!!

THANK YOU!

This week has been just crazy. I work till 5 at the office  and then I leave to go to my other job, my crew leading job at VBS. Crew leading 10 preschoolers for 2 hours sounded like so much fun when I signed up! So why do I now have a stomach ulcer, a head cold and possibly a few thousand torn ligaments?

No seriously, while it has been exhausting I have loved watching their little faces and how much they soak up. I mean really they are like little sponges, learning and retaining all that we can dish out.

So many times I have thanked God for keeping His hand on my life and keeping me in church when my life could have turned out so differently. And I think back to all the VBS, Awanas, Missionettes, Youth Groups, Fellowship Groups and Summer Camps and know that every seed planted during those childhood and early teenage years was harvested as I became a woman of God. So to all the VBS workers, Summer Camp Dorm Leaders, Fellowship Group Co-Leaders, ect....

Thank You for Giving to the Lord. I am a life that was changed!

This week on Blog Hop, it favorite photo week. This was a picture a friend took of my kiddo's first tailgating experience. It will always be treasured by this LSU momma!

Dreams Really Do Come True!

This weekend was packed with fun and festivities.  I had a great time visiting with friends and family and celebrating our nation's birthday so to speak.  This is Madelynn & Zachary at LSU going to see Mike the Tiger.

This is Mike VI. He was pretty hot and kept pacing trying to find a cooler place to chill and this is the best shot I could get of him. The kids think that no visit to Baton Rouge is complete without a visit to see Mike.

The Friday before the 4th was filled with seeing as many old friends as possible. Todd and I had lunch with Antoinette at Roman's Deli and I finally got to have some Chicken Shawarma. If you had told me 10 years ago that I would one day have cravings for Lebanese food I would never have believed you! We had dinner plans with the Duplechains and so the only time left was in between to see everyone else, so around 4 pm, we met a crew at the Cold Stone Creamery so we could goo goo and gah gah over these little guys!

My friend Tiffinie had Anna Kate and Brody, on December 31st and what a blessing they were to a family who also had prayed so long for a child of their own. I have shared before our struggle and prayer to have a family and it was a double blessing for me to see my two feeding her two! God is just too good to put into words sometimes. When we place our dreams in His powerful hands, our dreams really do come true!

We left out early Sunday morning to come home. It is always bittersweet when I  realize that as much as I love my old stomping ground, I am always so ready to come home. The kids were happy to be in their own beds last night and so was I! 

Today it is back to the daily grind yet somehow I have a renewed sense of gratitude for all that God has richly blessed me with. 

It feels like coming home.

I have lived in Texas over 7 years now. My kids were both born here and our life is here. I love my life; So all in all, Texas is home. 

Except for whenever I go home. Home to Baton Rouge. No matter how much it changes, and how much my life is so different, when I drive across the Mississippi from Port Allen into Baton Rouge. It just feels like coming home. 

I love having a connection with something that isn't tangible or even easily explainable. I don't have a house to go back to, or even any family remaining there. Yet somehow it is part of me and it always will be.

I am going home tomorrow night for the 4th. I am so excited. Friends, Family and Great Food. I will get some pictures posted when I get home.... from being home. :o)