Wednesday's Window to our World.=)

Not much has happened since last week. I have been keeping Ellie all week and she has been a jewel! Jackson LOVES her and it allows me to get things done around the house. We also went swimming and shopping as well. Jonathan has been working as well as yard sale shopping. This week he went to 7 yard sales and brought home a wooden chicken, 3 balls, 3 books, and 3 shirts for Jackson and only spent $1.50. I got to sleep in which was GREAT!! Allyson Collins came to visit and it was so great to hang out with her. She will be a freshman this year and we can't wait for her to be here full time! Jonathan and I also celebrated 4 years of marriage. What 4 great, wonderful years it has been. We are totally looking forward to many, many more!!

PRAISE REPORT!
Jackson has been "pappy" free for 10 days now and doing FABULOUS!! When we got back from NM we just simply stopped giving it to him. He cried for about 6 minutes the first night and the second night was 1 hour and 15 minutes. But since then he has replaced the "pappy" with a magna-doodle. Even to the point of crying if we take it away when is going to sleep. I guess we can deal with the magna-doodle=)
p.s. 4 years of marriage is a praise report too=)

New Mexico=)

So last Wednesday we were in New Mexico for College Week and I was unable to make our Wednesday post. Since a couple of Wednesday's ago we have traveled to and from New Mexico, cut Jackson's hair for the second time, and started work again. New Mexico was great! We were so challenged in our walk with the Lord. We are really excited to get back home and put those things into practice. We would like to report that Jackson traveled so well. He never go upset or even cried on the 28 hour bus ride round-trip. He watched movies, looked for cows(there was A LOT in Texas=), and watched the other kids who traveled with us. Overall, we PRAISE the Lord because we know it is because we asked Him! Speaking of Jackson, yes, I cut his hair again tonight. It was getting out of control again. I must say that he is looking more and more like a little boy each day. The time flies and I am not sure that I am a fan of it!! Work has started to pick up. I am keeping the Stokes' girls after school this year and TOTALLY looking forward to it. I love those girls SO much!! Jonathan has had a slow summer at the BCM but is now really working hard to get things ready for the fall. He has also taken a new job at Emmanuel BC as the part time college minister. We are really looking forward to working with those students there! What a great few weeks it has been!

Wednesday's Window to our World

So I think that I am going to start updating our blog every Wednesday. I hope that it will be a good way to keep me accountable to updating more often. So...

We took another job. Jonathan is going to be the college minister at Emmanuel Baptist Churh as well as work at the BCM. We have really enjoyed the church thus far and we are looking forward to students coming back to school so that college ministry can really get going.=)
My sister and nieces came to visit last week. They came in on Wednesday and left on Sunday. We had an amazing time. We swam, visited the farm, went hiking, and hung out. It was so great. I love and miss them so much!!
I also had a tooth pulled yesterday, Tuesday. It was an experience. I HATE the dentist and when I say HATE I mean HATE the dentist. Needless to say I am glad it is over and so thankful for "happy drugs" that help make the experience not so bad!!=)

Jackson's First Haircut!!=(

Jackson's first haircut was harder than we thought. He needed a haircut so badly! I guess the hard part was that there is no turning back! Now he is a little boy!!

1807.4 miles later....

We FINALLY made it back to Louisiana. After visiting Flintstone, we decided to take a trip to KY as well. We celebrated the 4th with our KY family. It was so much fun! So after 1800 + miles we are finally home... Not so sure we want to travel any time soon....=)

and yet another day...

Day 6- Today was a good day. Aimee, Shelby, Regan, Jonathan, Jackson and I went to visit Gran. It was so good to see her. She is almost 92 and we always enjoy any time we get to spend with her. We then went to Chic-Fil-A where Jackson and the girls played on the playground.  After that we all took naps. Then we went swimming. Jackson is loving the pool. Today he jumped off the diving board. Well, actually dropped off the diving board. But he loved it!! After swimming  we ate BBQ as a family. It was good times!!

(Pictures will come soon=))

surprise!!

Day 5- We left the beach today and decided to come to Flintstone for a few days.  We told no one that we were coming so everyone was so totally surprised!  Pictures will come soon...