Baby Dedication

We dedicated these miracles to the Lord on Sunday, June 9th, 2013  in front of our church family at FBC Mustang. God's faithfulness to us is shown in the lives of our precious children. We are so thankful God has gifted them to us, and it is our desire to raise them up for Him. May we be found faithful!

 

 

We chose Jason's verse a long time ago. We prayed a long time for him, and the Lord granted us the desire of our hearts. 1 Samuel 1:27- "For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition which I asked of Him."

We recently chose a verse for Gideon and Bethany. We were so amazed and humbled that God chose us to be the parents to twins. They are both precious miracles, and we thank God for them. Psalm 52:9- "For what You have done I will always praise You in the presence of Your faithful people. And I will hope in Your name, for Your name is good."
 



 The slideshow/program

These children, Lord, in faith and prayer,

We now present to Thee;

May they redemption's mercies share,

And true salvations see.

Such helpless ones didst Thou embrace,

While dwelling here below;

To us and ours, O God of grace,

The same compassion show.

In early days their hearts secure

From worldly snares, we pray;

O give them grace to persevere

In every righteous way.

Before them may their parents live

In godly faith and fear.

 

-Thomas Haweis

 

 

The dedication was supposed to take place several weeks prior, but the Lord had other plans. All of or children came down with the flu. We were able to try again on June 9th. Despite a blow out (on the one week I didn't bring an extra outfit for Bethany), a quick trip home, and somewhat cranky children, we were able to participate in the dedication service.

 

 

Date Night

We had a date night!! Last night! One of the many benefits of moving back to Texas will be all the family willing to watch our kids while we enjoy some dates. I bet you can't guess what we did...

 

Okay, so maybe you can guess! We are back in Texas, we have babysitters, AND we scored free tickets to a Rangers game. We were thinking our first date back would be dinner and a movie (we almost never go to a movie, like less than 10 in our over 6 years together...for realz!!).

Aaron's boss offered him his tickets for the game since he couldn't go, and of course we said yes. We ate Chick-fil-A on the way...YUMMY!! The traffic on the way there, not so awesome! It took nearly 2 hours to get there. But hey, we made it, and we had lots of time to talk in the car. So that's a plus! The first responders from the Moore, Oklahoma tornado were there to be honored, so that was really neat. It was free hat night at the ballpark (check out my camo Texas hat). I was all about getting the free hat! Aaron brought the other one back for his boss. Our seats were amazing!! So close! The Rangers won! After the game we hit the road home. Much better traffic! We grabbed some chocolate shakes...also yum! Then we arrived safely home, albeit late. And get this...no kids! Yep, they spent the night at the grandparents. I was able to sleep in a bit, and leisurely get ready this morning to go pick them up. I am so used to waking up and hitting the ground running. It was such a blessing to have a morning off. This morning would have been a great time to be a coffee drinker. I could have sat in my pj's and sipped my coffee while reading the news...HA! That wasn't happening! No coffee for me. I gulped my water down as usual! But still!!

So here's to more awesome dates with the one I love more than anyone else on earth!

TEXAS At Last!

Well, we are here, we are settled in, and we are glad it is DONE! Moving wasn't as fun for me this time around...I wonder why! ;) And we moved on the hottest days of the year (that isn't a fact, but it sure felt like it!, it was HOT!!). We are so thankful to have it all behind us! Huge shout out to Brandon McSwain who helped us load and Adam Palmer who helped us unload our truck. You guys were a huge blessing to us! And a shout out to Aaron who worked so hard to help prepare for the move and put up with me when I was tired and grumpy and stressed. He is the bomb-diggity for real!! :)

We are so happy to be back! 2 weeks today! We unpacked quickly for several reasons. We just wanted to be done for one! We wanted to get our lives back to our new normal for the kids sake. The move was hard on a certain little guy. He had so many questions and didn't seem to understand. He was a trooper though!! And finally, we are working with a smaller space and wanted to see if it was going to work. We are here to report that it will work just great! We don't even feel squished. It's amazing really! We are thankful for the Lord's provision of this apartment, He knew just what we needed. Prepping to move meant working hard when the kids were sleeping. It meant getting rid of and/or selling ALOT. It meant saying goodbye to a place we had come to love.

And now we are here and ready to see what the Lord has in store for us. Aaron is settled in at his new Discount Tire store, and get this...it is about 10 minutes away from home!! WONDERFUL!!! We are thankful for his job, and the close to home part is an added bonus. The kids are adjusting well. The twins seem to be mostly unaffected. The biggest change for them has been sharing a room with Jason. Oh, and adding more "real" baby food to their diet. :) And Jason is doing so much better now that we are back in a routine. The room sharing is going well. They all go down to bed at the same time, and they all fall asleep, so that is great. We play a cd of hymns for them at bedtime, and Jason has been singing them, and sometimes we hear the babies laughing or cooing along. Cute!! After seeing lots of family last week, I think Jason is understanding we live closer to them now. He is always talking about his house in Texas, Walmart in Texas, Grandparents in Texas...everything in Texas...EXCEPT church. We visited a church Sunday and kept Jason with us for the service. Half-way through he started (loudly might I add) saying, "our church now Papa, go to our church now." I was embarrassed in the moment, and then I was sad that he missed "his church". :(

I am back to cooking nutritious food for our family, grocery shopping (because when you move, that doesn't happen), and I am freed up again to spend quality time with the kids. The twins are busy little babies these days. Bethany is sitting herself up and doing her version of crawling. She is in to everything! She also FINALLY started holding her own bottle (after we moved ofcourse). Gideon is rolling and scooting and still very chill. He only gives attitude when he wants to eat. And Jason is enjoying all things Handy Manny, duplos, coloring and seeing his family and friends in Texas. I will be attending BSF intro class in a month or so, and hopefully we will get plugged in to that very quickly. I am so excited to bring all the kids!

I hope to blog a little more frequently now that life is calmer. I will leave you with a video tour of our apartment. Apartment Tour