another Amazing Day @ the ridge

So we topped 183 today!! cool!!!! that is pretty awesome!!! i love all the new faces and i look forward in getting to know everyone!!!
Can't wait for the up and coming CHICK Pointe aka Chick night LOL!!!! yay!!!! it is scheduled for September 22nd at 7pm in the RPC cafe/lobby area..I am so excited about it!!!! Also looking to start a bi weekly bible study called Chick express! which will be during the lunch hour every monday at various locations!!!...
Excited about small groups too!!! we had about 40 people sign up for it so COOL!!!! and even new people jumping in wanting to lead up groups which is super easy btw!!! but this will be awesome!!!

Lots of cool stuff happening!!! water baptism coming up...that is gonna rock!!! and then the new comers class is gonna be cool too! can't wait!

on a personal note: gonna miss the jayster and paige! we ate kind of the last supper LOL with them today!!! Jason is annoying LOL but he knows I love him and I am soo excited for he and paige!!! they are gonna rock austin tx for Jesus! i just know it!!!

Looking forward to getting to know Jon and Bridgette!!! They are gonna bring it next sunday!

I am out!

How bout them dogs baby 45 to 21

awesome game...stafford brought it as well as moreno's amazing td's...lovin me some walsh too :) mark richt is an awesome coach!!! LOL don't you think SHANE?

ok soo ready for the tiger game 2night...looking forward to see bama destroyed LOL

Also wanted to say WELCOME to the new mascot for Uga..Uga VII he took over because Uga VI died in june of heart failure after a nine year reign!!! The beautiful English BullDog :) LOL has been named Loran's Best after the sideline reporter Loran!

Anyway...He is adorable and by far the cutest mascot ever!!!!

AHHHH FOOTBALL BABY :)

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ONE DAY LOL HOPEFULLY
So i am so glad football is here officially!!! I LOVE IT!!!

Tonight I confessed to shane that I loved Clemson b/c he loves clemson, but that my heart in fact belongs too!!! DRUM ROLL PLEASE LOL!!!!!

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Yes I am a true Georgia fan...From the time i was a little girl marching in the Peach Bowl Parade Looking up at the Hyatt balconies full of Georgia Bulldogs to the fun times watching my family get crazy at Georgia football games LOL!!! I just love red and black and I have held it in 10 years and finallly finally i can say!!! I am a BULLDOG FAN i bleed red and black baby :) LOL I LOVE EM!!! and they are gonna kick georgia southern's tail tomorrow :)! DUH! Matthew Stafford has the peach states weight on his shoulders but I believe in him :) I DO!!! GO DAWGS!!! SIC EM!!!!

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I Love football!! my one and only favorite sport ever!!! :) I love the NFL too!!! AND i am A true panthers fan!!! I love me some Jake D... and I am so glad that David Carr is FARR LOL!!!! I hope those Giants can make a real man out of him!!! i highly doubt it though..!!! and I want to see MOORE again this year too...He should have played all the season after Jake got hurt...hopefullly we will see MOORE a lot MOORE :) LOL~~~


as far a clemson!!! they are okay i guess LOL i am not die hard clemson but shane is sooo for him i hope the kick bama's tail because they need to get bruised up a little b4 GA meets em!LOL :)


As far as High School Football Looking forward to some byrnes games this year too! Heard that they are pretty amazing!!! and right up the road!!! Plus gotta throw in some chapman and represent LOL
ok so that was my football post :) LOVE ME SOME FOOTBALL BABY....

OK so i have to share!!!!

Ok so i had to share this!! HEHEHEHEHE she is probably gonna kill me for it but! LOL Josh is back home from Iraq and Has been a huge blessing to RPC and Regan is a dear and precious friend to me!!! i love her and our boys are bff's LOL :) Her mom is like a mom to me!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE Miss BONNIE more than words and I have found a special and amazing friend in Dawn Regan's sister!! I just love all of them... Anyway...Regan called me one day and told me she and josh was moving to penn. UGGG i was soo upset... i cried and cried...I have found such an amazing friend and i just couldn't imagine them being gone and God is using them soo mightly at RPC!!! well i prayed and prayed that God would show up and if it be his will to keep them here some how are another...and GUESS WHAT!!! yesterday Josh called my cell and regan was on speaker phone with him and they both told me at the same time that they weren't moving and that it didn't work out...the caring and concerned candy yelled in excitement!!! YAY!!!!!!! i love you guys sooo much and i am so glad you are staying here!!!! I can't wait to see what God is gonna do in your life!!! :) it is gonna be out of this world

SO EXCITED!!!!!

Taking a break

Cleanin my house while my lil man is napping and my girls are watchin a movie, but takin a break from cleaning for 5 secs LOL...So been sportin my iphone as an ipod while cleaning and it stopped my song to ring in my ear phones!!! okay officially i am in lust of my phone LOL heheheheh i know that is so stupid but how cool to be listening to your ipod and your iphone rings you have a conversation and then goes right back to the song playing without you ever taking off your earphones!!! WHAT?!?!?! apples are the bomb LOL!

now if it only had a baby monitor on it LOL that would sync with it ya know HEHEHEHE it would be my number uno number one item clearly!!!

Ok my 5 secs are up!!! oh check out the internetcafedevotions.com today! great devotion there!!! i love that place!

OH one more thing!!! i love you Kristy and thank you so much for your encouraging word to me about one of my favorite guy's!!!

You will never know what your encouragement means to me!!! I love you girl!!!

yuck

Not feeling to great. My kids kind of felt bad at the begininng of the week, but now I am feeling like do do LOL....went to Greenville to have dinner with shane's parents, but I felt like puking the whole time ewwww ...I'm in bed right now and ready for some rest sooooo good night hopefully I can get some rest....

Lovin My Iphone

Got this totally amazing phone today!!! SO cool!!! anyway my number is still the same soo good deal right? But it is the coolest phone i have ever seen in my life OH MY LORD!!! you can actually visit websites and actual sites not mobile stuff but for real websites LOL i know i sound silly LOL!!! anyway! It has a built in i pod that you don't have to have ear plugs for if you don't want theml!!! WHAT?!?!! how cool...so hannah gets my pink i dino! LOL and weather updates..news..calenders...so no more getting dates mixed up for me because i will have alerts!!! with 3 kids and appts and activites this is a must!!! it has a gps on it LOL because God Knows i am gonna get lost LOL...itunes...safari... an amazing camera NOT a dumb cell phone or blackberry clicker but for real camera with a way to sync it with iphoto on my imac...amazing texting and youtube right at your finger tips ....it is like have your imac in your pocket and it is a phone as well!! okay i am just really excited!!! APPLE ROCKS!!!

ok soo gonna go play with it!!!

PEACE

Micheal Buble'

I thought he had come already and i was totally bummed but OMG I just got the info from the bi lo center about disney on ice and looked down at the events and found out HE is coming to the bi lo center on oct 4th UH for those of you that DON't KNOW me i love him LOL NO really i adore him!! Jason makes fun of me because i say his name wrong but who cares b/c i am his number one fan and i am allowed :) LOL!!! I have been racking my brain as to what i want for my birthday!!! So i thought HUM i will have massage since i haven't had a real one in 30 years LOL and 3 kids and 10 years of marriage LOL soo gonna do that with some friends, but I found my second present today!!! Micheal Buble AHHHHHH!!! what a great present!! LOL

Verse for the day

Joshua 1:3-5 says:
"I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses. Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the great river, the Euphrates- all the Hittite country- to the Great Sea on the west. No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you."

So i was reading my friends blog and she had this amazing scripture in it!!! she is doing a study on joshua and sharing about her study in her blogs almost daily!!! I feel like i am studying along with her!! It is amazing! I look forward to her helping out with the rpc ladies!

Planning on starting a weekly bible study for all the stay at home mom's at rpc! and if you have a lunch hour you are welcome too! I will post a starting date for this...Also gonna be able to bring the kids soo cool huh?

Our Ladies Group that meets monthly will start back next month...so excited about it especially with all the new girls at RPC...We have one big group as of now but we look forward to breaking them up into smaller groups in the immediate future...It is gonna be amazing! Can't wait for our PJ Party LOL gonna be hilarious!!

also excited about the guys and their fantasy football LOL they seemed to have a blast and a great turn out so i encourage all the guys to get in touch with anthony about the details even if you don't like it...it is a good hang out time for all the men!

ok so i am out for now!!! got go put up laundry BLAH!!! and get hannah, then piano lessons!!!

bye for now!

Hayden's First taste of Applesauce

Happy about the Applesauce HEHEHEHE

First Time Being Feed By a Spoon

Lil Line Backer Wants more LOL

He Eats His Hand while waiting on the next spoonful :)

Hayden Laughing at Hannah and Gracie

Watching Preseason Football :) LOL or Maybe it was Wrestling

The Notebook

AHHH My mind has been going like crazy today about all that is happening at rpc and about all that is going to happen..Hayden hasn't been feeling too good and Gracie stayed home from school today b/c she wasn't feeling well this morning!!! I am mentally,physically,emotionaly drained from this weekend!! I am just wiped out and i think my kids are feeling the effect of it! We had an amazing weekend but wow i am just ready for bed LOL sleep sleep sleep!!!! I don't really know how shane keeps going!!!Hannah is coughing and feeling yucky too!
anyway i was thinking about how I am going to be 30 september 23 and i was thinking today how did that happen!! by no means does that mean i am old but dang i feel it!!! LOL I guess 10 years of ministry, marriage and 3 kids will bring on the old feelings!!!

I cleaned house, Walked hayden to calm him down, did laundry, watched half of the notebook( OH LORD, HEAVEN HELP US )...that movies kills me...especially the part where noah tells his kids " I can't leave your mom here...that's my sweetheart in there!!!" OH goodness i breakdown every time! LOL it is precious!!! makes me wanna move to the coast a build a big white house by the waters edge with blue shutters LOL! So i guess that is it for me!!! LOL at least for now!!! Off to cook dinner and watch the rest of this crazy love movie! AHHHH

God is Awesome

So Last night we had almost 20 people who came out to get stuff set up for today...
HUGE thanks to everyone from last night:
David and April for all the cleaning that they do!!! they rock
Kim
Lance
Bryan
Craig
Jason
Paige
Anthony
Katie
Jonathon
Bridgette
Josh
Jaime
Lori
We couldn't have done it with out you guys!!!
We all got together and shane prayed and read some amazing scriptures and we got pumped up last night!

This morning was out of this world awesome!!!! 9:30 came and all of our volunteers were ready to go!!!! you guys have no idea how you amazed me today!! you stepped up to the plate and spread the vision of rpc !!! Thanks so much too all the volunteers
Parking Lot guys Jason and David (AMAZING!!!) you are awesome!
Cafe"Evoida and Lee
The entire band Lance, Bryan, Jonthan, Craig, Jason and Paige
Sound/Media Guys, Jaime and Josh
Kids Church: Caley,Dawn,Keri,Elisa,All the teens that helped(you guys rocked it) Jessica, Bonnie, Lori, April and Bridgette
Greeters: Mac, Heather, Amanda, Lori, Maria Shannon and Al WOW you guys rocked it!
I am sure there are folks i left out and i am so sorry!!! because you all rocked this morning!!!All of our regulars blew me out of the water with how pumped they were AWESOME JOB RPC

It was truly amazing to see (as anthony said earlier) mac and heather at the front doors with u2 "its a beautiful day" playing and them push the doors open and start singing it!! WOW!!! The front foyer started filling up and people starting flocking in for the first service it was beautiful and surreal! Not only that, but to see our regular attenders PUMPED up and excited about what God is Doing and sharing their obvious joy with our vistors WOW~~~~

So we started off with Living on a Prayer "BON JOVI" BABY and wow it rocked!!!

The Band BROUGHT IT!!! WOW!
and the lights and sound were on target!

Same with the Second service Just amazing how it went!!!!

so for the total today we had 245 in attendance...That is great but nothing compared to what God has in store!!!

AND the MOST IMPORTANT of it all was!!!! 12 people gave their heart to Jesus!!! AWESOME!!!!! it made all of the "HELL" on earth we have faced and I am sure we will continue to face worth it all!!! That is why we are doing what we are doing is for those souls!!!

Praise The Lord!!! because He brought them today!!! and HE saved them!!! we are nothing but his servants willing to go where he wants us to go and do want he wants us to do!!! To God Be the Glory!! We aren't finished and There are so many more we have to reach!!!

We are continuing to pray for our future services that more people continue to flock into ridge pointe and have life change and that many many many will become Christ Followers!

Amazing Grace

Through Many Dangers, Toils and Snares

I have Already come......

Tis Grace that brought me safe thus far....

And Grace will lead me home!!!!


Amazing Grace

How Sweet The Sound

That Saved a Wretch like me

I once was lost but now i am found

Was Blind But now I see!

SIster Hood Of the Traveling Pants 2!

Ok so I got to see this really awesome movie tonight!!! Kristy was the Lucky girl that got to hang out with wonderful me!!! :) HEHEHEHE actually it was the other way around!!!! I was in much need of a gno as miley cirus sings LOL!!! I hadn't had one in a while and thought i would go out and see a movie and grab a bite to eat Without my munchkins!!!! :)

I invited just about the whole world to come LOL but kristy was the lucky lady that got to come and I am convinced it was a GOD thing because i needed her tonight :*( especially after this awesome friend movie!!! which made me sad for friends i don't get to see much anymore and glad for the amazing ones God has put into my life for now!
So after such an amazing night i got to thinking about people in my life and kind of went through a roll in my head! Wow how blessed have i been and am!

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Came across this awesome quote and thought i would share!!! So true!!! When man puts his trust in his own abilities he fails always but when he puts his trust and faith in our soverign Lord he will always succeed!!! Just something to ponder today!!!

Kingstree Eatery Is Off the Charts!!!

LOVE LOVE LOVE this little tiny amazing bite to eat!! YUMMY! it is great!!! and a wonderful place to have brunch or lunch!

I had a blast with some girlfriends at lunch and love it!!! The atmoshpere is completely shabby chic, southern belle and steel magnolias all in one!!! I just love this place! The food is wonderful and the setting is wonderful and I can't wait to go back!!!!

I love my friends :) had a blast with them!!! i love you girlies

GLORY BE TO GOD

So here is the deal! We got this amazing billboard up on the main drag in inman and I am super excited...My girls wanted to see it so bad after dinner..we drove down to it just to see it...Gracie and Hannah beamed...it was as if I put their pictures up there for the whole world to see!!! It has been a roll coaster ride for my girls from the beginning of this plant but they have been troopers and this church deal his a 100% family thing and that makes me happy!!!
Hannah and Gracie's Face as we pulled up to the billboard blessed my heart because they have seen all the hard work and felt the financial pinch and the stress as the church called ridge pointe has been planted..they have felt the storms and seen amazing and precious men and women of God come and go as God saw fit and they have cried and they have laughed about all that has happened since we decided in march 2007 to be Ridge Pointe Church, but in one sweet swoop i saw my darling girl's eyes light up and i saw the purest and most beautiful hope in a Powerful and majestic God
fill our suv and that right there is worth it all!!! A childs hope in A God so real and so amazing!!! WOW!!! A child's desire to trully see others come to know the God that they serve and love..."AHHH SWEET BLISS TO KNOW CHILD LIKE FAITH"



I as the grown up in the car I felt just like them...like a little kid in a candy store! :) God is so Good and no matter how dumb we are and no matter how many mistakes we might make He is still God and He still Reigns and In spite of our weaknesses... He still continues to use us as his servents and i am humbled by his calling on my family!!! If there is ever any doubt in your mind in God let me just tell you right now...Ephesians 3:20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. Listen God can do it!!! Whatever you are facing he can take care of it!

To God Be The Glory!

Why can't Church be More like Starbucks

I LOVE ME SOME STARBUCKS :)

So I had a pretty good laugh today and it was much needed considering all the stress!!! :) OMG LOL
This guy calls the church today fussing about our mailer and saying "HOW COULD A CHURCH SUPPORT A PAGAN PLACE LIKE STARBUCKS" what the crap?!? ok so we serve starbucks OMG shoot us!!!! i like target and mcdonalds and i let my kids watch disney movies WHOOOOO call the law would you please...LOL and OMG cinderella was at church saturday..guess we need to have a holy prayer walk to cleanse the church LOL j/k OMG people are so funny! I also like to be around sinners and hang out with them and i think they are totally awesome because I am nothing but a sinner too just saved by grace and GUESS WHAT? Jesus thinks all of us sinners are awesome to b/c YEP he died for us!!! that we might be saved!
OK so LOL so funny!!!! Last time i checked the church was about the lost anyway and not all of us stubborn christians who think we are above the entire world so we will just boycott them all!! yeah that is the way to win the lost...Go get em tiger LOL :) HEHEHHEHEHEHE...It is kinda like that church at the beach that is beside the abc store..they have a huge sign out front were everyone can see that say's NO ALCOHOL...I am sure that really made the people going into the abc excited about that church LOL...UGGGG :)and they truly wanted to know more about Jesus right!!! HECK NO it even made me want to run!!!

I just laughed today !!! it is just so funny to me that someone who calls themself a christian actually took the time out to bless out a church who is getting the word out about God

SO LISTEN thanks to the awesome guy who called today cause you are a funny guy and I needed the laugh!!!! And man i hope you have more things to do tomorrow that will actually benifit the kingdom of GOD :) LOL but all in all thanks for the laugh :)

See i think we could learn from places like starbucks...They are friendly and welcoming and you get a boost of energy everytime you go!!! MAN why can't churches be more like starbucks :)

Pics from the Princess Party

So Here are the Pictures I promised from the wonderful Princess Party my kids got invited to! Kamree a beautiful doll baby in our church turned 4 and Cinderella came to her party!!!! WHAT?!?!?! yes i turned into a complete crazy!!! I just love that Cinderella! :)

This is Grace and Cinderella


This Is Hannah LOL Enjoying the Cinderella Party :( my baby is growing to fast...Ya know it's sad when The MOM loves the princess stuff better than her daughter LOL....My Hannah is so beautiful! She doesn't even realize how beautiful she is! Inside and out!


This is My Handsome little Prince...Maddie Grace calls him her prince all the time and he is surely that in the stone girls eyes :)
I just love my little man!!! I can't wait to have him a hulk party LOL poor little fella :)

School Dayz

AHHHHH, My Baby Girl in K4 today!!! She was precious! She is only in half day!!! tried to get her in all day but i explained that in an earlier blog LOL....She is too smart and her daddy his present LOL :) too bad! LOL hehehehehe j/k anyway she was so adorable and I was super worried that she would be the biggest in her class but she is average size...they put her with kids around the same age so no little ones in her class...good thing...
No pics of Hannah LOL she is in intermediate school and even though she totally didn't want me to walk her in i did anyway b/c it was her first day in a new school and thank goodness i did b/c she got lost and mom was there to save the day! I wanted a hug b4 she walked into class but all i got was a undertoned "BYE MOM" as in GO AWAY PLEASE...I asked her when she got home how her day was and she was like "OMG I have a locker and lunch was awesome b/c we got to sit where we wanted and talk as loud as we wanted and I am like a teenager" Ok sooo UGGGGG is all i am gonna say there LOL! Hannah also started piano lessons today and she is starting back with her amazing horse trainer ms. kim!! I LOVE YOU MS KIM!!! and Gracie is doing ballet,tap and musical theater!!! my little star will shine brightly!
Hayden is joining a baby football team...I think he has a linebacker position nailed!!! :) LOL ok so i am off to fix these crazy kids some dinner and relax!!! Have a blessed night!! and I LOVE YOU ALL!!! WINK WINK!

Good Ole Fashioned Freaking out LOL

So i was reading perry nobles blog and he had been reading acts chapter two.. WELL i happen to love acts since about 6 months ago or more God spoke to me through act 18:9-10...I had been struggling with wondering if God was in what we are doing at ridge pointe or if it was all about us!! b/c if that was the case then i wanted to quit for sure LOL so i was like "GOD you better speak and speak in red b/c i need to hear from you...well i opened up the bible and put my finger right down on acts chapter 18:9 -10WOW...Did i need to hear it or what! so i have been STROKING LOL about ya know the launch and all freaking about it...This is the emergent Christian's way of worrying :) like being concerned is a traditional church goers form of worry just all cleaned up! :) yeah well mine is the crazy version!! AHHHHHH! is not even close to how i feel...excited and throw up feeling all in the same breath!!! Ok so i can hear you all say (CLEARING THROAT) (speaking in a deep religious voice) (morgan freeman's voice preferably) LOL "The bible tells us not to worry and to put our trust in GOD and he will do the rest!!" SO yeah thanks got that one!!! but until you have walked in a church planter's shoes there is nothing to compare to the anticipation of what is in store or what God is doing...You are truly Indiana Jones Stepping out onto the Edge of nothing and trusting a path to show!!! So God has brought us to here today and i am telling I don't even know how He has done it thus far only to say it was God and He is awesome that way...Because otherwise!!! I would have already packed up and left a long time ago! or not even started but rather ran away like the cowardly lion in wizard of oz...(LOVE THAT MOVIE) that lion is awesome :)
But God is in control not us!!!!So i am left with the encouragement from my own amazing husband, pastor and best friend...When you have done all you can do..then stand!!!

So Today!!!! i stand...I stand on the promises of GOd!!! He is OUR amazing father! He never fails!!!!!

Last Day b4 the 2008/2009 school year

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Today was kinda crazy...I spent most of the morning doing laundry and getting my girls things together for school...Then off to the dance studio for gracie and the horse trainer for hannah...I went to take the girls to get them a pedicure and :( they were too booked so hopefully in the next couple of days i can treat my baby girls to this fun event...Went to target to buy hannah and gracie some last minute school items and to exchange hannah's size 8's for 10s :( boo hoo and OMG yes my little girls wanted some bra's so i let them pic from the kiddie section and i can't tell you how excited they are LOL :) Trust me that will only last for a moment HAHAHAHA....made some dinner tonight and they went off to bed about 9:30 not too bad! we aren't hard nosed about the bed time just as long as it is b4 10...SO i will post some pics tomorrow of my girls morning :) LOL Hannah has forbidden us to walk in with her so it should be interesting LOL :) we will probably have to take a pic of her in the car :) LOL :) HEHEHHEHE

OK so I am off to rock my baby boy to sleep and sing him some love songs then off to bed myself!!!!

May God Keep our baby girls safe and protect them this year and may their little light shine bright for Jesus! :)

Summer Slam

SO HUM?!?! I am a little bit upset that i lost the belt at the summer slam party!!! JASON totally didn't deserve it and He doesn't even know most of the wrestlers names...NOW see I however have been watching for (clearing throat) 10 years with my husband shane...OK OK so i haven't been REALLY watching just pretending to and acting like i cared about the fake wrestling but it (ROLLING MY EYES) is kinda fun LOL especially with a group like tonight!!! SO ok i will be nice and give it to jason since he isn't gonna be here much longer!!! BOOO HOOO HOOO!!!! I am gonna miss that big dufus LOL :) and my precious paige :( i love that girl!!! but I know they are gonna rock out austin!!! SOOO great!!! :) and I have agreed to meet them half way because i am gonna have to see them a couple of times a year soo i have agreed on ATL LOL 2 hour plane trip for them and a 2 hr drive for me :) everybody is happy LOL ok so back to summer slam LOL

I had a blast tonight hanging out with Beth and crystal, katie and kristy... You girls made wrestling actually enjoyable!!! and BOY OH BOY does that jaime know how to grill a burger or what!! OMG SO GOOD!

i love you all so much and needed a boost of encouragement! and you totally did that for me!

so for now Jason has the belt but I am seriously gonna get it next time!!! OH YES! SOOO GONNA GET LOL :) HEHHEHEHEHEHEHE

I CAN SEE YOU :)

OH YES I CAN!!!! LOL inside joke THnaks to Jamie STeele if you wanna know the inside!!! gotta leave a comment LOL

Cinderella Dressed in BLUE?!?!

Ok so pictures to come I PROMISE! HOPEFULLY if maria can get them too me soon!!! April Had a precious cinderella party for Kamree today! and YES LADIES AND GENTS!!! THE "REAL" cinderella was there! ok soo i know i can come across a little (clearing throat) dorky LOL but when that cinderella came into the room i was like a 4 year old all over again! I was in complete awe! SILLY I KNOW BUT The Little Girl in me just got so excited!!! I MEAN CINDERELLA HELLO SHE ROCKS! :) HEHEHEHEHE so it got me to thinking about the story Cinderella! See she was someone's precious little girl and then lost everything...she became what those around her wanted her to be, but her heart stayed humble and kind and she carried a vision of a future far different then that she faced everyday...She had what we CRAZY people like to call "HOPE" in a dark place wow!!! Her Hope in an unseen vison of a spectacular life became reality...I too have a hope! NOT to marry prince charming LOL already did that OMG GAGING LOL :) seriously i have a hope in Christ! When my world is sad and bleak and i am all alone and by myself...I have JESUS...the Bible tells me He is a friend that sticks closer than a brother...and I am living proof of this very truth...there have been times when i felt alone and abandoned by life an its storms but He has always been on the boat with me! :) So i am not cinderella going to the castle and living out a fairy tale! NO much better! I am living for Christ and Shining His light in this dark world!!!! How Spectecular is that ?!??!?!

Date nite BABY

Awesome nite with my man!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE HIM :) Had so much fun at the movies and dinner was so good!
I think the reality of the Launch has finally hit us! We are So excited!!! :) I am so glad to have my girlie's back! i missed them...as soon as we got in the car it was fussing and pushing the whole way home!!! AHHH sweet bliss! :)

Bat Baby HAHAHAHAHA

All about ME :)

So this blog is about me today :)! I have enjoyed my time with my little boy this week thus far but miss my girls something awful! I can't wait for them to come home...Got a huge surprise planned for them on Monday! I have enjoyed spending time with church girls and I love me some Lori C now!!! She is a super awesome encouragement to me and I want her to know!!! I LOVE YOU LORI!
OK so i can see her rolling her eyes! ;) She also shared my first wild wings experience yesterday YUMMY and Was an amazing friend and Called to book me an appt for a pedicure this morning and kept baby hayden! While i went!!! SO ADORABLE and different looking I LOVE IT!! YAY!! I love INMAN :) LOL
ok so!!! meet the teacher is tonight for gracie so shane and i have to jet, but Hope you love my pic of my new feet

Everlasting God

AHHH One of My favorite CD's EVER! New life worship live. Almost a year ago. Jason our current worship pastor, who i love tremendously even if he does drive me crazy and light bulbs in the microwave WHAT?!?!?!...LOL anyway he introduced me to this amazing group from this amazing church. I love love love this cd...I have been totally needing to hear from God and I came across this cd and listened to this amazing song! Ya know...Things may change, Storms may come and Go...But He never fails..As we approach our launch I am humbled by God's Presence and the Peace that surpasses all understanding. He is my rock that never fails! He is everlasting and He is my everything...He Is my Everlasting God who will Remain!!!!I am humbled in his presence and the very mention of his name and I am meaningless and nothing without Him in my Life...He is amaziing and I LOVE MY LORD!!!! I don't deserve his mercy I don't deserve his grace but I am so glad he pours it out on me! WOW how amazing he is!

The Lord Giveth and He taketh away but Blessed be the Name of the Lord! - Job

So yes I actually like to listen to joyce meyer! I was feeding hayden earlier and got to hear her program today! What a blessing. So i am gonna try to read these books over the next few weeks! I am seriously looking forward to it!

MY Girls

yes this is from almost 5 years ago! I can't believe it! Gracie looks just like Hayden but LOL much smaller! and Hannah looks like Gracie does now!!! It amazes me how fast they grow! I Just can't believe it! So they are at meme and popees for their last who rah LOL before school starts! OH about THAT! yeah...I went to the school today to beg for all day for grace well...Turns out she was too smart and had a daddy who is still married to me the mom!! but i got to meet the neatest lady...Ms. Dawkins..she blessed my heart today...God sent her my way just to inspire me! What a neat lady she was...Then i got to have a neat lunch at the kingstree eatery in downtown inman and yes we have a down town WOW!! it was so fun it made me think of steel magnolias which made me think of Hannah and Grace b/c we watched it last week! I had an absolute blast with some of the girls at rpc! soo we are gonna do this again and if you want to join us give us a hoot and a holler..Hey so that totally sounds like steel magnolias....enjoyed starbucks with my friend april and I lOVE YOU STEELE's Ya'll just don't know! I CAN'T wait to see Sister hood of the traveling pants!!! gonna be awesome! So I guess I had fun with all my girls today and missed my little girls and some of the rpc girls that wasn't there too!!! i love you all!!!

Stone Girls Get Organized :)

They Look REALLY excited about this project today RIGHT :) LOL well!!! they really aren't but too bad! School Starts next week and i gotta get these girls organized!!! Hayden is napping and the girls and I have been working LOL!!!! :) HEHEHEHEHE FUN FUN :) Cleaning old stuff out is the bomb!!! i totally get a rush from it! I KNOW totally weird but it is something i struggle with LOL :) HEHEHEHE I was thinking of course while helping them clean up and organize this morning, how important it is to set aside time daily to clean up and organize our thoughts for Christ! To let him daily clean us up! I know i know!!! Everything doesn't have a spiritual meaning behind it, but see that is how i talk to God! In my daily minute by minute walk!!!
ok off for some more organizing!

Time Flies I can't believe how fast Though!

This was taken tonight "THIS PICTURE ABOVE" lol!!! AHHH!!! i just love my baby boy!!! He is soo chubby and precious!!! Hannah took this pic before he got into the bath!!! HE LOVES bathtime!!! I love it too!!! because it is just about the happiest part of our day!!!! Time Flies because it just seems like yesterday i was pregnant feeling so beautiful like the picture above and then holding him in my arms kissing his tiny little face!!! Now he is 3 months old and I am enjoying infant bathtime and the jumperoo TIME LOL!!! :) so precious!!! they grow so fast!!! I treasure every moment with all 3 of my beautiful babies!!! WELL 4 :) SHANE :)

So I am gonna go get my preacher man in just a little bit and i am super excited!!! I have missed him dearly!!!! I know i have already sickened you all with how much i love him, but see thing is I know how much he loves me!!! he doesn't buy a bunch of stuff that i could buy myself or work hours upon hours so that i can live lavishly...NO he works hours and hours for GOD LOL buys stuff that will help towards the cause of Christ and in return God blesses us, but it is the way he looks at me! or the thank you's that i get!!! or the hugs for "NO REASON" yes my shane gives those to me! or the "candy you are beautiful and i don't tell you enough" even though he said it 1 hour ago~or the I will watch the kids you go enjoy a night out or a trip to the store alone! that kind of stuff that really means something! when he notices i got a new necklace or ear rings!!! i know that sounds stupid but that is the kind of stuff that makes me love him...His drive and passion for God and His work....He is a good man! I am so blessed to have him in my life

He drives me nuts and makes me mad and sometimes even makes me cry LOL but OH LORD i love him because God is real in us and God is real in him and when God is first everything comes together as it should be! So OUR GOD shining through shane makes me Love him all the more!

YAY Going to get him now!

SO i was reading one of my friends blogs today she proceeded to blog about her trip to wal-mart with her daughter and how her child had a mini breakdown b/c she didn't get a toy right then and there...she said to her mom, "Mommy, if you loved me, you would buy me something"! WOW it hit me like a ton of bricks...How many times do we come to God and have little mini melt downs because we don't get what we want from Him ya know?!?! and we feel like He has abandoned us or left us to hang out and dry, when all He is doing is teaching us to wait upon him, trust him because God knows what is best for us and what we can handle and most of all He knows who we are!!! So the next time you (me) or rather I lol have a mini melt down remember this!!!


5"Before I shaped you in the womb,
I knew all about you.
Before you saw the light of day,
I had holy plans for you

He knows us and He knows what we need and don't need :) Trust Him!

Don't Worry, Be Happy

Matthew 6:27-29

Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? And why worry about your clothing? Look at the lilies of the field and how they grow. They don't work or make their clothing, yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are.

Philippians 4:6-7

Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.

SO I Know I Know We all, WELL some of us LOL know these scriptures, but we roll our eyes and say I KNOW I KNOW i shouldn't worry but still do it!!!! LIKE me for instance!!! OMG the Preacher's Wife WORRIES UHHH YEAH!!!!! HELLO LOL!!! If the picture above doesn't give it away then i don't know what would HEHEHEHEH.

So i came across this on my internet devotion of which i have posted on this very blog a link for you to go to :)...Today's topic worry! Ms. Candy was amazed because she was (CLEARING THROAT) worrying!!! UGGG I said it!!!

Thank God for reminding me today through a devotion about these scriptures...YES i already knew them in fact they are memorized in this pea sized brain of mine, but how easy it is to forget that GOD can take care of the situation or situations in our life!!! we just gotta give it over time him!!! and he actually wants it!! WOW what an awesome GOD.... :) I just love HIM!!!

I tell you He is TOO GOOD to this old sorry girl made of dust, but I am so thankful for Him and his Grace and Mercy!!! I Feel a shout coming!!!! :) LOL

My Baby

SO 3 months ago shane and i were super blessed with a beautiful baby boy named Hayden! He is so precious to me and shane and our girls call him their little prince...He is everthing i have ever wanted in a little baby boy!!!! He is so husky LOL and Today at Wal mart a lady stopped me and said "he looks like a little football player" and she is so right!!! his little shoulders are so massive HEHHEE and he always keeps his arms in a flexing postion like a little hulk!!! and Yes he gets his hulkness from mom!!! I have been known to turn into the hulk LOL HEHEHEHE J/K well I could smash you soo don't mess with me LOL hehehehehehehehe
anyway he is so adorable and i am so blessed to have a beautiful, chubby baby that smells like heaven and i am in love :)

new book!

Ok so I am so excited about this new book...My friend Kristy came by tonight and had bought me a this awesome book...
I REALLY need to read it!!!! LOL she totally knows this though right! WINK WINK :) LOL

SOOO Looking forward to it!!! thanks Kristy!!!!! you are great!!!! what an encouragement!!!!

I am so excited :) LOL