Day at the Park!

My girls are on spring break...Thankfully even with the move we Hannah is going to be able to stay the reminder of her school year at her current school...I am not a huge fan of district one and how they operate, but I am thankful for her teachers and the principle who has been so kind to us to let her stay :)! So no school this week for Hannah which is a blessing since we just moved...How wonderful the timing has been laid out :) God is good!

So today we woke up and headed for the playground......We had such a good time we also took time to talk about the fruit of the spirit and bearing God's Fruit in our life, Something I am working on myself.........Here are some pics from the park today!

What a beautiful day!

I am so thankful today for:

*the time that I got to spend with my family

*God's Love in my life

*My Sweet Girls excited about church today they loved being back with their old friends and loved making new ones tonight :) They couldn't stop talking about Abundant Life Kids Church and what they learned and As we Left New Spring They we telling us what they learned which Ironically was the same subject from this morning and the friends they made...They are so cute...My sweetie pies :)

*Even though my LiL hayden boy cried this morning and tonight...He made my day when I picked him up this morning and he kissed me and hugged me tight! AHHHHH nothing like my sweet boy giving his mama love :)

*My Heavenly Father who knows what I need before I even know...

*The key to unlocking the supernatural in our lives is living in surrender to God and obeying Him in everything He commands. Perry Noble (Shane and I are living proof of this statement)

*Those who see our blessings and fuss about them got in on the end of the movie and didn't see all the sacrifice and surrender and our heart behind it all.... Dennis Stone (heard this too today...So awesome that in two totally different services God was speaking to shane and I and letting us know he was with us)

*God speaks to us even when we are stubborn and think we know it all :) LOL which btw we don't know anything!

*GOD REIGNS :) I need him more than Ever before....More than the air I breath, More than what anyone thinks, more than anything...I NEED HIM :)

Funny Pictures Gracie took during the move :) and some gratefulness

Packing and Moving with 3 children under 10 years of age is a very interesting experience :)...We had some pretty funny experineces one of which my two girls getting my phone and taking pics when I wasn't looking LOL....
This picture is obviously been taken by gracie because it is a view of her new room with her play room on attached....LOL

I didn't have a clue she took this...I was cleaning out cabinets in the new house before the move :) Gracie took this...I was actually talking to her about NOT touching the phone...LOL

This is actually a very pretty picture that gracie took at our new house while i was cleaning it up...

Hannah had to have taken this at our old house in the middle of it all...Gracie is serenading her brother on what looks like a high school musical microphone LOL

This was taken by Hannah at the Grocery store a few months ago when i wasn't paying attention..I love this picture :)

HEHEHEHE Gracie obviously took this one...I really need to get the girls a good camera!


I love this picture of my baby boy...I have no idea which child took this one...But it is so good :)

HEHEHE Gracie must have taken this one of herself that night :)

Gracie took this one at our old house on our last night there...HEHEHEHE Hayden was in the playpen with a million gold fish that you can't see :)

Hayden sleeping as i cleaned the new house....He had cried all day and finally gave up and fell asleep....Poor baby :(

I took this one this morning of hayden....He slept all night in the new house and woke up happy...I haven't put up his pictures and I had to move the blind string...But other than that HE loves His new BLUE room :) SWEET BOY :) The girls also enjoyed having their own bedrooms again...ESPECIALLY Hannah bell! :)




Thankful For:

* The Move going smoothly
* Our Movers AWESOME
*Meme and Popee for watching the kids on moving day :) THANK YOU SO MUCH :)
*That our Kids adjusted so well already...sleeping good in their own beds...and napping well! Thank you Jesus
*Still Have no Idea where we are going to church in the morning LOL but I am so thankful for the Light Bulb moments God has given me over the past few weeks and his presence in my life...
*God's Love in my life and his blessings....I am nothing and no good with out God :)

My Thankful Heart

*I am so blessed to have my 3 babies...

Hannah is growing so fast, too fast....She is beautiful beyond compare...I love her silly yet quite ways...She has a servants heart and longs to help others in any way that she can....She always has her head in a book and is very very quite unless she is very comfortable with you...She has the sweetest personality and compassion that amazes me daily.... Hannah is my giver she loves to give especially if it is for Jesus...! She is the animal lover and bug collector...She is so caring and has so much concern for others and their feelings....She is always concerned about our family and the well being of each one of us....She has the most tender heart of the 3

Gracie is so cute...She is toothless for the most part which just adds to her cuteness...She giggles all of the time and is full of energy and life...She is what the world calls dramatic and what I call passionate :) LOL....She is my loudest child and you never have to wonder if she is in the room :)...she will always let you know she is there....Gracie is the Loving one of the family...She loves Jesus and tells everyone...She says I love you a million times a day and you never ever have to ask her to pray over a meal because she will remind you! Gracie is my shopper and dancer...She is a girly girl....She is the most passionate of the 3

Hayden is my lil Hercules :) he is full of energy and curioucity that the girls never had....He has to touch everything and explore...He loves to knock things over and tear things up...My girls NEVER did this...It amazes me how different he is....HE loves to pick up heavy things and throw them across the room LOL and I swear he looks like the worlds strongest baby when he does it :) HEHEHEHEHE.....He is laid back like hannah for the most part, but every now and then let's out a scream or hollers to remind us that he has just enough of gracie in him to let the world know he has arrived :)! He is my little Casanova...He flirts with every woman and girl he meets and can be very solem and serious with strangers he is not comfortable with :)....To only be almost 11 months old he has such a personality that is a mixture of us all...I can see each one of us in him everyday...He loves to kiss and hug and be close to those around him....He is by far the most affectionate of the 3.....

Takin A Break to Say Thanks

I am so thankful to the Lord today for so many things but here are a few :)!

*Our time here at our river walk home...It was a place of peace, serenity and a slice of heaven :)

*Our crazy awesome new home and the God send it is for us Stone's WHOA :)

*The chance to sit back and witness my husband, (once again) be an audacious giver..........Shane has amazed me for 10 years with his huge heart that is willing and eager to share and give and bless others in all sorts of ways.......Today was just another one of those days in our home where us stone's got to see our man's amazing heart of giving..I am starting to truly see why God is pouring the blessings out on us that we don't deserve.It is seriously because of that man's heart and the gift of giving.....For the simple fact He knows shane is willing to give give give everything we have.......It is truly more blessed to give than it is to receive....

*That Shane has stirred something in me to get our family as whole in the gift giving mood...I mean the kind that goes as a family and serves the families of the kids who are sick in the hospital...The kind of family that every week takes a meal to an elderly person or changes a light bulb for a widow who can no longer reach the bulb to replace it...The kind of family that goes shopping for clothes or groceries, not for us, but another family....We have a new ministry ahead of us and that is to be the family that gives of our self more than ever :) What would happen if We ALL did this! WOW we could change the world!

*God's Blessing in our families life, that we can bless others; for that is the only reason we are blessed is to bless others, otherwise what good would blessings be if we kept them all to ourselves :)?....

* My 3 amazing and beautiful babies who also have the sweet heart of their precious daddy! I can't wait to watch them grow up to become selfless, kind and compassionate human beings who share Christ through their loving and giving hearts:)

sweet pics of hayden and grace

Gracie carrying on a conversation with me :) LOL she didn't even know i took the picture :)

Hayden and our dog peewee having a conversation through the door

My sweet boy wanting to walk already :( he is trying hard

Thanks

*Excited about the new house, being back in simpsonville and near shane's memaw and parents...
*The amazing painter who came at a wonderful price :)
*Our amazing and God given health insurance...SO awesome...Found out today that our insurance saves a ton of money not only at the doc, hospital, but at the pharmacy....a prescription that was 109 bucks was only 23 bucks b/c of the insurance :) thank you Lord :)i always handed my card but NEVER thought it was that big of a savings LOL
*My Grandma! I love her so much
* God's Love and Grace in my Life
* My wonderful husband who i love so much, He is my home sweet home :)
* My three beautiful and sweet children...I love them so much and I am so grateful for the opprotunity to be their momma :)....I will be holding them a lot tighter after hearing about sweet little william today :(!
* 101 Home Furnishings (awesome store in greer ) :) got the best deals in town!
*my sweet friends :) caley, nicole and kristy :) I love you 3 and I look forward to years of friendship with you all!!!!

Church List for Ridge Pointer's

If you are looking for something similar to Ridge Pointe
Boiling Spring
Threshold Church thresholdchurch.tv
Spartanburg
Milestones Church milestoneschurch.com (formally known as Spartanburg Community Church)

Hub City Church Hubcityunderground.wordpress.com (they meet at spartan 16 movie theater)

Taylors

Springwell Church www.springwellchurch.org (this is one of my favorites over in this area)

Greenville

New Spring Church newspringchurch.cc

Grace Church gracechurchsc.org

Metomorphosis Church metachurch.cc

Brookwood Church brookwoodchurch.org

What's UP

*Took Hayden to Meme and Popee's Monday...He enjoyed two days of alone time with his meme and popee....He deserved some special treatment away from his sister's :) ....
*Had a blast with Shane and the girls Monday afternoon when we took them to see the Jonas Brothers 3D concert experience...The theater was empty...It was like having our on personal concert :) ......My girls danced, giggled, swooned, screamed, jumped up and down and sang so loud that the whole movie theater had to have heard them :) !!!!! they were so cute :)
*We started cleaning out stuff to get ready for packing....Enjoyed watching American Idol with the girls... One night we had sloppy joes and sat on the couch to eat...They loved it :)
*Got our Lil man back and headed to the grocery store....Cleaned more stuff out to send the Piedmont way for an auction at our friends church.....
*Saw the watchmen movie last night with shane....Weird movie and WAY TO LONG!!!!! it was too much information in the 2 hrs and 45 min.....The characters were dark and I really would have been ok without the Hallelujah moment in the movie and the blood and guts!!!! If you go see it don't expect the Normal Heroes....It was very very dark more so than even the last batman movies!

*Starting to get serious about packing today....Excited about having a moving company move us, this will be the first time ever...I don't know what we are going to do...We are so used to being in control of moving LOL we will gladly step aside and let the moving me take over LOL! Looking forward to the new house...it is a lot bigger with more space for us crazy stone's to spread out....Excited about My kids new school, it just won the palmetto award so yay......I will miss our neighbors and our cute little house, but we know this is the best choice for our family.... since rpc will no longer be in existence we have no reason to be 30 to 40 min away from our hometown...We moved here to be close to the church and church people here, but we feel it is best to go home ...With our 3 kids it will be a blessing to be closer to family and friends and Shane's work...You don't realize how important that all is until you have 3 LOL...It was the hardest decision we made yet, but the right one for us!
*our last sunday as pastor's and as Ridge pointe church is this sunday! Although it is a relief on us as a family it is also very hard and emotional...A lot of hard work, love, financies, vision and friendship has been poured into RPC...A lot of beautiful memories made and smiles and hope have come from the church called RPC...God doesn't measure success as we measure it...To man our church looks like a failure, but to God He only see's success...People who used to be unchurched are now churched because of RPC, people that were once lost are no found because RPC, People who said they would never step foot into a church again did because of RPC....Some who had lost their way found it again because of RPC....So a failure no, not even close....We don't shut the doors, but rather send the vision flying off into this lost and dying world...Send out the ones who God brought through to carry the vision of RPC...Instead of it becoming stagnate and dead now the vision and spirit of RPC will live through the very ones that God touched :)! So a huge success it was!

Shane's Last Blog

I BID YOU A FOND ADIEU....

The journey has come to an end. This Sunday, March 15 will be the last service of Ridge Pointe Church. I want to take this chance to thank some people that have helped us on this journey.

First, to every person that has visited Ridge Pointe. Thank you for giving us a chance. Thank you for taking time to be our guest and for allowing us to share Jesus with you. Second, to every person that moved beyond the guest role and became an active partner with the church. And to those that still would be considered "active" with the church - you have been here through the thinnest times, and I appreciate your support and desire to see Ridge Pointe succeed.

A few personal thanks:
Tommy and Allison Bagwell, who helped us from the beginning. Thank you for your committment and desire to see Ridge Pointe Church make it. We could have never made it as far as we did without your help.
Jason and Paige Martin, who were not married when I met them. Thanks Jason even though you got on my nerves enough to drive me crazy! You helped us to achieve the goal I had in the music area. But you did get me to hate eating at Moe's!
Anthony and Katie Johnson...came here with the aspirations of making $100 a week with a college degree from Lee. Thank you guys for sticking with us in think and thin, and jumping in no matter where we needed help. Anthony you have been a constant friend, and I appreciate that.
Lori and Shannon Crooke, your help in all areas has been a blessing. Thanks to both of you for all your contributions to Ridge Pointe. And Shannon will forever be known to me as the Outreach Pastor!
Jonathan and Bridgette Williams time was short here, but I also am thankful for them jumping in head first without thinking of anything else. Their zeal was transparent for ministry.
Justin and Barbie Kay arrived during a very volitale time at the church. Justin continued to push the music program in the right direction and continued to develop people in the band.

To my wife of 11 years, through all the ups and downs, thank you for sticking with me. You have been my backbone, my strength, and a shoulder to cry on more times than I can imagine. Thank you for putting up with me through these last 27 months. To my kids, I want you to know how proud I am and especially to Hannah. My oldest every Sunday would ask me how many people we had in church and how things went. The apple doesn't fall to far from the tree in my family.

To my uncle, Pastor Dennis Stone, and Abundant Life Church. This was your idea in the beginning. Thank you for being a part and kicking off Ridge Pointe. To my father and the Union Church of God, your financial support and prayers were never unnoticed. To Joe Vicars, Thomas Propes, and the Church of God, thank you for having the faith in me to plant a church and the courage to support it even though it was not the status quo.

So you may ask what does the future hold for Shane? I really don't know right now. 28 months ago I would have never thought I would plant a church. A year ago, I never thought the church I planted would have to close. All I know is that I finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. And this journey has come to an end.

I bid you a fond adieu...and good night...

Shane Stone

JONAS BROTHER MANIA

My precious baby boy is with his grandparents and Shane and me decided to take the girls to see the much dreaded Jonas Brothers 3d Concert. I didn't want to go, but actually had fun with the girls and fell in love those little cutie boys myself, plus we got to see Taylor Swift also...So much fun...We were so excited before we left so here is some pics to show you how excited we really were :)
Gracie LOVES NICK JONAS and can't wait to see him in 3d

Hannah Loves JOE JONAS WHOO HOO

Mommy is practicing her Jonas brothers dance :) LOL

We are all 3 swooning over those boys :) LOL

Gracie and I just can't wait :) AHHHHH

Me making a face a daddy on our way because he was "AGAIN" on the phone

Shane on the phone! LOL he was thrilled to see the jonas brothers NOT LOL hehehehehe I love my man!!!! :)

Gracie's Pic for Nick, Joe and Kevin Jonas and also Bonus Jonas LOL

My Baby Boy Turned 10 months old :)

Snow Day March 2nd 2009

Hayden and I stayed in since he is still on meds for a ear infection and I have a bad cold, but shane took the girls out and they had a blast :)