Ballgame, Party, Reveal Party, & More

Starting off with a video of Kman yesterday.... he finally said the word, "fun", when asked about preschool instead of only "It's a secret".

Amazing how much goes on in just a few days.

Wednesday night during G.A's, Heidi's class made cards for their teachers.  I almost cried when I read Heidi's....

Before school Thursday

LOVE that Karter's teachers posts pictures throughout the  morning.

 Kman had been waiting for his new tennis shoes to come in.  They finally came in Thursday while he was at preschool.  He was SO excited when he got home.  He runs sooo fast he says hehe.

 Friday morning I made copies and had a very sweet visitor :).... we had to get a picture...

Pep Rally Fun!

Baby Girl loves her Opp Bobcats!

I was amazed at how they just "sat there" for the first probably 10 minutes of the game Friday night.

 Once they found all their friends and figured out they could play, they didn't sit again.  They had the best time.

Brayden and Kman

I loved this of Heidi and her friends talking.

How cute is this??

This was PRECIOUS to me!! Sophie and her friend Evan just a talking...

 Karter wanted a photo shoot hehe....

Handsome fella!

B & Kman wanted me to take a picture of them wrestling

 When we got home, I tried to get a group picture... my silly phone cover messes my flash up.

 Saturday morning we went to Heidi's friend, Sara Catherine's, adorable American Girl birthday party.  It was PRESH!! They had a hair salon for their doll, they made necklaces, bracelets, bags... just a fun morning for the girls.

Katie & Heidi in line at the Salon :)

H and Pres making their bags

Necklace time!

 Ashton always does fabulous parties.  She had this little table set up for the dolls to "eat at" while the big girls all ate.

This cracked me up.... while everyone else was finished and back playing, Little Tiny was STILL eating! She ate 2 plate fulls.

Lonely Bird... hehe... she don't even care.

ADORABLE!

The necklace Soph made... well I helped her, but she picked out the colored beads.

And her bracelet....

 After the party we came home and played with the chickens.  I tried and tried and tried to paint their "nails".  I just couldn't get them to cooperate hehe.

While I was messing with them, I looked over and saw this cute photo opportunity of K and S eating pnuts and chit chatting on the jeep.

Orange pop-cycle all down her

 Our neighbor, Trey, joined us not much longer so they did the Slip N Slide :)

I really don't even know what to say about this one....

 After pouting for a little while because my mission was a bust, Kyle came to the rescue.... they did PERFECT with his help.  He cradled them like a baby and they basically just lay there.  All relaxed and enjoyed their manicure.

Love to be cradled like a baby.... silly birds!

Trey having a turn

Kman was loving it.

Of course Sophie and Heidi had turns too :)

 

YAY!! MISSION COMPLETION!!

 Later on that afternoon we went to Kyle's moms house for pizza and to watch the ballgame. 

Had on each other's clothes

 I took my HGTV magazine to read at her house.  Kyle hates when that comes in LOL!  I want to change this or that.  Anyway, I came across this page and like took a deep gasp... I showed him the page and said, "Kyle..... I have to get pillows for each season." LOL!! He said he was going to throw the magazine away.  But I mean what a brilliant idea? 

Pretty Girl Sunday after church

 After church we ate a DELICIOUS lunch at Moms house and spent the afternoon.  She even made a 12 layer chocolate cake!!! YUMMO!!!

We sit outside usually when we are at her house and the Love Bugs were CRAZY!!! And they just swarmed her plants. 

Hard to tell, but they were all over it.

I think Mom's chickens were jealous that our chickens had manicured feet, so we did hers while we were there hehe.

Pretty toes

 That night after church we stopped by to see Kyle's grandmother.  She is 82 years old and recently got married :)!! They just got back from a cruise. 

 Kyro checking out BeBe's scooter hehe.

 Yesterday I was changing out my wreath on the front door and accidentally poked my finger.  Of course Sophie is ATTACHED at my hip, so when it happened she had to check it all out.  She said, "Your finger looks like Grandmama's finger".... because she watched Grandmama check her blood sugar all the time.  Love those little minds :)...

 She also helped paint a repaired bench Kyro did for me :)!! I hated to throw it away, so now it is like new... just needs a new cushion.

 Last night after dance, we ate supper at Kyle's moms and had a reveal party for his upcoming niece/nephew.  Cindy always has little touches that makes it so cute. 

Pink or Blue??

Team Blue!

 I was on Team Pink, so obviously I couldn't take a picture of myself ha!
After the group pictures, we all went outside for the balloon release/reveal.

 Kyle didn't marry NO LOSER hehe.... Another girl!!!  3 girls a charm :)!!

 He really thought girl, but said he didn't have any pink haha!

 His mom put him in charge of the cornbread!!! He definitely has that mastered!

Heidi chillin' while we waited for everyone to get there.

The Happy Newlyweds

Kyle and Bebe!

 Once they all left, Sophie found Uncle Jon Wesley's glasses.  So I had her put them on to send them a picture.

She then made out this long story about them, so I was trying to get it on video.

 

Baby Girl's dance leotard came in yesterday!!! How PRECIOUS is she??

 Alrighty.... leaving you with a funny.... cracked my simple minded self up....

Highlights from Kingdom Woman & My Life

Okay, so most of you have heard me mention Kingdom Woman or knew about it from reading my blog.  This book is truly amazing.  I highly recommend every woman out there to get it.  

I have been so touched by it, that I wanted to share with you a few things from it.  

- The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world, and behind every great man is a greater woman...... No one ever goes around saying, "Behind every great woman is a greater man." 
 - God has given women a diverse makeup that enables them to carry out multiple functions well.
                  *AMEN!  Right?  I can do like 10 things at once and Heaven forbid Kyle try to do 3 things at once! HA!  That's just the way God made us women.  I found this interesting... the Hebrew word for man is yatsar which translates to "to form, as a potter".  In other words there is usually on 1 thing a pot can do.  Boil things.  How about that?

- The fastest way to get yourself off track from fulfilling God's kingdom destiny for you is to view yourself as a superwoman who has to do it all on her own. 
        * I can't tell you how many times I have tried to be superwoman.  There just were not enough hours in the day to work a full time job, raise 3 kids alone while Kyle was gone to work, cook supper, do homework, go to dance, get baths, and then stay up a couple more hours once the kids were gone to bed to prepare for the next day and make treats or whatever was happening.  This part of the book opened my eyes up so much! Because we are NOT Superwoman!!   Chrystal hit the nail on the head when she said, "Now, I have a lot of pride.  I hate the idea that I can't do it all.  I hate accepting help." FOR REAL!  I am so stinking hard headed.  I have the whole notion that I had these kids, so I can handle all the work that goes with them.  When really, sometimes I can't.  Y'all, we have family and friends that WANT to help us.  So we got to learn to let them.  
  
I loved this quote, " Find out what God is doing, jump in the river of His will, and flow with the current of His plans." 

A lot of it hit me straight in the heart because I felt it dealt a lot with what I went through a couple years ago.  And soooo many of you need to know, "that there is hope.  Jesus knows right where you are, and He knows how long you've been there.  He has a way out of any hopelessness you may feel."
The entire time I tried to "direct" my situation into how I thought it needed to be and when I felt so lonely, Jesus was with me every step of the way.  What I didn't know at the time was how each step would later make me stronger and more dependent on Him.

I don't know if y'all are like me, but there are some things that I have prayed YEARS for and it is so hard not to just give up.  Chrystal said, "A lot of us have given up on God.  We have counted the years when it seems our prayers have not been answered, and we have determined it's too late.  Too many times we miss out on the destiny God has for us because we have stopped looking.  We have stopped hoping." Like that lost family member, or finances, or jobs, just whatever it is that seems like an endless road, we are reminded that it isn't.  GOD'S TIMING IS NOT OUR TIMING.

Kyle and I were sitting in the car line one day this week as I was reading and I couldn't help but read this out loud when I came across it.... Evidently you can go to church and not meet Jesus. Whoa Nelly!!!  Some people go to church just for the motion.  I did that for a long time.  I went because I knew my children needed to be there, but not because I wanted to be there.  I was a body in a pew.  Basically took up space and someones Oxygen.  It was almost like a shield.  I was not willing to let Jesus in because I was so mad at him for "allowing me" to feel the way I did.  

This was me...... The reason why so many people end up bound by issues is that they try to address the circumstances rather than appealing to the One who can address the root.  The circumstances may be the result of a spiritual situation.

Chrystal says that , "Every experience we have, God can use for His glory."  Sometimes it is hard to view it that way, but when we do, it really opens our eyes to the bigger picture.  For instance, I know couples that have gone through almost a divorce (or even a divorce) & got back together and it has been the best thing they ever did.  At the time it was an awful experience, but there is a reason that we don't see things the way God does.  

- Jesus is real.  The relationship that He longs to have with me is real.

- Life is hard.  Life is tough.  Life is real.  She talks about a race that she was in back in school and how everyone's races differently.  Everyone has a different way of doing things, but all in all..... we are ALL after the same goal!  I really wish I had this book as I was struggling through depression.  She says, "He's calling your name.  He's cheering for you, telling you that you can make it and encouraging you as you run your race.  You don't need to give up."  It is almost like I audibly heard Him tell me that on that April night.  He was screaming at me when He knew I was giving up.... "TOYIA DON'T QUIT NOW!!!!" I am so thankful I listened.  


 

 I want to finish well :)!!

Hope this didn't bore you too much :)!!! Just hard not to share about it because it is such a wonderful read and y'all know.... I AM NOT A READER!!!