How Christian's are Like Pumpkins and a Venti Mocha

I just wanted to share this little saying one of my aunt's had on her facebook profile! I love coming across her status'. She is such an uplifter and a lot of times has a verse.. one that is exactly what I may have needed to see more often than not..anyway this was one she had up and I thought it was fitting for the season :)...

Being a Christian is like being a pumpkin. God lifts you up, takes you in, and washes all the dirt off of you. He opens you up, touches you deep inside and scoops out all the yucky stuff -- including the seeds of doubt, hate, greed, etc. Then He carves you a new smiling face and puts His light inside of you to shine for all the world to see.

Today as I was on my way home I went through a Starbuck's drive thru and ordered a tall mocha. I was kind of in a blah mood...we have had a lot going on here lately and I have a lot on my plate and I had just been jamming out to a hillsong CD I borrowed from a friend and praying about life on my way home. It was just one of those days we all have sometimes..maybe a little stressed.. a little overwhelmed thinking about stuff.. anyway when I got to the window to pay.. the girl working informed me that the people infront of me had upgraded my tall to a venti and payed for my drink too! That just made my week! They had no clue who I was and what way that impacted me at that time! What a sweet little blessing in a big way :) you just never know! Sometime I am going to do the same and hope I can make someone else's day! It just made me happy! I think God knew I needed that not only in a little more caffeine kind of way, but also a put a smile on my face kind of way! :-) Sometimes it really is the small things in life...

Pumpkin Patch and Baby Thoughts

Yesterday I headed off with some great friends and their babies to lunch and another pumpkin patch! My best friend's little boy was so very attached to me for some reason.. it was so sweet! He got jealous when I held another baby.. too funny! I'll just let myself think he knows who talked to him for the 36 weeks while he was in his momma's belly.. and watched the little bundle of joy make his debut :).. well more like 32 weeks because I think she was like 4wks along when she found out she was expecting and called me the night she took the test..sent me a picture of her pee stick through e-mail and I was ecstatic because I knew they wanted this baby for so long! Well I said all that to say this .. some days I want my own little one so BAD! :) I want to come up with a big surprise way to tell everyone and have a turn with all the baby stuff! Sweet days like these and being around all these babies really makes me have a little baby fever! Although I never feel out of place because it seems like there is always an extra baby to hold or somehting to help out with and I have a niece and 4 nephews whom I absolutely love to spoil rotten! They all knew where my house was in the first month they were born ;) haha! I love kids and I think I want like 10 of those little sweet things! No not really but I want a few anyhow! ;) My husband and I are gung-ho for a baby one day and others we love our little life with just the two of us! I do not think anyone is ever "ready" per say to have kids, but if you plan on them I think you will wait forever to have them! I don't know but it justs seems that way! In our case we will have to plan which is a whole other story within itself. I may start blogging about that when we round that corner and as we experiance it. I basically do not ovulate and I will have to take a pill to get pregnant according to the doctor. I had some hormone testing done though and nothing seemed to be abnormal as far as baby making hormones. I do not have a menstrual cycle at all which is great but not normal and you will obviously have difficulty getting pregnant without one of those! I am contemplating trying a more herbal supplement route first before I take something like clomid. It is a little ways off yet, but if you are reading this please remember us in your prayers! I know there are a lot more women in the world, some I am close to, that have had to deal with situations a lot more complicated so I do not want to sound like a pity party, but this is always on my heart! My heart goes out to so many struggling with infertility and any pregnancy complication! Sometimes I wish I could go "ta da" and everyone who wants a baby gets one and all of the anxiety and fears go away! I realize there are reasons for everything and I have become so sensitive and interested in hearing about women dealing with issues in this area. I come from a BIG family and it is not uncommon for my cousins, sister, aunts etc. to have 4, 6, or even 8 kids! We love babies! I used to ask God why..why me God?..out of everyone I love kids and I want to have a few too! I think I did that because the initial shock of it all I thought I would never have children and that was not at all what they were telling me. The devil gets us down sometimes and I think that was one of those moments. I am human and know we are not suppose to question, but this was one place I sure never thought I would have an issue! I have learned to praise God through this trial though and I know He has something in the making for us and that makes me excited! I feel so patient about our situation too almost in a weird way.. I just know God has big plans in so many areas for us and He is going to work everything out in His timing which is always perfect timing! Sometimes when I am praying about it if it is bugging me I will thank God for the children He is going to give us and promise Him I will raise our kids according to His word! I know God has plans for us and He knows the desires of my heart so I just trust in Him and know He will make things happen when they are suppose to happen! I think children are the biggest blessing you could ever receive in life! I am thankful in some ways we have waited a little while also.. we are busy people for one thing.. been through a lot financially and career wise..and I enjoy our random trips.. sleeping in(i love my sleep..just going to be honest).. waffle house late night visits.. catching a late movie.. enjoying just the two of us.. love when we have no schedules and just hang out at home..long days of shopping...just getting up and going somewhere.. it seems to be much more difficult with another in tow ;)  the other night we decided we wanted some ice cream in a waffle cone at like 11:30(awful time to eat ice cream I know) so we headed to baskin robbins up town that is in a gas station and open all night and had us a little ice cream date.. I know after kiddos get here I will cherish these times we have had without them, but I also can't wait to see what the adventure of parenthood holds either :) I cherish all the fun times we have without kids but I honestly cannot wait to have our own! Sorry that was a lot of venting! To sum it all up.. I can't wait to have some babies when God is ready! If you are this far I just want to say thanks for reading! Hope this post is not to long and boring! ;)

Camp loves his aunt G! Little snuggle bunny!

Camp and Eden
Amanda and Titus
I think I could do the mom thing?!

little pumpkins!

Titus is such a precious baby!
Hope everyone is having a great week! God Bless!!

Pumpkin Patch

Last Sunday after church I headed to meet my mom, sister, and 5 little monkeys ;)! It was pumpkin patch day! We headed out to the 'Johnston's Pumpkin Patch". This was a very cute pumpkin patch with so many things for the kids to do! They had all kinds of animals, photo props, a little store, huge fields of pumpkins still on the vine and some in a big pile, a play area, maze, and all kinds of cute activities! The admission was free and you payed by the pound for your pumpkin. It was a blessed day and we had a blast!!

                           Garrett, Cambell, Landon, Cason, 

                       and little miss Jenna sass frass herself!

Enough with pictures! :)

Checking out the ducks!

They loved the horse!

Dorthy(left), My sister(middle), and me(the one on the right)


Don't even want to think about them being old enough to drive ;)

Of course she would pick the princess pumpkins ;)

MiMi and 4 of her little pumpkins!

my favorite picture from the entire day! 
We were leaving and this sweet 
little old man came up and offered to take one of all of us!
 He did perfect! :)

 

Sorry for the picture overload! They are just too stinkin cute! 

Fall Wreath

I saw an adorable wreath idea on a blog and decided to take it upon myself to create one! Mine came out way differant but I love it! So fun and fallish :) I can't wait to make one for Christmas time now!!

Things I Used

- styrofoam wreath 

- fall colored/design cut pieces of fabric

- 3 large buttons

- whimsical wooden 'K' - to make it personal ;)

-brown paint

- lots of hot glue :)

Family Reunion

Every October my family has a big shin dig! My aunt hosts everyone at her house and we always have a large time! I have some of the most amazing people in my family and it is so good to catch up with everyone and see what is going on in their lives and share about mine! :) We have such a BIG family and we are spread all over the place so this one time of the year is so special! This year the weather was perfect! We all sat outside and enjoyed eating and talking as the kiddos ran around and played! When the razorback game started of course half of the crowd gathered inside ;) but for the most part we were enjoying the outdoors all day! It was great! I love getting to see and talk to people who I only sometimes see once a year at our reunion. I think I could have sat and talked to one of my cousins all day long! His life is so interesting and he was so encouraging! He is an infectious disease doctor and has lived all over the place including Kenya! He now lives in D.C. and works for the government on fighting malaria! What a cool job! I was so interested in his stories and just think people like him make such a big differance in the world! So neat! He kept telling me it is never to late to think about starting med school! lol..I have always had a little desire to become pediatrician, but school is so expensive and time consuming! I think I will just stick with nursing for now :)! That may be a little much for me! It's fun to dream though! ;) I have always wanted to make a differance in a big way, but I know you can just do that in little ways in your every day life! :) I did not take as many pics as I usually do, but here are a few! Wish I would have taken more and the ones I did take are of a lot of the people I see all the time! oh well! I LOVE my beautiful family!! It is such a blessing to be part of a family that is so amazing!

old StOmPiN grounds..

Last weekend was my hometown's homecoming game! Small towns are notorious for football and the season it revolves around! I loved that about the wee little town where I grew up. I do not live there now, but I would not change growing up there for the world :) Small towns have there advantages and disadvantages just as bigger places do but I can't help but love being from a friendly little place! If I am able to catch one game I love attending the homecoming game and festivities! Friday I met up with with a friend and we headed to the pep ralley, her step sister was this year's homecoming queen so she was in town for the traditional showing of the court ;).. after the pep ralley they always have a parade so I met up with some family and other friends and caught our tiny little parade but it was cute and I am glad they started doing the floats again.. and since I was in town and never get to see one of my best friend's I stopped by her house for a little catch up time.. not much ..but enough to get me by ;) I miss seeing all my friends all the time, everyone is so busy with life in general and it is so good to catch up even just for a little while-- While I was there we were in her back yard and I took my shoes off and got stung by a stinkin wasp!!! OUCH! I guess I have never been stung before that I could remember... it hurt so bad! Laura came to my rescue.. she whipped out a first aid kit with some kind of sting be gone stuff! Maybe I should reconsider having children naturally one day.. evidently my pain tolerance is not as high as I thought it was ;)! My little toe was swollen for almost four days so I am guessing I was allergic.. my brother is.. so I must also be?! After all of that excitement that night my best friend and I headed out to catch a movie! We have not done that in so long &  it was a blast! We were our usual 20 min. late...haha! We were told that there were only 19 seats left in the theatre so we may have to sit near the front.. oh no biggie.. ha.. blurred vision and 10 neck spasms later we were wishing we were on time! Jk! It was not that bad and the movie was one of the best I have seen in a long time! We watched "Life as We Know It'.. so cute! We bothed laughed and cried through the whole thing.. more laughing though! After the movie we stopped for some frozen yogurt and headed home! Love that stuff! SO much excitement for one day! Love days like these :) sorry all the pics are kind of bad..sometimes my camera is a little much to haul around so I settle for the good ol' iPhone photography!

brylee at the parade.. enjoying her sucker :)

parade candy!

calleigh jo cooling off in the dairy bar before the parade started

silly kids!

Eastyn! 

Laura to my rescue!

up close and personal! lol

My homecoming days ;-)...