It's here!

Well...
After over a year of putting our house on the market, the big day is finally here. We spent all day today getting the truck packed and tomorrow morning we will be off to New Braunfels! Preston and I are filled with so much joy and excitement and also filled with sadness to be leaving such wonderful people here in Columbus!

Here is our new house! It is completely builder beige from top to bottom so...there will be a whole lot of renovation post to follow!



We feel blessed to have served here for the past almost 3 years and are so excited to start a new chapter of our lives and to see how God desires to use us in New Braunfels. I feel kind of like a kid waiting for Christmas morning...is it to early to go to bed right now?

featued

I'm being featured over at Tip Junkie!

Fishing

Nothing quite like the thrill of catching a fish!

Happy Mommy Day!

I hope that every mom is getting to take a little break today to truly enjoy all the blessings around her! Not until I became a mom myself did I ever realize that being a mom is the most amazing gift, and at certain times it can be the craziest thing ever! However, with my daughters 4 year birthday coming up next week, my sons 3rd in a few months and another baby due in the next couple of weeks, I am just so honored to be a mom. I find my hormonal self right now getting caught up with the everyday hoopla and forgetting that I have been entrusted with three beautiful children. To raise them to live lives that glorify God, to walk beside them through this crazy world and to ultimately love them unconditionally. What other job description sounds so important? And if I want to, I can do it all in my pj's! And yet we continuously believe the lie that our job is boring and undervalued...I am continually praying to find true joy in being a mother and finding that every slobbery kiss and bear hug is enough to keep me going!

Some great parenting advice from Matt Chandler:
When everything is said and done and we stand before our maker, only you will be held accountable for the way you raised your child. No pastor, friend, or youth group leader...just you!

Have a great day!

Sunday Morning

As I sit here, quiet and eating a bowl of cereal, before anyone else wakes up, I am just in awe of the God that we serve! Take away the business and craziness of my life and there is still a God who longs to know me better...me? Wow. Lord you are amazing and I am honored to be called a Daughter of the King, the Most High, the Alpha and the Omega. You are a God of details and a God who cares about His people...I pray this Sunday morning that you would be glorified...all over this world, be lifted up and exalted! You are what I live for and You are enough! We have a big week ahead of us this next week and a lot of decisions that Preston and I have been praying for are going to be made...be our guide, and give us wisdom. We don't want to be anywhere but where you want us, and where we will be used by you...Thank you so much for your provision and your timing. Prepare my heart for worship...

I am so excited!!!

I am so excited to let you know that I have been featured over at Simply Designing!!! If you have not checked this blog out it is a great one with lots of good ideas and tutorials!

I think I might be in LOVE!

Apparently I have been suffering from "kitchen envy" lately. We are in the process of trying to move and looking at houses and my mind and heart keeps getting so excited at the possibility of getting a new kitchen. Our kitchen right now is great and I am very thankful...But...who would not want to make a gourmet meal in one of these two kitchens? I think the kitchen of my dreams would be some mix of the two of these, and maybe with a little bit less stark white...But the architecture and details in these kitchens make my mouth water...

Southern Living

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