Summa Time Blues

Hi all. WOW is what I have to say about this summer! It has been busy but so wonderful! And I'm pretty sad that I'm getting stuff ready for school to begin. We have been blessed with a new pastor at church who has a wonderful wife and 2 precious girls...my kids ages. (yay) We enjoyed 2 trips to South Carolina.. the first to my aunt's for The 4th and the 2nd with Torrey's family to Myrtle Beach. Although we loved it, we missed the gulf coast and can't wait to go back there next summer.

Happy Independence Day!


My cousin Britt with little Britt

My cousin's wives... I love these ladies!

Buddies who stopped by on their way back home to Starkville.
(while we were home in between trips)

Our first stop on our 2nd trip to SC. Favorite Laundry! The store is so cute and I finally got to meet Amelia. It was so comfortable that Ashley had to stop us from talking to ask if we had met before. ha Me and all the girls has our picture made but I look terrible so you will never see it ;)

And finally! One of my dearest friends from high school had her first baby. John Tanner and he is a love. I'm so glad we were traveling her way for vacation this year! It was meant to be. I cannot wait to see him again. And her of course.

And we made it! KE loved her bunk bed she got to share with my nieces! She is begging for a bunk bed now.

These two entertained us on the beach. This was in the middle of a dance routine to MJ.

The Fratesi Gang

Happy Summer!

May-June in pictures

Sorry such the slacker! Here are a few pics from what we have been up to.... Dance recital, tennis lessons, VBS, supper club, church, summer camps, etc.... More to come later. Hope everyone is having a fantastic summer so far!

Wonderful Wedding Weekend

can you guess where we were this weekend?

In one of the most beautiful places and the only place I have visited and wanted to move to as well. South Carolina where my cousin got married to THE most precious, beautiful and loving girl. They were so stinkin adorable. They love each other and it shows.

The happy couple at their rehearsal dinner.

mother's day weekend

my babies

little nate on a beautiful spring day
wade so proud to be a t-ball player for the first time!

KE (far right) with some of her 2nd grade girlfriends getting ready to sing at the Red Cross fundraiser.

Thoughts from my Weekend

First I have to extend my sympathy to the families in Yazoo county that was devastated by a tornado Saturday. I don't have anyone close to me but the pictures are alarming. This is a town that is only a hour away from us. The weather channel just aired a story of a mother of 3 young boys who lived in a trailer. She gave her life by lying on top of a mattress to protect them underneath. Can you IMAGINE? My heart breaks. I think the boys were between the ages of 1 and 5.



All of this and more going on while I'm worshiping with a wonderful group of ladies at Beth Moore's simulcast event "So Long Insecurity" I'm a huge fan of her's because she dares to be real. She has a passionate love for Jesus Christ that I can only strive to obtain.

We focused on Eph. 4 Mainly verses 1, 17-24 and 32

As always my eyes were opened and my heart was focused on these points:

When we are easily offended, it is a result of insecurity.
Insecurity does not bring humility.
Insecurity is a form of pride. It makes us focus too much on ourselves (i.e Does she look better than me? Did they talk about me? Can I do this? )
When we are secure we believe that God forgives us, We believe that God loves us. In return, we are more able to forgive. We are more able to love. We won't need others to love us back in order to love them.

We will not be secure on accident. We have to decide to use our wills to stay in the will of God. It's an everyday decision.
How is this done? Daily prayer and reading the Word.
The result: we will start responding to situations differently.
When we believe and know we are forgiven by grace, we forgive.
When we GIVE something away, we cannot also keep it.
Grace is the only thing we can give away and keep.

I could go on and on but I think I have covered the high points. I must admit I struggle with this all the time. To not take everything so personally . If I had not accepted God's gift of Grace 12 years ago, there is no telling what type of woman I would be today. I don't think I would like her very much. Once we face that we can't save ourselves, we are freed into a new life of forgiveness and wonderful blessings.

About our weekend...

I hope this finds everyone recovered from the gobs of Easter candy consumption. I warned my kids last night that our bowl of candy will not stay here until it's gone. I hope I don't seem cruel, but after a week, to the dump it goes. After major holidays, the kids get into this routine of thinking after every meal it's candy time. As much fun it is to have dessert, I don't think it's for every night.

My weekend started off with attending a wonderful baby shower for my high school BFF. She looks amazing and from the pic, you can't even tell she is 7 months pregnant! T took the kids to his aunt's house for lunch and egg hunt in Greenwood. That evening, we enjoyed family at his parent's house dying eggs and having dinner.

Easter Sunday we attended a packed house at church and then had lunch with the in-laws at the club.

Wade started t-ball and his team name is the Rebels. Whoo hoo! Boy was he excited about that! He is alll about it too. T got him a new bat, glove and ball. Aunt Shannon gave him batting gloves, practice shorts and baseball pants for Easter... he loved it all. I'm so happy he is excited about playing ball. T's dad coached him when he was little and he breathed baseball. KE had her last soccer game last night and I forgot to take pics. She is looking forward to playing again this fall. Nate is into puzzles and is actually pretty good at them. He woke up crouping last night so we are headed to the doctor this afternoon to nip it.

I hope everyone has a wonderful week!

another high school friend, Emily did all the arrangements for the shower. She is very talented.

HAPPY EASTER!