Brian Dressed Thomas for Church

Did you know...

...that I gave up Facebook? I gave it up for Lent.  Looking back I think how silly of me to give up something so petty to be reminded of how much I need God.  But at the time, I looked at it lots.  LOTS. At least everyday. Thinking of stuff I have no business thinking and learning stuff I should not have knowledge of.   Can I just tell you that I really like not being on it?  My mind is clear and I'm not bombarded with people {and their thoughts} who shouldn't be in my {OUR life; I say "our" because my life is really the life of my husband and my child} life.

Brian changed my password for me, but he will get on it for me once every other week to make sure I haven't missed a birth, a death, or an important message. 

Heather, Brian said you mentioned something about Covington.  Yes!  Covington is about 30 minutes from here.  Will you be coming up my way? I'd LOVE that.

Let me leave y'all with something...This Youtube video. I am usually the last to hear about these things, but if you haven't seen Antoine Dodson's reaction to his sister's near-rape experience, you should do yourself the favor of watching it {Not that rape is not extremely serious, and I wouldn't be thankful for a brother so willing to...defend me. It's just the way he goes about it...oh my}:  Just click on the link below.


ANTIONE DODSON
And then, really reward yourself with a good laugh by watching this remix.

REMIX
So hide yo' kids, hide yo' wife, and hide yo' husbands, causetheyrapin'ereybody out here.

Oh, someone come and get me off the floor I'm laughing so hard.

Snapshots from our Weekend

We went to the CCA auction Saturday night with the Medlins, Allmons, and Cooks. 

Brian won some passes to the train museum. Thomas and his buds will love that.

 We swung

 until we couldn't hold our eyes open anymore.

 Daddy put us down for a nap.

 We are also learning about how Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey.  Thomas says, "Jesus rode donkey".  He says "Jerusalem" but unless your mom you can't really interpret it.

April Showers

It rained today.

 A WHOLE LOT.

 

 We stayed in all morning.  And had a good time reading, playing with puzzles, and coloring.

 But when it stopped raining we put on our rain boots and headed outside.

 Thomas thoroughly enjoyed it.

He cracks us up.

Joy from Samford

I met up with one of my closest college friends last weekend in Jackson. 

Joy is one of the sweetest people I know.  I actually thought if we had a girl, we may name her Joy because of this Joy.  Oh my goodness, she's just the greatest.  She has three girls ]{Ella, CeCe, and Eden} and she and her husband, David, live in Nashville. 

 It was so wonderful to spend the day with Joy. 

So many pieces of scripture come to mind when I think of my friendships.

"Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; so does the sweetness of a friend's counsel that comes from the heart." Proverbs 27: 9

"As iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend." Proverbs 27: 17(NKJV)

I am truely thankful for my friendships. As God has convicted and changed me, I feel those changes have been evident in my relationships.  I've never been surrounded my such wonderfully authentic friendships as I am now and that hasn't been without leaving some folks behind.  Sometimes we just need a little cleaning up in our friendships. 
This verse comes to mind....  

Do not be deceived: “Evil company corrupts good habits.” 1 Corinthians 15: 33(NKJV)

Is there anyone you need to let go of this Spring? Anyone corrupting your good habits?

Our First Haircut

It was time.    

 I wasn't ready.

 Brian wasn't ready.

 But it was time.

 Brushed and smoothed back it wasn't too bad.  But in no time flat this little boy could look like Nick Nolte at his least finest hour.

So, at Pap's birthday party Aunt Sabrina trimmed Thomas's hair.  It was an event....

 Family gathered round, Ally taking camera pictures, and Autry keeping Thomas attention. 

 De De, our next door neighbor and close friend of Paps and JuJu's, and JuJu looked on.

 Thank you Aunt Sabrina.

A Moment of Silence Please