happy holidays!

just thought i would share one of our christmas pics for this year! hope everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving holiday!

finally...

...things have started to slow down. we moved in to our new house at the end of september (pics to come soon!). and this month we have moved more stuff, unpacked tons, and redecorated our kitchen. the next huose project will be our bedroom :) also this month we have been to gatlinburg for a family vacation - which was completly wonderful, ruth went to atlanta for a conference, and this past weekend we were in the mountains for our annual apple picking weekend with our best friends. now we are back home, into a house that is finally feeling like a home, and getting exciting about the cool air and upcoming holiday season!

things are looking up...

well....we are moving this weekend (well, hopefully we'll get it all done) AND we have a new (used) vehicle! yay!

pray through the attacks!

funny that in the last post i wrote that things could get crazier....b/c that's just what happened. wow was that a hard week. the night i wrote the last post my mom broke her collarbone (the week before she broke a bone in her foot). then two days later brooks had a car accident. he is okay (thank the Lord), it wasn't his fault, but we are currently looking for a new vehicle :). two days after that was a week of vacation which was VERY needed after the insane weeks we have been having lately. on the way to the beach the train my sister was traveling in engine caught on fire. so it took her an extra eight hours to arrive. needless to say once we all safely made it to vacation it was very restful, and a good time with the family.
keep praying for my family as we seem to be being attacked from every side. and also be in prayer for Body Shop athletics where we work-out b/c one of the employees there was killed in a tragic boating accident. these are our friends and i know they are going through a hard time.

we praise you Lord for you are good. we trust you Lord and thank you that you are in control of every situation.

Big God

wow, has it been a crazy couple of weeks. busyness, decisions, and emotional ups and downs. today i just thank the Lord that HE is sufficient. HE is all we need. we must focus on HIM, because even when we may not be faithful in the little things, HE can still prove faithful in the big things. HE has our best interests in mind. we know that our crazy couple of weeks may not be over yet, and it could get crazier...but it's great to know that we have a BIG GOD!