Monday, May 29, 2017
Memorial Day weekend
The Clausons came down and spent the weekend with us!!! It was such a joy! we went swimming a lot and ate a lot of great food. It was a dream! Then today, mom and dad meade came over for hot dogs on the grill, then we all went to the Senoia parade and festivities, then we came home, had naps, and now Jasper and Andrew are playing games on Jasper's tablet while I eat apples and peanut butter and Brody finishes up his nap. Andrew and I are having a date in tonight after the boys go to bed- steak on the new grill! It's just another day in paradise.
Sunday, May 21, 2017
dreams are made of this
Almost daily, I find myself stopping, looking around our home, watching my husband and sons interact and laugh, and I think to myself, "people dream of this kind of life. How blessed we are to have such sweet days where dreams are made of." Daily life here is such a joy. Don't get me wrong, there are still tensions between the boys or Jasper being bossy and Brody being defiant, Andrew and I aren't always perfectly harmonized (mostly always my fault), sin creeps in, and such. But overall, when I step back from those few frustrating moments and look at our life from a little bigger perspective, it's such a precious, precious life. And I'm so thankful to God for giving it to us!
It's been a bit of an eventful month, both with great joys and also great trials, both of which have caused us to look to our Savior and either thank Him or feast on His promises in Scripture. It's been a joy, though, to have our trials, bc it's truly through these hard times that we lean on and learn more about our faithful God and His goodness to us.
A few of the afore mentioned joys from the past month:
- Walker's growing and getting big and active!
- Jasper turned 6! We took the fam to Panama City for a long weekend to celebrate his birthday. Oh my goodness!! What a HUGE JOY that was!
- Brody's potty trained and completely in undies now, except at night time and naps, and continues to grow and mature into a spunky, joyful boy!
- Andrew and I had our babymoon staycation and discovered Palmers, a new favorite restaurant in PTC.
- Jasper graduated from Kindergarten and is a rising 1st grader.
- I have made a ton of freezer meals and strawberry jam, which is my jam.
- we've been swimming with a lot of friends a lot of times.
- we went to Chris and Anna's wedding yesterday as a fam, So fun!
- We got to meet cousin Ang and her boyfriend John for lunch in Atlanta today at Six Feet Under. What a treat!
- Clausons are coming down next weekend for Memorial Day Weekend- we can't wait!
A few of the afore mentioned trials from the past month:
- During hour 1 of our babymoon staycation, Panasonic told Andrew they were transferring hi to Detroit. He could decline the transfer, but if he did, he would lose his job effective August 4th. We had a few days to decide. The Lord, in His abundant kindness, made it clear that we were to decline the transfer, which we did, and we've not felt a moment's regret.
- Also in the Lord's kindness and providence, we had the whole babymoon to pray about and process this news while the boys were with mom and dad meade.
- Andrew's been job hunting now, which is always a bit of a taxing experience, I feel. But The Lord promises to make our path clear, and to hem us in behind and before and to lay His hand upon us, and He promises that He will act. So we're trusting Him and thanking Him for unfolding some possibilities at Eaton and LTI and possibly Panasonic and we're waiting to see what He does. I've been begging the Lord to make it clear to us what He has planned, which I'm sure He will b/c he's not in the business of being murky with His children. "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will mkae your paths straight." Proverbs 3:4-5. Also, "Delight yourselves in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to Him. Trust in Him, and He will act." Psalm 11something. our bathroom mirror has become a place of God's sweet promises to us, as I write down and tape up promises of God from Scripture. That's another reason why trails are so precious.
- my mom has been having health issues with her autoimmune disorder. It's never fun to see your parents suffer, and this is no exception.
In every aspect of these trails, the Lord has been so kind (From the timing of the news about Panasonic to the fact that Andrew's insurance will conintue after Walker's birth) and He has clearly led us and clearly laid His hand on us. We're so excited to see what happens with Andrew's job, and I know when we're on the other side of this job trial, we'll look back with great joy and say, "great is thy faihtfulness!"
It's been a bit of an eventful month, both with great joys and also great trials, both of which have caused us to look to our Savior and either thank Him or feast on His promises in Scripture. It's been a joy, though, to have our trials, bc it's truly through these hard times that we lean on and learn more about our faithful God and His goodness to us.
A few of the afore mentioned joys from the past month:
- Walker's growing and getting big and active!
- Jasper turned 6! We took the fam to Panama City for a long weekend to celebrate his birthday. Oh my goodness!! What a HUGE JOY that was!
- Brody's potty trained and completely in undies now, except at night time and naps, and continues to grow and mature into a spunky, joyful boy!
- Andrew and I had our babymoon staycation and discovered Palmers, a new favorite restaurant in PTC.
- Jasper graduated from Kindergarten and is a rising 1st grader.
- I have made a ton of freezer meals and strawberry jam, which is my jam.
- we've been swimming with a lot of friends a lot of times.
- we went to Chris and Anna's wedding yesterday as a fam, So fun!
- We got to meet cousin Ang and her boyfriend John for lunch in Atlanta today at Six Feet Under. What a treat!
- Clausons are coming down next weekend for Memorial Day Weekend- we can't wait!
A few of the afore mentioned trials from the past month:
- During hour 1 of our babymoon staycation, Panasonic told Andrew they were transferring hi to Detroit. He could decline the transfer, but if he did, he would lose his job effective August 4th. We had a few days to decide. The Lord, in His abundant kindness, made it clear that we were to decline the transfer, which we did, and we've not felt a moment's regret.
- Also in the Lord's kindness and providence, we had the whole babymoon to pray about and process this news while the boys were with mom and dad meade.
- Andrew's been job hunting now, which is always a bit of a taxing experience, I feel. But The Lord promises to make our path clear, and to hem us in behind and before and to lay His hand upon us, and He promises that He will act. So we're trusting Him and thanking Him for unfolding some possibilities at Eaton and LTI and possibly Panasonic and we're waiting to see what He does. I've been begging the Lord to make it clear to us what He has planned, which I'm sure He will b/c he's not in the business of being murky with His children. "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will mkae your paths straight." Proverbs 3:4-5. Also, "Delight yourselves in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to Him. Trust in Him, and He will act." Psalm 11something. our bathroom mirror has become a place of God's sweet promises to us, as I write down and tape up promises of God from Scripture. That's another reason why trails are so precious.
- my mom has been having health issues with her autoimmune disorder. It's never fun to see your parents suffer, and this is no exception.
In every aspect of these trails, the Lord has been so kind (From the timing of the news about Panasonic to the fact that Andrew's insurance will conintue after Walker's birth) and He has clearly led us and clearly laid His hand on us. We're so excited to see what happens with Andrew's job, and I know when we're on the other side of this job trial, we'll look back with great joy and say, "great is thy faihtfulness!"
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