Little Stinker

My little stinker is STILL not walking. He will be 18 months on the 30th and is so stubborn. I know he is capable, as you see in these pictures he will walk behind something. He has one of those push toy/walker's and we call him an old man because he crawls to go get it when he wants to get across the room to get something. He will even stand up in the middle of the room and just stand there but will not take a step. I am ready for him to walk!! He is our baby, THE baby, so some may say this is why he is still not walking, because we baby him so much. I will admit this is probably true, but he is my last one, and I don't think I am too out of control about it. Hopefully I will be back sometime soon with news of his first steps.

More of Memorial Day

Memorial Day Party

On Sunday we went to a party at my friend Chasitie's house, we had so much fun, the kid's had a blast. Check out my pic's! : )

Blog Header

Isn't it so cute! I love it!!! My friend Vanessa designed it for me, she is so talented and you have to go check her website out Butterflysparks.com! She is having a special right now on her blog headers, but hurry because her sale ends soon!

Expecting great things and giving GOD the glory!

Well we have made it through April, it's been almost 2 months since Jared quit working for Edward Jones. Jared got an amazing job offer and we are now waiting for the final stamp of approval from corporate which could take another few weeks. More details to come about that...I was so worried about how we would make it through this difficult time, but God is so FAITHFUL and GOOD! We have turned to him, and really just said God, we don't know how we will make it financially, how we will be able to have patience and peace during this period, but we ask you for peace, we ask that you meet our needs and God has given us those things. We have made 2-3 times the amount we ever made in one month at Edward Jones in the month of April. We have had peace and patience and enjoyed the time we have gotten to spend together. It has been an adventure waiting to see what small side job will fall in our lap, what random check God will drop in the mail, by the way there have been quite a few...Lockheed sent us a vacation payout check from a YEAR ago, Cook's children's sent me a check from 3 YEARS ago when Joey had surgery there and apparently I overpaid, our mortgage company sent us a check for a surplus in our escrow account. Every time I got one in the mail, I knew it was God's way of saying I am taking care of you. We have had to completely trust God which has been hard, I like to know what's coming, I like to know the next 3 steps, and I haven't been able to know or see that, so it has been different for me but I believe God has used this time to grow me in the area of trusting him. That's whats going on with us, we are ready for summer, we are ready for Jared to start his new job, we are expecting great things and we do give God 100 percent of the glory, it's all because of him.

A day out with Thomas

Jared recently took Joey to A day out with Thomas at the Grapevine Vintage Railroads. Joey is OBSESSED with Thomas the Trains, so we new this was going to be HUGE for him to get to go to! He has almost all of the trains and pulls them all out several times a day and goes round and round on the coffee table with them. He knows all of their names, and even knows the names of the ones he doesn't have. When he wants to guilt me into getting him a new train, he will say "Mom, we gotta go to walmart, the trains are sad" and I say" why are the sad Joey" and he just says " They are sad, we gotta get them" It's pitiful and it usually works! : ) Here are some of the pictures from Joey's best day ever!!

Happy Birthday Jared!!

Yesterday was Jared's 29th Birthday!!! He is 4 months younger than me so I am already dreading us turning, 30, 40, 50, he rubs it in that he is younger, oh a whole 4 months!! We got a babysitter and went to dinner and did some shopping, we had fun! Happy Birthday Jared! I love you!

P.S. Jared had his 3rd interview at Farmers for a Reserve District Manager position, we are very optimistic and are praying for God's will. Please keep praying for us!