Blue Angels......

We are blessed each fall with the Blue Angels coming to our area. It is amazing to see and hear. They fly right over our home so we don't even have to leave our home to go see it! We have been grateful Sam has slept through it as the afternoons seem to be their busiest time. It is an incredible sight to see and when it shakes your home you know they are almost touching you! This is the weekend for Blue Angels this year and it has been fun to take it all in.

Did you hear the news.....

My big brother got in to his top pick of colleges! If he has his way he will be at OU next year and I will be cheering him on. It is a bit far but I am hoping he comes home to visit and play.

Sentimental Sunday.....

This pictures is one of my favorites. It was taken a few hours after Sam was born and had just had his first bath. He came out ready for a bath and haircut. Sam has to get his hair cut about every 3 weeks. His hair is precious and amazing! When I was pregnant I had fears what I would do with his hair??? My husband who happens to be black and knows more about black hair than I do did nothing to calm my fears. I looked at him with uncertainty and fear and asked him what would this white mama do with a little boys hair that was biracial. He had no response which didn't help my fears. What would it look like? Would I know how to fix it? Would my hairdresser who had cuts my boys hair since they were babies know what to do with it? It might sound crazy to you but to this mama it was a concern and something that was all new to me. When Sam was just 2 weeks old I was at a ladies conference and during the worship his sweet soft head was gently pressed under my chin and I thought to myself how soft and beautiful his hair was as it gently stroked my chin. The Lord said to me I did that just for you. I sat there filled with love, awe and gratefulness that my Lord cared about not just counting the numbers of my sons hair but also making sure his mama would know what to do with her sons hair and would love it. He is 21 months and has a beautiful head of hair that I adore. He has never fusses once during a haircut because he has gone all his life (9 weeks old!) and yes our sweet Martha cuts it too! She has cut my boys hair for 17 years!

Our busy boy.....

Sam loves his toys! He is a busy boy learning to play, put things together and grow in his attention span. We make a huge mess but if fun is accomplished it is all good!

Sentimental Sunday.....

10 light hearted things about me you might not know....

My last post was really at a heart level. If you know me well that doesn't surprise you! However, here is 10 things about me that are light hearted that you might not know about me.

1. I LOVE to bake and find it to be like therapy! Researching recipes is half the fun too.

2. Ice chewing seriously puts me over the edge. Really any kind of chewing does.

3. I would much rather buy something used than new. Of course there are things I like new but you know what I mean.

4. Chocolate is something I love and have a fondness for.

5. I only drink water and it has to be very, very cold!

6. Fall is my favorite time of year.

7. One of my dreams is to live in a home without a wood fence. I grew up in MI and we didn't have fences there. The brown fences that most Texas homes have are just down right ugly!

8. Friendship is huge to me but I don't do best friends. I have a very dear group of friends that are treasures to me but I could never narrow it down to just one. I believe in having a handful of dear friends because we are all unique and have something different to offer.

9. Reading is a passion of mine however outside of children fiction (that I read to my children) I don't read fiction.

10. Music is a passion of mine. I played piano for about 10 years and it is a regret I have that I stopped. I grew up, married and moved on and a piano on a 3rd floor apartment wasn't an option. It is something I would love to do again.

10 things about me......from the heart.

I happened to wake up in the middle of the night and was reading online and saw a blog post where she posted 10 things that people might not know about her. I thought it might be a fun change of pace......so here it goes!

1. One of the things in life that matters to me most is living without regret. That is huge for me.

2. Relationship means everything to me. First with my Savior and second with others. Quality time is my love language and taking the time, effort and care to connect at the heart level is what matters to me.....that is golden in my book.

3. I dream of being at the ocean. I always joke if you find me missing for a week it might be because my husband had a good month and we have escaped to the ocean! It is how I am wired and there isn't a place on earth that I feel the presence, greatness and goodness of the Lord like the ocean.

4. Words are great.....really they are but for me words only have meaning if actions back them up. I heard a man once say that his advice to his teenage daughter would be listen to nothing a young man says but believe everything he does. Good stuff!

5. The 7 years I spent single were the worst and best years of my life. No, you won't find me thanking my ex (forgiven....yep!) for the hell he put us through as I can never say that it was the will of God BUT God worked it for my good and what He did in my life and heart during that time is something I would trade for anything!

6. I have only been 40 for about 6 months but I have to say it has been one of the best times of my life and turning 40 gets a bad rap! Sweet times and this gal smiles at the future.

7. My husband is Gods gift of grace embodied to me on this earth. He is the best man that I know, He is mine and I am madly in love with him. I am forever grateful for the morning God grabbed his heart, showed him that I was his and he obeyed. Never underestimate the power of obedience.

8. Having the gift of another baby at 38 is such a sweet gift. I treasured my babies in my 20's, I was a great mom (I think), I embraced and enjoyed each and every season. However, the perspective I didn't have then was how quick it changes. The love grows and relationship deepens but those sweet cuddles are different and much less often. I used to say that if I had one wish it would be to back and have a few days with my Andrew and Jacob when they were about 18 months. To hold them, love on them again and squeeze them as tight as I could. I have deeply enjoyed having the gift of Sam and wouldn't trade this time for anything. I savor those kisses, cuddles and pure sweetness 110%. It gives life an interesting perspective to be having one almost on his own, one spreading his wings and one that still needs so much. I am enjoying it and embracing it!

9. Home is the best place on earth to me. As a homemaker that carries a heavy weight but what a gift it is to be able to have that role. Some days it excites me, other days it exhaust me but it is a gift and privilege that I know is Gods best for me. Providing love, nurture, good meals and tending to details that only women do is a gift (most days!) that I am have learned to value more and more the older I get.

10. Every day I become a little more comfortable with who God created me to be. I said once that it took me 28 years to learn to love me. I spent many years of my life not valuing me, not loving me, not embracing me and certainly not celebrating anything about me. I was insecure, listen to lies from the enemy and sometimes those that surrounded me and honestly didn't know any different. When I was 28 the Lord lavished me with His love, reminded me in a beautiful way of His truth and heart for me and for the first time in my life I experienced a love and freedom I never even knew existed. It can be yours too! It is a choice and you might spend a life time learning to walk in but I promise you won't regret it for a minute.