Trusting Him

I am so thankful I serve a God who is Alive!  His Holy Spirit lives within me, and guides and directs me daily.  Praise God!  I don't know how people survive day to day without Jesus by their side.  For me,  I think I would collapse from stress overload. Lol.  Truly,  I rely on Him SO much throughout my day to keep me calm and full of Joy. His joy.  It's my strength! He is the difference between a fake smile and a real smile.  He gives the ability to live without fear of the future. When I have the urge to panic and over think a fear about something going on with one of my children, I am totally comforted by the fact the He loves them more than I do, and holds them in the palm of His hand. What an awesome thought... The creator of the universe holding my little loves tightly bc He loves them so much. I know that whatever might be trying to stress me at any given moment is already known by Him and He'll take care of it.  Read His Word, the Bible,  and let these promises take root in your life also. HE will get you through whatever you're going through, we're not made to go through life without Jesus.

And here's some pictures from our weekend.  Ours was nice and quiet, but went too fast.  :) We always miss Brandon extra on Monday mornings. But back to doing some school work, the letter 'f' and the sight word 'the' this week.  Zion loves it and I've got some fun things planned!  Ellie's loving blowing spit bubbles, smiling and cooing. 3 months is so fun!

Be blessed today and know that Jesus loves you too.

3 months old!

Love my silly boy!

Zion is such a blessing!  He has such a sweet, loving and FUNNY personality!  He constantly has us laughing.  He really does understand humor and trying to make people laugh.  :) I found these gemson my phone this morning.  What a nut.  Taking selfies at age 4. Lol.  God sure blessed me with an awesome little boy!  And a little girl that melts my heart with every smile and gaze!  :)

Camping Joy!

Recently we took an adventure up to Madera Canyon! Woohoo! So fun!  I have the best little family in the whole world!  :) It was Zion and Ellie's first camping trip, so we chose to stay close to home.  And it was so perfect!  It got too hot during the middle parts of the day. .. so we made the quick 30 minute drive back to Monny and Poppy's pool and went swimming! Best camping ever! :) We had so much fun! We serve such an awesome God who made such a GORGEOUS world for us to abide in!  And what a treat to have this beauty right in our own backyard!

Zion Quote of the trip:

My brother Josh blew out the camping lantern so we could all observe the AMAZING stars.... 
Josh: "I just stared at the light, I can't see Jack!" 
(10 minutes later)
Zion: "Did you find Jack yet Uncle Josh?"

It was so funny! Zion is so literal! :D
Ellie did so great!  She LOVES being outside!!  She is SUCH a good baby!  I am so blessed by her!  Constantly talking, constantly moving, Smiles so freely,  and almost giggling!  Laying on the air mattress and being sort of popped up a little was quite a happy experience for her!  :) SO FUN! !  She is almost 3 months old! Time flys when you're having fun! ! 

11 Weeks

Precious baby girl is growing so much! She's even trying to crawl! Eeek!

Happy Birthday to my Love!

We're 27! :) You FINALLY caught up to me!  :) I had to be 27 for a whole 12 days without you! :) We love you so much!  You're such an amazing husband, daddy and best friend! Love you so much!    Ellie was rather slept on her Daddy's day!  We went swimming and he arms and legs did not stop moving for the whole hour she was in!  She loves it! Yay! !

The Letter I

Working on the letter "I" today in school with Mr Z. Had lots of fun playing with colored ice,  learning about temperature and  how that effects liquids and solids, Igloos, and lots of singing the "I" sing on the computer!  A fun school day so far!  He sucks up so much information I like to have our days pretty planed out so we can go right from one thing to the next!  He's brilliant and is way beyond most preschool activities,  so he keeps me busy just trying to find fun and challenging things for him to stay engaged with.
    Miss Ellie turned 10 weeks old this weekend!  She is SO fun!  Constant motion!  Lots of smiles,  responds with cooing when talking to her,  loves her brother,  rolls easily from back to front,  and is becoming rather attached to momma.  :) LOVE my red headed little girl! 

We have the 2 most amazing children EVER!  SO blessed and privileged to get to spend my days with them! ! 

Enjoy the many faces of Ellie below, she is a riot and makes us laugh so much!  And he is Zion with his colored ice!