Little Cabin in the Woods

We went to Blue Ridge, GA for Labor Day Weekend. It was a wonderful 4 days of fun, family, rest, and relaxation.

view from our cabin

We took a hike to a really pretty waterfall one day...

I know he looks uncomfortable, but he loves this thing
looking at the leaves

my boys

the waterfall

Samson wanted to cool off

Jacob thought the water was cold

best pic we got

Jared and I went horseback riding. We had a blast!!

I know. I know, but safety first.

J and Gypsy

T Spoon was such a sweetie pie

playing in the backyard

isn't it awesome we had this?

this kid had a blast throwing rocks

taking a water break

we spent a lot of time out on the backporch

me and my daddy

my favorite little man

tickle time

"hi rye rye"

saying hello to Mr. Bear

Leanna and Jake

playing with the water table

my bestest buddy

family shot

such a little helper

my sissy

ummm...not sure

Hope everyone else had a great weekend!!!

Randomness

Our little guy turned 22 months last months. I can't believe less than 2 months to go until we have a 2 year old! Oh my my my!!!

-Jacob is getting SO good with his colors. He identifies them correctly 9 times out of 10.
-Jacob loves to sing. Some of our favorite songs are "The Wheels on the Bus", "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", "Jesus Loves Me", "Jesus Loves the Little Children", "Bunny Foo Foo", and "ABC's".
-We have been working on our ABC's and are up to "D".
-I love it when he says, "hold you momma" or "hey ____" and he will fill in all of our names.
-He has started referring to himself as Jake-Jake.
-He LOVES aunt Jayme's boyfriend Austin, or "Aweson"
-Jacob is learning to dress himself.
-We are beginning to work harder on potty training. We have had several successes lately and Jacob will point to his diaper when he needs to go. Hopefully this will be a quick process.
-J loves to feed the fish on his daddy's iphone and feed the real goldfish at Gran and Pappy's.
-We have a hugger on our hands. And, since I am a hugger this works out well. He also likes to pat us on the back and get in our face with a BIG goofy grin and say hey momma/hey dadda".
-He likes pretending to play his guitar.
-J is learning to request people to pray for at bedtime - so sweet!!!
-We have definitely entered the terrible twos. Time out or "time" has become a regular part of our day. Even though he doesn't understand everything we say we try to explain to him why he had to go. Hopefully the more he begins to understand, the less likely we will have to use time.
-He likes riding on our backs and pretending he is riding a horse.
-He likes making "toffee"(coffee) for Coach.
-He is getting much better at throwing a ball.

Here's some random pics of what we've been up to the past couple of weeks...

eating some chocolate pie at Coach and Mot Mot's

riding a "horse" at Addy's pool
just chillin in the water

sweet little friends playing ball together

cool kid

painting a masterpiece

having a lazy Saturday morning in our little pool I got for the backyard

Samson likes the water too

oh, I could just eat him up

playing Jake-Jake's guitar

having a picnic at the park

helping feed Gran's fish

he thinks it's SOOOO fun

Summer is almost over, but we're going to enjoy every last minute of it!!

Living Proof Weekend

Last weekend I had the privilege of going to a Living Proof Live event to hear Beth Moore speak with three of my beloved friends.

Becki, Leeanna, Leah, and myself

For those of you that have never heard Beth speak before you are really missing out. She is so energetic, passionate, wise, inspiring...I could go on. Every time I get to hear her I get SO excited. I know three things are for certain: 1) I am going to have a blast, 2) I am going to be extremely challenged and encouraged, and 3) I know I am going to have an intimate encounter with God Himself.

God always uses Beth to speak such truth to my soul. This weekend was no different. Our topic was "Eat, Pray, Love" (although it had nothing to do with the movie that just came out). We talked about how we don't just need to read God's Word - we need to EAT His words and allow them to penetrate our hearts and minds. We talked about how we can PRAY to God and expect Him to hear us. We also spent time grappling with God's unconditional love for us. I was reminded again that there is NOTHING I can do to make God love me any less. God is incapable of loving me less because God is love. For God to love me less He would have to lessen Himself which He will not do. Oh, my heart is thankful. What a wonderful God I serve.

Beth bringing a word from Jeremiah

Before leaving town we went to get ice cream at this local place called "Graeters". The name suits it well because it was great.

The best part of our ice cream experience was who we got to eat it with....

That's right - sweet Beth herself

oh, and Travis the worship leader

Can't wait for LPL in September!!