I love David

King David that is :) I just finished reading a book titled Bathsheba. It was great. There are so many qualities that I LONG to have that he did but I am SO thankful God used him in such a great manner because it gives me hope that I can and will do "better.". He was a man with many faults, no pedigree to speak of, and yet HE was still in the direct line of my Christ's bloodline. His redemption story is Ah-mazing! I love to sing as most of you know and I am filled with such passion and need to worship when I read Psalms. I can relate to SO many he wrote. I fail, I try, I get frustrated, but in the end I LOVE Jesus and have a heart that runs after Him. What is even more amazing is that He loves me and no matter how far I fall He loves me anyway. I read the other day an article defending Christianity and  one of the statements has stuck with me.....What is I come to the end of my life and I AM wrong? Well, I will have lived a life with hope, peace, and forgiveness but what if you get to the end of your life and I am right?????
O God, give me a heart that speaks your name and a life that points to you. Let others see not only my failures but your redemption- it is SO sweet and merciful. How thankful I am.....David has a heart that sought you and I can only hope and pray I will be the same.

Life altering books

I have read several books the last 11 months that have completely CHANGED my perspective on life. They are truly eye opening and cover a range of topics :)
1. Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey
2. Radical by David Platt
3. Crazy Love by Frances Chan
4. Made to Crave by Lisa Turkhurst- it talks about food addiction but can apply to any addiction/obsession


I recommend these highly :) Beware....you may never look at life the same!

Will is TWO!!

So cliche' but so true....WHERE does the time go????? I really can't believe he is already two! We went and rode go-karts, played in the funhouse, and played games for bubby's birthday! He loved it of course :)

Stats:

29 pounds- outweights Lauren
35 1/4 inches tall
size 2T clothes and size NINE shoe...his foot is ginormous! :)
He loves to eat pretty much anything....except not crazy about sweets...I KNOW- am I sure I birthed this child??? :)
His speech is coming along.....but I am SO glad Dr. Wendel warned me at his delivery that his "track" would be MUCH slower than the girls.....I'll never forget his exact words.....

 Our kids ALL want an ice cream cake...hmmm wonder who started that trend...heehee :)

 He LOVES cars, airplanes, and "big trucks"

 No one can open presents all by themselves!!

 The racing machines! haha!

 It is ON!

He is much more physical- he loves to run, climb, get dirty, you name it he is ALL boy and we LOVE it!! Even his sisters LOVE to take care of him.  He is definitely the most rotten of the bunch! lol!

Gymnastics

The girls have been blessed to go to a pretty awesome gymnastics center out here. NC State has a pretty renowned team and a lot of the girls teach classes around here. Lexi and Lauren have LOVED it and Lex can now ALMOST do a cartwheel!! :)

Valentine's Celebration 2011~ Magnolia Grill

Since we got to have essentially a "free" date night since mom was in town (paying the babysitter is the most expensive part of our date nights!!!) we decided to dress up and go out on the town! We have heard great reviews about a restaurant in Durham. It is listed in Food and Gourmet magazine as a top restaurant....yada, yada, yada. Well, the company was excellent but the food was just okay. Definitely not worth the price and we were literally stacked on top of other people. I could not fit through the space to get to the back chair...kinda crazy! We enjoyed the experience though and are SO glad we got to go out!! Thanks again Mom~

Snow tubing

 I could just EAT HIM UP! :)

 My fearless one....

 My one who with a little coaxing became VERY brave!

 This is the life~

 GO NANA!!

 They are ready for a blizzard! haha!

Mom flew out to see us in February~ We were THRILLED to see her!! We wanted to show her a little of the benefits of Raleigh...2 1/2 hours to the beach and 3 hours to the mountains. :) Since it wasn't beach weather we decided to take her snow tubing!!!! She is ALWAYS up to whatever you ask her to do....quite the trooper! It was SO fun....by NO MEANS is Carolina snow ANYTHING like Colorado snow but as Russ likes to say....It'll WORK! All 3 kids had their own tube by the end of it....at first Lauren was screaming to go down by herself and Lexi was screaming for me to hand on to her....it is often comical to see us out doing things!! Will of course was just along for the ride! It you ever have the chance to go to Blowing Rock or Boone, NC GO....it is just gorgous! Thanks mom for coming along and for always being up to whatever we ask you to do!

Learning experience....NEVER trust a guiet boy :)

Will is giving us a RUN for our money~ It is amazing how DIFFERENT each of our kiddos are....Will is laid back and loves to have fun but has a TERRIBLE temper.....totally received from his daddy's side of the family! haha! One afternoon I was cleaning and realized I had not been "bothered" in quite awhile....I went looking for my little man and found that he had SOAKED his hair in lotion!! He was SO proud of himself too!! It took DAYS for me to get his hair back to normal. We laughed over this for a long time!! Also, I have discovered my little man does not care to wear clothes.....a constant battle!! haha!