How I love three day weekends!!!

Friday was a great day at school, we had about 50 teachers from Early County visit and spend the day with us. They were so nice and we enjoyed a fun lunch with them and my administration. My kids and I ended our unit on President's Day and the Presidents. We made George Washington's Cherry Delight as a little fun Friday snack. It was very yummy! They love to help me cook.



Friday night my parents came into town for the weekend. That is the ONE and ONLY bonus about them living in a different town....our visits are highly cherished. We ate supper at home, watched tv, and just caught up.




Saturday we were up early. Daddy and Matt did yard work and Mama and I hit the stores. I didn't buy one thing. But I did take lots of pictures. Some are things I loved, some are of things that I can make, some I just took because...I actually took a lot more...but you get the idea. You can get a little inside peek of just a few things that our small plantation town has to offer. Mama and I ate lunch outside on the bricks at Savannah Moon...and we brought home lunch from Publix for the men. :)














Saturday night we ate dinner at Ted's Montanta Grill for Matt's early birthday celebration. We also had Blue Bell when we got back to the house.




Sunday, we made breakfast sandwiches (almost as good as a local place, Henderson's) and then my parents went back to Dublin. So sad to see them go!


We were out and about again today in Tallahassee. I had a Dr appointment, so afterwards we ate lunch at On the Border, stopped by Sweet Blue, Target, and Turner's. We are home now and took a little nap. I have a horrible headache so I am skipping my dose of Beth Moore tonight and taking it easy. I am glad that it is only a 4 day week at school! Have a blessed week everyone!



I'm going to type up my devotion from this morning. It is from Jesus Calling. It always speaks straight to my heart and encourages me with whatever I'm facing that day. I hope that it speaks to you if you're reading this today.

"Trust and thankfulness will get you safely through this day. Trust protects you from worrying and obsessing. Thankfulness keeps you from criticizing and complaining. Keeping your eyes on Me is the same thing as trusting me. It is a free choice that you must make thousands of times daily. Thus, you focus on Me, entrusting your concerns into My care."

I am LOVING the song, Walk on the Water by Britt Nicole. It was sung at our Abby Rike event two weeks ago, and it is so, so good!

Psalm 141:8 (ESV)
But my eyes are toward you, O GOD, my Lord; in you I seek refuge; leave me not defenseless.

Full of Joy

I finally got my hands on the video of MY MATTY and OUR CHRUCH CHOIRS signing at the GBC in Albany. What can I say, I am a proud choir wife. I LOVE our choir and could listen to them sing to the Lord all day long. I love how the children, youth, and adult choirs all sang together. They sounded EVEN better in person.

Our sweet pastor is the man sitting in front of the choir with a huge grin on his face. And Matt is right in the middle. A lot of my former babies are singing up there too. I'm one happy girl tonight! Enjoy!!!

Alive Forever Amen (Truly powerful that night...everyone was out of their seats)


How Can I Keep From Singing (My personal favorite...brings tears to my eyes)


Your Grace Still Amazes Me (Our Awesome Youth....seems to be my theme song lately)


God of Heaven (They sounded like angels here)

LOVE LOVE LOVE

I'm loving this beautiful Valentine's Day! It is sunny, breezy, and 70 degrees today! On top of all the fun that Valentine's Day brings in kindergarten, we had a little bit of extra recess and got to soak up the sunshine. Our day wasn't even crazy at all. Should I be worried? :)


I am going to spend this evening studying David and listening to Beth Moore at Bible Study with 50 or so women. I just know that our leader will have our room all decked out for the holiday!


When I get home Matt and I are having breakfast in bed (yes, at night). And watching Like Dandelion Dust. It isn't really romantic, but it is based on a book written by my favorite author. I can't wait for our little date tonight!!




I hope that everyone had a wonderful HEART day!!!

She's going to the chapel...

My dear friend from college, Miss Mary Lynn Collins (she will be the 4th GA Peach to wed)will be tying the knot sometime this summer. I was so excited to hear all about her sweet engagement last night!! I found these pictures from one of our many beach trips to Mexico Beach. This was one of our more grown up trips (we were both teaching and I was married).




Nothing can top that news. But I did have a wonderful Valentine's weekend with my hubs. We played tennis (in our street) for the longest time...so much fun. Blakely was our ball girl. Every time we hit the ball out of "bounds" she would go fetch it. Then we worked on stripping a little table we snagged from Bargain Bazaar. We went downtown and strolled the cobblestone streets. The weather was too gorgeous to just stay home. Our little shoe store in town does a tally on Toms sold since they've gotten them in. I bought the 508th pair sold. We ended our day by eating dinner at Longhorn.














I worked on my Bible Study for a long time this afternoon, went grocery shopping, then we had a late lunch/picnic in our front yard. We washed my car and cleaned up the house. We even had time for a short nap with the windows open. Blakely kept on opening the curtains though...which is why the nap was short. We didn't go back to church tonight (even though it is our favorite time to go). We were preparing for our weeks and enjoying being lazy for a change. I feel refreshed and ready to take on Valentine's Day with my mini-Valentines tomorrow. It will be WILD, I assure you!






Ephesians 1:7-8
He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins. He has showered his kindness on us, along with all wisdom and understanding.

Pink, Red, Hearts, Love, and Sparkle!

We are seeing pink and red! It must mean that LOVE is in the air. I'm excited to spend a wonderful weekend with my Valentine!