Oh for grace to trust Him more...

We sang this song at church this morning. It got me in the mood for some Selah hymns.


It was great to be back at FBC Thomasville this Sunday. I love our little Sunday School group. I just think all of our personalities click and we always laugh and joke around and have the best time. (Mindy if you are reading this...I am still laughing about the comment you made about Euguene's gray mustache!!!)

Did I mention that my bunny girl pup came home on Thursday night? I was so happy!

Matty has been Mr. electrician lately. :) He installed some new lights on our front porch and I love them!!

Summer Saturday

It's just been a good, long Saturday...I can just tell that Summer is coming to an end in a few weeks. Football is everything down in here in South GA and all of our high school teams had their scrimmage games last night. I am mentally preparing as many blue/gold and red/black outfits as I can think of. I love team spirit! I also updated the VSU schedule in my kitchen. I love our little alma mater...it is so special to go back and tailgate with friends. I love living close by...and can't wait until we all have kids that we bring along with us!! (I only wrote out the home games.)

Matt and I worked on some "electrical" house projects. Haha! (That's for you Jenn) I also walked next door and helped my new neighbor, Katie, decorate her house a little bit. I actually didn't do much at all. I just gave my opinion about where to hang some things. I love all of it, and to me more is always best, so I'm probably not the smartest person to ask for advice. :) I love Katie and her mom, Karen!

Jenn and Jeremy stopped by tonight too! They were in town to meet some friends of theirs for dinner. I loved getting to spend some time with my favorite Fall season!!! It was close to 11:30 when we took this picture and we were both exhausted but I love it anyway.

Keylime pie and some sweet friends to enjoy it with! I'm going to bed very thankful tonight!

Family and Destin Lovin'

Matt's Aunt Becky owns a condo in Destin and we all meet up once a year. It is one of the highlights of our year. All the Missouri family usually arrive a week before we get over to the gulf. Georgia schools start way too early.

We arrived at Destin around 8 on Friday night....just in time to sit by the pool and play games for a few minutes before a storm hit. We hung out at our condo for a while after that. It was great to see everyone!

Saturday morning we watched the Olympics a little bit, then met up for a family picture. Our color scheme wasn't really planned but ended up being turquoise, coral, and pink. It was extremely windy and a little bit rainy at this point.

We all ate lunch at our favorite, Pompano Joe's.

Saturday afternoon the sun came out and we got lots of beach time in. HEAVEN!

Matt's Granny cooked dinner for us on Saturday night. Then we went and got concretes at our favorite ice cream place, Shakes. Oh my word. Amazing always. We usually play mini-golf too, but instead hung out at Destin Commons. We have so much fun together and laugh, laugh, laugh!!

Sunday morning we got up early and hit the pool. Matt played worship songs on the guitar, then Tara sang and played. It was pretty amazing. It was a beautiful day and I was floating in the pool, feeling the ocean breeze, and singing praises with our precious family. It truly doesn't get any better. We ordered in lunch and ate by the pool.

The only downside was that I barely got to sink my feet back into the beautiful white sand before it was time to head back home. The ocean was crystal clear and like a lake on Sunday. It is also always sad to say goodbye to our family.

The great news is that Tara and Marisha are living down at the condo for the year. So, guess where we will be spending a lot of time???? We're pretty thrilled about lots of beach trips in our future!

Friendship and Service for 80 years!!

Tonight was our first general meeting of the new Junior Service League year. We met at a little studio downtown instead of our normal, Center for the Arts. I love the buzz and excited chatter that goes on during the first meeting. The collect brings tears to my eyes...and I'm always thankful to belong to such an outstanding organization with amazing women. I like to be reminded of the reasons why I'm involved with JSL.

Red Nose Run and Prom Closet are the two events that I'm so excited to help with. Believe me, I'll be doing lots with Bargain Bazaar as well. I had to talk myself out of signing up to be on the stork committee....it was really tempting. I tend to over-commit, so I was thankful when Myrna volunteered to be our class' warm and fuzzy.

We were told to wear our name tags since we have so many provisionals. I had to improvise and pin mine to my necklace.

I also love to add all of the fun community events and socials to my calendar.

Bedtime for me. I'm exhausted!

USA, USA and the beach!

We got home from our annual family beach trip to Destin last night. It was an amazing time!

I also took down all of my red, white, and blue decorations. I was leaving it up in honor of the Olympics. I am really sad that they are over. But, I guess it's about time to set out some football stuff!

I'm looking forward to a great week. I'm praying for one!

Isaiah 54:10
For the mountains may move and the hills disappear,
but even then my faithful love for you will remain. My covenant of blessing will never be broken,” says the Lord, who has mercy on you.

Exterior Makeover

The outside of my house is going to get a facelift pretty soon and I am bursting with excitement!! I've been envisioning (BEGGING) for...

shutters

window boxes

and a screen door for some time now!

If we can only find a weekend without any plans!!!!!!!

The beginning of a very busy August...

Since I last blogged I survived pre-planning, open house, and my first day of school! It is pretty special that I got some back to school goodies from a few of my precious new students. The soap had a tag on it that said, "I was soapin' you'd be my teacher!" The rose and the teacher survival kit really did brighten my morning too!

I have watched a whole lot of the Olympics. Does anybody else remember the Magnificent 7 and Dominique's floor routine from the Atlanta games like it was yesterday?

We went to Dublin to celebrate my sweet Daddy's birthday a little bit early and to say goodbye to my brother, who is moving to Arizona until March. Our trip was quick, but we had the best family time. We stayed up way too late Saturday night playing a game up in my bedroom. We all laughed until it hurt! My parents are "babysitting" Blakely for the next two weeks and I miss her so much already.

You can tell school is back in. I worked the entire 3 hour trip to see my family.

I read this verse this morning. It was in the 4am hour and raining outside, this verse truly lifted my soul. It went along with Jesus Calling and it made me think of the song Ever Lifting by Christy Nockels. Guess what I listened to on the way to work this morning? And yes, I am the crazy person that got to work around 6:20am. I'm telling you the truth, it does a soul good to blast worship music that early!

This sunflower is seriously HUGE. It is growing at my school. So beautiful!

If you're a teacher starting a new school year, good luck to you! I know it is so tiring at first, but how rewarding is our job?! I'm really thankful. And completely worn out. I think I'll be asleep by 9:15. :) Have a great week!