Sufficient Grace

Saturday, May 26, 2012

May has seemed to fly by! Here are some highlights of our month!!

5th grade promotion for Nathan. I can't believe I now have a middle-schooler! Nate received Honor Roll for the year, and Silver President's award! So proud!!

Mrs. Powell, Nathan's 5th grade teacher--wonderful!!!

Brett and Richard

Nate and Jay

Nate and Riley Capps

Mari Morgan receiving her music award

Mari Morgan and her awards--Music and Principal's List for the year!

Emma Kate and Harper

Her CRAZY brother!

Ms. Moses, her 2nd grade teacher

And..Ms. Wilroy--asst.

My room getting packed up

Packed and ready to load up!

I will miss this place

My Mother's Day gift from my family!! Now, we can bike ride together--so excited!!!

Just my size

Thanks, guys!!

Well, the decision has been made. I will be doing a cottage school in my home starting in the fall. We are so thankful to God for opening this door for me, and are confident that He will provide. Although I have no one signed up to attend right now, I know that He will send me the right children at the right time! Praise Him! Please be in prayer for us as we embark on this new journey!

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Decisions!

We have been praying most of the school year about a major decision in our life. We are getting so close to our final decision. Our verse for the year has been; If any of you lacks wisdom let him ask of God who gives generously to all without reproach and it will be given to him. Soon I will announce our final decision. There will FINALLY be some closure! God is good, and continues to open and close doors for us! Praise Him!

Easter Sunday at Grandma's House

MM searching for eggs

Nathan on the look

Holly hiding the eggs

My niece, Holly, and Mari Morgan

Nephew Hogan and Nathan

My mom and dad hiding eggs

Cousin Jennings and the "little mommy" :)

Precious!

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Struggling With This...

Oh, how I need to live these verses, and oh how I struggle with this!

~ A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. Proverbs 15:1

~ Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person. Colossians 4:6

~ Whoever restrains his words has knowledge and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding. Proverbs 17:27

~ He who loves purity of heart, and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend. Proverbs 22:11

~ She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. Proverbs 31:26

Friday, April 6, 2012

Nathan's 11th Birthday Party

Nathan invited all of the boys in his class to go to Skyzone in Memphis for his birthday. It has only been opened for about 6 weeks, and it is already booming!! We jumped from 5:45 - 6:45. It is the neatest place. I took mostly videos because there is so much jumping and movement going on that my pictures would all be blurry. It is a huge inside trampoline park. There is a dodgeball area, slamdunk area, foam jump area, and just a squared off jump area. It is so neat!! The boys had a great time, and were surprisingly well behaved! Happy Birthday, Nathan. We love you. You are such a precious young man!!

Here is the crew (all 15 of them) :) Sweet boys!!

Sweet but very rowdy!!

Putting on his Skyzone shoes

One of the few times I caught them still

Sunday Pics

We stopped and made a few pictures after church Sunday. MM's eyes are still blood shot from her stomach virus. :(

Thursday, March 29, 2012

March At a Glance

March is always a busy month for us. We have 2 birthdays to celebrate and Spring Break. We have also been working on a new room for Mari Morgan and moving some rooms around. Working full time makes it hard to accomplish anything, but we take it a little at a time. Below are some things that we have been up to...

Nathan's birthday was March 27th. He is going to have his party at Skyzone in Memphis this coming week. He turned 11 and I can't believe it. Nathan is really growing up, and has such a sweet heart. I love this kid!!

We got him a new t.v. for his room, so he can play his X-Box in peace..Ha! He can only play X-Box and watch Netflix movies on it, which is good.

We also got him this bean bag chair. It is very comfy!!

Mari Morgan lost her other front tooth. She talks so funny, now.

I have been cleaning my kitchen grout...don't you think it needed it?

Much better!! :)

MM's new room started out blue, this was our t.v. room...

I had some great helpers priming

All primed!

Now it will be ice pink

We stopped in the middle of painting, which I hate to do, but it was unavoidable, to visit our parents in Mantee and Houston.

When we got to my mom's, we got to visit with our cousin, Winters. She is 1 now and so beautiful! MM loves it when we get to see her. They had a good time playing together, and of course MM was a little mommy.

We also rode in my aunt's gator...always a favorite when we go to my mom's. This is our other cousin, Olivia.

Mari Morgan and my niece, Edie, are just 4 days apart. So they always spend the night with Grandma during Spring Break and have a little party. Here, they are playing with a tea set my mom gave them.

My mom made them a Barbie cake. They decorated the skirt on their own...turned out so cute!

Silly girls

Another exciting part of our March was that MM got to go to the State Science Fair at Ole Miss. She won 2nd place in her division at her elementary school, so she advanced to Oxford. She received 5th place in her division at Ole Miss out of 538 students!! We were so excited for her! Yay, Mari Morgan!!

Judge talking to her

And....here is MM's new room. She loves it. We are still not finished with it, but we are getting close.

My big girl, reading in her new bed

She labeled her boxes with paper... hehe

Nate even thinks it's cool!

This bench was on our front porch in pretty bad condition. A little spray paint did the trick. We have to get some matching pillows, but for now, MM decorated. :)