Many Blessings: September 2009

Hello!!! Well i have absolutely no excuses whatsoever for not putting anything on here since January!!! (yikes! )

There is so much to catch up on... Landon's birthday was July 25th. He turned the big 3! Oh my gosh I can't believe I have a three year old! He is talking full sentences now and is pretty much wired from the time he wakes up til the time he goes to bed! Whoo... its exhausting keeping up with the little stinker all day.. but is so much fun! He can recognize all his letters and numbers 1-10. He loves sports and can hit a ball farther than any 6 year old i have seen ! He is the most beautiful little guy and has stolen me and his daddy's heart !

In August me and Luke went on a vacation and left little man home for the week. It was very hard but we had so much fun! We went to Lambert's cafe on the way to St louis and it was so good! Then we headed to the Cardinals game (my fav team! ) and loved it! The next day we went to Six Flags and it was so slow there that we rode every single "big" ride in two hours! It was a blast! After St Louis we headed to Peoria, Illinois to hang out with Luke's brother Tim. We stayed there from Wednesday to Saturday morning. It was great! We went to Chicago, asian carp fishing in Peoria, a waterpark, and played lots of darts.. oh can't forget to mention we did lots and lots of eating!! haha! We missed Landon so much though! The second day in we were already about in tears over wanting to see him so badly! Next year we will be taking Landon on our vacation !

So what have we been up to recently..... well after visiting Tim in Peoria and seeing how on fire for God he was me and Luke decided to make a change in our lifestyle. We were already going to church, but we weren't excited about God, we weren't doing things for God that we needed to. Now we go to church with a hunger for God. We read not only the Bible but other books as well. Luke just got done reading "Crazy Love" and "God Chasers" and I have been reading the Bible and about to start "The Purpose Driven Life". We recently got rid of our DVR (whoo that was a big one! ) and cut down our cable to only channels 2 through 21. it is so refreshing when you can spend time talking and playing with your family and don't have to worry about catching the latest show. I'm not saying cable is bad or tv is bad.. just that it is doing nothing for our relationship with God or our family. It fills are head with drama and nonsense. We still let landon watch Sesame Street and occasionally a movie.. he loves Toy Story 2. I dare any family out there to turn off their tv for a week and see how much better your family life is! At night instead of filling our heads and hearts with garbage, we are reading and playing games. We are talking about our days and just enjoying eachother's company. God and our new way of living has messed our lives up.. in an awesome way! We are loving life now and can't wait to read and talk about God every chance we get! We are on fire for God and excited about the blessings he is doing for our family ! Oh and did I mention that we are trying for baby # 2 ! ;)