{my little cricket}

here is installment #2. all about {delaney}.

let me just tell you, i {adore} this girl. she is on of my best friends. seriously.

delaney is:

beautiful

smart

sensitive to others

creative

a mini photographer

a builder upper to those around her

a comedian

and so much {more}.

she will be 4years old in october.

she is {thrilled} about having a baby brother, and obsessed with the fact that the dr. is going to {cut} him out of me. she informed casey one day, that after the dr. cut him out, she was going to hold remington. and when she was finished, he could have a turn.

she is already a great big sister to amelia {who can be a challenging little sister}.

she loves her cousins.

she especially adores an 18year old guy named, michael.

she has a heart to pray.

and her prayers are some of the most {tender} and {genuine} i've ever heard spoken. faith like a child people, there's really something there.

she loves taking photographs.

i love letting her.

here is some of her brilliant work:

and here are some fun updated photos of my little {cricket}:

she is learning to

write her

name.

i'm seriously impressed with the neatness of her handwriting.

she was very proud of herself this day.

her only struggle, is that she want's to put about a {million} extra lines in her letter E.

can i blame her? it does make the E extra fun.

she likes all things water. sprinklers, the pool in the back yard, the big pool where she likes to dive in and swim

underwater.

she really likes to fish. she and her daddy practice {casting} in the back yard.

she's not afraid of worms. in fact, she thinks they are pretty great.

and i think {she} is pretty great.

{my man and i}

this is installment #1 of {hello, i never post to this blog, let's change that now}

this one will be about my man and i.

i like him. a lot. i sort of {crush} on him.

he's so handsome, can you blame me?!? really.

any who.

we found out in december that he knocked me up.

and then in may, we found out we were having a {boy}.

i'm pretty certain that casey is still high 5ing people about that one.

he is still running his business Fine Edge Paintless Dent Repair, and God is still blessing our socks off in regards to that business. my man is a {hard} worker with a ton of {integrity} in his work, and this just keeps dealerships calling him back. i'm so proud of him and the way he {supports} our family.

we are looking forward to celebrating our {7th} wedding anniversary this month.

i'm still in awe over the fact that of {all} the women on this earth the {chose} me to be his wife. crazy cool.

i've been taking a breather from my business, Rag-a-Muffin Totes. i got totally burnt out on sewing after christmas time. don't get me wrong, i had a TON of business and that made for our being able to bless with christmas gifts huge. i just really needed a break after all that sewing.

also, because we found out i was preggers, i decided i needed to change up my business a bit. i am no longer offering {custom} made bags. someday, i will just have stock built up and posted for sale on the website and peeps will have to purchase totes as is. i hope you all still like what i come up with!

in the meantime, i've just been enjoying life with my 2 {sweet} daughters.

enjoying air conditioning.

enjoying feeling my little man kick the {crap} out of my insides.

and i'm looking forward to getting to meet mr. remington sometime in the upcoming weeks.

Per Request of the Lovely Amber Van

My {sweet} friend, Amber, pointed out to me today that i have not updated this blog in a LLLOOOONNNNGGGG time (aside from my book review the other day.

So i'm gonna create a few new blogs this afternoon, while i still have time before the

{love of my life #4}

enters this world and i no longer function as a normal human being.

hope you enjoy.

here's a teaser pic.

Resurrection in May

A few months back, my friend Sela tuned me on to BookSneeze . It's a website that gives you free books to read, so long as you submit a 200 word review on your personal blog and on a consumer review site. I couldn't pass that up. So below is my first review.


Resurrection in May by Lisa Samson is the story of a girl called May. Along May’s journey to learn that there is much more to life, she meets and develops relationships with numerous people, though not evident at the time, strategically placed by God.
In part one of the book, May meets a gentle old farmer named Claudius who helps May to learn that life moves on despite the past. May needs time to heal and learn to believe that God is present in all circumstances and Claudius is willing to offer her that time. Part one, in my opinion, reads slowly and simply; very much a reflection of life on Claudius farm.
In part two of the book, after nearly a decade on the farm, May begins to move forward in life with a little help from Eli, a murder on death row. They share numerous conversations about what it means to forgive and to seek forgiveness. The irony is not lost on the reader that an attempted murder victim and a murder are developing a life changing relationship and understanding of who God is and when He is present.
The book was overall a good read and recommendable.

{i am a whore, i do confess}

i am. it's true.

but i'm thankful that Jesus loves whores.

and all other people as well.

i am Jesus bride, but i whore myself to so many things.

to gluttony.

to sexual immorality.

i lie.

i give myself over to anger.

i gossip.

i recently found myself back in a sin i though didn't exist for myself anymore.

i made confessing to my husband. to God.

but, i was disgusted with myself.

i didn't want to read my bible.

i didn't want to approach God's throne and lay myself bare, my whoring self before him.

so i didn't. i avoided prayer. i avoided reading Truth.

i started to feel like i was drowning.

really, i was.

every moment of my days were spent remembering my sin, and condemning myself for it over and over again.

casey kept asking me, is everything ok? and i'd say, yeah, i'm good.

a lie.

this morning, i forced myself to open my Bible.

God is so good.

after reading several affirming and convicting pieces of Scripture, i felt my heart

tenderly open up again.

and then, i had a realization.

it's one of those things, that i'm not certain i would be able to come up with, or understand if i weren't a parent. if i didn't have daughters who are sinners.

i was thinking about how much delaney absolutely delights my heart.

how beautiful and joyful amelia is.

i discipline them daily for their ugly, sinful nature.

and when the discipline is over, i look at them and i don't see their sin.

i see their beautiful faces, their stunning hearts.

and i had to come to realize that it's the same for me.

God knew i would sin over and over and over and over.

that's why the Cross.

and when my discipline is over, God doesn't remember my sin.

He sees my beautiful face, my stunning heart.

He know's i am a whore....

but He married me anyway.

watch this video. listen to the words.

realize His grace for you too.

Wedding Dress

by Derek Webb