Love In Action

I remember as a little girl dreaming such big dreams and having my mom encouraging me to go for them. Granted, I didn't accomplish all of them, but just knowing I had someone supporting me was sometimes all I needed to give it my best shot.

That's what moms are suppose to do when you're little, and I firmly believe that shouldn't stop when you 'grow up'. Having a fan club in life is so crucial to our souls. Whether it's parents, siblings, friends or a spouse, we need to be encouraging each other to reach for our dreams.

Recently, my mother-in-law and her friends got together to sew some blankets for my little initiative to send 50 quilts to Uganda.

There is nothing more motivating than the support of someone (in this case a mother-in-law) to keep you going as you venture out in the world and do all sorts of crazy and challenging things.

Thank you, Robbie, and friends, for not only giving me the verbal encouragement to help me reach a goal (that would be unobtainable on my own) but for actually helping me reach it!

So far we have 9 quilts completed and waiting to be sent... along with about a dozen or so being worked on by people all across the country! So far I've gotten 2 blankets in the mail from women I don't even know... How fun!

Keep sewing, we'll get to 50 together before we know it!!!

June Baby

Well, it's official... Annabelle will be born in the month of June.

Make sure to go to the poll on the side and vote when you think she'll make her grand entry!

Berry Picking

First thing Saturday morning Andy and I took the boys berry picking. The strawberries were almost completely gone, but they had cherries to pick this week.



This is the boys showing Annabelle the train that was driving by! They don't leave her out of a single thing.

38 Weeks!

I often compare birth to the second coming of Christ... it's such a mystery when it will be. We need to keep watch because we do not know the day or the hour.

At least now I'm completely ready for her to come... I finished her birthday crown today:

But as I've said before, now that I'm ready for her, she won't come for at least 3 weeks. Isn't that how it always works?!

As excited as I am to meet her and as ready as I feel, there still are a million things I could do before she comes, so I'm not quite yet begging for it to be any day. Either way you look at it, I have no control... I'll just keep watch, because I don't know the day or the hour!

Many Parts, One Body

I've said it before, but I'm just not super obsessed with little girl clothes. But, there is one brand that I'm just in LOVE with. I haven't found a single item that they sell that I do not like! It's called Tea Collection.

A dear friend gave these two outfits to me for Annabelle. Could they get any cuter?!


My friend apologized as she was giving them to me that she wasn't able to hand make her something since she knows how much I like handmade stuff.

It really got me thinking... I love handmade stuff, but that's because I love to make it. I know that others are gifted in various different ways and hand making gifts is not for everyone. I've never wanted to give the impression that handmade gifts are superior to other gifts at all and when she said that, it was quite convicting. I must have given her that impression.

It reminded me of the passage in 1 Corinthians 12:14-20

Now the body is not made up of one part but of many. If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. If they were all one part, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, but one body.

This friend is such an amazing woman with so many talents that I could never dream of possessing. God has gifted her in so many ways that are far superior to my simple sewing abilities.

With those outfits that she gave, she felt as though she wasn't giving a 'great' gift, but little did she know that I have always wanted to buy an outfit from that line for Annabelle, but we just could never afford it. She was able to bless our family in a way that we never could. Her act of kindness and thoughtfulness was, to her small, but to me spoke volumes.

I've gotten comments like that before about how a woman wishes she could sew, or something else that I like to do and sometimes it just baffles me. Because the same woman that will say something like that is so gifted in an area that is beyond my comprehension and I wish I could do what she does! I get so critical of myself at times and wish I was better at X, Y or Z, or looked like another woman I know.

So, I guess all of that to say... Women, cherish your gifts and use them to serve the Lord and others. Don't wish you were someone else with other talents. God designed you exactly how He wanted to and He is so pleased with you... you are a daugther of the KING!