"R" You Ready For Some Fun...

I recently started following Christy from Falling Around All Apart Me and she played a game in which another blogger friend assigned her a letter and she had to come up with  10 things she loves beginning with that letter. I thought it sounded like fun so Christy assigned me a letter too! My letter is "R" and here are my ten things I love...

1) Reese Peanut Butter Cups... really, I love all things peanut butter & chocolate. 

2) Running

3) Resting... God has really been teaching me a lot about this lately. What a gift it is!

4) Recipes... collecting them and trying new ones.

5 ) Relationships... since having a personal relationship with Jesus, my life has been changed. I also love the relationships I have with friends and of course with my family.

7) Road Trips... loved them since I was a little girl. I think some of the best conversations happen in the car. My husband knows to always take the long way.

8) Relaxing on the beach... I know this kind goes with the whole resting thing, but is there anything better than sitting on the beach, sand in your toes, a great book in hand, and the sound of the ocean?

9) Reality T.V... Jon & Kate Plus 8, Survivor, and American Idol

10) Remembering... looking back on what God has done in my life knowing He has always been faithful and is strengthening my faith for the future.

If you would like to play along, just leave me a comment and I will assign a letter to you!

Happy Birthday Jessica...

It seems that all I hear myself saying lately when looking at my daughter is,"Where has the time gone?" 18 years have flown by faster than I can even believe. There were days that I thought would never end, yet now I would take some of those days back in a heartbeat. To have her cuddle in my lap with her Bear-Bear and sucking her thumb, to see her walking around playing dress-up, playing with her baby dolls, and to just hear her sweet little voice.

Days of dressing- up (and she did it well!) are now replaced with trips to the mall to go shopping. The cuddling doesn't happen like it used to but there are still many hugs to be found. The baby dolls, dollhouses, and other toys are all packed up in boxes and hopefully will one day be passed onto a daughter of her own. And that sweet, little voice is now a voice of a young woman who has opinions of her own. A voice that isn't afraid to ask the hard questions in life. A voice that can talk about things that really matter. A voice that will make a difference in the world.





The maturity, confidence, passions, and love for the Lord she has amazes me. She has a wonderful sense of humor, and desires to live life at it's fullest. She is intelligent, compassionate, discerning, and often so wise beyond her years. God really has begun an incredible work in her heart and her life and I look forward to seeing His plan unfold. I have learned so much about who I am as mom through Jessica. Things I know I could have never learned on my own. Through that, I have deeply learned about who God is as my Heavenly Father.


Today I celebrate my daughter's 18th birthday. I celebrate who she is and all that she is becoming.


Happy Birthday and I love you so very much my Jessa girl.