5 years and counting, WHOO HOO!!

         I always say I don't like to blog until my heart is full of pure joy!!! Well, here it goes as my cup runneth over! On this day 5 years ago, I said "I sure do" to daddy! I can't begin to express the love I have when it comes to being married, it's my most favorite thing in the world well, after the first year anyways! You girls bring us tons of joy on a day to day basis, but so does the sporadic, surprise of our marriage. BY KNOW MEANS IS IT PERFECT..I could lie and say it is, but hahahahahah!  If there are any two people who know the importance of our marriage it's you girls. You can see it's no ride in the park, but you also know it's our happily ever after! The one thing we know for sure is the Good man upstairs provides us with a free marriage counselor 24/7! I mean really, It don't get any better than that! I will always remember this one walk I took with two of my favorite people. On this very same day 2 hours before my wedding my Pepaw walked through the pearly gates of heaven, oh how I miss him, but as he was taking his walk here is mine!(what a wonderful chaotic day) This walk with my husband and our child will be cherished for a lifetime!

        On another note, we got the best news ever at the doctor Monday" Yes, Yes, Yes, Praise the Lord" we have another surgery scheduled in the near future and daddy gets to keep his foot, just not his bones!!!! This along with our 5 years of marriage is our biggest praise report of the year! God really is amazing, and if you don't think he has control over your life then you should sit back and watch our life story. Between our marriage and all of our health issues, all I can tell you is GOD IS GOOD! I sure hope I'm teaching you girls what it's like to live by faith and not by sight. I have to say, there is not much that you ever ask for, Madisyn..(I don't know this, but I have to hope it's because you already realize how rich you really are) In our home, being rich is having a family, home, and siblings to fight with, it has absolutely nothing to do with a dollar sign. Money doesn't make you rich, love does. Being successful is not becoming the President obviously, but being a well mannered, selfless, child of God. It's our job as parents to make you realize the true meaning of wealth and success! With that being said, I'm tying to make you the richest kids in the world! When we told the oldest nugget daddy gets to keep his foot, she was just as crazy and excited as we were. Is this not the most precious picture ever?

and here we are as we got our news

So much excitement in one week!!! This mama will be more than happy to take in every bit of it a hundred more times!! Braylee, you were so sweet as you spent the day in Memphis with us. I really think you may be slowly coming out of your terrible 4 stage! You are by the far the funniest, most loving, sporadic 4 year old ever. Last night you were playing in your room before bedtime , then you come in there to me and daddy and tell us you have a problem. We ask you what's going on and you tell us this "mama I just feel black" you couldn't explain it but that was your random thought of the night..and I personally couldn't keep a straight face while you were telling me (This is not a racial comment we love each as own) but it's just the mind of our 4 year old! You still tell us daily that you love us most all the way to the fairies and rainbows. I love you baby girl! I wish so much  that I could just sit back and soak in this life that we live , but I'm one of the characters in it so I have to keep on trucking.

       Can you believe it's Christmas time already? Geez it comes and goes so fast. As if everything we have going on is not enough, Christmas time is an overload itself..How selfish for us humans to make it this chaotic..Jesus wouldn't want that, but we do it anyways grrr. So since our family has so much free time not I am about to give someone else some of our time and love. As a child I grew up in a nursing home as my meme took care of her mom, and it has stayed in my heart forever. You girls have developed the same passion for the elderly as I have, which is why we are "adopting a resident at the nursing home who has no family" I can hardly wait to start this relationship and to see someone else's eyes light up when you girls go to see them! Special thanks to our friend Liz who is helping us out with this! My goal is not to buy gifts, but to give as much love as we can to someone who needs it most. I really thought your daddy would tell me I was crazy when I explained to him I wanted to do this, but he jumped on our band wagon without any struggle! This will not just last through the holiday season but as long as God allows us to be a part of ones life.

              Here are a few pictures we had made this Christmas THANK YOU SAMANTHA BUFORD, I TOLD YOU IT WOULD BE CRAZY..I'm not real sure what Katie and I were thinking trying to keep two hunters out of the woods, they were worse than the kids.

and then there are these precious pictures

Anyways, that's all I got!!! I love this family of mine more than you will ever know! Love with all my heart, mama!

P.s excuse all my grammatical errors today, for once I beat my ocd problem!!