HATS
This Christmas I had some hats made for some of the kids in our family! I started out just searching for my neice and ended up have several made! Cale even got me two for my bday! The girl that made them is super nice and you all should go look at her website! She does an awesome job! THANKS JYL! Love ya girl! Here's the website...www.jylholidaycreations.com

Nicole

Brooklyn

The girls love their hats

Cale got me a hat too!

And another one...

~Christmas Parade~

We had a float in our parade this year and it won 3rd place out of like 200 cars/floats (that's how many we heard were in it this year anyways)! Here's some pix from then!

Sophie-1st Christmas do!

Isn't she cute! I thought the lady did soooo good!

Front view

Side view (the bandana has candy canes and peppermints on it)

Thank God and the Angels
Well tonight I am extra thankful for God and his angles! My g-ma's b-day is today so we went to her house for cake and ice cream. I got off late so I told Cale to bring Sophie to play with my g-ma's dog Brittney. Sophie gets extra excited when she has a playmate, or when we go anywhere really! My aunt has a 3 month old baby and so all night I'm making sure that she stays away from the baby and basically just keeping up with her like a kid, except it's a little more difficult b/c she's a small dog and goes everywhere FAST! So we have a great time at the party and then it's time to depart! My aunt and uncle are getting their stuff together and head out. About that time my sis says, "Oh we are parked behind them" and opens the door for a few seconds. I think nothing of the people going in and out b/c she knows not to go out the door...at home...Sophie darts out the door!!! They say "oh no Sophie just went outside!" I hear it, but it doesn't register for a few seconds and I say "OH CALE" and we dart out the door! My g-ma lives in town and it's not a very busy road, but it's DARK! I see her just dart around the un-fenced yard and then across the road she goes! I am still in shock at this point and am just like "what's going on here?" We go across the road and we hear other dogs barking and it's kind of a small field then the next block over has yards, with other dogs! Cale says "you better start praying" and heads behind a shed....again, I'm still just in shock trying to figure out what exactly happened, but say, "God bring her back" and kind of just stand there helpless! About 30 seconds goes by and here comes Cale with Sophie in his arms! Whew, what a relief! I said, "Sophie you bout made mommy's heart jump into her throat" while I hugged my sweet lil Soph! Now, I know what you're thinking, "mommy?" but really she's like my other kid! Even though she's a dog, she's my friend! She's always here when I need a sweet lil doggie hug! I was sooooooooo happy God brought her back to me, in the dark, around other big dogs! I send my angels out everyday to help me and they were 'shooing' her back to me! PRAISE GOD! He knows she's important to me and loves me so much that he took care of it!

Fun New Pix

This weekend we took some fun new pix! I don't know if these are going to be used for Christmas Photos or not, but I can always use some new pix!

I just got my cd and I love it! I just love that she's my age! That gives me hope to one day do what she's doing with my sister!

Love Songs for the King is the debut worship project from Sarah Hart Pearsons. If you are a worshipper and if you love to be in the presence of God, you’ve got to get ahold of this. There are 12 original songs, written by Sarah. This new music CD will ignite the heart of worship that’s within you.

About the Artist
Sarah Hart Pearsons is a worshipper, singer-songwriter, and teacher of God’s Word. She and her husband, Jeremy, minister out of their desire to see people from all walks of life come to know the life changing power of Jesus Christ – the Living Word of God. They minister to congregations in their hometown of Fort Worth, Texas and around the world. Sarah and Jeremy teach believers of all ages to hold fast to the same spirit of faith as those who have gone before and to reach behind to those who will follow.

BRANSON TRIP

Aug 20, 2009

This has got to be one of my favorite vacations I've ever been on....it was probably the company! We stayed at the Radisson Hotel & Suites and we were right on the strip where everything is happening! We didn't have alot to spend so we just went to Ripley's Believe it or Not and went to Keith Moore's church! It was awesome! Cale had seen our Pastor on TV at Keith Moore's church and he was like on the 2nd row. Cale had told me he wanted to sit where Pastor did. I told him, I'd rather not so he didn't say anything else. So we get there about 15 mins before church started and they are the friendliest people I've ever met! There's like usher every few steps greeting you! We get to the door and an usher asks us if we've ever been there before and we say no so he escorts me and Cale down, down, down the row and ends up on the first row, I am just standing there in shock, thinking to myself...I didn't even dress up, this ministry is on TV, I can't even go to the bathroom if I need to....not only the first row, but front and center! Cale is smiling from ear to ear and I just grin at him and say..."is this close enough for you?" It was an excellent service and just goes to show that God does have a sense of humor! ;-) I will defiantly be going back there! We also got to stay with the Joneses and they keep our lil Sophie! She had so much fun with Kinley! They played non stop! Thanks for letting us stay and feeding us that yummy lunch! Love ya'll!

Here's some pix from when we went to the park for Uncle Jason's Party!

Here's when we had a get together. Our cousin from TX moved here so we wanted to make him feel at home! We had lots of fun that night! Bless his heart, he's not used to so many people in one house! LOL!

Youth Trip 2009
Here are some pix from our trip! We had so much fun. 1st went to an aquarium and then to incredible pizza! We had some bonding & restoring and it was just a great time in the Lord! Praise God he can use us with these wonderful young people! We will miss you Jacoby & Katie! I guess you had to grow up some time tho huh?! We had a great time with you in our class!

Our Youth Group

Me, Katie, & Steph




Sam & Ta Ta




Cale & Linz




Heather, Taylor, Sam, & Alexa (after seeing the sharks)

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We also had our youth room remodeled. Isn't it nice?! The ceiling tiles were taken out and the ceiling was painted black, then we of course had it painted. We have new chairs and a sound booth which is really nice! We really like it and it was just one of the changes we made. We, as leaders, have decided to step it up in the Lord and we have had some great results! Praise God!


Front view

Back view

Sophie's 1st Hair do!

I took her yesterday to get her 1st haircut. The lady gave her a bath, trimmed around her eyes, ears, feet, filed her nails, and just trimmed under her belly for only $16! She even put a bow in her hair! It's day 2 and it's still in...all though she has tried to get it out...we'll see how long it lasts! I am going to try and keep one in though so she gets used to it and b/c it's cute and it keeps the hair out of her eyes!

She is standing on the back of our chair. It's perfect height for us to pet her when we stand behind it and that's the only way (for now) for me to brush her hair without her trying to eat the brush! I just have to remember she's only 6 months old! Now's the time to get her fix and maybe that will calm her down a bit?! Cale wants to breed her, but I don't think we will! She's to little I think! Well we are going to the city today so I better get of here so I can get ready!

Jones Family Fun!

We have picked Tues for our 'family night'. This last Tues we went and played putt putt! We had lots of fun! Cale was merciful to me and Jax b/c we weren't very good at it! LOL!

Cale showing Jax how to hit the ball

Jax about to hit the ball

I always take the pix, so I had Cale take one of me!

This pic is especially funny b/c when my sis was little she did this same thing!

I thought this pic was neat of the fireworks!


Me, MY hubby, and Sophie


Dave & Lauren


Daniel & Luke

Lea, Jules, Linz, Lauren, & Mom

These are our 4th of July pix. The reason we aren't all patriotic is b/c it rained on Sat so they did them on Sun instead...I did wear red, white & blue on Sat though!