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Wake up, Daddy!

Wordless Wednesday

Animal Kingdom

Yesterday, we visited my favorite Disney Park. Animal Kingdom is by far the most beautiful and detailed of them all. First we did the safari ride, which if you ever go to Animal Kingdom, you should do that first. We got to see most all the animals up close and personal since they had just been released. All in all, it was a great, beautiful, fun day and I took too many pictures. Here are a few:

Waiting to ride the safari truck

Ch-ch- changes...

We are moving back to the great state of Mississippi!

Jeremy was contacted by Main Street UMC in Hattiesburg back in December about taking on the position of Pastor of Youth and Families. After a few months of prayer and conversations, we made a decision last week to take the plunge.

They say bittersweet chocolate is the best kind. I know that to be true because while we are so very happy to be back closer to family, to see Leyton grow up in front of his grandparents, with his cousins– we are so sad to be leaving the 'family' that we have here. We have been blessed beyond words to have been in a place the past 4+ years surrounded by people who are making it so hard to leave. I don't regret a single moment of moving down here. We had only been married for 4 months when we left everything we knew and made the move down here. We built a life here, pretty much started our marriage here, and began our family here.

Nothing could have prepared me for abundant blessing we have received from the relationships we have built here. I know God places people in your life for every season of life, every challenge, and I will never be able to express the gratitude I have to the people who helped shape me as a person, a follower, a wife and a mother.

We will be moving in late May, and while it is always hard to say goodbye, we are excited about what is in store for us. We can't wait to get back in familiar territory and watch Leyton grow up in the wide open space of the deep south. It has been so hard only seeing our families a handful of times a year and we will never take for granted again. I can't wait to start building new relationships and picking up some old ones. Please keep us in your prayers as we move forward in this process!

"Home is where you hang your childhood, and

Mississippi to me is the beauty spot of creation, a

dark, wide spacious land that you can breathe in"

- Tennessee Williams

School Pics

I was not expecting much when going to view Leyton's school pictures this morning. Usually, I find these posed pictures with the marbled paper background kind of cheesy, but when I saw these I had to buy some. Right? Being the cheap-o that I am, I bought the wallet size prints and decided that I would scan them to enlarge it. I probably shouldn't admit that on the interwebs, huh? Yeah, probably not. But look at this darlingness:

Just some snapshots from the week...

One day

My sweet boy, one day you will be too big, too cool to play cars and trains with me. One day you will not want to be seen hugging me or kissing me goodbye as you go to school.

One day, you will stop asking me every five seconds "what's this?"

"what's that?" "whatchu doooin?" "Come on, let's run mommy"

One day, you will have friends of your own, that will be much cooler

than me, much faster than me.

So forget the dirty dishes, the unfolded clothes, and the disastrous living room.

Because I know my days as your number one sidekick are numbered.

Let's sit here and play. Because you will be a big kid someday...soon.

Spring has Sprung!

The weather here lately has been downright perfect. So therefore, we have been spending most of our time outdoors. Here are a few pics from this weekend...