Girl Names Anyone?

Would love some suggestions for girl names, if anyone would like to comment! And when I say anyone, I shudder... thinking of the quite amusing man who sits at his computer day and night thinking of witty things to write on my blog... :) I wonder what names HE will come up with... We'll see...
And by the way, Mr. WiseGuy, for the record, Paula Alana is out of the question... :0 ha!

Just click on the comments link under this post, and leave your ideas!

"AND THE GENDER IS......."

I had my midwife appointment yesterday afternoon and had my ultrasound! The technician was new so it ended up being a really long process! Anyway, the consensus in the room was that...














It is another GIRL!
I called Tim and told him I wanted to surprise everyone when I got home. I went and bought a small girl onesie and pink socks and wrapped it up in a white box and white ribbon.
I made them all sit on the couch and then asked each of them what they thought it was. EVERYONE has been saying BOY so far, with ONE exception....Chloe...She has sworn all along that it is a girl. (She even said the other day that when she was saying goodnight to the baby, she "maginated" that the baby said "I'm a girl!")
Anyway, it turns out she was right!
Of course, there are false positives on girl ID's in sonograms, but I think that it is right...
Well, I have to go now, and pick up my van for the second time, and hopefully it's really fixed this time...
Spread the good news!

hardee har har...

anyone up for a good laugh should take a look at some of the "anonymous"
comments after my posts...
i wonder who could be writing them...hmmmm.... :)
someone maybe west of Georgia, east of Texas, and south of well, everything but Florida...hmmmm.... :)
someone who would sooner move to Alaska than grow a GARDEN!!!... hmmmm.... :)
someone who obviously spends way to much time thinking of witty jokes to write on the computer...hmmmm... :)

love you bud...and love to laugh.... :)

a hot summer day...

Well, the kids and I just spent 2 hours cleaning, hosing, washing, bleaching, squeegeeing, and flibberhanging the front porch! What a mess... But then I cleaned out their blow-up pool and let them play for awhile.







Watching them scream and jump and spray brought back some humorous rememberances of being 6 or 7 and filling the big outside garbage cans with water on a hot summer day! Did anyone else do this? :)
Just found out Tim has to work tomorrow, for the 3rd Saturday in a row! This is good because the money is really helpful, but golly we sure do miss him around here.
Please pray that he would be physically and emotionally strengthened through all this!
Also, I went yesterday to pick up our van (1&!/2 hour drive) and halfway home it started having trouble again! I had to drive all the way back and leave it again!! I just thank God for the warranty that we still have on the transmission!
Anyway, in the meantime they gave my another loaner (a car this time, for better gas mileage).
Well, kids are hungry for lunch and so am I, so I better get back to being mommy...
Hope everyone is having a wonderful day!! If not, well, go jump in a kiddie pool...or better yet, fill up a trash can with water and take a dip!!!! :)

Consider the Lilies...

"For this reason I say to you, do not worry about your life, as to what you will eat; nor for your body, as to what you will put on.
For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.
Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap; they have no storeroom nor barn, and yet God feeds them; how much more valuable you are than the birds!
And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life's span?
If then you cannot do even a very little thing, why do you worry about other matters?
Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; but I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.
But if God so clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you? You men of little faith!
And do not seek what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not keep worrying.
For all these things the nations of the world eagerly seek; but your Father knows that you need these things.
But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added to you.
Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has chosen gladly to give you the kingdom.
Sell your possessions and give to charity; make yourselves money belts which do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near nor moth destroys.
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
Luke 12:22-34

speechless me... (yeah right!)

I haven't written for a few days because I have genuinely been speechless! God has directly and very explicitely let us know how much He is watching over us. He has provided some amazing miracles, including a brand new vaccuum cleaner delivered anonymously to our doorstep! Is that cool or what?
We, Tim and I, have finally been really being obedient with submitting our finances to Him, and really listening...and at first it seemed that everything went wrong, but rather than give up, we continued to trust Him (for a change) and, well, ......WOW! It is so cool to see how one couples obedience to wait on Him and another couples obedience to step out in faith and give could so bless BOTH couples, and their families and God too...
We are so pumped right now... can you tell :)
You know, I think that He is waiting sometimes to bless us and let us know these things (that He is our provider) and we are so quick to go out and "charge it" or "borrow it" or even "beg for it" and we don't give Him time to answer HIS way!
I am so grateful that we are going through this hard time, because it is teaching me more than I have learned in probably my whole life, about provision...
Tim works so hard for our family and it makes me so sad to think that for the past 11 years, I have not truly appreciated each and every dollar that comes into this home... I thought I did, but until these past few weeks I don't think I really understood.
It feels so good for both of us to have this change of perspective...
God IS our provider, always...

What do YOU appreciate?

I picked green tomatoes from my friend's garden yesterday, and that's what we had for dinner tonight! Fried green tomatoes, a southern staple! :) I am really learning to cook with what I have. On the one hand it is hard not knowing whether the bills will get paid, or when the next trip to the grocery store will be, but on the other hand it is so exciting to fully depend on God, really, for all our provision right now! It truly makes you appreciate things like never before..
Things that I appreciate today are:
friend's green tomatoes
friend's green peppers, cucumbers, squash and corn
friend's restaurants (Jeremy's Place :) )
homeade banana bread
the $1.73 in our mantle money jar...
credit counseling
hot water
cool air
friend's encouraging phone calls and emails...
healthy children
feeling baby move inside
the library
footrubs
friend's maternity clothes
friend's vacuum cleaner
ford's loaner van
this computer!! (gift from relative)
silly dog for entertainment
friend's hugs
bedtime

to be continued...

Akin Ford comes through...

We got a call yesterday from Akin Ford and the lady said that they felt so bad about not having looked at the van yet (there are 6 vehicles ahead of ours for service, evidently) that she would get us a loaner even though they technically didn't have any available until the 18th. So I had a friend drive me to Winder to pick it up this morning. Thank you Lord.

Cursed or blessed?

I'm not sure how good I'm gonna be at this...(inhale)
Well, let's see, we have had a rough, crazy week! But then again that almost sounds normal.
Our borrowed dryer broke again, our borrowed vacuum broke, our van left us stranded in Athens, and we had some financial mishaps with the bank....yuck! What a week.
So is life. But God is faithful, He got us to Timmy's All Star game BEFORE the van broke, I was fairly caught up on the laundry and have a close friend letting me use her dryer 'til we fix it, we happen to have a back-up vacuum ( a dust buster with a stick on the end, as I told the kids and watched them laugh) that somewhat, and I use that word loosely, picked up the dust and dog hair that seems to appear so quickly and thouroughly, and as far as the money goes, well , things aren't great, but it is very obvious that God is trying to teach us some things and they are hard, but bottom line is, things could be so much worse.
Whew....(exhale)
Really, we are o.k. and trusting God more than ever, and we know that we are so blessed.
So are you...

Later that day...

Well, we just went to see my best friend's new baby and he is sooo adorable. I was able to be at the birth and it was incredible. Watching a live birth is like nothing you can even imagine. The raw power that a woman exerts, pushing out it's own young is so primal, but yet so graceful...
She was a beautiful laborer, which I know seems like an oxymoron, but really doesn't have to be. I was so proud of her and so honored to be there. I held her 12 year old daughter during the whole thing, and explained everything that was happening. When little Noah came out, I think SHE was holding ME!! Wow.....
Anyway, Tim and I are leaving for a much needed night out, so I better get ready....Hasta Luego...

Sunday Afternoon July 3rd

Well, we are home from church and the choas begins. The fight over chocolate chip cookies leftover from yesterday is getting old! But Chloe's LEGO doggie makes up for the frustration...
Baby on the way is 17 weeks now and I "might" be feeling some movement. Pretty exciting.
Gotta go fix lunch for the clan now...

summers junior prom 2005 

tim and timmy, memorial day 2004 

chloe and her pawpaw, august 2004 

nicole in myrtle beach, august of 2004 

chloe, fall of 2004 

chloe with brennah and maggie 

nini and nana on nana's birthday 2004