Welcome to my month-to-month publish the place I share a peek into the final month at our home! Right here’s just a little peek into February…
I flew to Kansas close to the start of February to assist my dad and mom with the Valentine’s Banquet they assist host for his or her church and group yearly. It was such a big day of preparations after which such a enjoyable and memorable night serving to with the banquet!
To learn all concerning the banquet and all the small print, try this in-depth publish I did on it.
A ravishing Kansas sundown!
I bought actually sick in the course of the night time the day I used to be speculated to fly residence. We had been capable of get my flight modified to an earlier flight and I took further power Tylenol and wore a masks and tried to avoid folks on the flights residence. It was so good to make it residence — and positive sufficient, I examined constructive for Flu A.
I ended up being in mattress sick for many of the remainder of the week. Gratefully, it was per week the place I may cancel every little thing and simply relaxation!
Jesse and I recorded a podcast about my journey and illness and his journey with Silas to a CrossFit coaching camp + particulars on habits which have made such a distinction in our residence. Hearken to it right here.
I did a number of cooking and baking in February — together with making these Simple Protein Breakfast Muffins!
It snowed once more and the children bought two snow days!! (Sure, please giggle when you stay up north that that is the quantity of snow that cancels faculty in our space!)
I shared a narrative on Instagram about why I don’t have a nicer wedding ceremony ring and the way a lot I really like my easy ring. Learn the small print behind my wedding ceremony ring right here.
I wrote this on Instagram in February:
The previous few days, two of our youthful children have struggled with attitudes. They’ve appeared unsettled and off. There was much more crying and arguing than standard.
I had them go to mattress actually early final night time as a result of I assumed perhaps they had been simply drained. However they bought a fantastic night time’s sleep and nonetheless wakened seeming annoyed and irritable.
Actually, I used to be feeling weary and bored with the dangerous attitudes and all the additional correction and time it has been requiring. (I do know this can be a large a part of mothering however simply preserving it actual that generally the discipling over and over can really feel exhausting!)
As I used to be washing my face this morning and on the brink of begin the day, Kierstyn got here and requested if she may repair my hair. Reality be informed, I wished to make up a lame excuse as to why I didn’t have a couple of minutes to cease and sit down and let her put bows in my hair, however then it hit me:
I used to be sick all final week after which this week I had a number of further work and time-sensitive tasks to compensate for. Because of this, the little children haven’t gotten as a lot one-on-one time and a spotlight from me. And I wager that a lot of their habits has really been a cry for consideration.
Proper then, I finished what I used to be doing, sat down and bought all excited along with her about her fixing my hair. After which she requested if I may put bows in her hair and her jewellery on. After which Kierstyn, Micah, and I had a dance get together.
You guys! It was loopy how simply stopping and getting into their world appeared to fully calm their hearts and switch round their attitudes.
I preach the significance of getting into our youngsters’ world and caring about what they care about, however I had forgotten my very own recommendation within the midst of a very full week.
And the little children had been simply crying out for time with me in the best way they knew how.
It jogs my memory of the quote: “You don’t yell at a flower that’s wilting, you water it.”
Who wants just a little further consideration and kindness and “watering” from you right this moment?
This image proper right here represents so many, many prayers answered.
You see, virtually daily since our oldest, Kathrynne, was a child, we’ve prayed for her to know and love Jesus with all her coronary heart. We’ve prayed for her to stay a life that glorifies the Lord. And we’ve prayed for her to have pals who love Jesus and level her to the Lord.
When she was trying into potential faculties two years in the past, we prayed for clear path and for her to discover a group of believers to be invested in wherever she went to high school.
When she selected MTSU, she didn’t know a single freshman lady going there and solely barely knew a couple of others who went there. She and I went to orientation earlier than faculty began and we regarded for any campus ministry that she may have the ability to get plugged into. There was a desk for Baptist Collegiate Ministries (BCM) they usually warmly welcomed us and we ended up speaking with them for nearly 30 minutes!
They invited her to their welcome week occasions and he or she bravely confirmed up the primary night time figuring out nobody. She got here residence from the occasion so excited concerning the folks she met… and he or she saved going again!
BCM has turn into such an enormous a part of her school expertise and in February we bought to attend a banquet placed on by the BCM college students.
Y’all… it was essentially the most stunning factor!
To look at school college students speak about their ardour for the Gospel and seeing their secular campus as their mission area, to see them enthusiastically main worship and singing collectively about God’s goodness, to witness them serving voluntarily with such pleasure, to get to see Kathrynne on stage emceeing the occasion (that’s her within the cream pants and sweater), and to fulfill the ladies who’ve poured a lot into her and mentored her the previous many months…
I got here away from the occasion so deeply grateful for the various, many answered prayers for her and likewise so fired up about this subsequent era of younger folks and their coronary heart for the Lord!
Mamas, preserve praying to your children. Hold entrusting them to the Lord. Hold pointing them to Jesus and inspiring them to not settle. God’s solutions may look very totally different to your youngster than they’ve for mine, however He will probably be devoted to reply!
An enormous spotlight of February was attending to go on a consumer getaway with my enterprise coach, Alli Worthington, and a few of her shoppers. Alli has been so instrumental in my life and in our enterprise since I began teaching along with her and I used to be so excited to see what God had for me on this getaway.
Let’s simply say, I used to be not one bit disenchanted! Not solely did we giggle so exhausting and have a lot enjoyable (which was so good for my soul!), however I additionally bought to study a lot from different sensible ladies.
Alli buildings the occasion so that there’s a lot of enjoyable but additionally a number of time for teaching and mentoring. I got here residence so refreshed and likewise fired up with a lot inspiration for methods to steer my firm higher.
I’m so grateful for the reply to prayer that Alli has been in my life! And for her persistence in encouraging me to return to the consumer getaway. I share extra on this podcast concerning the shocking classes I discovered in Disney (who knew a visit to Disney can be such a deeply shifting expertise??)
These two are about the very same dimension proper now and they’re changing into quick pals. Micah is such a protector of David and David is consistently watching and studying from Micah.
Should you didn’t see it, remember to read my story a few actually cool factor that occurred on the park in February with David and one other little boy who has Down syndrome.
And when you want a smile right this moment, remember to watch this brief video of what David did when Jesse got here residence after being gone a couple of days in February.
Additionally, remember to take heed to this episode I recorded with Trillia Newbell on Celebrating Black Historical past All 12 months Lengthy.
Additionally, to chase away illness, we began taking these elderberry gummies in February (they’re on sale for simply $12.96 shipped per bottle!. I’m happy to report that we’ve managed to go a couple of weeks with out one single individual being sick. I really feel like perhaps I shouldn’t say that out loud, however with a big household who is consistently on the go, that’s a giant deal!
