Seasons of Life

I have always heard the "season of life" saying, but I didn't really understand it until recently. We will all experience different seasons of life. No matter what our season is we have one thing in common and that is that He loves us. He loves us.

I love this song by Hillsong called Desert Song. I love every word of it.

"This is my prayer in the desert,

When all that's within me feels dry,

This is my prayer in my hunger and need,

My God is the God who provides,

And this is my prayer in the fire,

In weakness, or trial, or pain,

There is a faith proved more worth than gold,

So refine me Lord through the flame,

I will bring praise,

I will bring praise,

No weapon formed against me shall remain,

I will rejoice, I will declare,

God is my victory and He is here,

This is my prayer in the battle,

When triumph is still on its way,

I am a conqueror and co-heir with Christ,

So firm on his promise I'll stand,

All of my life, in every season,

You are still God,

I have a reason to sing,

I have a reason to worship,

And this is my prayer in the harvest,

When favour and providence flow,

I know I'm filled to be emptied again,

The seed I receive I will sow"

I hope that we will use this blog to share a little bit about us, and our different seasons of life. I want us to be able to look back 50 years from now at the stories and pictures and smile at each and every season of life.

"All of my life, in every season,

You are still God, I have a reason to sing, I have a reason to worship!!!"

Goodbye Summer

I can't believe summer is over. It seems like yesterday we were celebrating Memorial Day Weekend. The house situation kept us pretty busy this summer. We made a few trips to the lake and only went to the beach once. We are still unpacking boxes from the move. Sorry I refuse to post pictures until we have finished the decorating. I am still trying to figure out paint colors, fabric, etc.

It took a few weeks for Maggie to get used to things. She did not know what to do on the hardwoods. She spent the first few weeks upstairs on the carpet. I think she is finally getting used to everything. Here's a pic of her in her favorite spot. There is an outside cat across the street, so she spends most of her day staring the cat down.

The end of summer brings our other favorite time of year. Ryan, Catherine, Josh, and I traveled to the plains for the game.

I don't think this lady minded staying home with the little guy.

Down by the creek

We decided to take a break from packing and take Maggie to Buck Creek on Saturday. We used to do this all the time, but we have been so busy lately that I think she has missed swimming in the water. This is my fist try and uploading video, so hopefully it will work.

Video of Maggie getting her workout on the Treadmill.

She loves to dive for rocks.

Buck Creek just makes me feel like I'm way out in the country. It reminds me of a Kenny Chesney country song. While we were there some boys were swinging on the rope swing. This was just the perfect picture of a gorgeous summer afternoon!!!

4th of July

YIPPIE!!! I think that has become my new favorite word this summer!! We had a great 4th of July holiday. We rode over to Lake Oconee in GA on Monday. Ryan worked at the plant that week while I read relaxed on the dock. Ryan's parents came over on Tuesday also. We had a great time relaxing, reading, and playing with the entire 4th of July crew. It wasn't as eventful as last summer, but it was a nice one. I am trying to figure out a way to post a video that Matthew made of the adventures from last 4th. I would love to tell more, but I am now spending my time trying to find a new house. We sold our house on the 4th. We sold it a little faster than expected (less than 2 weeks on the market) so the rest of my vacation time will be spent looking for houses. We close at the end of the month, so I am a little frantic, but thankful!!!!

Our only picture from the week. We tried to get Maggie in it, but she decided she would rather jump off the dock and swim. She also had a blast with all the other dogs.

FINALLY!!!!

The sign is up!!!!

First fruits

Bell pepper, lettuce, cucumber, zucchini, and jalopeno pepper

 Things are growing like crazy!!  It is so nice to just walk out and pull off something to have with dinner. This is the first year I've done lettuce and it has been wonderful. I know for sure I will plant more of it next year.  Hopefully the squash will be ready by the end of the week.  

Ryan and I took this little cutie to the pool on Saturday.  We realized it might be our last summer with the neighborhood pool, so we are trying to take advantage of it.  

It is  a lot more fun to have someone to play with rather than just laying out.  Hopefully we will have many more trips to the pool this summer! 

The letter

The letter came in the mail last week addressed to me on very nice letterhead. It stated how I hadn't visited in a while and they missed me. How nice of them to notice. Yes, we had been a little busy lately, and I did really miss my daily visit. So this morning I packed my bag and headed over after work. I walked in said hello and began to notice some of the changes since April. Here are a few things I noticed and observed: 1. Every boy under the age of 20 was wearing a colored wife beater. Yes colored. Red, Gray, Black, mostly black. I sure hope this is not a new trend. 2. Every person over the age of 70 was wearing pants, long sleeves, and a jacket. My how things change from 20-75 3. I don't really like my exercise playlist anymore. I'm tired of all the rap, rock, and hip hop songs. The only thing that worked good for me was Hillsong and Third Day. 4. I need new running shoes 5. My knee popped a few times. Am I getting old? 6. There should be a required dress code. I do not like those short running shorts on men. They just look funny. 7. There should be directions posted on how to work the rowing machine. I really want to use it, but I can't figure it out. 8. I missed my old friends that I saw every afternoon. Even though I had never had conversations with many of them, I was nice to smile and say hello. Thank you YMCA for caring enough about me to send me a letter, see you again tomorrow.