Welcome to my month-to-month publish the place I share a peek into the final month at our home! Right here’s a little bit 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 main points, take a look at this in-depth publish I did on it.
A fantastic Kansas sundown!
I received actually sick in the midst of the evening the day I used to be speculated to fly residence. We have been capable of get my flight modified to an earlier flight and I took additional energy Tylenol and wore a masks and tried to steer clear of individuals on the flights residence. It was so good to make it residence — and certain sufficient, I examined constructive for Flu A.
I ended up being in mattress sick for a lot of the remainder of the week. Gratefully, it was every week the place I might cancel all the pieces 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 lots of cooking and baking in February — together with making these Straightforward Protein Breakfast Muffins!
It snowed once more and the children received two snow days!! (Sure, please giggle when you reside 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 main points 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 normal.
I had them go to mattress actually early final evening as a result of I assumed possibly they have been simply drained. However they received an important evening’s sleep and nonetheless awakened seeming annoyed and irritable.
Truthfully, I used to be feeling weary and uninterested in the unhealthy attitudes and all the additional correction and time it has been requiring. (I do know this can be a big a part of mothering however simply holding 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 might repair my hair. Reality be advised, I needed 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 lots of additional work and time-sensitive tasks to make amends for. Because of this, the little children haven’t gotten as a lot one-on-one time and a spotlight from me. And I guess that a lot of their habits has really been a cry for consideration.
Proper then, I ended what I used to be doing, sat down and received all excited together with her about her fixing my hair. After which she requested if I might 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 entering into their world appeared to utterly calm their hearts and switch round their attitudes.
I preach the significance of entering into our youngsters’ world and caring about what they care about, however I had forgotten my very own recommendation within the midst of a extremely full week.
And the little children have 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 a little bit additional consideration and kindness and “watering” from you at the moment?
This image proper right here represents so many, many prayers answered.
You see, nearly each day 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 reside a life that glorifies the Lord. And we’ve prayed for her to have mates who love Jesus and level her to the Lord.
When she was trying into potential schools two years in the past, we prayed for clear route 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 just a few others who went there. She and I went to orientation earlier than faculty began and we regarded for any campus ministry that she would possibly have the ability to get plugged into. There was a desk for Baptist Collegiate Ministries (BCM) and so they warmly welcomed us and we ended up speaking with them for nearly 30 minutes!
They invited her to their welcome week occasions and she or he bravely confirmed up the primary evening understanding nobody. She got here residence from the occasion so excited concerning the individuals she met… and she or he stored going again!
BCM has turn out to be such an enormous a part of her school expertise and in February we received to attend a banquet placed on by the BCM college students.
Y’all… it was essentially the most stunning factor!
To observe school college students discuss 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 individuals and their coronary heart for the Lord!
Mamas, hold praying in your children. Preserve entrusting them to the Lord. Preserve pointing them to Jesus and inspiring them to not settle. God’s solutions would possibly look very totally different in your baby than they’ve for mine, however He can be trustworthy to reply!
An enormous spotlight of February was attending to go on a shopper 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 together 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 dissatisfied! Not solely did we giggle so onerous and have a lot enjoyable (which was so good for my soul!), however I additionally received to study a lot from different smart ladies.
Alli buildings the occasion so that there’s a lot of enjoyable but additionally lots 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 shopper getaway. I share extra on this podcast concerning the shocking classes I discovered in Disney (who knew a visit to Disney could be such a deeply transferring expertise??)
These two are about the very same measurement proper now and they’re changing into quick mates. Micah is such a protector of David and David is consistently watching and studying from Micah.
For those who didn’t see it, you’ll want to read my story a couple of 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 at the moment, you’ll want to watch this brief video of what David did when Jesse got here residence after being gone just a few days in February.
Additionally, you’ll want to hearken to this episode I recorded with Trillia Newbell on Celebrating Black Historical past All Yr Lengthy.
Additionally, to thrust back 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 just a few weeks with out one single individual being sick. I really feel like possibly I shouldn’t say that out loud, however with a big household who is consistently on the go, that’s an enormous deal!
