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 mother and father with the Valentine’s Banquet they assist host for his or her church and neighborhood 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 in regards to the banquet and all the small print, take a look at this in-depth publish I did on it.
A gorgeous Kansas sundown!
I received actually sick in the midst of the night time the day I used to be purported to fly house. We have been capable of get my flight modified to an earlier flight and I took further energy Tylenol and wore a masks and tried to avoid individuals on the flights house. It was so good to make it house — and positive sufficient, I examined optimistic 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 might 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 house. Hearken to it right here.
I did loads of cooking and baking in February — together with making these Simple 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 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 youngsters have struggled with attitudes. They’ve appeared unsettled and off. There was much more crying and arguing than common.
I had them go to mattress actually early final night time as a result of I assumed possibly they have been simply drained. However they received an excellent night time’s sleep and nonetheless wakened seeming pissed off and irritable.
Actually, I used to be feeling weary and bored with the unhealthy 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 protecting it actual that typically the discipling over and over can really feel exhausting!)
As I used to be washing my face this morning and on the point of begin the day, Kierstyn got here and requested if she might repair my hair. Reality be advised, 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 loads of further work and time-sensitive initiatives to compensate for. Consequently, the little youngsters haven’t gotten as a lot one-on-one time and a spotlight from me. And I guess that a lot of their conduct has really been a cry for consideration.
Proper then, I ended what I used to be doing, sat down and received all excited along 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 social gathering.
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 children’ 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 youngsters have been simply crying out for time with me in the way in which 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 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 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 buddies who love Jesus and level her to the Lord.
When she was wanting into potential faculties two years in the past, we prayed for clear course and for her to discover a neighborhood of believers to be invested in wherever she went to highschool.
When she selected MTSU, she didn’t know a single freshman woman 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 appeared for any campus ministry that she may be capable of 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 she or he bravely confirmed up the primary night time understanding nobody. She got here house from the occasion so excited in regards to the individuals she met… and she or he stored going again!
BCM has turn out to be such an enormous a part of her faculty 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 look at faculty college students discuss their ardour for the Gospel and seeing their secular campus as their mission discipline, 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 satisfy 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 in addition so fired up about this subsequent technology of younger individuals and their coronary heart for the Lord!
Mamas, preserve praying in your youngsters. Preserve entrusting them to the Lord. Preserve pointing them to Jesus and inspiring them to not settle. God’s solutions may look very completely different in your youngster than they’ve for mine, however He shall be trustworthy 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 purchasers. 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 dissatisfied! Not solely did we giggle so laborious and have a lot enjoyable (which was so good for my soul!), however I additionally received to be taught a lot from different clever ladies.
Alli constructions the occasion so that there’s a lot of enjoyable but in addition loads of time for teaching and mentoring. I got here house so refreshed and in addition fired up with a lot inspiration for tactics 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 come back to the consumer getaway. I share extra on this podcast in regards to 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 buddies. Micah is such a protector of David and David is continually watching and studying from Micah.
Should you didn’t see it, remember 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 right this moment, remember to watch this quick video of what David did when Jesse got here house 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 keep off 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 now have managed to go a couple of weeks with out one single particular person being sick. I really feel like possibly I shouldn’t say that out loud, however with a big household who is continually on the go, that’s an enormous deal!
