1+2=happy

One 12 layer homemade chocolate cake(Thank you Mr. Jimmy)

2 happy girls

Equals a happy mess of chocolate!!

New Blog

I have a new blog to share the process of moving and building our dream home.
http://emilyandchanningbuilding.blogspot.com/

God is in my heart



 Today I was a little down and we were driving in the car and Kennedy was talking with me and she said mommy God is in my stomach.  I said Kennedy God is in your heart she said he is in your heart too mommy.  That just brighten my day and God brought her little voice to me so that I can understand that God is always with me and he will be the light that I need to get out of a dark place. 

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. – Matthew 11:28-30

"Fall" into Sisterhood

Channing's father has a large pear tree with the best pears.  So he brought pears this morning for me to can for the winter.  A big job that Brooklyn wanted to help me with. 

Play time for Brooklyn and Kennedy

In the past 3 weeks the girls have been playing with each other and finding all kinds of thing to get into at the house.  

First, Brooklyn loves to sit in Kennedy's baby doll stroller and be pushed around the house.Brooklyn is holding her baby while Kennedy strolls her around. And also she loves to get a can soup and place it in a bag and carry it around.  Kennedy also is getting a little jealous especially when mema comes over to play.  The joys of sisterhood and the love they have for each other will grow stronger each day.

Brooklyn loves to carry around a can item in a grocery bag.  She is studying the chicken soup can.

Brooklyn putting her can soup  in a bag to carry around.

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.  1 John 3:11-12

Playing Catch up

I have not posted in a few days so I am going to have to catch up in this post:

1.  A few weeks ago I went to the eye doctor for my annual check up well she said that my legally blind eye is still the same 20/400 and my right eye is good but I need to have glasses for reading and looking at the computer.  So last week I went to get my glasses and  I like them just it taking time to get use to them.  Most of the time I forget about them and then Channing will say Emily you need your glasses.  I have noticed since I wear my glasses to read and teach my class online that I get less headaches and this is a plus.

2.  My father gave me a whole lot of apples that I had to decide what to do with so I was talking with Channings grandmother she is 88 years olds and she makes apple sauce(baked apples) and freezers it so I asked her for the recipe and to my surprise she shared it with me.  So Sunday evening I spent peeling, slicing and cooking apples.  They are so good not sure if they will last for the winter. 

3.  House and moving issues.  We plan to move from our home we rent from my aunt into Channing's parents home in a few weeks.  The tractor trailer will be delivered on Wednesday and then we will send it over to Channing's parents home when we complete the move.  We were looking into storing all of our furniture and boxes in a storage unit but it was so expensive.  So, Channing found a lady that was selling trailers and he bought one at a really good price.  It is the way to go if you have to store items for a long time and you do not want to pay the storage fee.  We are still looking at 3 house plans and hoping to narrow it down to one house plan very soon.  Also we made an offer on some land and I hope we get it. 

4.  We have been going to a wonderful church and they have treated our family so great.  I am in a ladies bible study on Thursday nights and the book we are using is Anointed Transformed Redeemed A Study of David.  It is a powerful bible study on the life of David.  I would suggest this study for any Christian lady.  Priscilla Shirer, Beth Moore, and Kay Arthur are the featured writers for the study.  One main point that I enjoyed last week was to learn how David was anointed at 15 years old to be king but did not reign in Israel until he was 37 years old.  How he was patient and waited on God and he asked for God's guidance.  I hope that in my life I can be more patient on the Lord and always ask for his guidance.

I will keep you up to date on the study it is every other week.

Have a good day!

 

Kennedy baked a cake

Today Kennedy and I baked a fall theme cake.  I am not much of a "cake boss" so I bought the box cake mix and icing.  We finished decorating the cake and then I took a picture of the cake, so I could record our event of baking a cake.  Well after she looked at the picture she said mommy did the cake say cheese.  I just laughed and said no it did not say anything.