May 2014...such a blur now I'm literally looking back at the calendar to recap! May was filled with some time with Gramm, college finals, a trip for mommy to visit her family without the kiddos for Mother's Day, Jeremy spending some time with friends while mommy was gone along with Mother's day with his mom, some time with a few friends before MOVING out of our precious home and caretaker position in Columbus after GRADUATION from COLLEGE for Jeremy!!, going away party where we cried and laughed with sweet friends, more family time including a great picnic, a visit from my PAPA AND YAYA!, a day with Aunt Ali and Tegan!, dinner, lunch and everything in-between with sweet friends and oh yeah normal daily life :-) May was full of transitions and changes and we are so thankful God has blessed us with each other to share it all with. He has blessed us with friends and family who are praying for us through the whole process and it is a testimony of His grace to us with each requirement that is complete, each day that is counted down, each moment we are given to give him the glory.
We are so thankful for his grace toward us in Jeremy fulfilling his graduation requirements! I am so proud of the man I married over four and a half years ago and the way he is constantly getting his strength, endurance, and everything he needs from Jesus. God knew we needed the difficulty, stress, and hardship of Jeremy working his way through college with a family to provide for. He knew we needed the hard in order to truly know the joy of the faith that comes from walking through it. Jeremy was able, because of GOD, to complete his degree and to do so while helping others complete theirs, maintaining a family, excelling at his job, and the list just goes on and on. Many times I looked at him with tears in my eyes telling him I wasn't sure we could finish. Yet, even in those teary eyed times, with two little ones in tow, he would lay down his life to love me as best he could all while POINTING ME TO JESUS and reminding me of HIS FAITHFULNESS. It's beautiful and amazing to watch someone trust the Lord so completely and be able to see the moments that are real to us all. Moments when one just isn't so sure, moments when it FEELS like things will fall completely apart...and then to see Jeremy take those moments and SUBMIT his feelings to CHRIST...it was a gift to me and a gift to our family, even when it didn't feel like such a great gift. Through it all, it was a reminder of the greatest gift God has given us, HIMSELF, for eternity, through faith in Jesus. So many times through the years, we've been reminded that this life is not all there is. And the only way to have eternity without separation from God is to know Him through faith in Jesus....
We are learning to live a little differently without school, learning to live and grow as a family together again. It has its goods and bads :-) but we are learning! One of the things I'm learning right now is how to transition away from the perfect......INTERNET OF THE CITY! lol. It took like 5 whole minutes for these few pictures to upload here in the country...great practice for me for the future and great preparation for anyone who reads/looks at this blog too :-) once the big move happens, it's likely it will take MONTHS to post our first post and after that I'm quite sure each update will contain one to three photos that will take an hour to upload...and we will love every minute of it !!
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| our sweet friends arranged for the fire truck to come to a birthday party! A REAL FIRETRUCK WITH HOSE AND ALL!! |
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| Painting with Gramm! Thanks GRAMM for getting our old house taken care of and for all the hard work you did over the years to help us by cleaning next door for us over and over to give us the break we needed to make it through to the end!! You're awesome! |
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| Keith and Angie with William and Kaitlynn--absolutely love these guys!! |
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| THAT'S MY MAN, WHO NOW HAS A BACHELORS DEGREE....Watch out world! So proud of you babe, love you!! |
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| cousins during family time at the park |
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| Jeremy's first catch after graduation... |
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| Jeremy's next catch....he's got brains in his head and shoes on his feet....Suess forgot about bait on the hook after closing the books. |
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| feeding the ducks bread (well the bread the girls didn't eat lol) |
Hope you enjoy seeing this as much as I enjoy putting it together each month, but if not, that's ok :-) We love looking back over it and seeing all that was going on these last two and a half years. Take a second when you get the chance, and see what was posted this time last year and the year before and see why we like doing this :-) Bye for now!
