CRAVE...

So this Sunday Night we are starting a Modern Worship Experience at our Church. It is going to run for the next 6 weeks. I am really excited about it. We had practice Thursday night for it, and it went really well. We are doing some awesome songs, and just exploring Worship through all of the senses and through different avenues (art, dance, food, etc.). Ben and I really feel like this kind of service is our calling...so we are excited to have the opporunity to do it.

are you feeling broken? wounded? joyful? complacent?

. CRAVE . Sundays . 7:30pm . CCN . C-Town . USA .

Rescue Me!

So, our house is a sauna...Our central air is broken. Someone is supposed to be coming this morning to fix it....but for now, it is a sauna. Isn't crazy how these things happen? Last week it was beautiful weather, in the 70's...but now that our air is broken, yesterday was 98 degrees not including humidity!



It seems like things just keep going wrong in my life. Ben and I feel like we can never get ahead. I know that God is in control, and that He never gives us more than we can handle. But sometimes I wanna say, "God, I know I CAN handle this, but I don't really WANT to!" I suppose it doesn't work that way. He will be my rescuer, just in time...



Evelyn is amazing. She is officially sitting up on her own now, and ate her very first bite of baby food this week! At first she didn't like it:

But she eventually came around...

So here is the cry of my heart...

I need you Jesus, to come to my resuce

Where else can I go?

There's no other name by which I am saved

Shelter me with grace...I will follow You...

"Rescue" By Newsong

What Up Mom-Slice?

Today Evelyn was napping and I was in the bedroom on the laptop. I heard some rustling on the monitor, and I waited a few minutes and then heard some more...so I went in to check and this is how I found her...

"What Up Mom-Slice?" She said to me as she smiled for the camera...

She had turned herself sideways and was on her stomach playing! She is getting so big!

Watch Out Gerber...Here I Come!

I made my own baby food today! I had some bananas that were about to go bad, so I had a thought. Evelyn is not eating baby food yet, but she will be soon, so I made some! I mashed the bananas, and then added some fruit juice, bagged it and froze it. Super easy and cost effecive. I can't wait to get a food processor and make more...I will post more later about my baby food making career...

Nightmare on Gum Street.....TEETHING!

So, my beloved daughter is teething...need I say more? Teething is a part of motherhood that everyone talks about, but you can never really understand. Is she teething or not? Is she going to get a tooth this week or in three months? It seems she has been teething forever. Poor thing...she is just miserable.

I am by nature a fixer...For instance, I cannot stay mad at my husband. Sometimes I wish I could, but I like to talk it out for hours until it is fixed...which Ben hates! Unfortaunately teething is something I cannot fix. Not only can I not fix it....I can't even sweep it under the rug, which, lets be honest- is what we do when we can't fix something!

Evelyn is such a good-natured baby...but we all know how it feels when we don't feel good. And at least we have the capability to know what is wrong with us! She has no idea why she is in pain, and I feel like she is constantly looking at me and thinking..."Hey! You are my provider and protector...why won't you make me feel better?" Trust me baby- I wish I could. As always...this too shall pass, I just wish I had a timeline!

So, for now, I have a baby with swollen gums, questioning eyes and an occasional smile that makes it all worth it.

Birthday Weekend!

What a crazy weekend we just had! I was in Zanesville Friday & Saturday for my grandpa's 75th birthday. It was fun, and we got to see a lot of family that we never see. Yesterday was Abbie's first birthday! Crazy!!! It makes me realize how soon Evelyn is going to be celebrating a birthday.

Speaking of which, Saturday Evelyn was 5 months old! Can you believe it? She is the most fun, silly, smart, beautiful, loving baby. She enjoys laughing, rolling, eating, smiling, pinching, biting, drooling, kicking & tooting. Here she is!

My life is truly blessed right now. I have an interview tomorrow night for a nanny job, and then another one Wednesday. We also just found out that Ben might be able to be the Manager of the community we live in, so our rent will probably be free! God is providing in ways I could not have imagained. He is faithful to complete the work He started in me. What a mighty God we serve.

On another note, my sister had an accident at worked today, and she cut her head. She has a concussion and she had to get 7 staples. So, be praying for her...

Well, I think that is all for now. Peace <3

You and I Romance...

My Romance...

photography by challen brown


Look at the way the flowers bloom for You
They want to show You their beauty Lord
Running waters dance, You and I romance


Unto You be all the glory
Unto You be all the glory


The angels dance around You
The earth it sings about You
Open up the heavens Lord
Let Your Kingdom come to earth
My praises all surround you
My soul can't dance without you
Open up the heavens Lord
Let Your kingdom come to earth

song by rick pino