Happy "Half" Birthday Grace!!

Don't ya just wanna squeeze those chubby cheeks?

I'm a day late with this post, but YESTERDAY Grace was 6 months old!! I can hardly believe it has been 6 months since she was born.

My second post isn't what I thought it would be

I thought I would be able to sit down tomorrow morning and write about what an awesome night we had seeing one of my favorite bands....Sanctus Real. But unfortunately we just drove 2 1/2 hours to find out that the concert was cancelled. :( No one is to blame, they couldn't get out of Ohio because of a snowstorm. Austin is pretty disappointed, poor thing. Although he is handling it very well, sometimes I don't give him enough credit. It would have been very easy for him to pout and feel sorry for himself. (like perhaps the writer of this blog does sometimes! ;)

It makes it easy knowing there was a reason we didn't get to see the concert, scripture tells me this...  And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose Romans 8:28. That is a pretty comforting verse, no matter what we face. From something as trivial as missing a concert, to facing surgery on your precious little baby, which I know the lead singer of Sanctus Real is facing next week. http://bowensheart.com/  I have to try to remember that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love Him, not just me! It's easy to look at a situation, and question how can this possibly be good for me??? Well maybe the answer is as easy as, God  uses it to draw me to prayer...ultimately drawing me closer to Him. 


Tonight, I pray for precious baby Bowen (see above link) [He was born a few weeks after my sweet Grace.] I pray his surgery is successful and without complications, and that his family continues leaning on God for the strength they need to endure the next several weeks. 


How fitting, as I'm ending this entry......Lead Me by Sanctus Real just came on the radio!! 


God Bless!!!

Well, here goes nothing...

My first official blog entry! First of all, if your reading this then you most likely are my mother. :) Or maybe my husband, he will certainly get a kick out of this whole blog thing! I have pondered the idea of starting a blog since my daughter Grace was born this past August. She will be 6 months old in a few days, so it's obviously taken me a while to get this going. :)


A little introduction...my name is Nichole. I am married to Adam and we have a 7 year old son, Austin and as previously mentioned a daughter Grace. I am so blessed by my family, I thank God for them every day. I am a stay at home mom and I also home school. This is the first year that I have home schooled my son and so far I think it's going pretty well. It's all a learning process but it is getting easier as the year goes by. Lord willing, I will home school both kids as long as I can. Or at least until they start home schooling me! ;) 


My goal in starting this blog, is to keep anyone that cares up to date on what's going on with this little family. (see mention of mother above) Whether it be little milestones that Little Miss Grace is hitting,(she had her first bite of chocolate ice cream today at DQ) or something new Austin is learning in school(he actually SAID OUT LOUD today that he is starting to LIKE math!!) 


At the very least, the blog will serve the purpose of documenting moments that I never wanna forget! Maybe I am the only one who will ever read this, and that's okay! I can look back in the years to come and remember when Austin's first pinto homerun was, and how proud we were of him...or the day that Grace first said Mama..(it's certain to be BEFORE Dadda, so I have to document THAT!)


Hopefully along the way, I can maybe even learn somethings about myself and others I may not even know yet! :)


Thanks for stopping by!!


Here are my kiddos...I'm sure I'll be posting a ridiculous amount of pictures in the future...but I may as well start now! :)

Grace showing off her #14 Stewart outfit from Gramma Dottie