Old pics...

I was just going thru pictures from over the summer and found these pictures of my husband when he was building the pillars for the platform decor at the church. Rachel and Josiah always love to go to the shop and "help" him. It is cute because Josiah will play with sticks of wood and just bang on things, while Rachel creates "art" with Daddy's blue tape used for marking things. It is such a blessing that Robert's shop allows him to use the shop for outside work. They actually donated all of the crown molding to the church, which is very expensive crown! And they allowed him to order the wood using their account so that it was cheaper....I will post a "after" pic as soon as I remember where I saved it on our computer :) Thank the Lord for His many blessings!!!

Snow trip....

A while ago we went to the snow with some friends and had a blast! Rachel and her friend Charlotte had the most fun out of all of us I think, they were little dare devils and wanted to go down the biggest hills on the sled, while Katie and I just worried that someone was going to get hurt :-) .... What happened Katie????!!!! We used to ride all of those crazy coasters (you were crazier than I was!) and now we're worried about rolling down hills!!!! I think it is time for a mommy trip to Magic Mountain so that we don't lose our grip...heeheehee. We went to a place called "Wing Mountain Snow park" and it was really nice. If you are in the Arizona area and want more info their website is: http://snowplayaz.com/.

After discovering my dead batteries in my camera, Katie came to the rescue and got these snapshots from the day:

 Josiah kept taking his mittens off and playing with the snowball maker:

 These dad's were intent on making a snowman.....we won't discuss how that turned out :)

 The poor guys, pulling all the kids on one sled, while Josiah napped in the other one!

 The look on the girls faces in this pic is great! :

Hi!

"Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding."
Proverbs 23:23

Recently that has been Rachel's favorite verse to quote. Last night after church service her and her little friend Joel were quoting scripture to one another as we beamed with Godly pride. It is my prayer that our children will indeed "buy the truth, and sell it not"! Also, that they will remember to hang on to wisdom, instruction, and understanding!

Just thanking the Lord today for His love!

cute wedding ideas

Here are some cute things from my brothers wedding:

wedding continued...

Of course after a wedding there is a reception =) Here are some pictures from the reception after my brother's wedding.
Rachel and the usher picking up flower petals after ceremony:

 Head table:

 Josiah trying to wink:

 Grandma Hall:

 Rachel, ready to eat:

 Bridal party waiting to go in and be introduced....aka brides slippers:

 Just us:

 Hmmmm.....somebody didn't rememmber to cut from the top layer...let's just say that the cake was about to fall after they cut the bottom layer:

 Ummm....Shiloh smashed the cake in her face! :

 My brother is a fireman, thus a firetruck grooms cake (it even says "Watts" on the jacket!):

 Hot chocolate bar was a hit in the cold weather:

da, da, dada, dun......wedding march?

Heehee, dontcha' like my blog title? Yeppers, my brother Shiloh finally got married! Him and his girlfriend (now wife) have been together for about 3 years, lived together for 1 of those years, and finally decided to tie the knot! Of course since they both live in Texas, that's where the wedding was, so we loaded everything up and headed out there for their December 1st wedding date.

When they announced their engagement they asked me to play the wedding march at their wedding....well, that sort of meta morphed into doing all of the music for the wedding which ended up being a little bit difficult. The reason it was difficult is because since the wedding was a vintage Christmas theme, I had to find music (or suggest) that was just right for a wedding but yet "Christmasy". So, the preludes that I played on the piano was a melody of Christmas songs. Then the grandparents and mothers came in to "Carol of the Bells" (that is fun to play!), then the bridal party came in to "Winter Wonderland"......then the wedding march of course =). To make it fun, they walked out to "All I want for Christmas is you". The entire wedding was pretty quick, but that is what the bride wanted was a "short and sweet" wedding =)

Here are a few pictures of the wedding....I'll add more later of the reception.

Last but not least, here is a picture of my beautiful parents :-) I thank God every day for parents who raised me right and love Him with their whole heart! They have been through a lot, definitely tested in the fire, the life of a pastor and his wife can be a stressful and sometimes lonely one, but come "hell or high water" they have never given up on the Hope we have in Christ Jesus!
I love you Daddy and Mama!!!

Catch up....

Okay, so I haven't blogged in a little while because I've been too busy....sorry! Problem is that once you wait awhile, then it is hard to remember all that has happened. So I will do my best :)

In October we went up to Show Low to be with Bro. and Sis. Matthews for their dedication service and it was beautiful! Robert drove one of the vans and so we had good fellowship on the way there and back. The building that they are having church in is very cute and definitely meets the needs of a Apostolic Pentecostal church. Below are some pictures from our adventure...unfortunately Rachel got car sick on the way back....and let's just say that we had to stop at a gas station to "clean up" the van a bit.

 After the service we all headed over to the Matthews house and ate a delicious meal that they prepared for everyone. The Elk was very yummy! Rachel and Josiah had fun playing in their yard =)

Fun, fun, fun! I was soooo glad that we went. Especially since I know how much it means to a small church to have fellowship and recognize their hard work for the kingdom of God. God Bless the Matthews!