Oh to Vote!

This morning after getting around we walk to our voting station, which happens to be our church across the street, on the way I tell Jaxen, "Momma gets to go vote!" Oh course this means nothing to him in his 3 yr old world! But he still looks at me excited bc he knows momma is excited!
I'm not big into politics nor making people feel dumb for not voting the same way I did. I think that's bc I vote to make my voice heard then I leave it up to the One that I know is in control! Don't get me wrong, I think it's our right as Christians to stand up for the unborn and the Bible, but I don't stress about the election. I know that the person that takes office will be whom God has purposed for the job.
That being said: I can't stand it when people don't think voting is a big deal. Or when self proclaimed Christians don't care to vote morals! If Christians don't stand for the unborn babies then who will? It's no wonder we don't have a cure to cancer and other deadly diseases, we've killed millions of future doctors, scientists, and leaders that could have done something about it!

My Lil' Miracle!

My sugar baby turned 3 in the middle of Sept. Last week we borrowed a friends camera and decided we were going to snap Jaxen's picture in hopes we could do him justice and call them "His 3 year Pictures!" Not only b/c we are cheap, but b/c he doesn't sit still!  And when we say, "say cheese Jaxen" he chooses to look at us like a weird winking gnome that is constipated!  So we we're forced to snap action shots.  Praise the heavens they turned out fantastic!  We snapped over 130 pictures and I'm pleased with 80% of them! We have friends that do photography so we emailed our top pics and they edited and enhanced what we captured!  We will not be entering the photography world by any means, however I really enjoyed snapping my sons pictures and capturing him as he plays and explores the world from his stand point!  God has blessed us with so much more then we could imagine! Here are a few of my favorites!

Go God!

Last Wednesday night I had the opportunity to introduce a 14 year old girl to Jesus and help her discover she can have eternal life through Him! The week before Brandon got to lead another student to Christ! We're so blessed to be serving where God has placed is here in the heart of central Texas! Each of these students got saved because at school they're friends began witnessing to them. Our students get it! They understand that school is their mission field right now! We can see the students passion and desire to grow and witness but for visitor students to stand in front of big church and proclaim to the adults what happened to them is incredible! It helps our church family catch the vision and encourages them that the students are actually "getting it" they're not just showing up to church for fun and food! So excited to see more growth!

Money, Money, Money

So on TLC there's a show about extreme cheapskates. Some of them are pretty odd! But on the other hand some of them make good sense. By influence of the show I think we will start having a "no spend paycheck" once every 6 weeks or so. We will pay tithe then not spend another dime that entire week. Simply eat what food we already have in the house, whether that's pancakes for dinner or odds and ends. Just think of the money we could put towards our car payment. Other ideas on the show we will NOT be implementing are eating goat heads, eating out of a dumpster, and using reusable cloth toilet paper!

Wardrobe replacement

Ever since Jaxen was born we've attended these massive kids clothing resale weekends. They typically have them 2 times a year, fall and spring. Therefore you purchase enough items at the fall sale to last all winter and then in the spring sale you purchase summer clothes. When he was younger it was easier to find cute clothes still in great shape since they don't wear them as long and aren't as rough on their clothes. Now that my big man is in 3T the clothes are more worn and its harder to find "good" ones.
Yesterday we went to one of these sales and thankfully it was a huge success! We limited ourselves to getting items he needed! Not just bc something was cute! For instance we narrowed down our items to 10 long sleeve shirts, 6 church shirts, 2 zip up hoodies, etc. We still spent more then we came with but were so happy it was a success! We found him some Buzz Lightyear light up shoes for $4 and some cowboy boots for $5!
Last night after we cut the tags off and cleaned the shoes and threw the clothes in the wash machine I looked at Brandon and said, "when he's a freshman or sophomore and we have to spend $300 for back to school clothes to only get him 3 jeans, 6 shirts, and 2 pairs of shoes not counting the football gear, baseball cleats, and everything else in between we will be missing these days of dropping$120 twice a year for his wardrobe!"
It's so hard for me to clean out his closet twice a year with things that are too small to wear! I don't like packing away my favorites! Makes this momma sad!!

Investing

I think part of why I space in and out of posting regularly is simply b/c I feel that my life isn't anything "special" that I don't have anything to share.  Kinda like when I was growing up and I heard other people share their cool testimonies and I always thought "I don't have a good story of what God saved me from" then as I matured I realized God did save me from everything else He saved others from, I just simply didn't have to experience the hurt they did, He saved me from it before I ever did it.  Make sense? 
Today I feel the urge to share my passion about purity.  Some people think this is an old fashion word that isn't relevant to today's society, however its still as relevant as ever.  My husband and I have a calling on our lives to serve God in full time ministry so we have the privilege of seeing people at their best and worst.  It breaks my heart when girls come to me and share that they've "gone too far" or "messed up" in the realm of their purity.  It makes me want to kick Satan in the throat and rip his finger nails off!  Makes me so mad that these poor girls find their fulfilment and satisfaction in what others think about them and chasing boys to fill that void. I understand it takes 2 to tango and girls aren't innocent.  Which is why it is so important to teach our daughters, nieces, friends, any young girls to keep themselves modest and not throw themselves out there for everyone and their brother to see!  If we think its cute that a girl has 6 boyfriends in 1st grade, allow her to start wearing makeup at 10, give her a cell phone at 12 b/c all her friends have one and don't monitor whom she is texting and talking to, buy her wardrobe from Victoria Secret when she's 15, then we should be surprised when she comes home and says she's pregnant at 17! I have a desire to see girls wear white on their wedding day and it still mean something!  To walk down that isle with pride holding their daddy's arm knowing she has saved herself for the man God has purposed her to spend her life with! If there is a young girl or a teenage girl that God has placed in your life reach out to her and know that you have the possibility to impact her life in more ways then you know! 

writers block

I know it's been way to long in between posts!  Most of you probably don't check this page regularly anymore since I've stoped writing often!  I guess I just felt I didn't have anything interesting to write about so I'll call that writers block!  When in all actuality I can write about anything I want!  Kinda like an online diary of sorts.  So I will do my best to post more regularly, once a week if not then once every two weeks! 
Catching Up...
We've been in Coleman for 6 months now and still loving every part of it!
Jaxen turned 3!!!!
We've tried and failed potty training! Will attempt again soon...
Successfully made gravy!
Failed at chicken fried steak!
Crafting to my hearts content!
Doing dishes more often then I ever have in my life!
Attended my 10 yr hs reunion!
Decorated for fall! Love!
My 1st born, Toby the basset hound, had an eye removed!
Discovered Pinterest thanks to my baby sister!
Missing my family like crazy!