Elizabeth's Birthday Pillow

Here's a picture of the pillow we made for Elizabeth for her 3rd birthday! We love you Elizabeth and hope that it will help you remember that to us you are a perfect little princess! We love you!

Thanks for Moms

I am so thankful for the moms in my life! Sunday was a special day attending Crosspoint Church and enjoying a picnic lunch with everyone in Clemson. Here are some pictures of us from Sunday! Mimi, we are glad you liked your surprise! Love to all of you!

Camdyn's School Celebration

It is hard to believe that Camdyn is almost a graduate of First Baptist Kindergarten. This sweet school and the teachers that have loved on our two girls have been such a blessing to us.
Camdyn's class named "Friends' World" shared songs with the parents this week. I've uploaded a video so you can see too!
We love you Camdyn and are so proud of you sweet girl!

Beach Trip to IOP

We spent last week on the Isle of Palms with Mimi and Pops! We had so much fun staying at Wild Dunes. It was quite nostalgic for me because we stayed in the same condo complex that my family went to each summer growing up! Mimi and Pops are thinking about getting a place at the beach so we had lots of fun house hunting with them! In between looking at houses we found some time to swim in the pool and the ocean! Brrrrrr! Thanks for a great weekend Mimi and Pops! :)

Claire's Daddy Date

Nathan has begun a sweet tradition of taking the girls out for a date around their birthday. This year for Claire's 7th birthday, Nathan took her out to eat and to get ice cream. What sweet memories for them and what a blessing it is for me to see the father that Nathan is to Claire and the wonderful young lady Claire is growing up to be! I love you both more than words can say.

Great article about Facebook

http://www.pluggedin.com/upfront/2010/thisisyourfriendshiponfacebook.aspx

"Do we all realize, for example, when exactly it is that we reveal
information to show off? To vent? To gain social or intellectual
standing? To manipulate? To intentionally stir up trouble? Are we
building up our Facebook friends for the express purpose (consciously or
unconsciously) of guaranteeing a built-in audience with whom we can
indulge our increasingly narcissistic tendencies? In our clamor to be
known, appreciated and seen on social networking sites, are some of us
becoming relationship consumers rather than nurturers?"

This quote sums up what I found myself doing when I was on FB. It caused me to be self-inflating and I do think that I was becoming a relationship consumer rather than a nurturer. It is funny how the Lord changed my viewpoint of FB....I actually encouraged many of my friends to get on FB to begin with...perhaps my reasoning was that I would have the audience the quote refers to.
Articles like this bring me to my knees. I realize how much I need to be saved from myself.


What are your thoughts?

Special Gifts

Claire received many special gifts for her birthday this year!
A new piggy bank
A new set of great books about Judy Moody
A beautiful knitted blanket made by Nan
A knitted doll outfit
LOTS of new American girl clothes
and the Lanie doll from American girl!

Thank you family and friends! We love you! :)