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Real love stories...

...never have endings.

God is so good, so good to me!

Girls Night Out

So, I might be partial, but I have the best friends in the world. I feel so blessed to have as many friends as I do, true friends. Not just the ones that are acquaintances, but the ones who take a real interest in my life and I in theirs. We have such a good time together. We can do absolutely nothing and still have a blast; however, last night we went out and had a wonderful time. PF Changs is always a good place to start, here are some pics...

I love you girls, I couldn't ask for better girlfriends!!

The gang

Me and my Mana

The twins... Stacie and Tracie (aka troublemakers)

Poor neglected blog...

Stopping in just say, I will be updating soon... being that I am off for 9 days!! Woo hoo!! I love Thanksgiving... and the break!

Off to get ready to go out with the man... nice way to start off the weekend! :)

It's Roooocket's Ball

I love sports, most all sports. However, I had never been to a Rocket's game. In fact, I hardly know anything about the Rockets- surprising because Stephen LOVES them. Last Wednesday night though I went to my first one. A friend of mine hooked me up with some GREAT tickets... 11th row. Stephen and I had an absolute blast. I learned quickly about each player (he gave me a quick lesson while the teams warmed up) and I really got into the game. We laughed so much and had a wonderful time. It was a great night and I am so thankful we got to go. Here are some pictures...

Our view of the court...

My first game... so excited!

Self portrait in our matching shirts (first time he was ever absolutely ok with this lol)

Stephen cheering.... Louis Scoooola :) (I really should be the new announcer)

Thank you Lord...

Thank you Lord for what you are doing in MY heart: the things I can see and even the things I can't see!

It's so cliche, but what do people do who do not know the Lord? Who do they turn to? Where do they find hope? Comfort? Perfect love? I will give the LORD all the glory and praise!!

Do you want to know how to know the Lord is real? Allow the Lord to lead you to a scary place- where you hurt, cry and don't understand His plan; but can feel God's Almighty hands hold your heart so tight and love on you like only a Perfect Heavenly Father can love. That's where I am. God has my heart... my WHOLE heart!

So no matter what Lord, it's You and me... and I will NEVER quit singing your praises!

The song in my heart...

What if I look at the day and the hours ahead
And before I move forward I bowed my head
And said thank You
Oh I said thank You

What if I looked at my life in a different way
Took a little more time to stop and pray
I know it would change all the moments in between
So here I go

Thank You for everything
Thank You for loving me
It don't even matter what tomorrow brings
Well I will sing my
Thank You for sun and rain
For what You give and take away
For all Your goodness
I will always say Thank You
Oh I'll say thank You

What if I lost everything that I had
I could smile and somehow still be glad
And say thank You
Thank you

Cause life is joy, life is pain
But the prayer on my heart will never change I say thank You

-33 Miles

Thank you Lord for my salvation, but then not stopping there... for knowing and loving me just as I am, and letting me know You more!

My heart breaks... but I can still praise HIS name

It's been a rollercoaster day. And my heart has 100 questions, complaints, and broken pieces. However, I can't go there. Instead... I have to and will think about the Lord. Music has always really spoken to me, and this is what my heart is singing...

When I Think about the Lord,
How He saved me,
how He raised me,
how He filled me,
with the Holy Ghost.
How He healed me, to the uttermost.

When I Think about the Lord,
how He picked me up and turned me around,
how He placed my feet on solid ground

It makes me wanna shout,
Hallelujah,
Thank you JESUS,
LORD, your worthy,
of all the glory, and all the honor,and all the praise...

Lord, when I am weak... you are made strong. I promise to praise you through the storm.

Fall Fun

Fall is finally here, one of my favorite times of the year. I love it! And this fall is off to a wonderful start!

One of our first outings this Fall was with the Sheffields. Chelsey has been one of my very best friends for a LONG time now. We have been through so much together. Looking back through the years, there is no doubt God put us together for a reason. I am so thankful to still be sharing this part of my life with her... We are living it up! John and Stephen have quickly become great friends, so double dates are always a blast. Here is the last trip we had with them, just a fun week night dinner...

I love this picture of them! Mili LOVES Binky, and he calls her "baby".... They are so sweet.

Mili with the Sheffields!

Us with the kiddos!

Stephen with Becky (if he leaves me, this is who it will be for)

Last weekend was our fall festival at church. We had a blast!! Mili was "Abby Cadabby"- a fairy, she was adorable. First, we started out at the church, they had a wonderful carnival in the parking lot. They had "Trunk or Treat", and the cars were decorated and full of candy... Stephen's favorite part. There was food, fun and fellowship all over the place. Mili's favorite part was the pony ride and the petting zoo... she could have stayed there ALL night. Afterwards we went to Amanda's house, Mili always has presents waiting there. Amanda's mom and Amanda are CRAZY about Mili and I am so thankful for that, they will never know how much that means to me. And Mili loves them just the same. So she went around their neighborhood and had a blast getting candy with Amanda's niece. Needless to say, we were worn out with tummy aches before the end of the night. Not so much Mili, but her dad and I... we might have stayed up and ate her candy all night :) Here is the miss priss herself on Halloween...