Family Camp-ing.

We just got back from Family Camp with the Village Church (our favorite people in the world). We spent a refreshing week at Shepherd of the Ozarks camping, swimming in the creek, riding horses, canoeing, hiking, & paintballing (Caleb & Scott)...and simply enjoying God's creation. The children loved every second! We loved getting to meet new families and having fun adult hang out time after the kiddos went to bed. Sign us up for next year!

Charlotte & Beckett meet Bambi.

What the...

Where did we sleep? Bunk beds of course. Fort style.

Day trip to Mountain View. Of course we had to visit here...

Best Milkshake ever.

Charlotte & Ella.

Post dinner madness.

Family pic.

Chilling creek-side.

My girl.

Adult hike to Indian Bluff.

Douglass fam.

Carruth fam.

My beautiful girls.

Charlotte & her BFF- Milkshake.

Jesus Came to Save Sinners.

Lovely.

Until Next Year!

Home is Where My Heart is...

I am going to be staying home as a full-time mom & wife this next year. I am thrilled and terrified, but mostly I feel peace. I know that this is a specific season of life & that the Lord has spoken clearly to me about staying at home. I've always been in school, working, teaching, counseling, and now I have the privilege of using every gif that God has given me to pour into my daughter, my husband, and our home. It's been a long road of my own opinions, pressures of the world, fears...but I finally see with clarity and have confidence that being a mother is one of the primary roles that God has given me. Will I struggle? Yes. Will I fail? More than likely on several occasions. But my confidence doesn't come from me...it comes from Jesus and who He is...He is changing me and I am grateful. I will not get the instant gratification all the time of seeing the fruit of my work at home, but I can trust that God will be faithful in all of the unseen and that is enough. Home is where my heart is because that is where God has called me...