It's Time...

I can't tell you how thrilled I am about what is happening this Thursday, December 1st 2011!!!! My sister is having twins!!!!!! Did I really just write that!? We don't yet know the gender of the babies or their names so we have big surprises awaiting us for Thursday morning! This truly is a dream come true for our family. God has been so good to create these 2 precious lives inside her and grow and sustain them for the last 37 weeks! We are so eager to meet them and stare at their sweet little faces.

Spencer and I are driving up to Virginia Wednesday to be there for the delivery and to help after they are born. Would you please join us in praying for a safe delivery? The c-section is scheduled for that morning. Pray for the doctors and nurses that will be caring for her and the babies. Pray that there wouldn't be any complications. Pray for a smooth and easy recovery and that the babies would nurse well. Please pray for the whole Clarke family as they welcome 2 more children into their home and become a family of 7! Pray for the rest of us to serve well as they make this transition. What an honor it is to be a part of this! I'm beside myself!

Oh, and also pray for Jeremy and the kids as he cares for them while I'm away. Thank you babe for allowing me this dream to be there with my sister and family as she has these babies! You are so good to me!

And by the way, my sister had her appointment today and the babies are weighing in at 7 lbs and 8 lbs 3 oz! I'd say God has been abundantly good! Amazing!

Look who wants to help unload the dishwasher...

As I was cleaning up the kitchen from dinner tonight I turned around and found Spencer like this!

Surgery Update

Thank you so much for praying for my father-in-law! Just got word that his double bypass surgery was successful. He will be in recovery for several hours. Praise God! Please continue to pray for speedy recovery!

Thanksgiving 2011 & Urgent Prayer Needed

We've had a Thanksgiving week that won't be forgotten. The plan was for our family along with Jeremy's sister, Allyson, and her family to celebrate Thanksgiving at Jeremy's parent's new house in Boiling Springs. We were looking forward to that time together. Scarlet had cooked and prepared to have a house full.

On Wednesday Jeremy's dad, Don, had a mild heart attack. Thankfully they were able to get him to the hospital and he was admitted and on Friday morning they did a catherization. They did not do a stint because the blockage was in the main left artery and would take 2-3 stints. With him having colon cancer and having a colonoscopy every year it would present a problem because he would have to be on medicine the rest of his life and would have to go off blood thinning medicine to have any future surgeries or procedures. The doctors recommended bypass surgery.

His surgery is scheduled first thing Monday morning. Thankfully Jeremy will be there with his mom, sister, and brother. We are also praying for Amy as she is struggling not being able to be with family. Please pray for a smooth procedure and for God to restore Don's heart! We appreciate your prayers during this time.

I am so thankful that we know and trust the one true God who is good and in control! We hope in Him that He would restore Don and grant him many more years of life!

We appreciate your prayers so much!

Singing at Church

Crazy Kid

The other night we went in to look at Carson before going to bed and this is how we found him. His head is stuck in his pillow case! How does this happen?

My Boys

I am so incredibly thankful for these two boys! Carson helped me "recreate" the picture of he and I with Spencer since he was wearing the same shirt. Feels like Carson was this age yesterday...where does the time go!?

Sweetness

Lydia Counting

Bonfire

Thursday night Jeremy and Carson had their annual camp-out in the backyard. Thankfully the girls and I were invited to the bonfire in the fire pit;) We had fun watching the men build a great fire and we enjoyed some roasted marshmallows too.

Brilliant

I just love the brilliant colors during this time of year. The beauty outside points to an amazingly briliant Creator! I love that the owner of the field (or meadow as my mom likes to call it) next to our house bails the hay this time of year too. We typically head over when the leaves have peaked and the bails are scattered around to get some pictures.

Love the beauty of Autumn...

Books of the Bible

Part of Carson's 1st grade curriculum has been memorizing the books of the Bible and this week he finished! Bible history from Genesis to Revelation is the focus for the first grade and we have enjoyed reading all the Old Testament stories and seeing how they point to Christ, the promised Messiah! Because the curriculum drops off in material a little at this point we are adding these character studies from this blog. So thankful for time to teach these types of things to my son.

Spencer is 9 months

It's just hard to believe our sweet baby is already 9 months old! He is such a blessing to us. He continues to be a laid back little man. The biggest changes from 8 months is that he is crawling around the house and putting everything in his mouth! I've had to pull out lots of little objects from his mouth (and shoes belonging to his siblings!). He now has 6 teeth and is enjoying feeding himself. He is such a little love!

Our babies at 9 months

They are not in order...can you guess who is who?

Halloween 2011