feathers from my nest....

A new blog name...a new start... I have been in the biggest FuNk lately!! Basically it would take me forever to catch up on it all but if it could happen...its happened! I am hoping & praying for a new start because it just seems this year has been FULL of UPS & DOWNS!!!
In this midst of all of it we have had some great times since I last posted... Sam turned 7 and we partied for a whole week. Love my baby boy and still cant believe that 7 years have come and gone!! Baseball season started...Sam is still playing for North Alabama Red Sox travel baseball and Chad is the assistant coach so this has kept us busy but we wouldnt have it any other way. Love spending my weekends at the ballpark with my Red Sox family watching some baseball.
We are still visiting churches and PRAYING God will soon show us where it would be that our family will call "home". Visiting new churches is so hard & I dont like feeling "homeless". Im ready to be involved again and have a church to call mine. Currently we have been visiting First Baptist in Meridianville and have been there for about 3 months. We have really been enjoying it and Sam especially loves the kids worship and has several friends there so the transition for him has been great.
Easter weekend was wonderful!! Sam was out of school on Good Friday, played in a tournament "Easter Egg Scramble" all day Saturday (even got to see Joy at the ball park & that made my day) and Sunday was spent at church and with family. It was a GREAT day!! My nephew who has always been like a little brother to me announced that he and his wife are expecting their first child. God is so Good & Sam will be thrilled to have a little baby in the family :)
I hope that I can get back in the routine of blogging...mainly because its just a scrapbook for my family. Not sure how many of my blogging friends out there will still be reading but it'll be great to stay caught up and in touch!

had to color a few eggs!!

oh how i <3 these 2

me & my mom

Seven days till my baby will be Seven...

I have seriously been in the dilema of shutting this blog thing down. I honestly just havent been feeling it lately. So much stress in my life yet so many bleSSings to be thankful for. If anything I will try to keep it up for Sam and as a "scrapbook" seeing that I never have time to scrapbook anymore!!! I love all of my blogger friends and so thankful for all of you!!

So for the next Seven days I will post a picture of my sweet baby Sam. How is it possible that my baby boy is gonna be Seven years old.
For this child we prayed and God has granted us our request Samuel ~ 1:27

The most precious bleSSing I could ever recieve and I am so thankful for him!

Siesta Scipture Memory Verse~5

For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. Psalm~100:5

This past week has been very trying and I am reassured to know this verse, to know he always loves me and he is always faithful!!

Siesta Scipture Memory Verse~4

A verse that continues to get me through each and every day!

For we walk by Faith not by sight

2 Corinthians~5:7

Time for a Magic Party

Meridianville Magic that is... The boys were so excited for their basketball team to be together one last time and celebrate! Cookie cake and trophies = happy boys!!
Way to Go Magic!!

Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always Psalm~105:4

Today I went for my cycle day 11 ultrasound and blood work. The words out of the nurses mouth as she did my ultrasound were "Whew, girl!!!...." I already had a feeling, as I have felt fullness and crampy the last 2 days. She said I had a "whole crop" of follicles on my ovaries!! 10 of them on my Right side... So after 7 nights of fertility shots, they have done their job to say the least!! Wednesday will be the day for the IUI..... I appreciate all prayers from you guys!! I have enough fertility meds for one more cycle after this one if this doesnt work. After that we are done with the treatments.

"You can have as much of Me and my Peace as you want, through thousands of correct choices each day. The most persistent choice you face is whether to trust Me or to worry. You will never run out of things to worry about, but you can choose, to trust Me no matter what. I am an ever-present help in trouble. Trust Me, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea. Psalm 46~1:2

These are words from my devotional that I read for Saturdays devotion. What a peace I have right now. I may never ever know why God has brought me through this valley of infertility but I know one thing, through it HE has brought me closer to Him. I cant explain how much....my Faith, my Trust, it has never been stronger. It has gotten so much easier to let the worries go. I wont say that they arent still in the back of my mind and yes, if it doesnt happen again this month I will be let down and discouraged but today I know I trust him. He is ever so present, He has already answered prayers by showing us improvements in some of the issues that have caused us to be unable get to get pregnant to begin with. As I continue to wait I choose to trust Him and not worry. He has got this, I know!! and no matter what the outcome I will still trust Him.


God is able to do immeasurably more than all we could ask or imagine. Ephesians~3:20

Fun Day For A Field Trip

Sam and his class have been learning all about the solar system since the beginning of January. Sam LoVeS science, so he has had lots of fun doing a science project this month on the solar system and getting to go the Space and Rocket Center this month on a school field trip.
I know I have said this before, but I am so thankful that I get to go and be with Sam to all of his school activities and be there for all those memories. I know it probaly wont be to much longer that he'd rather not ALWAYS have this crazy moma at everything with my camera in his and his friends faces all the time :) Luckily this year his teacher has asked me to come and take pics of all of the activities so I just use that excuse as far as the pics :)

FuN TiMeS

{silly boys}

{getting ready to do the rock wall climb}

{whoo-hoo Sam, you made it to the top}

couldnt leave this one out... {best buds}

{and last, the science project}