A Great Morning

This morning was wonderful if I may say so. On Tuesday and Thursday, Eli rides the bus because I have to take Jill to Mom's Day Out. He leaves on these days at 6:45. With the time change, Jill and Luke slept until 7:30! This meant that I had enough time to have a really good quiet time this morning! My day always goes so much better when I have that time alone with my Jesus before the day really gets started!! Thank you Lord for guarding that time for me today!

On that note, I recently started a new Bible study, Creative Correction. I have read the book several times and I love it. It is by Lisa Welchel - Blair from the Facts of Life. I haven't had the opportunity to do the Bible study until now and so far it is really good. You know, as a mom, I often feel overwhelmed and inadequate for the daunting task before me - raising 2 Godly little boys and 1 Godly little girl. I am so glad that God's word reminds me that He is able and He is faithful (II Timothy 1:12). I have made James 1:20 my goal in dealing with my children and it is a tough one - "The anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God." And when I remember this verse I have to also remember verse 19 of the same chapter that says, "Be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to anger..." Boy, can that be a tough one some days!! It definitely helps when I can start each day off like I was able to today!

"'Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,' says the Lord." Isaiah 54:10.

A Beautiful Day

I hope you all were able to take advantage of the beautiful weather God gave us today! We enjoyed a lot of outside time and the kids loved it!! We even grilled out tonight. Jamie and I have been waiting for it to get warm enough for that so we took full advantage. We even tried a new veggie on the grill. We tossed some fresh asparagus in Balsamic vinergrette and grilled that - it was very yummy! Even Eli liked it! Aunt Leesa, Nanny, and PaPaw joined us for dinner and as you will see from the pictures, Aunt Leesa got a little "jump time" in with Eli and Jill. Thanks Aunt Leesa - they loved it!

Looks like tomorrow will be more of the same weather so after church I am sure the Alexander family will be outside again. I will leave you all with a few pics from the afternoon outdoors.

A Busy Week

It is going to be a busy end of the week for the Alexander family. I have an Audiology conference on Thursday and Friday so I will be gone all day both days. The Alexanders (Nanny and PaPaw) are watching the little ones for me so say extra prayers for them - the grandparents that is. The kids love getting to spend time with their grandparents and it is so nice to finally have family close by. I love that my parents and Jamie's parents are really getting to know our children now and that our children are really getting to know their grandparents. My mom kept all the kiddos a few weekends ago while Jamie and I went to a dinner at church. The kids had the best time!! She was in the floor with them playing picnic with Jill's pretend food when Jamie and I left and four hours later when we arrived home she had them snuggled on the couch watching a movie. Luke woke up the next morning asking for "Mamie" (Grammy)rather than "Mommy."

Friday is Jamie's birthday!! Yeah, we get to have cake! We will have to celebrate on Saturday because of my conference but we will celebrate! I think dinner at Moe's might do the trick.

Well, I have tons to do to get ready for church tonight and the house ready for tomorrow. I probably will not get to post for the next few days but will return this weekend.

I'll leave you all with one last picture. This is Luke's new obsession...CLEANING. He is his daddy's son!

Things That Make Me Smile

The challenge from my cousin Christy was to write about what makes me smile so here goes...

Eli signing "I Love You" as he heads to the bus stop.
Jill saying her sweet prayers.
Luke's big smile from behind his paci as I walk into his room each morning. And without removing the paci, he sweetly says, "Mommy."
The sound of the garage door opening as Jamie gets home, accompanied by my children shouting joyfully, "Daddy's home!"

Lots of things make me smile throughout the day. These are just a few. I am blessed.

We still have snow

It is very rare in Alabama for snow to fall one day and not be gone by nightfall, however when we awoke this morning, WE STILL HAD SNOW ON THE GROUND! Jill wanted to know if it had snowed again. I told her that fortunately we wouldn't see that much snow for another five to ten years. She was a little bummed about that. I think Luke would be just fine if that is how it worked out. When we took him outside yesterday, he kept sneaking back into the garage to try and get the umbrella.

Well, we actually ended up with about 5 inches of snow. At times it was snowing so hard you could only see a short distance from the house. It was truly a beautiful sight. I'd say March came in like a lion!

We woke up to a beautiful sight this morning - SNOW. This was the first snow Luke has seen and only the second or third snow Jill has experienced. Luke didn't know what to think but Jill loved it. I measured and it looks like so far we have about three inches.