Bible study girls

I've mentioned my Monday night Bible study before, so I thought you might like to see the girls. We were missing a few, but we got a good shot a few weeks ago thanks to Ashley Beth (far right). Ashley Beth is our resident photograher. She is amazingly talented. You can see more of her work here. We've been meeting together for a little over three years now and God brought us together in a special way. Most of us go to different churches of different demoninations, but our sweet friend Delaney (who's now living in Georgia) introduced all of us. I'm so grateful for the friendship God's given me with these ladies and the chance to grow alongside each other. We've done several studies now (mostly Beth Moore) and we are currently finishing up her study of the book of Esther. Pictured from left to right are Shawna, Lindsey, Aimee, me, Kelle, Natalie, Heather and Ashley Beth.

More Fall Festival

Here's the whole gang at Fall Festival.


With Kate, checking out the rabbits.

Thank you God for miracles!

Some of you may remember me sharing at the beginning of the year about my friend Katye. Katye and her husband, Rusty, lost a baby last year the day after Christmas. Two days before their due date, they went in for a routine appointment only to discover their little boy Scout had died. Katye carried Scout for 9 months and never got to bring him home. I've been amazed this year at Katye and Rusty's ability to mourn deeply for Scout with the faith in God that there were still good things to come for them. Yesterday evening, Katye gave birth to a little boy, Deacon. Deacon is a perfect beautiful baby boy. As I looked at the pictures of them last night smiling and holding their baby boy, I was reminded that only God has the power to turn our mourning into laughter. Be encouraged that even in the very darkest times of life, God has not forgotten us nor will he ever forsake us.

I'm bringing home my baby bumblebee

Last night was Fall Festival at church. Hopefully we'll be able to get some clearer pics next Saturday for trick-or-treating. But here's the bumblebee in her debut.

A little chilly - had to start the evening with a sweater.

Ready to check everything out.

As usual, Kate's favorite thing was the animals in the petting zoo. I think she thought the goats were dogs. Yesterday I turned on the Dog Whisperer (TV show) for her and she was memorized. Future vet? Dottie would be so proud :)

The Scariest Halloween Monster

Halloween usually conjurs images of ghouls and goblins, but the scariest monster threatening my house lately has been the H1N1 virus. Being 22 weeks pregnant and having a small child, I've been worried about what might happen if the virus attacked our house. You hear all kinds of things on the news, but it's often hard to know what to believe. Kate and I both got the vaccine this morning, so I'm feeling a little less worried now. But the whole thing made me think about fear. 2 Timothy 1:7 tells us that "God did not give us a spirit of fear, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline." While I pray for God to give us wisdom in making tough decisions about vaccinations, protecting our children, etc., my fears cannot overshadow my faith in Him for our future. I have to learn to trust him more and worry less. Any other moms struggle with this? If you want, leave a comment and tell me how you cope with worrying about your children. I should have some Fall Festival pictures this weekend (it's tonight at church). Kate was supposed to be a ladybug, but we had some costume shipping drama so now she's going to be a bumblebee. Should be fun!

Catching up

Word on the street is that some people think my camera might be broken :) Sorry I haven't updated lately. Here are some new pictures:


Saturday, Kate and I went to Boo at the Zoo with Robby, Natalie and Wyatt. Fred had a work commitment and couldn't come, but we had a lot of fun. Kate and Wyatt started out in the double stroller, but neither lasted long. They wanted to run around and check things out.


Wyatt, Robby and Kate checking out a peacock.



Wyatt is a tall one-year old. He's almost as tall as Kate and she's pretty tall for her age.



Mommy (or "Neesa" as she's taken to calling me), why can't I go in there and play with the animals?



Sitting up at the counter eyeing Daddy's iPhone.



Our good friends Jim and Bonnie stopped through a few weeks ago from Houston on their way to visit family. Jim was reading to James and Kate.



My new shirt from Dottie and Ditto's big trip to NYC.



We're working on Kate's "big girl" room. This is a little bookshelf I got her. If you look close, it has her name monogrammed on the bottom.



New bed and dresser - thank you Craigslist!



Finally! We can go play outside. It was beautiful this weekend.



Chasing Alli around the yard.



Where did she go?



Found her!

Baby Lundy is a...

We're having a boy! Our ultrasound looked good today. We will have another one around 34 weeks because they couldn't get a great look at his heart today, but everything seems to be good. We are planning to name him John Parker Lundy.