A boy and his dog.. Part 6...



This kid loves all things outdoors. Dirt, rocks, dirt, wood, dirt, trees, dirt, water, dirt, secret hideaways, dirt, and mostly... His dog! :) which goes along great with said dirt. Burly is such an amazing dog! I love how he lets Sy just pull and tug on him~ Here Sy is trying to get him to look at me!! :) ahahaha

The awesome stuff boys are made of!!!

The Lovely Project~~ Taste of College Park

I work for an amazing non profit organization called ~ The Lovely Project.
I am honored to be a part of this wonderful group!!
We, The Lovely Project,  has some amazing opportunities coming up!

We have been invited to be a part of the Taste of College Park~ as one of 3 charities, with the opportunity to raise awareness as well as funds for our programs

There are also two websites now for the organization:
One for younger lovelies: www.WeAreLovely.com
and one for the over 20 lovelies as well as sponsorship: www.TheLovelyProject.org

This is the link to all info on Taste of College Park:
http://thelovelyproject.org/news-details/taste-of-college-park-2015

Easter 2015

He is Risen.
We are Rescued.
We are Loved.
We Love.
We become family.
We celebrate Him!

I am beyond grateful for the family He has given me~ in marriage, and in birth.

Christmas will NOT sneak by...

2015 is quickly approaching, but not before I enjoy every moment of 2014 Christmas season.  we have been super busy at work~ which has been awesome~ but we are now ready for a little down time!
We have returned from an amazing Thanksgiving Holiday with the Sellers family, preceded by a rain filled laughter photo moment and great LeBlanc celebration.

I love and cherish these times with family beyond expressible words! I am a Tradition Junkie, and proud to be!

Tonight we picked up our Christmas tree and this is the night that Evie the Elf always shows up. In true fashion, she showed up at the door around 8:45 and was still cold from the North Pole!
Gotta love friends with Freezers!! :) I enjoy watching the fun, awe, and happiness of this season!!

I choose to fully Embrace this Season of Love, Life, and much laughter!! Join me!!
 The ever present watch dog ;) Burly~ trying to figure out why we took a perfectly good bathroom area INSIDE the house :)

Journal of photos below :)

SOOO much time...

So much time has passed since i have had a functioning computer to do some blogging! So here is a quick recap of 2014 thus far:
I have too many jobs to name that keep me insanely busy (wouldn't have it any other way) so I will keep that info simple
Sy and I had a play date at Disney where he got his face painted by Cousin Rachael~
Sy then started school this past January and he LOVES it~ he is an incredibly smart little guy! Aubs is full swing into dance and it keeps us (and our car) super busy! She is part of an amazing dance company that promotes healthy self as well as exercise and expression.  Caleb is, as usual, smart as a whip and loves to run. He is now playing trumpet at school and ready for more!
We
Every year the entire Sellers clan spends a family day together ~usually at Disney~ This year due to weather we had a change of plans and ended up going bowling! SOOO MUCH FUN!!! I did not win ~ no shocker there! But we laughed and joked and ended up at Uncle Jason's for some dinner!
More to come soon! :)
love having fun as a family and being involved in some non profit things this year. Our fave is www.thelovelyproject.org~ Aubs has helped with a couple conferences this year using dance. Another is the True Life Choice Clinic... these help keep us busy and impactful.

Daily devotional time... and my camera

OOOHHH how we love the outdorrs!!! I love to do devotions on the back porch before the heat of day hits!
All this week i have been running around like crazy..3 Dr. Appts, vet appt, ortho appt, scheduling for mom, scheduling for Josiah Ophthalmologist... and so on
It was sooo nice to just be home, outside and settled.

So Baby J and I decided to enjoy the beautiful morning weather!!
I had my podcast going *obviously my camera too* and just enjoyed the day!!
Praise God for days like these, and a life like mine!!

Mommy Bear

 SO today my to do list is INSANE... so I purposely stayed home today to get things accomplished. Laundry going, dishwasher going, boys room cleaned, working on bathroom and blogs for work. I hear this little voice saying, "Can Mommy Bear come play with me?" OK.. so not so much of my list is completed.. but how cute is this guy!!??

 He is now sleeping so i had to post some pics :) off to my list!!!!

A Birthday BLUR!!!

So many to thank.. 

So much to say.. SOOO many amazing gifts... :)
So I will do what I do best and show through pictures :) :)

THIS amazing wreath is from my Uber talented friend Vanessa... She even added cinnamon oils to make it smell heavenly. The funniest part is she came over a bit early on Sunday and cleaned the front door. AS IF i am putting this anywhere outside!!! :) :)

OH My heavens do I LOVE THIS!! Our "Grand Foyer", which is what i call the new connection entrance Jim is building, is almost done!! It really needed a chandelier. I FELL in love with this one from Pottery Barn.  Lo and Behold, I go to my morning cell group on Tuesday and this GINORMOUS box was brought in. Thank you sooo much ladies for this amazing gift!!

Ok.. so i have adopted a new Spiritual Son named Eli. I was so touched when he brought these BEAUTIFUL roses for me on Sunday!! This is the picture today!! STILL blooming!!

I forgot how much i Adore candles.. this was my treat from Mom Sellers.. Fall has arrived in the Sellers home!!

my amazing birthday balloon.. and yes.. that is a Boa!! :) Thanks Esther!!! :)

.. so many more amazing things happened, and were spoken over me that i have no pictures of :) 

This was such a great Birthday!! Thank you to everyone who spoke, cooked, bought, drove, or did anything so i could have this amazing week!!!  :) 

Much Love and Thanks!!!

A Journey!!

Isaiah 43:

16 This is what the Lord says—

   he who made a way through the sea,

   a path through the mighty waters,

17 who drew out the chariots and horses,

   the army and reinforcements together,

and they lay there, never to rise again,

   extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:

18 “Forget the former things;

   do not dwell on the past.

19 See, I am doing a new thing!

   Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?

I am making a way in the wilderness

   and streams in the wasteland.

A verse for one of my favorite people in the whole world. I will continue to speak this!! Today is an amazing journey, that I am excited to see fulfilled!! This verse speaks volumes to what My God can do!!

One Proud Day....

My baby Oldest boy :)
was baptized ...
by his daddy
what a great day!!!!
Video is of the entire sermon.. great worship and sermon too :)

Baptism is after worship..
video link
https://vimeo.com/48259301
Our Church :) 

Why oh Why??

Why oh why do funerals have such an effect on perspective?
Why can I not be this grateful for the life God has given me more often?
This is only a small token of my heart... :) So much to say.. so little space :) and seriously.. who would read it all!! ??  :)

With that I compose...

I love that my heart is not my own, that it belongs to my Father to guard and keep.

I love my Family. I would obviously not have the life i have without these families!!
    Dad- for giving me his humor. Well some people think i am funny!! :) and for loving me like a daughter needs his father to love her.
    Mom- for creating a passion for prayer and a heart to help people... and for loving the cold :)
    Patti- for being a sister, so many people can't say they have one... and teaching me all i know about Kraft Mac-n-cheese.. and having awesome offspring
    David- For being a chatterbox like me, I love it!! So glad you had the financial ability to adopt. I see
that as the heart of God--adoption! And I love Ellie!!!
    Rich- For being a constant.. yes i know.. a constant what is the true question.. ahahhaahh I truly have
    grown to love our chats and crazy phone conversations. Thanks for always having my back!


I Love My Inlaws and extended family

  I never really knew what a Mema & Grandaddy were... but i would not trade them for the world!! some things i have noticed i have discovered via Sellers family times~~ I would NOT know what nimitoads *nematodes* are, how to shell a pea, make a pound cake, have a freezer soup bowl, and one of my faves-- how to fold fitted sheets perfectly!! :)Along with this family i have some amazing cousins~ whom my little ones LOVE and can't wait to spend the rest of their lives with-- along with a great Aunt and Uncle!! Who just ROCK IT!! Especially the voices on those two! :)


I love my church
   Seriously... this section could go on and on and on and on.. with the droves of people who are stamped on my heart...
but I will keep it to my Pastors,
    My leaders, My God given family. I know without a shadow of doubt that I am the woman i am today due to the love care, concern, bluntness *yes thankful* and protectiveness of Pastor Mark and Crystal!
    The protection you gave when I didn't even know I needed it, the leading, the love, the prayers, and most of all the unconditional acceptance of me with all my failures, mothering *ahahhaahah*, and quirkiness!! :)

And Lastly but certainly not least is my Husband and kids..

    When i think of the man that stands at my side~ I am beyond thankful. I am not sure how we came together, how we came to be, how i won his heart~ but HECK YES am I sooo glad to be his wife. I have never met another man so gracious, so steady, so capable, so likable, and so true... and just think~ He's Mine! :) well i do have to share him with 3 amazing little people, which to my delight, resemble him so.
My Eldest Beautiful Caleb-- My own Ravi Z. My little miracle. My first born of which will have his moms heart FOREVER.. but i will learn to share.. :) in 15 years or so :) ahhahahahaha
My daughter Aubrey~ her dancing feet, her love of life, her beauty and heart for others... my own little Mother Theresa that i know will impact nations!!!! I adore her with a full heart and big smile...
My baby boy Josiah~~ Lover of life and all that it entails.. shared bday with Tim Tebow-- A boy with a strength and intelligence that is sometimes scary!! :) he is sooo like his father in stature and strength. I can not wait to see what he becomes!!!

This is just a small portion of my heart today.. as we say goodbye to a man who loved God first, his family, and God's creation.
May I always remember how precious my life is....
As always stated

I LOVE MY LIFE!! :) :)

Dancing in the early days!!

HAD to post these beauties :) hahahahah
don't know how to get actual link here, but when reminiscing (like earlier post stated) i found these beauties :)

The dancing started early!! :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPhRwZ_xgH8&list=UUQw7EyILuQ9V-8YSdbBCyRg&index=1&feature=plcp

Not many videos of Caleb.. he runs away... CHALLENGE ACCEPTED! :)
it may take a couple days :) Be Ready!! :)

Josiah and guitar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO6wMVBIXXg&list=UUQw7EyILuQ9V-8YSdbBCyRg&index=9&feature=plcp

A walk down memory lane...

 First day of school today was awesome!! (For Everyone)
First.. I had the day off and got to play mommy and photographer :) which they love the second part :) hahaha..
Second... kids love their school and their teachers look amazing!!!
Third... I got nostalgic
I decided to print all their first day of pictures and put in an album, but i could NOT find last years picture. I am pretty detailed in my storing of photos.. so i had to find them! Finally found them, but not without some laughs and tears...
I have not had the perfect life, or been the perfect  mom or wife or friend or disciple, but I LOVE my life and am so thankful for those things called forgiveness.. For Me! From Me! From the Cross!
ANYWHOOO :) pics below starting with Aubrey in PreK and Caleb in 2nd :)
SUCH CUTIES

I LOVE MY LIFE!! :) 

Us? Disney? No way... :)

Each year for Josiahs birthday we have found ourselves on  a Mini Staycation to the Disney Resorts. His birthday falls right before school starts and gives us a good reason to spend some time together before our schedule (or lack of) changes! :)
So a mini breakdown of our fun.. We went to MK on Thursday to start off the vacay... SOOO hot, but got to spend some awesome time with LZ and took some great pics!  We did not stay too long, but went back to Pop Century hotel and played in the pool... I got the privilege of talking and chatting with my newly found... friend, sister, inspiration.. LZ ~~ SOO refreshing! The cost of the pizza we ate on site was totally doable BTW!! :) Rain came so we went inside and watched some Olympics!! We really had a great start to the day.. and with our passes we could come and go as we like!! SOOO AWESOME!!
More to come but as you can see I would much rather journal via pictures!! :) So here we GOOO!!!

My girl.. and our most visited ride... The bathroom :) :) we should do a documentary on the best Disney bathroom decor!! :)

I JUST adore this picture.. He is a wee warrior!! :)

My memories of dad and the Orange Bird.. No Tshirt or ears yet though.. I WILL find them!! :)

SY, not to sure what to do with this :)

My goofy bday boy

Right outside our lunch area.. a puppeteer allowed the kids to try their hand :)

Again, Sy not sure how to handle our funnyness :) 

The new Dumbo ride was AWESOME.. next blog.. :)