Christmas Production

Josh and I wrote our Christmas Production this year. He rewrote all the songs and we did the script together. Its for the entire family. So if you are in the area you should check it out!!!

Our Thanksgiving was pretty quiet this year. We went to Dunn for a few hours on Thursday. It was great to see Josh's side of the family. We didn't make it to Rocky Mount this year. Every one was eating at the same time so we decided to go back to Wilmington. We had our first Thanksgiving meal with just us!! I fixed all the traditional food. We stayed in and watched movies and finished decorating the Christmas tree.

Happy Halloween

Last night we had our first annual Fall Festival. I had a great team of people that helped me put it together. We had a ton of games, candy, pony ride, inflatables. It was so much fun! We had a great turn out.

I was a tooth fairy and Piper was Minnie Mouse....Josh was.......

A tooth
Pony Ride

Hot Dog eating contest....Pastor Daniel was the winner. He ate 6 hot dogs in 1 minute.

Pastor Appreciation Video

This weekend we celebrated our Pastors! We made a few videos for the service. I thought I would share some with you!

Uneventful Weekend!

This weekend I was supposed to go home for Leah's First birthday and go to the State Fair.....that didn't happen!! I was too sick to do any thing! I had been battling a sinus infection that only got worse as the week went on. By Friday I was in the bed with a fever and lots of coughing. Josh took good care of me. He rented us movies and we hung out at the house. I am much better today! Next week we have lots going on so I will have a more interesting post!!

Trip Home

Mom fixed breakfast Saturday morning. Josh was able to join us. Leah and him had fun playing! After breakfast we had to photograph a wedding. The last one we will ever do! We just don't have time to do wedding any more!!

Mom fixed dinner Friday night. We ate and caught up on all the things I have missed since I was home last.

Leah......I believe she is going to be loads of fun, excitment, and is going to get herself in to some trouble.

Mom and Leah

We decorated pumpkins....Leah's is on top, Anna's is the one on the left, and Kara's is the one on the right.

The finished product

Decorating them wasn't as easy as you think!

Anna and I getting ready to decorate pumpkins. Friday, I picked them up after school. We went to Pizza Inn....one of my favorite places to eat. We don't have one in Wilmington. We met Dad for lunch.

Dad and Kara at Texas Steakhouse

Watch me cheer

When I came in town on Thursday I met Dad, Heath, Paige, and the girls at Texas Steakhouse. I wasn't feeling that great! I have been battling a sinus infection all weekend!

Lunch

Last Saturday I went to eat with my good friend Tina and her 4 month old Maddie. We ate at Pita Delight. One of my favorite spots in Wilmington. We had a great time catching up!

Ice Skating

Update

I am sure that every one can tell our life has been nothing but busy!! I haven't been home to visit since Father's Day! The beach life has attracted a lot of visitors this summer!!

This summer if I wasn't out at the church I could be found at the beach or the pool. Josh was rarely at the beach! I took advantage of the time he was at work and went to my special spot! I will miss that spot for the next six months! I am actually ready for fall!

We celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary a few weeks ago! It is so hard to believe we have been married for 5 years! I love Josh more today than I did the day we said "I do!" He is my best friend. I am blessed and honored that God chose me to be his soulmate! We took a mini-vacation to Myrtle Beach to celebrate! It was so nice to get away and it be just us! We are planning a cruise soon!!

Church...is going great! Where we are on the building?? Well long story short....New Hanover County would not zone the building for a commercial business. Although, we were told in the beginning (before we decided to move)that it was already zoned for commercial businesses. God has HUGE plans for us!! That being said...we are having to go to two services due to our growth. We are going to have a Saturday night and Sunday morning service! We are really excited about adding the new service and the growth of our church. Sanctuary Kids is growing each week. I have a great group of kids!! Josh has written some new songs. Did I mention that someone gave the church a baby grand piano. They didn't use it and wanted to give it to a church. Josh is in heaven! They have remodeled the sanctuary and made a place for it on stage!

I am anxious to go home for a visit!! The girls started school and love it!! Kara called and told me she did not like me living at the beach anymore!! I miss them so much!! I am going to be going home a lot in October! Leah will be 1 next month! It is so hard to believe!

I have some pictures to post...I will have to do that tomorrow!

Update

In the past two weeks we have had 26 people give their life to Christ!! Last week we had 26 Baptized and 8 will be Baptized this week. We are so excited about what God has been doing in our church and in our lives! God is so good!!

Sunday we met the Clark's for Sunday lunch. Again, I didn't bring the camera because we left as soon as we finished church. We had a great lunch and time honoring Josh's dad for Father's Day. They spent the week at Topsoil beach. They picked a beautiful week to vacation!!

Birthday Party

I forgot to bring the camera to Anna and Kara's birthday party. I was so upset!! :( They had a great time. It was at the Mini-putt. We played games, ate, and opened presents! Josh and I got the girls matching scooters. They loved them. They rode them all around the foyer at the Mini-putt.

Trip home

I went home to go to Anna and Kara's birthday party and to celebrate Father's Day. We had good food and fun fellowship. We got him a bike for Father's Day.
Dad and Leah...she sneezed as I took the picture.

We were trying to all squeeze into the picture.

Super Star

My "SuperStar" pose

Beach Pictures

Here are a few pictures we took at the beach a couple weeks ago. My favorite.
I almost fell

See............

Josh took formal pictures during Black Tie and Graduation. Jared came out to help!! I helped too but also got to play with Piper during graduation. She is our Pastors daughter. We had a great time playing together!! She is Miss personality!

NCCT Graduation

The beginning of June we attended North Carolina College of Theology graduation. Josh received his Doctorate in Music. Graduation was awesome! I loved being at graduation because it was all God centered!! Much different than our graduations from high school and college. Josh is on the second row talking! (ha ha) and Pastor Daniel is on the front row looking at the camera.
He was created to worship!

Thursday night was Black Tie night.....it was fun getting dressed up.

This was our second Black tie and Graduation. Next year it will be at Myrtle Beach!! I can't wait!

Happy One Year Anniversary!

May 26th marks 1 year Josh and I have been at the Sanctuary of Wilmington! Today they honored us with a reception. We are so thankful for where God has sent us!! We have grown and changed so much since moving to Wilmington. God has done a lot in us and through us! We are grateful for wonderful Pastors and a great church family!!

I get emotional thinking about every thing God brought us through last year!! Every part of our life was tested and stretched but God showed himself to us more than ever! I am thankful for every test and stretching experience we have gone through. It is during those times we grow to go to another level. God is faithful!!

Clark visit

Last weekend The Clark's came in for lunch to celebrate Josh's birthday, his dad's birthday, and Mother's day. Josh took them to see the new church and I went to do someone's makeup for the prom. We had a busy but fun day!

Our new friend

Josh was walking Macy the other day and noticed a new resident in our neighborhood. We named him Simon. He was a baby...I say was because he is no longer with us. Simon kept eating the cats in our neighborhood and some were not to happy. We liked watching him from a distance!

Happy Birthday to Josh

Happy Birthday to Josh!! We celebrated his birthday with a nice dinner and a great movie!! We watched "Taken." He didn't want a birthday cake. he wanted a doughnut cake with all his favorite doughnuts. For his birthday he got a new high tech laptop.

Now if I can get him to get me a new phone!!! I am having the worst issues with my phone. I keep losing calls, voicemails, and texts or it freezes up and deletes my contacts. The worst thing is that I don't have any contacts stored in my brain memory. ISSUES!! We keep going rounds with customer service but it ends up messing up every time.

Quick Visit

I went home for a extremely short visit two weeks ago. I went to have dinner with mom and grandma for Mother's Day. I also got my hair cut and colored.

Heath and his pimped out golf cart. The battery died halfway around the block. Jessica and I pushed it back to their house. Got my work out in that day!

They are getting so big

Leah is the cutest little one!

Mom and grandma watching all the action from the porch.

Happy Mother's Day!

Life at the beach

We live a few minutes away from the beach and take advantage of it as much as possible. Especially when the weather is nice. I went yesterday for a few hours. God was so good to us when he moved us to Wilmington!! I love love love the summer months.

We went to the north end and let Macy run. She is a great running partner. She always stays close by.

We are still trying to get her in the water. She will not go close to it.

New Church Building

I know every post I say how busy we are ...... I have come to the conclusion that our life is busy! We love it and wouldn't know what to do if we weren't!! As of Thursday we are officially moving our church location!! We have grown so much that we have ran out of room. Josh came across a property listing in Wilmington and he and Pastor Daniel went and looked at it . Instantly they knew it was the place for us. The location and layout are perfect. Over the next few months we will be working to transform the warehouse into a church. We are really excited! My new Kids Church is going to be 4,000 square feet! I am working on the design of it now. I promise to keep you updated! After church we took the congregation to see the new building. I didn't take pictures until the end. I was talking and failed to do my job!

Hallelujah we got this awesome building!

I know it is hard to tell but the building is huge! It will not be long and it will be filled up!

Josh finishing up the last of the paperwork! I have the best husband! He is so gifted in so many areas! God has truly blessed me!

Spa Night

Friday night I had a spa night for the girls in Sanctuary Kids. The guys went fishing and camping on the beach. We had a great time! pedicures

they had facials

manicures

lots of goodies to eat