Whirlwind Weekends

are well worth every moment!  This past weekend we drove up to Montgomery to visit my parents and do some photography business.  Oh, that just sent chills down my spine.  Am I actually starting my own business.  This scares me, but it is a passion in my heart and I know the Lord is directing my path.  Jeremiah 29:11 keeps repeating through my heart and mind as I take another step forward.  Jeremiah had sent a letter to those that survived the exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.  In his letter he said the Lord says, "For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."  I know that no matter what happens, no matter what risks I take, God knows and has a plan for me.  How special does that make you feel?  He has a plan just for you, too.  He holds us in the palm of His hand with a very specific purpose and plan, we just have to yield and be still to hear it.  Neat huh?  Amazing I say!  Anyhow, I was going up there originally just to take a basic, make sure that I know what I am doing camera class from Spanki Mills.  I ended up having an interest in taking Valentine pictures for some kids so I booked them for that same weekend and had a ball.  You can check some of my favorites out at Route 1 Photography and see what you think.  I am doing a similar session here in Corpus this Saturday.  Very excited to see how they turn out.  Kirby of course enjoyed the visit.  She adores Kyleigh and shouts her name when she walks through the door.  It comes out more like "lyleigh", but we know what she is saying.  When we ask her about Brayleigh, she does the sign language sign for baby.  Snapshot.  Moment for the cookie jar.  She knows when we walk in the door at grandma's house who she is going to say.  As soon as we get out of the car she starts saying, "paw paw, paw paw".  She cried for paw paw the other day when we were home, kind of funny.  She was fussing and just said, "paw pawwww".  Goofball.  Before we left Monday morning to head home we ate breakfast with Kyleigh and Kirby walked her to class.  Everyone gushed and gawked at grammy's beautiful grand girls!

We also had the Nueces County Livestock Show last week.  We just went up there Thursday afternoon to check out the pig show.  Of course, who was the real star of the show?

Thank you, Lord, for my cookie jar full of precious moments!!

"And give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ." Ephesians 5:20

Personal note about me: everything is fine.  Praise the Lord all of my blood tests that were run the last 3 weeks came back in normal ranges for my thyroid and diabetes.  The concern is because I keep loosing weight (I am 20 pounds lighter than my pre-pregnancy weight with Kirby).  I am not necessarily complaining, just ready for it to stop now.  There was a scare last week that I thought I had miscarried, but turns out I am not even pregnant so it was just a weird thing.  Weird, weird.  God is always directing though, so I know all of this is in His hands.  Thanks for stopping by!!