Happy Sunday!

Haven't posted in a while but I happen to have a silent house between Church today (boys went to a friend to play) so it seemed like a great time to say hi.... Hi!
Or should I say howdy y'all!?!

Been a little busy lately and a whole lot blessed. Let me fill you in on some of it:

1. Dave is on day shift!!!! Praise God! I am so thrilled. He started his new job Monday. He loves it!

2. I have one month left at my summer job at UPS. I will be off for the whole week of our Vacation Bible School, then I go back for 1 more week. Then two weeks off before school starts!

One day soon I will share the pics from Dad's wedding. Maybe one day this week. But it was beautiful...

 Every day is filled with something to be thankful for, I really have too many to list. I just wanted to give you a quick update and tell you I will post again soon. Let me leave you with this adorable picture of Eli and R2D2 I took last night while we were watching sleeping through a movie. (Shhhh don't tell him I put another sleeping picture on here)

Until next time...💗Niki

Today my youngest baby turns 9. I snapped this when I got home from work tonight.

I love him so much. He is sweet, sensitive, tough, caring, wild, imaginative, funny, tough at times, he has a deep love for God and for his family. I am so blessed with him. He wasn't breathing when he was born. My routine repeat c section turned scary fast when we found out he was Frank breach. What should have taken 9 minutes took 45. He came out in silence. Doctors and nurses whisked him away and finally after 30 seconds we heard the sweetest cry we ever heard. He was black and blue from the waist down. I worried he would never walk.  I nearly died of infection after his birth. Had to double my recovery time.  As he grew healthy and strong I knew just how blessed I was. Isaac's birth mother left town with him on her weekend(while I was in the hospital ). David and a search party went after him. They found him and David lost his job for missing work. We ended up with sole custody of Isaac and I adopted him the next February 14th. Shiloh's birth was nothing short of an adventure and honestly he amazes me. I've watched him overcome many obstacles recently watched him overcome dyslexia and dysgraphia and correct pre-diabetes at 8 by watching his sugar intake. I have to work tomorrow night on his birthday so I made him this super easy cookie cake tonight after work.

Easy steps
1. Get store cookie dough and press into desired shape

2. Bake 350 10ish minutes

3. Cool
4. Decorate
Happy baking! Thanks for taking the time to listen to my adventure. Sometimes I need to read it again and just thank God for ask of it. What an amazing beginning to an amazing life.
💗niki

Blessings

I came home from work tonight to this 

 (y'all don't tell them I put them on my blog)

#3)I get to see Isaac tomorrow!!!! Just for a quick second before I go help  Dad and

 Carol with wedding stuff. But y'all I get to see my first son on his 19th birthday! I love that I can still be part of his life. 💘

My mom-in-law is driving us to Lexington and my new step mom is meeting me there... Such a blessing because I get a little panicky highway driving. Dave will be down Saturday afternoon and I've been missing him. We've been on off schedules all week and haven't seen each other at all. That's it folks I'm just blessed. My life isn't perfect..... I'm certainly not perfect. Just an old sinner saved by grace living the most amazing life...better than I ever could have imagined.  Night y'all. 💗Niki

Phew! Almost didn't get a post in today! I just got off work from my summer job and I just want to tell you how thankful I am to be able to help my family. And how thankful I am that my boys are willing and eager helpers.  Made this today

to keep track of the dishwasher do my boys will know what chore they need to do first.  Have I mentioned how much I love their willing hearts? Work is good for the soul, don't buy into the lie that it isn't!!! 💗Niki

Welcome Back

Welcome Back! I've missed you.... You look lovely as ever! It's so good to be in your presence again. You bring me so much joy!
     
        I love to hear those words! I love feeling wanted and welcome.  God sure is good. He gave me this verse to think about today:

Philippians 4:8King James Version (KJV)

8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

I've been thinking about this failed blog of mine for a while. I've had the guilt of another unfinished project. The worry of not measuring up lingering with me and I just kind of dropped it....and you. Well we don't live in yesterday so I'm not going to dwell on any of that anymore. We are going to start fresh for today and breathe new life into this thing. I am going to do my best to give you something lovely to think on everyday this week. Knowing that all glory goes to God we will find be some good for this weary old world.

Today's thought.... New blessings found every day. I mean just look at this beautiful day we're having here in sunny Kentucky. 

 It was such a pleasure sitting in the quiet morning sunshine this morning spending a little time in my Bible... In public, not worried about being thrown in jail!

"There should be more in my heart to be thankful for than I even have time to write down"-me

I love when thankfulness just oozes out and before I know it I'm thanking God for bees which I am dangerously allergic too! That's the kind of thankfulness I want to have daily.
Thank you for sticking with me and opening this post to read. You are amazing.
                      More tomorrow,
                                 💗 Niki