A Peek Into February at Our Home

Welcome to my month-to-month publish the place I share a peek into the final month at our home! Right here’s slightly peek into February…

I flew to Kansas close to the start of February to assist my mother and father with the Valentine’s Banquet they assist host for his or her church and group yearly. It was such a big day of preparations after which such a enjoyable and memorable night serving to with the banquet!

To learn all concerning the banquet and all the small print, try this in-depth publish I did on it.

A lovely Kansas sundown!

I obtained actually sick in the midst of the evening the day I used to be presupposed to fly house. We have been capable of get my flight modified to an earlier flight and I took further power Tylenol and wore a masks and tried to avoid folks on the flights house. It was so good to make it house — and certain sufficient, I examined constructive for Flu A.

I ended up being in mattress sick for many of the remainder of the week. Gratefully, it was every week the place I might cancel every part and simply relaxation!

Jesse and I recorded a podcast about my journey and illness and his journey with Silas to a CrossFit coaching camp + particulars on habits which have made such a distinction in our house. Hearken to it right here.

I did lots of cooking and baking in February — together with making these Straightforward Protein Breakfast Muffins!

It snowed once more and the children obtained two snow days!! (Sure, please chortle for those who stay up north that that is the quantity of snow that cancels college in our space!)

I shared a narrative on Instagram about why I don’t have a nicer wedding ceremony ring and the way a lot I really like my easy ring. Learn the small print behind my wedding ceremony ring right here.

I wrote this on Instagram in February:

The previous few days, two of our youthful children have struggled with attitudes. They’ve appeared unsettled and off. There was much more crying and arguing than typical.

I had them go to mattress actually early final evening as a result of I believed perhaps they have been simply drained. However they obtained an important evening’s sleep and nonetheless wakened seeming annoyed and irritable.

Actually, I used to be feeling weary and uninterested in the dangerous attitudes and all the additional correction and time it has been requiring. (I do know it is a enormous a part of mothering however simply conserving it actual that typically the discipling over and over can really feel exhausting!)

As I used to be washing my face this morning and on the point of begin the day, Kierstyn got here and requested if she might repair my hair. Fact be advised, I needed to make up a lame excuse as to why I didn’t have a couple of minutes to cease and sit down and let her put bows in my hair, however then it hit me:

I used to be sick all final week after which this week I had lots of further work and time-sensitive initiatives to compensate for. In consequence, the little children haven’t gotten as a lot one-on-one time and a focus from me. And I guess that a lot of their habits has truly been a cry for consideration.

Proper then, I ended what I used to be doing, sat down and obtained all excited along with her about her fixing my hair. After which she requested if I might put bows in her hair and her jewellery on. After which Kierstyn, Micah, and I had a dance social gathering.

You guys! It was loopy how simply stopping and getting into their world appeared to fully calm their hearts and switch round their attitudes.

I preach the significance of getting into our youngsters’ world and caring about what they care about, however I had forgotten my very own recommendation within the midst of a very full week.

And the little children have been simply crying out for time with me in the best way they knew how.

It jogs my memory of the quote: “You don’t yell at a flower that’s wilting, you water it.”

Who wants slightly further consideration and kindness and “watering” from you right this moment?

This image proper right here represents so many, many prayers answered.

You see, virtually on daily basis since our oldest, Kathrynne, was a child, we’ve prayed for her to know and love Jesus with all her coronary heart. We’ve prayed for her to stay a life that glorifies the Lord. And we’ve prayed for her to have associates who love Jesus and level her to the Lord.

When she was wanting into doable faculties two years in the past, we prayed for clear course and for her to discover a group of believers to be invested in wherever she went to high school.

When she selected MTSU, she didn’t know a single freshman woman going there and solely barely knew a couple of others who went there. She and I went to orientation earlier than college began and we seemed for any campus ministry that she would possibly be capable of get plugged into. There was a desk for Baptist Collegiate Ministries (BCM) and so they warmly welcomed us and we ended up speaking with them for nearly 30 minutes!

They invited her to their welcome week occasions and she or he bravely confirmed up the primary evening figuring out nobody. She got here house from the occasion so excited concerning the folks she met… and she or he stored going again!

BCM has grow to be such an enormous a part of her school expertise and in February we obtained to attend a banquet placed on by the BCM college students.

Y’all… it was probably the most lovely factor!

To observe school college students discuss their ardour for the Gospel and seeing their secular campus as their mission area, to see them enthusiastically main worship and singing collectively about God’s goodness, to witness them serving voluntarily with such pleasure, to get to see Kathrynne on stage emceeing the occasion (that’s her within the cream pants and sweater), and to fulfill the ladies who’ve poured a lot into her and mentored her the previous many months…

I got here away from the occasion so deeply grateful for the numerous, many answered prayers for her and likewise so fired up about this subsequent era of younger folks and their coronary heart for the Lord!

Mamas, maintain praying on your children. Maintain entrusting them to the Lord. Maintain pointing them to Jesus and inspiring them to not settle. God’s solutions would possibly look very completely different on your little one than they’ve for mine, however He might be devoted to reply!

An enormous spotlight of February was attending to go on a shopper getaway with my enterprise coach, Alli Worthington, and a few of her shoppers. Alli has been so instrumental in my life and in our enterprise since I began teaching along with her and I used to be so excited to see what God had for me on this getaway.

Let’s simply say, I used to be not one bit disillusioned! Not solely did we chortle so laborious and have a lot enjoyable (which was so good for my soul!), however I additionally obtained to be taught a lot from different sensible ladies.

Alli buildings the occasion so that there’s a lot of enjoyable but in addition lots of time for teaching and mentoring. I got here house so refreshed and likewise fired up with a lot inspiration for methods to steer my firm higher.

I’m so grateful for the reply to prayer that Alli has been in my life! And for her persistence in encouraging me to return to the shopper getaway. I share extra on this podcast concerning the stunning classes I realized in Disney (who knew a visit to Disney can be such a deeply shifting expertise??)

These two are about the very same measurement proper now and they’re turning into quick associates. Micah is such a protector of David and David is continually watching and studying from Micah.

In case you didn’t see it, remember to read my story a couple of actually cool factor that occurred on the park in February with David and one other little boy who has Down syndrome.

And for those who want a smile right this moment, remember to watch this quick video of what David did when Jesse got here house after being gone a couple of days in February.

Additionally, remember to hearken to this episode I recorded with Trillia Newbell on Celebrating Black Historical past All Yr Lengthy.

Additionally, to chase away illness, we began taking these elderberry gummies in February (they’re on sale for simply $12.96 shipped per bottle!. I’m happy to report that we’ve got managed to go a couple of weeks with out one single individual being sick. I really feel like perhaps I shouldn’t say that out loud, however with a big household who is continually on the go, that’s an enormous deal!