Hold on folks...

I've got a good blog a brewin'... it's about the funk I was in last week when I was all doom and gloom and whoa is me. But then I went to church - collective sigh ahhhhhhhhhhhh - and our pastor, conveniently enough, was just starting a 9 week series titled "Encouraged" based off of Romans 15-16. And guess what? I was.

So I want to blog about that and more.

And if you, or someone you love, needs to hear some Truth and be encouraged then I encourage you (heh heh heh...) to come to Compass Bible Church and be fed. Or you can watch online. Or you can listen via podcast. So many ways to catch this gem of a series! But do catch it. God's word is so good, and more than able to pull me out of a Debby -downer funk.

In the meantime, I know how ya'll love your pics-fix.

Here's a photo the awesome Hannah took, and I thought it was lost fo-eva but I found it in some random desktop file. Isn't it SO CUTE????????


An oldie but goodie...


My girls, my girls!


Oh Troy...


I took this simply as a reminder to me of Mia's first love. Elmo's Wild Wild West, or as she calls it "Horsey Elmo". One of her brothers, who shall remain nameless (Troy) was upset one day and broke her beloved Horsey Elmo VHS (yep, VHS. That's how we roll). So for Christmas I gave her a new copy and she was ECSTATIC.

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Amy said…
Hi Sarah! I enjoy reading your blog...and all the pictures of your kiddos. I am going to posting more, ...soon hopefully! Hope all are well. :)
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