Lighthouse Life Snapshot

At this moment Brian is lounging on the couch catching up on the news and our little Samuel just came in from the backyard - where he has been for the past 45 minutes driving the gator around in circles in a sunshower. So Samuel, who is wet, sandy, and just overall a yucky, grubby little boy right now, just climbs up on the couch in Brian's arms and rubbed his dirty little body all over Brian :) Though he protested at first, Brian is still snuggling with his littlist man - now that is Daddy love!

I wanted to share some pictures from the past few weeks.

We met the neighbors and they are very interesting, but look a little weird...

and this guy is just plain hard to figure out.

Jace has also become friends with some of the neighborhood kids who - I've got to mention this - are all GIRLS! I'm thinking that Jace was the only boy born in 2003... The fact that they are girls doesn't seem to faze him, here is Jace bombing some of them with water balloons.

Yeah, I'm praying for the next family moving in to have a 6-year-old BOY. PLEASE!?!

When the water isn't flying you can find us at MY favorite neighborhood spot, the big tree - and I am in LOVE with this amazing piece of God's artwork.

On a separate note, we had our first couple visitors! My mom and dad came to visit and help with the kids while I did some drills (THANK YOU Mom and Dad!) and while they were here they got to meet the newest grandchild (Dave and Suignette's little one) Reef Henry Johnson. It was love at first sight :)

I think he's winking at me - such a charmer!

Appropriately, we got to meet the little man on his mama's very first Mother's Day and had a fine barbeque and visit with the whole family. Speaking of... here's one of me and my two little princes from that morning.

Ummm, please excuse the dishevled look, I just woke up...

So there's a snapshot into our lighthouse life. We are happy and Blessed :) Oh, and Samuel briefly returned to the gator, but decided that pinching his sleeping daddy's nose was more fun... I love my family!

Lovin' the Lighthouse Life

It's been a crazy last few weeks! It took about two weeks, but we were able to get all our STUFF successfully moved from our old apartment to the new FABULOUS new location at the base of the lighthouse.

Living here has reminded over and over how amazing our Lord is. When we first moved to the area last year we were convinced we needed to buy a home. Our "needs list" included 4 bedrooms, a yard, trees, garage (or carport) and after months of searching and three failed offers we realized that the Lord was trying to tell us that our "needs" were not His desire. We settled for an apartment (well, two actually) and found an AMAZNG school for Jace while Brian found out how great it is to work at an remarkable unit. But we were not happy.

When Brian's Chief asked him last March if we wanted to move to housing, I immediately said, "NO!" Why would we want to move AGAIN and have to drive sooooo far to take Jace to school? It took a few days of the Lord working on my heart - and listening to similar stories of others - but we decided to make the move, and have felt such piece and joy in our decision. Even the process of getting out of our lease was a breeze. Oh, and our home? Four bedrooms, a HUGE yard, amazing trees, carport, and because HE loves us, he placed us right next to the lighthouse, a symbol of strength, guidance, and support.

I believe the Lord is trying to remind our hearts that we have a purpose, His purpose, and that we are to be a light for others. You see, in the past year, our little family has somwhat forgotten that. We've pulled away from the Lord, stopped going to church, gotten selfish, and not been leading the life that God has asked us to. Moving here has reminded us of that, and reminded us of God's mercy. Here we've been like naughty children and disobeying our Father, and He has continued to love us, so much that he still provided us with what we wanted (not needed, but selfishly wanted). I recognize this, and though I am ashamed of how I've acted this past year, God's welcoming back embrace and pure Love has rekindled my faith and spiritual desire to serve Him. 

You know, I had this whole other subject that I was going to write about, but when I sat down and started typing this is what came out. And as I finished this up (and B has no idea what I doing over here) Brian looks over at me and says, "I'm so glad we moved here."

God is so good.