Official members :)

Last Sunday Aaron and Braelyn and I finally joined our church here in Bristol. Calvary Baptist Church. We have been meaning to do this for awhile now and it was just slow getting it all taken care of. We feel like we were already a part of the church family long before this though. I just wanted to take a moment to encourage anyone reading this who is not a member or regular attender of a church family to make that a priority. Aaron and I realize that lots of people in our age group for some reason don't make church membership or attendance a priority. I know it can be hard to find a church at times, but don't give up. We went to 12 churches here in Bristol before we found Calvary. We realize that no church is perfect, but God desires for us to be plugged in to a church somewhere, so that we might be a part of the body of Christ and encourage our fellow brothers and sisters and at the same time receive encouragement in our time of need. The church is God's design, He has a special purpose for it, and if you are a believer then God wants you to be involved in a church body.
We thank God for our church family at Calvary Baptist Church. We thank God for answering our prayers to show us where He would have us get involved for the short amount of time that we are here in Bristol. Praying that God has you in a church where He wants you or that God will direct you to a church home soon! To Him be the glory!

The month of May in one sweet post!

May was a much less eventful month for us, as you can tell by the amount of pictures I took. :) Just some random pics of Braelyn, learning to help Mommy water the flowers. She really likes to be outside.




This is Braelyn's toast and jelly face :) She is currently cutting her incisor teeth on the bottom and has been running a little fever with it. But she was feeling a little better today. Those teeth look sharp!
Braelyn still enjoys playing in the tupperware cabinet. Mainly emptying it out, trying to put lids on and stacking some. But recently she has enjoyed crawling in and trying to hide in it.
I thought this was a great picture of Braelyn and her Mamaw. She came up to help watch Braelyn for a day while I was preparing for my class at church.

So, now I have finally gotten caught up on posting pictures......let's see.....

oh, we bought some patio furniture for our deck, a table and 4 chairs and an umbrella, but we need to swap the umbrella. I am excited and ready to get to eat out there soon. We went camping with my family last weekend for Memorial Day...I guess I still need to post those pics. We had a good time, although it was a little rainy. Braelyn loved being outside all the time and did really good sleeping in the tent in her pack n play.
Aaron is still on a pretty good schedule and we are enjoying that. Just a few calls here and there. Braelyn is talking more and more each day. One funny thing she just started doing a few days ago.... we often say "Silly Braelyn" bc she does silly things and the other night she said back without us prompting "Silly Dada....Silly Mama" It was so funny. She tries to sing parts of Jesus loves me and her ABC's. She is so entertaining. I love getting to be at home with her and see all those little things that make us laugh and love her so much.

Hope everyone has a good week.

Vacation to New Jersey

Our last hoorah in April was vacation to New Jersey to see Sarah and Martin, Aaron's older sister and bro in law. This was Braelyn's first LONG trip and she did GREAT. I was definitely concerned about how she would do, but as Aaron always says "I think she'll be fine". :)) And usually he is right. We had a great time visiting and relaxing. The weather was kinda rainy and cold, but we still had a good time. Aaron and I went to IKEA for the first time....it was pretty neat. Nice to be able to say I've been there now. Braelyn enjoyed it too...lots to explore and even a play area. We also went to Lancaster-Amish country one day. That was a fun experience and once again, now I can say---been there, done that. For some reason, the amish clotheslines that hung from like a telephone pole down to the house, just cracked me up! They were so LONG and TALL, and full of clothes. I tried to get a picture, but never could. We were so thankful that it worked out for us to come up and visit with them. Thanks guys for hosting us!! Hopefully we will do it again before too long :)



Braelyn thought Aunt Sarah's step was a slide. She got really good at going up and down by herself. She would say "1, 2, 3...weeeeee"
And she enjoyed Aunt Sarah's rocking horse too and other toys. Thanks again for hosting us and helping us have a great vacation! We enjoyed it so much!

Stephanie and Hugh's Wedding :)

Yes, I am still catching up on April pics!! It was a busy month, but a good one. Once again, the pics are backwards. I don't understand why it does that, and why I can't figure out how to fix it, so just start at the bottom and scroll up. We had a great time at Steph and Hugh's wedding. It was a beautiful day and we were so glad we got to be a part of it. Aaron actually led the ceremony and did a great job. It was a fun day and we got to see lots of old friends too. Congratulations Stephanie and Hugh!!! May God bless your marriage and use you as a blessing to others.






Braelyn had a lot of fun with the camera :) Hope the pics turned out good.

Stephanie was a beautiful bride and the wedding was wonderful too. Congrats again guys!!