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A lot of people have emailed, facebooked, and text'ed (word ?- well it should be) me about where we are moving and when. Well I don't know.
What I do know. We are not moving to Texas. We don't have orders to move to Pope just yet. I didn't do the ole' school lottery here in Sumter, so our school choices are well...they are what they are. But that isn't what I wanted to write about...
I wanted to write about something that has been on my heart.
I feel it isn't so much about where you are going...but where you are.
I am happy right now. Sure I'd love to live in Columbia, Charlotte or Charleston...but I don't. God, the military, and our decisions have brought us here, and good things are happening and have happened. We have a church that is growing and if you are un-churched, you are invited!!! If you don't traditionally like church this may be a fit for you.
check us out- Elevation- Columbia. There is a series coming up about love and relationships and just the trailer made my eyes well up with tears. It is called Mr & Mrs Betterhalf. You can see a trailer online You are invited, you are always welcome...
No matter what happens, my hope is in him. I would love to find "home" but my home is with my family, with friends as close as a phone call so that can be just about anywhere. Jesus...drive this van.
I was just telling a friend today, after that crazy storm blew threw, that you go from being this carefree young woman that used to chase storms and want to feel the wind in her hair, to being the Mom that has to find the right room for us to all crouch in when we have tornado warnings. Wesley asked me if he could eat the hail that fell on the porch this morning...I was like "no you can't eat that, or can you?!?" The funny thing is there's no curtain that drops to signify the scene change. There's nothing that happens to let you know..okay you are responsible for all of these tiny people now...it just one day changes. I feel like the babysitter so much of the time. I don't have the gene that so many Mom's seem to have...the gene that knows how to creates schedules and knows when to have playdates and bakes and organizes and scrapbooks. I can barely get everyone's teeth brushed and breakfast down their throats in the morning before school. I forget book bags and permission slips and I forget to dress my kids up for pajama day...
I don't know if it will ever all click, but I do know that my children know I love them and I am just a girl chasing the wind without them. I never knew what living was until these kids entered my life. I may not be the most together Mom, or the most dependable "room Mother", but I love these kids more than... well...anything.
My proudest accomplishments can be seen below ;)
Lots of pics...sorry but I am so proud of them ;)
What I do know. We are not moving to Texas. We don't have orders to move to Pope just yet. I didn't do the ole' school lottery here in Sumter, so our school choices are well...they are what they are. But that isn't what I wanted to write about...
I wanted to write about something that has been on my heart.
I feel it isn't so much about where you are going...but where you are.
I am happy right now. Sure I'd love to live in Columbia, Charlotte or Charleston...but I don't. God, the military, and our decisions have brought us here, and good things are happening and have happened. We have a church that is growing and if you are un-churched, you are invited!!! If you don't traditionally like church this may be a fit for you.
check us out- Elevation- Columbia. There is a series coming up about love and relationships and just the trailer made my eyes well up with tears. It is called Mr & Mrs Betterhalf. You can see a trailer online You are invited, you are always welcome...
No matter what happens, my hope is in him. I would love to find "home" but my home is with my family, with friends as close as a phone call so that can be just about anywhere. Jesus...drive this van.
I was just telling a friend today, after that crazy storm blew threw, that you go from being this carefree young woman that used to chase storms and want to feel the wind in her hair, to being the Mom that has to find the right room for us to all crouch in when we have tornado warnings. Wesley asked me if he could eat the hail that fell on the porch this morning...I was like "no you can't eat that, or can you?!?" The funny thing is there's no curtain that drops to signify the scene change. There's nothing that happens to let you know..okay you are responsible for all of these tiny people now...it just one day changes. I feel like the babysitter so much of the time. I don't have the gene that so many Mom's seem to have...the gene that knows how to creates schedules and knows when to have playdates and bakes and organizes and scrapbooks. I can barely get everyone's teeth brushed and breakfast down their throats in the morning before school. I forget book bags and permission slips and I forget to dress my kids up for pajama day...
I don't know if it will ever all click, but I do know that my children know I love them and I am just a girl chasing the wind without them. I never knew what living was until these kids entered my life. I may not be the most together Mom, or the most dependable "room Mother", but I love these kids more than... well...anything.
My proudest accomplishments can be seen below ;)
Lots of pics...sorry but I am so proud of them ;)
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Thanks for sharing these pics of your family. I love them. Great work. Nice to know that other photogs children sometimes are not the best subjects. But you did get your son to finally give a smile on the porch. Again great work.
(04.28.11 @ 07:35 PM)These pictures are wonderful, Ashley. I just love looking at them.
(04.28.11 @ 08:48 PM)You continue to inspire me everyday... and although it may not be in our best interest to eat hail, we are never too old to dance in the rain. :)
(04.29.11 @ 01:40 PM)LOVE them - they are the cutest kids Ashley I love family photos!! And I have a theory about the organization part....creative people are hardly ever organized!! No FUN mom ever got mother of the year - even though they should have ;)
(04.29.11 @ 07:27 PM)LOVE them - they are the cutest kids Ashley I love family photos!! And I have a theory about the organization part....creative people are hardly ever organized!! No FUN mom ever got mother of the year - even though they should have ;)
(04.29.11 @ 07:27 PM)I love you friend...just they way you are!!!! And I know for a FACT that you are an AWESOME wife, momma & friend...xoxoxox
(04.29.11 @ 11:18 PM)