Archive for August, 2009

Choosing Thomas

This couples commitment to their son is amazing.  Most certainly, only God could give them the strength to make it through this.   Their son had trisomy 13 and they decided to give birth to him.  Here is the video.

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Breastfeeding Awarness Month

Before Liza was born, I began reading about breastfeeding.  The women I knew who had babies were breastfeeding their kiddos till they were at least 6 months old so I figured I should look into it.   The more I read about breastfeeding, the more I wanted to do it.  That is where my commitment to [...]

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Priorities

I read a book last summer called Shopping For Time: How to do it all and not be overwhelmed. It is a short book and easy read with lots of practical advise on managing time.  One piece of advise that I find very helpful is taking a personal retreat to plan and organize for the [...]

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Liza’s Song

I first heard of choosing a song for you child from a book called Treasuring God in Our Traditions by Noel Piper.  It is a recommended read!   So Mark and I decided we would start this tradition in our family.  For Liza we choose the song “In Christ Alone”  by Keith and Kristyn Getty.  While [...]

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Cville and DC

About two weeks ago we got to go to Charlottesville, VA for Mark’s job.  This was his third trip since he started his new job and this time I actually got to go with him!  We went there because our old college pastor and his wife, The  moved up there to plant a church.  It [...]

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We have a 3 month old

I haven’t put too much on here lately because we have been busy… lots of great stuff happening and I hope to be posting about it this week.   But I will start this week with my sweet daughter.
Here are a few fun facts:

Whenever Mark sneezes Liza cries – very humorous to us
She is now our [...]

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True Woman Conference

Last October I got to go to the True Woman Conference in Chicago.  It was a great experience.  There was lots of great teaching and encouragement on Biblical womanhood.  The Lord used this time to prepare my heart in trusting Him through the craziness of moving and having a baby.  I say all of this [...]

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