Tree Lighting

at the town square. Last night we were invited to go to the tree lighting on the square with the Dana, Anna and Ashley (Brenly's good friend in Kindergarten) It was cold be we had a fun time! There was a children's choir that were singing Christmas songs and then they flipped the switch and lit all the trees in the square. Here are a few pictures from our outing...

Thanksgiving...

(my house, Mrs. Fanning-Bren's teacher, my sister, my daddy, my mommy)

and we have SO much to be thankful for! Its been a crazy year, and as we look back we see so many times where God had his hand in our life. We have had lots of changes and we have learned that although we don't LOVE change...sometimes its necessary! We have also learned that when you pray about God's will for your life and follow where he leads...There is always going to be good things waiting for us!
We have gone from Living in Bolivar, driving 3 1/2 hours a day to moving to Colliervile with a 20 minute commute. We have gone from having both of our girls at home to have one who started Kindergarten and one who is still adjusting to life without her sister all the time. We have gone from living way out in the country to living in the middle of town. We were very accustomed to it just being our little family who never had visitors to getting VERY used to having friends over all the time. God has been SO good to us, we have been very blessed-far more than we deserve. This Thanksgiving we want you all to know that we cannot thanks GOD enough for all He is, for all He has provided and for guiding us every step of the way. We pray that you are aware of just how blessed you are as well!

Memorizing Bible Verses

"I can do ALL things through Christ" Phil. 4:13


"You made the world and everything in it" Psalm 89:11


"Choose my instruction instead of silver, knowledge rather than choice gold, for wisdom is more precious than rubies" Proverbs 8:10-11


"I am fearfully and wonderfully made" Psalm 139:14

Soccer Season has come and gone...

and Brenly REALLY thinks that she is a Soccer SUPER star...

..and she did really well

considering it was her first year

She was ALWAYS in the middle of the pack

Pushing her way through to get to the ball

We are proud of her and all that she learned this year! GO WILDCATS!!

Halloween...

I realize that it was almost 3 weeks ago...and I am JUST NOW getting around to posting the pictures from it...however, I am just glad that I am getting them posted before Thanksgiving! Be impressed (I am!) We had a very fun Halloween...Earlier this semsester Brenly had to dress as a community helper and it just so happened that she was a dentist :) We got her some scrubs and I did a little alterations on them, and then she decided that it would be a great idea for her to be a dentist for Halloween as well (Sounds good to me, Two occasions...one costume! I LOVE THE IDEA!)
Avery decided that she wanted to be a Bumble Bee (with a little encouragement!) I had seen it at Target and loved it, but didn't get it because I thought that I would at least ASK her what she wanted to be...A few days later I went back to get it and it was GONE!! So I settled on the duck...but because a have such a wonderful friend...(thanks Kristy) a Bumble Bee was found! I, of course was going to dress in scrubs to match Brenly and it just so happened that Kristy found a Bumble Bee costume for herself...It was a sight to behold!
We had a great night and we are just now getting rid of all of that candy! Thank goodness!

To corrupt one is enough...

but to corrupt them both is NOT okay! I have written several times on here how my sweet and precious brother has conveniently caused my oldest daughter to turn her back on her Tennessee roots to cheer for his most favorite Alabama team!
Well, last night I was laying in bed with Avery (the innocent one, that I thought had been protected from my brother's influence) and we were saying our prayers...For the longest time we have done the "Now I lay me down to sleep" prayer, and I have recently tried to get them to come up with their own prayers. So I ask Avery what we needed to pray for and she said, Auntie, Maci, CJ, Ms. Monika, Samantha, Logan..and then said...hhhhmmmm, Mommy, we need to pray for Alavama (what in the world?) I reluctantly agreed and then she said, and we need to pray for the football team (Are you for real?) Keep in mind that we try to talk about Alabama football as little as possible (and why in the world would she chose to pray for Alavama football team on the exact weekend that they are playing Tennessee??)
So I will have you know, that I spent my sweet precious prayer time with my youngest..praying for the stinkin Alabama football team!
Why, dear Lord, must both of my children be traders and root for the WRONG team..but we pray for them no matter what !!

Fun with the camera...

My girls LOVE to take pictures of each other...I am sure that it has nothing to do with the fact that they have had a camera in their face since the very first minute they were born. The other day, I was taking some fun pictures of them







and then they decided it was their turn to take pictures!

The flu...

and not just the regular ole flu! We got the opportunity to experience the SWINE FLU!!! Brenly got it first and was so gracious to pass it on to Avery! and they were pitiful...high fever, aches all over, really bad headache, queasy stomach (Brenly actually threw up once :( Before Avery got sick, her and KeKe went and got her two smiley face balloons and a get well card...Then MiMi and Grandfather found out that the babies were sick and so they got a surprise from them as well..





Brenly has the sweetest little friend in her class (Ashley) and because Brenly was sick, she was out of school for a whole week...Ashley (with some help from her sister Anna) made a get well card and had the whole class to sign it...and made her a treat bag (with Hot Tamales and fruit by the foot...isn't that a nice combination for one who is suffering the flu :)

The Jesus Painter

A few weeks ago, our church (Highpoint) celebrated its 7th anniversary! In honor of the event, the "Jesus Painter" came to paint 3 pictures of Jesus during each service...What amazing talent God has given him! He took a huge blank canvas and within 3-5 minutes, painted some of the most beautiful pictures of Jesus that I have ever seen! It was a new and different experience...and it honestly made worship more real and personal!

I am so behind...

but life has been so hectic...since we moved back to the big city, I feel like life had flown by!! We are always busy, but man, has it been so nice to live right here in the heart of town, being able to do so much!
One of the advantages to being "in town" is that we were able to sign Brenly up for soccer and she has LOVED it! She is playing for First Baptist Church and her team happens to be the Wildcats (red and white, which just so happens to be the colors of her favorite football team, stinkin' Alabama!! :(
The first couple of games were interesting but it seems as the season continues, she really is catching on to what playing soccer is supposed to be like!
She is getting better with every game and we are loving watching our little soccer star!!