Merry Christmas

These are few pictures I have taken since we moved,they are in no particular order but sure show a happy little girl.

Catch up time

Well, it has been a little while since I posted last. All I can say is life has been very busy since we moved to Corsicana. Let me try to quickly explain how our life has changed. For the last 4 years, Logan and I have both felt like we don't belong anywhere. For me that caused a lot of frustration and loneliness. When we lived down in south Texas, I told Logan that I wanted to move back to west Texas. I thought that would make me feel better, to go back to where we were happy before. Well, I did not bother to take the time and ask God if this is what he wanted.

So off we went to Pecos Texas. When we sold our house down south, we ended up being taken advantage of and lost everything. All we had left was a pick up, a 1994 Hitchhiker Travel Trailer and $400 in the bank. I had a job waiting for me when we got there but Logan did not have work for close to two months. We lived in a RV park for a month and ended up moving to a friends ranch and lived out there for about two years (miserable years) Every time we would get a little extra money, something would break costing us twice as much as we had in the bank. Then when I was pregnant, the AC went out and it was the middle of the summer. We worked hard and found some land and an old single wide trailer house to move into once Dalila was born.

When it was time for Dalila to arrive, I had major complications and almosted lost mine and her life. Luckily we survived but because of the ordeal, I slipped into a deep depression, which until recently I was not able to snap out of. This really took a toll on Logan and Dalila both. There were some days where I would feel fine but there were many others that it would take everything I had just to get out of bed. And at times, I would drive to work and when crossing over the Highway, I would entertain the idea of getting on that highway and running away. I never did but I did let this disease consume me. I was very rarely happy and neglected the two most important people in my life.Some people were aware of the trouble I was having but many others I tried to hide it from.

So Logan was offered this job here in Corsicana and We decided for once in our married life, to sit down and pray that God would lead us in the right direction, and we put it in his hand. Things continued to fall in place, Logan took the Job and I was granted a transfer (which really suprised me and everyone else). So we told God we were ready to follow him wherever he might lead.

Long story short, we both ended up getting pay raises at work, sold our farm in west Texas and got a good chunk of change to put down on a new house, closed on that house one week ago and had enough to start a savings account again! And this house is big enough so that we could grow our family if God chose to let us do so.

So many times during the last four years I wanted to give up. I just wanted to check out of life, I felt like the turmoil was not worth it. But deep down, something kept me going. What was that? God. He knew what he was doing and he prepared me to receive the many blessings I have since we moved. He has also put me in a place where I can help others.

The amount of joy, happiness and peace I feel now since I decided to start following God and seeking his will outways the turmoil by billions.

Moral: Stay faithful. Stay faithful. Stay faithful. He will bring you through it. And always seek Him. If you want peace, following Him is the only way to receive it.

Dalila in a nutshell

Here are a few pictures of the things dalila is doing these days. I promise to give an update with pictures since the move as soon as we get into our new house. But for now, here is the little women.

Yikes and Yikes again!

Two other interesting events have occured since I last wrote. First, as most know, we are moving in Mid September to Corsicana Texas ( this is in Central Texas but Texans call it the Black Lands and Piney woods of Texas). Well, Logan took a trip down there to house hunt and while with the realator, the realator lost control of his car, they did a summersault in the air and this is how they landed. Thank the wonderful Lord no one was hurt.






A few weeks later, Logan took another trip down there to unload some of our furniture in the storage unit and this is what decided to visit me while he was gone. I was cleaning off the porch in the back and had piled all Dalila's toys up. He crawled up behind me and made a hissing noise. I took off running, stupid I know but it was a reaction, and then I turned to see what it was. Very scary. Thank goodness one of the farm hands was driving by to go to the field behind our house and he stopped to help.



If you can't see it, it is a rattle snake!!! He is between the house and the porch.

Random

Dalila with her normal crazy hair after her bath



Gardening with granddaddy while we were in Houston



Her Halloween Costume Granny Bought. She refused to take it off



She also got new rain boots on that shopping trip. (Now if we could get some rain)







Lunch with her best buddy Wyatt



Very serious conversation with Granny (don't have a clue what was said but it was important)



Her attempt at dressing herself. She is wearing a shirt and a skirt but she insisted on the skirt being under her armpits. When I tried to pull it down, she got very mad at me

Frustration=A lesson to learn

Sometimes when people get frustrated, they ask the famous question, "why Lord are you letting this happen?" I am guilty of this. But what I have learned is "guilty" is the wrong word. Have you ever stopped after asking this question and listened to God answer? I have been learning how to do this myself. When you are frustrated, you are supposed to ask quesitons. I think that is one of God's many ways of getting your attention when you are not paying attention. The challenge is to listen for the answer after asking.

Cowboys don't like cowgirls to lead the dance so be the cowgirl in your walk with God. Let him lead.

I wanted to share this with you because it was on my mind. Hope you have a great day of listening to what God wants to talk about instead of always trying to lead the conversation.

Another handful of pics.

A hard days work

Part of my job is to go to ranches in my county when they have suffered diasters such as fire and inspect their losses. I went to a place a few weeks ago and while I was out there, I came across the neatest windmill and old house. I wanted to share the photos with you. Hope you enjoy

Here are a few pictures of the Lil' women we have affectionately began to call "Rooster" She received this name becasue of the wild hair she often has. Hope you enjoy.