Our 2010 Christmas Card...

Our 2010 Christmas Card..... This year I wanted to share with everyone the children's weddings. Reid and I are blessed with so many friends that we try so hard to stay in contact with each and every one of them. Christmas, for us, is always a great time to catch up on events. I am amazed at how many photo cards and newsletters I get each year. I love to see how our friends children have grown and I love to read the events of their year.

I can highly recommend TinyPrints for your Christmas Cards. I have used them for the past few years and the quality is incredible! As you can tell, the front and back of the three panel card was used! I think this has to be one of my favorite cards that I have sent.

Our Science Lab....

If you had ask me yesterday after Church if we would be able to have Halloween the way that we like to have, I would have said, "No Way can we pull this off". This past month has been so wild and hectic with my DAD being so sick and Halloween was the last thing on my mind. But with DAD coming home this past week things have been looking up for our family. After Church Sunday, the children showed up and the decorations came out. Jackie help me to finish 140 goody bags (not near enough for our 200+ trick or treaters), Whit made costumes for her daddy, JD and herself. Chase and Reid hung the decorations. JD and Whit carved the pumpkin. Finally, Jackie and Whit put the final decorating touches to the house! I was so proud of how everyone pulled together to keep our tradition alive. And I forgot.... I made two pots of soup and a pot of Velveeta cheese dip... My sister also made a pot of her wonderful chili. We have so many family members come to our home for trick or treating and they are one hungry bunch when they finish roaming the neighborhood! I have to say that Lakeshore Estates has to be the best place to trick or treat for families!!! It is a blessing to see our streets full of families on golf carts, hay rides and just walking around!


Reid roasting pumpkin seeds.....


Whit painted our Welcome sign.....

JD with two of our favorite trick or treaters!

Jackie and our goody bags.... We always try to put scripture with our theme!

One pot of soup finished!

Reid's Science project for the kids tonight!

Jackie and Chase!

Whit, Yvette, Betty and Taylor... My dear sweet neighbors!

The Girls!

JD and Whit..... smelling the brains and heart they will be sharing with the kids.

Reagan, my sweet niece with her magic wand.... She kept the pot going for us all night with her wand... Toooooo Sweeet!

Yvette and Chase!!! I love this boy!

Science project for the kids!

Sweet Proposal....

A year from today JD proposed to Whit....

Here is the sweet video they put together to celebrate it.

The Proverbial Proposal from Whitney Todd on Vimeo.

Prayer Request for JD and Whit....

I want to share one of the many video's that Whitney and JD have put together for their new blog Jitney's Journey's. One of their friends gave them the name Jitney as their "star" name, you know like Bradgelina (Brad and Angelina). Anyway it has stuck and great things are now coming from it. Tonight they are speaking to the Youth at Faith Baptist Church in Monroe, Georgia. Following is a small of their blog from yesterday.........We are so excited to share our individual journeys which both led us to each other a little over one year ago. The main topic will be purity but we will also be addressing the importance of praying for and thinking about the husband / wife that the Lord has set aside for them. So please please keep us in your prayers tomorrow... that the Lord will truly rock these students' worlds and even our own, that He will give us the confidence to speak boldly yet with much vulnerability, and that His Truth and His name will be known above all things.

The following video was taken at a Children's Camp where they were the guest leaders in Decatur, Alabama. The two are living in my Mom and Dad's cottage at Lake Oconee. Mom and Dad's house is next door and I know they all have been a great blessing to each other, especially with Mom experiencing the lost of her mother. They both are searching for jobs.... But, God remains faithful helping them to grow as a couple during this time. Enjoy the video and please leave a comment to let them know you are praying for them.

Please pray for the two of them as God continues to use them in His way and as they search for the jobs that God has waiting for them.

http://jitneysjourneys.blogspot.com/

Children's Camp 2010 from Whitney Todd on Vimeo.

Artsy Girls Day and YES JD cut his hair.....

First of ALL............. YES, JD got a haircut!

Neither Whit or JD wanted it cut, but he needs a job and the interviews hopefully will be starting soon. I think that if the company he is hired for will allow him to have long hair. he will.

Do you like it longer???

Jackie's first day of playing in the Studio...... I think she did an incredible job!!!

The top of Jackie's pieces....

Whitney's day in the studio... She is giving this as a wedding gift to a very dear friend this weekend in Alabama!

Our day (Jackie, Whitney and I) in the art studio Saturday was so incredible. I was able to teach the girls a few new techniques, we bonded even more and we all went home with completed projects! The only problem we had was one young man and two even younger men checking in with us all the time (Reid, Chase and JD). These young men are so funny..... We just had to see that everything was going fine (and of course many stolen kisses were taken). It was a day that I consider a true blessing. I would have never imagined that having Jackie and JD in our family would be so awesome. How blessed I am......

Also.....

JD and Whit have started their new blog Jitney's Journeys!http://jitneysjourneys.blogspot.com/

It basically is about their daily walk with Christ and the journey He is taking them on.

They love to video, so get ready to smile and laugh a little!

'Bout time for Chatter, Chatter, Chatter....

Finally, I have been able to start creating again! One of my mother's friends gave me the project of creating blocks for her and five of her best friends from High school. I was given very small pictures of places they would hang out, their mascot, school sign, crest and pictures of each girl in High school. I was also given a group picture of the girls from last year. I call my blocks ChatterBlocks because I want them to tell a story about a place or person when people view them. It takes about a week to create a block. I have to make time for creating the block, preparing the block and finishing the block. There are hours of drying time needed to complete each block. But I enjoy the end result, hoping that the person receiving the block enjoys it as much as I enjoyed creating it!

The first group picture of my children since the weddings!!!

I can't believe how happy we are all!
Chase, Jackie, Whitney and JD!

Tutu's, flower girls and vintage flower baskets...

Finally, I can now post some of the pictures from the weddings! Today I am showing you our tutu flower girl, Reagan from Whit and JD's wedding! We fell in love with this little tutu when we found it on the Internet. I made a wonderful flower basket..... The first one was TOO big for Reagan to handle with her tutu! So, I had to make a much smaller version which was perfect. I included moss on the basket, scrabble tiles, a cross, watch, eggs, feathers and vintage lace! It was a perfect little basket for a perfect little flower girl! And yes, she is barefooted.... I will post about that tomorrow!

Ring Bearer Nest for the Wedding.....

The Ring Bearer's Nest

Well, by the time this post is up, Whit's wedding day will be here and gone! While writing this post I thought ~Everything I create (invitations, programs, I mean everything) has to tell a story. Maybe that is the artist in me. When we create we are constantly thinking about the story of the piece. When making this piece I found that the bird represents me..... The two eggs, my children JD (son-in-love to be) and Whit (our daughter). I thought about how hard it is for a MOM and DAD to let go of our children, to let them create and feather their own nest. The shredded vintage paper represents how as individuals, we can take anything and everything and use it to Glorify God! I loaded the nest with feathers~ Whitney loves to use feathers in her art. I can't believe that I am sitting here crying.... They are tears of JOY for my children. Children that have taken their stand in the Lord! I think I may create my own little nest, with two birds (Reid and I) and four little eggs (Jackie and Chase & Whitney and JD)~ Our Nest....

A few of my favorite Wedding Memories...