our future baller...

Todd is convinced that since Hailey is in the 75th percentile in height and has huge feet and long fingers that she's destined to be in the WNBA. When I put on her hi-top chucks this morning, he got inspired...


This picture is a little grainy, but I love it...Here she is in all her glory...with her pink basketball...

She's trying to throw it up on the chair...

...but she missed and was a little perplexed at why it rolled the opposite way. :)

Coach Daddy has already started morning drills in our entryway...

Hailey, Daddy will still love you even if you want to be a ballerina instead... :)

wii...again

I think Todd and Jeremy are going to be banned from playing the Wii together. Jeremy taunts Todd and Todd gets mad at Jeremy. Not good.

the rest of my playlist...

-Say (All I Need), OneRepublic
-Lucky, Colbie Caillat & Jason Mraz
-Lullaby, Dixie Chicks
-Viva la Vida, Coldplay
-New Soul, Yael Naim
-Don't Stop Believin', Journey
-Just Dance, Lady Gaga
-Mercy, Duffy
-Forever, Chris Brown

It's quite a mix...I swear I do like some good music!!

burnin' up...

I have a confession to make.

I'm a closet Jonas Brother's fan.

I'm listening to them right now on my iTunes.

Finally...it's off my chest...the burden is lifted.

That felt good.

crafty christy...

My crafty sister, Christy, made me this table runner!! I love it because it's a little wider than a typical table runner,
AND it's reversible!!
Sweet Christy showed up yesterday with this beautiful handmade gift for me...for NO REASON!

Thanks, Cweek...I love you. :)

hailey's shoe obsession...

I think it's sort of a rite of passage for every little girl to become obsessed with her mother's shoes...I don't think every girl loves putting on her daddy's work boots. Silly girl.

(I'm fully aware that I just posted three of almost the same picture. I loved her face in each one and couldn't choose. I love my little princess.)

a little on the deep side...

So, I know this blog is typically filled with superficial posts about zebra-print sheets or pictures of my darling daughter Hailey, but something I read this morning just won't quite let me move on until I get a little vulnerable.

My morning "blog-checking" routine includes a visit to a blog that Christy showed me a while ago. I don't know the author, but I feel like I do. I find myself reading stories she writes and really identifying with her southern life in Texas. This morning's post was almost exactly the thing that I've been wrestling with in the past few weeks.

From when I was young I've always been a "people pleaser", and lately I realize that that is affecting my view of God. For whatever reason, even though I know in my head that God loves me unconditionally and that my position as His daughter isn't contingent on ANYTHING that I do, I struggle with knowing that in my every day life. I entertain thoughts of, "I'm not good enough to be called a christian" or "a godly mom wouldn't have been so frustrated with their kid" or even "a godly woman would have better self-control with their eating and exercise". But here's the truth...I can't be good enough! That's what Jesus did. Gave himself so I can have a relationship with my heavenly Father anyway.

My mom always tells me that when I'm thinking wrong things that I need to "replace the tape" in my head. It's pretty good advice when God's word also says to be "transformed by the renewing of your mind". I need to stop the wrong "tapes" that play in my head and give myself room to hear the sweet whispers of truth that say "In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence" (Ephesians 3:12) and "Therefore, he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them" (Hebrews 7:25).

It's not my job to sanctify myself from the outside in...it's His pleasure to sanctify me from the inside out.

I'm free.