wrapping up April>

Lots has been going on, so let me see if I can catch everything up to speed (or a lot of it)

in this blog post....

starting with:

Lakeview Church

 

Jordan and I have been leading worship together for over 7 years. I say

leading worship 'together', but really it's all Jordan. I just

ride in the car with him to and from-make sure his guitar gets unpacked,

copies of the songs are made, and he has plenty of coffee and water

at his fingertips=) hehe. I guess I'm more like the 'roadie', but I still

like to say that we do it 'together' b/c we do do it technically

together=) I hope that made sense! Wow, what a ramble..

Anyway, the last Sunday in May was our last time to lead worship in

Sunday morning service. We have SO enjoyed our time and been blessed by 

the people at Lakeviw Community Church-who have been much more than a 

community to us, they have been more like a great big family! We 

met so many great godly people there, we will miss them very much!!

these are just some shots taken from our last Sunday there...

They have a quilter's group of ladies at this church, and let me just say-these ladies GOT SKILLS!

They are amazing at quilts and FAST! =)

They always make one when someone has a baby...and I always have coveted them. 

haha-I know-terrible, but I admit it! I am so nostalgic, I just love that

kind of stuff, and I love quilts, so it was a double whammy!

Anyway, they were SO very sweet and they made us a 'going away quilt'!

It is BEAUTIFUL!!! And it will look great in our Galveston home-

a great way to remember them.

Oh, Im making a face at Jordan b/c he felt like the quilt was really

a gift for 'me'=) lol. He was just joking though-he really does like it 

and will equally cherish it.

So the next Sunday was Easter-and for the first time in I can't even remember

we got to go to church with MY parents! It was really a blessing to get to 

go and worship with them. My brother Josh and Jennifer-also go to this church

so we got to spend it with them as well.

=)

Josh and Jennifer after church

then we went over tot he Carls for lunch and we got to Skype with

the Landers ! (I guess that's what we'll be doing next year =(

haha-looks like Jayce and Grace are doing well!!! =)

 

Apparently I really like taking single shots of Jordan with Gabe and Emma

maybe I should start just having them take it with both of them in the picture..

then I had my April PTA program at school-it was called BUGZ!

and the kiddos were super cute! I loved their costumes, they turned out well!!

This song is 'Firefly' notice the lighting effect=) They were awesome!

2nd grade by the way...

Then I had my last concert for the choir that I was in: 

Arlington Master Chorale 

that same week! We did the Mozart Requiem-it was very powerful, 

and a great experience. I really enjoyed singing with this choir this year.

I hope to find one in Galveston !!!

  

And then the last saturday in April (I guess to round out the incredibly music-filled

month!) Jordan had the opportunity to play at his cousin Ben's church

Lakeridge for their Saturday night service!

He played the electric which was a nice relaxing change for him=)

they played really well. I enjoyed getting to listen and sing along.

I am currently working on making a DVD of Jordan and all 

the music stuff he's done, but I am just scrambling around for time....=) 

I will get it done this summer though-that is my goal!

where is spring break??

Can't wait for Spring Break to get here, I am definitely a little burned out of the whole school thing at this point...I am also very excited that over the break I am going to Alabama to see my best friend Trisha and help her plan her wedding that is in May!! The above picture is her and I at my rehearsal dinner of my wedding back in 2006=) I am her Maid of Honor, and its so sweet b/c she was MY maid of honor-and we had told each other since we were like 5 that we would be each other's maids of honor when we got older=) (I know, like that movie right??) Its pretty cool. I am going over Spring Break b/c she is getting married when I am still in school, so I couldn't be there as long as I would have liked to for the actual wedding to help out and stuff, so I'm going now to help her in advance as much as I can! I am so excited to do wedding stuff  with her, I wish I lived closer so I could go to all the showers and do more, but such is life. These are a couple of their engagement photo's -Trisha and Billy!! sooo precious!

OK and the pictures below are from last weekend. Jordan played with Ben at his church's DNOW and it was fun to get to actually listen to Jordan play, instead of always being in the band with him-it makes me appreciate him more=) If that was possible! Anyway, we went out to eat afterwards with his parents and it was a lot of fun to be together.

Jordan and his cousin Ben, acting goofy, of course, anytime a camera is near:
Jordan was playing electric this time instead of acoustic:
Jordan and Ben's voices sound amazing together, especially since they are related=)
That is all for now. I will be posting Alabama pics later when I get back=)

worship @ youth retreat..

Ok, so honestly, I NEVER know what to put as my title...I am so not clever with that kind of stuff...so sorry, I could not think of anything. anyway, Jordan and I's weekend went really well!! It did not start out as well as I would have liked, but it ended up ok=) On friday I woke up very sick and that was NOT fun. I actually went home sick from school (there's a first time for everything) and I made it to the doctor who gave me a wonderful antibiotic shot-which kicked in about Saturday morning. So friday was SLEEP time, and good thing b/c Saturday we had 3 different worship sets we had to do at a youth retreat for Ben's (jordan's cousin) church. We were really excited about it and we think it went well! We were very tired vocally and physically, but it was well worth it. I took a few pics (and that's what the ones from below are from) The other members in the band are people from our church that play with us on Sunday morning.
I am so excited about Thanksgiving break! Having extra time to relax, get things done around the house and spend time with family sounds really good right about now. I wish ALL of our family was going to be here, but, maybe next time.
Anyway-enjoy the pics!!
1st Pic-Me and my wonderful hubby!! (we sang and played together-what fun!)
2nd-is of the whole band for the youth retreat!!
3rd-Jordan playing and singing...he's really into it=)
4th-Me being goofy at the piano
5th-Jordan and his cousin Ben (this is his church, and I forgot to get a pic with Abby!!)
6th-Just a candid shot of people walking around at the youth retreat before one of the services started...

my heart is yours

Jordan and I feel like this is SUCH a crazy week. We have Jordan's grandparents in town and we are eating dinner with them tonight after all our work stuff...then Wed we have Bonnie's bday celebration we are doing with them (which will be fun) but you know how middle of the week activities can really poop you out?=) Then thursday night Jordan and I will have a LONG and late worship practice b/c we (and a few other band members) are playing at a Youth Retreat this weekend for someone else's church. We played at this same retreat last year-but it was JUST me and Jordan...and no sound system, very acoustic. This year we got a whole band together and we are gonna ROCK out for God-its going to be awesome!! We are so excited and thankful that we have these opportunties to do stuff like this together=)
We are most excited about the fact that we "stumbled upon" a new song that has really touched our hearts and we feel it will really touch the hearts of the many m.s. and h.s. kids that will be at this retreat....It is challenging for us to play while we sing b/c the vocal parts are kind of difficult/taxing..but we love the message of the song so much it makes it rewarding to sing.
If you get a chance, check out the link below and listen to this amazing song that is based off of Song of Solomon!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3spvQYlB-I
Please be in prayer for Jordan and I as we have a busy week and mostly for the youth that will be attending this retreat this weekend...that they will see God and know Him-especially those that do not know Him.