"Here It Is....The Day She Said YES!"

I would like to begin this Blog with how I PRAISE God in all the many wonderful ways he is working in each of our lives!! His mercy and grace are unfolding a step at a time and it is so much more than amazing to watch him work!! Friend, he has a timetable and a plan and knows how to fit all the many different pieces of life's puzzle together to make it into something BEAUTIFUL! As the song goes "I'm gonna take all the broken pieces and make something beautiful like only I could. So put it all in the hands of the Father - Give it up, give it all over to the One and only One who can turn it into something beautiful."
I truly believe he is doing exactly that....in his timing. Don't get discouraged when YOU can't see it happening. Most of the time we don't. God is just working a little longer behind the scenes to make it that much more beautiful. Trust HIM. There is hope.

And now....for the BIG day!!

Tuesday, October 16, 2013 would become a day to represent a very special time in the life of our daughter, Savannah. It would become the day she received Taylor Tibbitts proposal question with a .......YES! It was also a day that was shared by many including her parents. Something that this mother will cherish always. God is doing some really super amazing works in the life of our daughter and us....and I give God all the glory and thanks from a truly grateful mother's heart! Please, I ask that you keep us each one in your prayers as God is working out his will in our lives.

At 5:30pm, we met up with Taylor's family and their friends, inside a privately owned hangar. It was a little overwhelming to see all the many people there. We were told to wait inside the hangar. Once Taylor and Savannah arrived, then the doors would be shut concealing our presence. This was ALL a surprise to Savannah. Taylor had taken her to Oive Garden to eat. He had made up an excuse to have to go out to his work site, after their dinner, and do something he had forgotten. Once they had arrived, the doors were shut, and we all were making up our own stories of just what was going on beyond those doors. Taylor had a helicopter awaiting Savannah once they got there. They would then take off for a ride and finish it with a view of the field below that said "Will you" with a heart to land in below the words. Once she saw the words "Will you" he would then finish the rest of the sentence himself with the words "Marry me?" while holding the ring in his hand. :) Smooth huh!

 Heather and I knew that Savannah was nervous about flying in general. So, many of the stories circulating around were ones such as "The poor thing probably isn't wanting to get on the helicopter!" "She's probably standing there crying and Taylor's trying his best to talk her into it!" Many of us had our ears up to the hangar's door trying to catch anything we could possibly hear. I thought I heard her scream once and told Heather....that in turn started all the more stories circulating! Haha! We had Savannah a pitiful mess. BUT in reality, what did lay beyond those doors was the complete opposite. She was loving every moment of it and quite excitedly agreed to go for the ride!! :)

All the many people celebrating a special day with Taylor and Savannah!

Taylor's Mom taking an aerial picture of the proposal field.

Such a beautifully HAPPY girl she was!!!!

Savannh was SO excited!! She was sending Heather and I pictures while they were up in the helicopter! :)

We also got aerial views of the San Jacinto Monument and the Battleship of Texas!

She was loving it!

Soon we excitedly spotted them coming in the horizon!!

It was SO exciting watching them come in!! :)

This Mom got a very HAPPY hug from her daughter - - a true blessing indeed!!

A toast to the newly engaged couple!

Our beautiful girls!!

Taking a picture with Taylor's brother. :)

Cody...always the character.

After all the excitement, we were invited over to Taylor's parent's house for fajitas.

It was a very wonderful night shared by two special people . . .

Thank you, God, for the growing blessings you are allowing us to see in our lives.....

And the BIG DAY is - - - - -

May 8, 2014!!!!!

"That's My Boy!"

Today....many parents, along with me, are saying it's my son/daughter's last first day of school!
Yes, my son is a Senior today, August 26, 2013. He not only is just my son approaching the milestone of graduation, he is also my baby. Woo-Hoo!! the very last one of three!! {Waving our hands in the air excitedly} For the past continous 20 years (1993-2013) we have had a child attending school. It's time to celebrate, people!!! :-)

And today, I celebrate my Levi . . .

From the days of Pre-School 2000

 The first days of Kindergarten 2001 . . .

The first days of Kindergarten 2001 . . .

 The first bus ride home 2001 . . .

The first job 2012 . . .

The first car/truck 2012 . . .

The first happy drive 2012 . . .

The first change of wardrobe for new 2nd job 2013. . .

Second new job 2013 . . .

Second new job 2013  . . .

Second new car within a year 2013  . . .

To the second new car being in a Nismo-Fest Cruise with my baby driving speeds up to 120 mph and taking hairpin curves through mountainous roads on a 7 hour journey!

And all the very wonderful memories made in between . . . today I celebrate you, my Levi.

I love YOU with a sincere heart and I am proud of YOU my son.

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For my readers reading along, I share something with you . . .

I am proud of my son . . .

No, he isn't excelling in any sports. He doesn't participate in any. When he was participating, he wasn't the best, nor the second, and nor the third. He was average.

No, he isn't excelling in academics. He isn't taking any "Honors" classes. His grades aren't A's and B's. He doesn't love to read. He has no great thirst to succeed in school, but rather just to get by. He is average.

No, he isn't serving and participating in youth mission trips, evangelizing, and being "on fire" for God as a youth can be. He doesn't even attend the same church we do, but rather has chosen to go with a friend to another. He is average.

No, he doesn't have great and wonderful plans for after graduation. No, his desire isn't to go to college. He possibly is considering joining the Air Force, but in that undecided. He is average. 

No, he isn't a perfect child who has never struggled, nor strayed from what he knows to be right. No, he isn't full of obedience and respect all of the time. He is average.

But what he is is my son and God's gift to me. . . a thankful and proud mother. 

You see I've had to learn a thing or two {or three} in this life. One of them is it gets you nowhere good when you stop and compare your child with another child. Your child may excel at everything he tries and my son may not. Your child may excel at academics and my son may not. Your son may have great and grand plans for after school and my son may not. Your son may be involved in youth groups and my son may not. But does that really change the fact that your son is a blessing to you and my son is a blessing to me? I would like to think not. 

I know that my God has given me this son and placed in life where HE wants him to be. All my hopes, dreams, desires for all that I want my son to be mean nothing when they are wrapped up in the external things. What truly matters - is he seeking to live his life for God where God has placed him? I pray that he is. Is he desiring a closer fellowship with God in his daily average life? I pray that he is. Does he understand what it means to be devoted to God in this average life? I pray that he does. 

Friend, don't get caught up in comparing. It will lead you down a road you don't want to travel. 

Rather set your heart and mind on thankfulness. Thankful for who your son or daughter IS and all the beautiful blessings they bring to you.....whether they are high excellers.....or just plain average. 

For in both God has promised in Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." and also in Philippians 1:6 "Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." 

TRUST those plans and good works, that God has for your child, whatever they may be....average or not. 

"Number 26 is Here!!"

Twenty-six years.
Twenty-six years means you're just getting started real good. . . does it not?
For many it's a brief time. About five drops in a bucket - depending on the size of your bucket of course. :)
And for many it's a very substantial amount of time, especially for those newly acquainted with this beautiful blessing called "marriage".

This Thursday, August 15, 2013, will be the 26th celebrated year of love and marriage that my David and I share. As I looked back through my previous Blogs, I found one (Dec. 2011) that shares the story well of how we met and found the love of our lives. If you would like to read, hopefully this link will take you to it:

http://lifeiswhatgodmakesit.blogspot.com/2011/12/my-gift-to-me-and-how-we-met.html

Our story remains the same. But there is one thing that continues to change. For with each passing day my heart swells with such love, gratitude, admiration, pride (the good pride), excitement, and just a genuine thankfulness all around of who I share my each and every day with in this world. A run-on sentence it may be, but there's just so MUCH to be thankful for!! I hope there's never a day that I don't remember to stop and thank God Himself for the beautiful gift He has given me.

Before this Blogs continues any farther - I will share, as I have in the past, that GOD and GOD alone is my first and foremost love. I do not ever want to confuse anyone into believing that my David holds first place. God has that placed reserved and filled by him. He alone is my truest and greatest love and all the days of eternity will not be long enough to truly thank him for all that he is and all that has done/doing/will do in my life! First place in my heart is filled with God.....and second place will forever and always be filled by my David. Not my kids, not my extended family, not my home.....nothing. God first, David second. And forever it shalll be.

Maybe since I've written a previous story of how we came to be....this time I will share some pictures.

"The Early Years. . ."

Were we not the cutest? :) 1972!

Pre-dating days. 1985!

He is SO DARN good-looking!! :)

Yes....we are dating now!! YAY!! Big smiles!! :)) 1985!

Dating days...and yes braces too.....1986!

Dating days...hitting the slopes together.....1986 or '87!



Still dating.....1987!

And yes to this day....he is always in my thoughts. <3

Ta-Dah!! Engaged....February 7, 1987!!

The BIG day has arrived!!

The day I married my very best friend in the history of ever....August 15, 1987!!

He is my HAPPY!!

All the days to follow he has not only held my heart...but also my hand.

I love him so.

Wedding Announcement!

Then there's was three Moores......

1988!

And then there was four Moores......

1992!

Still just four Moores......

1993!

And wait....there he is....Five Moores!!

Our family is complete!

1996!

One of my most cherished pictures.....family.

2000!

"The Later Years....."

Family......Novemeber 2010!

Family.....December 2012!

Family....December 2012!

So from the beginning of time + everything in between = the sincere love two people hold in their hearts by a loving God Who placed it there.

And now as the story of our love continues, we will celebrate this Thursday with a trip to Louisiana to share in our love of history together, by spending the afternoon touring the beautiful Noddaway Plantation. And then we are off to soak up the sunny beaches of Pensecola, Florida!! :)

And to my David.....

I loved you yesterday

I love you today

I always have

And I always will!

Thank you, to my readers, who let me a small part of our lives together through pictures! :)

And as always.....Thank you to God for blessing my life to the fullest with this most precious gift to me!