Stephanie's Baby Shower

So my sweet mentor/friend/sisterly figure is having a baby in August, and we (the girls in my small group) threw her a baby shower this weekend. We ended up having it at my house since I was making the cake. First of all can I just say that the girls in my small group are AMAZING...Tierra showed up super early and helped me get things on platters and kept me company even though she is having morning sickness. Lindsey got there early as well and helped me tie up all the lose ends with the platters and getting everything on the table. Then sweet Mary, Gina, Lindsey, Tierra, Jessica, Melissa and so many others washed everything and picked up all the trash! Can I just say that it made my heart sing to watch the body of Christ come together to bless our dear sister in Christ Stephanie. Once everyone left I was overwhelmed with joy for all these wonderful and beautiful girls in my life. I had a blast making the cake. It was quite a process, but I enjoyed every minuet of it :)





Cody is deployed and I am missing him a ton. We got some good news about the GI Bill :) They increased the amount we will receive for him to go to school with, and it will cover EVERYTHING!!!!! That is such a blessing :) It almost makes up for the fact that in 2 years of marriage I have had my husband home for about 10 months! We feel so blessed and thankful for this new bill that was passed! YEAH!





God is revealing so many things to me in my life. I went through a period of complacency, and I just got tired of it. I have so much passion and vision for the woman of God that I desire to be. I told God that I was ready for him to put that vision into reality. hahaha be careful what you ask for. In the past week I have had 3 particular situations that have tried my faith and obedience to Christ. I wish I could say that I passed with flying colors :) It was almost humorous b/c the first time I absolutely said no, and then the Holy Spirit just kept on and kept on until I obeyed...after that it got much easier. Which brings me to something else that I feel like God has been revealing to me. I am realizing more and more that by our acts of obedience God is able to trust us more with His work. I am realizing how many opportunities to do the Lord's work that I have missed out on do to my disobedience. By saying yes and obeying the Holy Spirit the Lord then preceded to give me 2 more opportunities in the following days to exercise my faith and the power of the cross. I am so thankful He did! The power of the name of Jesus and the Power of the Blood of the Lamb is SO REAL, and so many times I have spoke that with my words and not believed it in the core of my being. Sometimes I get caught up in predestination and free will, but the bottom line is I had a choice and we have a choice. Our emotions influence our choices which in turn continue to influence our emotions and thus a vicious cycle. So...I feel tired and worn out and skip out on spending time with the Lord when He has asked me to I then feel shame and guilt causing emotions of complacency and almost like I don't measure up. Those emotions then influence all my choices causing more emotions that influence more choices. So how do we get out of this cycle?!?!?! The word tells us in Phill. 4:8 to think on whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is fair, whatever is pure, whatever is acceptable, whatever is commendable, if there is anything of excellence and if there is anything praiseworthy. So all of these things are truth. These things are not waved by whether or not I have spent time with the Lord. So by the power or the Lord and through his strength I am trying to chose truth in all things. For someone who is emotional this is difficult, but I am realizing more and more how much my emotions perpetuate complacency in my relationships. Ok...that is enough on that topic





Here are pics from this weekend! ENJOY :)

This is were the powdered sugar monster came in my kitchen

and threw up!

This is the cake! It is a little lopsided. My cake leveling skills are

not quite up to par, but practice makes perfect!

The whole cake is made from scratch. The top and bottom layer

where a vanilla irish cream and the middle layer was a chocolate

cinnamon. The icing was a vanilla buttercream, and I have like

4 tupperware containers full in my freezer!

The "p" is for Pruitt. That is the babies last name
they don't have a first name yet so I thought this would do

The ribbon is from walmart! Super cute

The flower arrangements I made

This was the food table. All the girls brought stuff and helped me put it out on the table

This is Tierra's super cute diaper cake! She is so craftsy and extremely good at it! I have always wanted to be craftsy like that, but it's just not in my blood :) love you mom

Me with the mommy to be!