The Lord's will: James 4:13-17 + a child is born!

Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.” As it is, you boast and brag. All such boasting is evil. Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins. 

James 4:13-17

I am so guilty of doing this. It is sometimes hard to say, "If it is the Lord's will," but we should.

By the way, my mother had her baby! Esther Joy. :) Here are the details:

 On Monday, my mother had to go into the hospital because her amniotic fluid was low. She was almost two weeks overdue and wanted to have a natural birth. The very next day, (my dad's birthday!) the baby was born by emergency c-section. Apparently Esther had been deprived from oxygen for about twenty minutes before birth, so then she had to go through a cooling treatment for three days, which lowered her body temperature so she could use less oxygen. My mother lost a lot of blood, and had to be given 3 units of blood to make up for it. It was a very hard birth for her. There was great concern for her and the baby, so during this time it was very hard to say, "if it is the Lord's will."
Today, Esther went through the warming process, which took about six hours. They hope to get her eating soon. My mother is a lot better today, and she is able to go down and visit the baby. She will probably come home tomorrow. :) Could you also pray that they continue to get better? Thanks. Sorry if that was a bit confusing, it is rather hard to get the facts straight.

Grace be with you,

Abby :D

Have An Abby-er-Happy Birthday!

Hi there! This is Abby's sister, Leah.
I am here to tell you, that our dear Abby is having a birthday today!
She has not exactly given me permission to post, ( No, I am not a hacker!) but I need to tell you all about my sweet sister.

 I am so blessed to have a sister and friend like Abby.
She is thoughtful, generous, fun, creative, and always makes me laugh. Abby inspires me in so many ways with her creativity. If I did not have Abby, my life would lack so much laughter, inspiration and not to mention surprises.

Happy Birthday, Abby! xoxo

So please comment with your sweetest birthday wishes.
I am sure you'd make her day with a birthday comment!

Go Vote For Leah!

My sister Leah is one of the finalists in Lydia's photo contest. So please go vote for her!

Friday Fun

Hooray!

I haven't told you this officially, so I wanted to tell you now. My mother is pregnant! It'll be our seventh sibling. :D We'll find out the gender in a couple of weeks. I'll keep you posted. :D


Grace be with you,

Abby :D

To explain my "absence"...

I have been on vacation! My last two posts were scheduled. Surprise! I'm sorry if I haven't commented on your blogs, I just got back yesterday. Anyway, we went to Florida and swam. And that's just about all we did. We swam every day. I also sunburned and (for the first time) my face peeled. Ugh. :P I looked like I had a skin disease. And we also visited with my pen pal Marelle. :D That was fun. So that explains any questions you might have had about my "absence". Right?

How have you been?


Grace be with you,

Abby :D

Speckle!

This is the faithful family dog, Speckle. She is nine this year. Isn't she cute! She is a mixed breed (although I think she is part Springer Spaniel). I couldn't resist taking a few photos. As you can tell, she doesn't really like having her picture taken.



Grace be with you,

Abby :D

Funny Faces with Sam and Joe...

Smile and say cheese! (Sam)

Hee hee! (Sam)

"My lips are sealed." (Joe)


Ha ha! (Joe)


I love these little guys, and personally I think they are the cutest toddlers in the world. I am a bit conceited, though. Do you agree with me?

Grace be with you,

Abby :D

Oh, and when I get to my hundredth post... hint, hint. :D

Finally! Some photos!

Here are some pictures. I don't usually post photos, but I thought, "Why not?", so here they are.
The first one is my extremely adorable cutie pie brother John (he is so much cuter in real life), and the others are a cloud going over the sun. My personal favorite is the first one. :)


Grace be with you,

Abby :D

The Dance

It was a really fun dance! The theme was black and white. We got our outfits at Belk the day of the dance and our mom did our hair.

Also, when my dress came home, the security tag was still on the dress and we couldn't take it off. So, right before we went, we had to go back to Belk. The woman couldn't get it off either, so then I had to get another dress. :p


Grace be with you,

Abby

A Family Post

My family is the best! My mom and dad home school us. I have two sisters, aged eleven and fourteen, who are my best friends. I also have twin brothers who are two years old, a baby brother who is almost four months, and our grandmother lives with us, too. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful family!