Jas Jenn Landon & Belle: zooboomafoo

Jas Jenn Landon & Belle: zooboomafoo


http://www.zooatlanta.com

zooboomafoo

tuesday we went to the atlanta zoo. it's such an awesome zoo- probably one of the best i've been to. here are a few pictures of our fun-filled day and a lot of the cool animals we saw!

velvet elvis...

i recently have been reading a really challenging book called Velvet Elvis, by Rob Bell. he is the pastor of mars hill church in michigan. to sum the gist of this book, i give you the word PROBE. probe the words of man, ponder it, study it against what God's WORD says, know it, believe it, live it. i have to say i'm at a point right now where God is so much shaping me and teaching me how to live in the world, yet not be of it. so many times that phrase has been twisted and we end up walking away with this idea we're supposed to be recluses, looking down on everyone and everything that is by man's opinion- ungodly, so we can be set apart, but that's not the point at all...but what does God say about it, about who we are in HIM, where are our pursuits? i'm not really a great writer because i have a lot of thoughts in my head, but i'm not real good at transferring them to "paper", but the further i get into this book, i'll do my best to share my growing pains! we are shaped so often by other people's expectations of us, which can make us critical and miserable. through understanding what God desires me to pursue-which is him entirely, i am finding that i can overcome other's expectations of me, because all i am concerned about is being exactly what it is-who it is God wants me to be.

2 little hands making big hearts!

bree & landon both got into making valentines this year! i guess i have 2 little artists and landon made cookies too! (white chunk macadamia nut!) yummm.

Just some pics of my cuties!

the other day it was so nice and warm outside, that we took advantage of the weather and played! can you tell we had lots of fun!

METSITO & HEART DAY package

Well, pappy hilt just came back from MEXICO (or as Landon calls it METSITO), and sent a fun package to Landon and Bree with some great gifts from his trip! Also, pap and gram sent the kiddos and jas and i too, some funny happy heart day gifts! Here are a few pics to enjoy! landon and ellie belle discovering their fun gifts, me, showing off my new red shoes- LOVE them!

by land, by sea or by air?

i'm so excited! my parents have graciously paid my (and landon's) way (bree is free!) to pennsylvania @ the end of march! here's the deal! jason was invited on a business trip to arkansas to do a chick-fil-a grand opening there and will be gone for 2 weeks @ the end of march! so during that time the kiddos and me will be packing up and venturing on a pay-pane (landon's term for airplane) to visit the very C-O-L-D state of Pppennnsssyllvaaanniiiaaa (teeth chattering)! boy, with the warm weather we've been having here, i dunno that i'm going to survive the sub zero weather the north seems to be having. just today, the kids and i were out in short sleeved shirts and the sun was shining and it was just beautiful. (of course now as i write we are having a torrential downpour- but it's better than snow!) so. i am looking forward to the trip which will be saturday, march 29th through saturday, april 12th! (oh by the way, if you live down here and would be able to pick me up from the airport on the 12th, i would be soo appreciative! since jas will be gone still!) a few things you can be praying about though are:

#1. jas and i have NEVER been apart for more than 1 week, so 2 weeks is going to be sooo sad and we are going to miss each other terribly
#2. the kids have NEVER been away from daddy this long either and are going to miss him, and he them, terribly
#3. i've never flown on an airplane with 2 kids (let alone one of them sitting in my lap!
#4. i'm scared to fly! why you ask when i flew my entire life from the age of 6! yes, well at 6 years old and even as a kid/teen...IT'S SOO COOL, but not when you're an adult and you realize that there are a million billion miles between you and the ground! agggghh! but i know God is right there with me and well, if something happens i'm just a little closer to heaven right!
so, we'll keep you updated, not that there is really too much information to update on although i am sure i'm going to have to blog about PACKING! how on EARTH am i going to cram 1 adult and 2 little people's clothing, shoes, etc. etc. into one teeny tiny littl suitcase (i'm trying to pack as little as i can so i don't have to carry too much or keep my eye on a ton of things!) HMMMM this WILL be interesting! stay tuned!

are you ready for some FOOTBALL?

so today is probably one of the most exciting days in our family life- SUPER BOWL! well it's exactly 4.5 hours till kick-off, we've got a lot of things to get done! so i'll add to my post later with pictures of our day after we've completed our family shopping trip for chips & dip and subs- it just wouldn't be super bowl without it, and of course we have to get into our appropriate team colors- hmm, still not sure who i am going for?? i do love those patriots and tom brady, but then again, it IS eli manning playing for the giants and...oh, i'm sooo torn! check back later!

well, the GIANTS had a GIGANTICAL WIN and ELI is the MANN! :) great and very surprising game! we had a great time watching it although not sure if the kiddos were more into the Lays Chips and Heluva Dip than the game! They were sneaking chips like little chipsneakers! The pics are of our fun superbowl trip to the grocery store!

Check out my Slide Show!

take a gander at our moo-stashes!

playdough is sooo much fun. i don't know who had more fun- me or landon! we got into the playdough!

where i'm at...and where God always is!

Psalm 33 & 34 selected

"From heaven the Lord looks down and sees all mankind: from his dwelling place he watches all who live on earth-he who forms the hearts of all, who consdier everything they do. The eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in His unfailing love, to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famie. We wait in hope for the Lord, He is our help and shield. I sought the Lord and He answered me, He delivered me from all my fears. Thos who look on Him are radiant, their faces are never coverd with shame. The poor man called and the Lord heard him. He saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and He delivers them. Taste and seehat the Lord is good, Blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him. Fear the Lord you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing. The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord mack no good thing. Come my children, listen to me, I will teach you the fear of the Lord. Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days, keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies, turn from evil and do good. Seek peace and pursue it. The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are attentive to their cry."

spike lee? no, no, i mean spike and bree!

okay, so landon's got the whole spiked hair going on and bree just looked so cute with her be-bop ponytop goin' on i just couldn't help but get the camera in their faces! bree tired from posing very quickly however!

...complex personalty issues...

a really good friend of mine, jeni, and i are going to be reading and discussing together a book by a favorite author of ours- Stormie OMartian- The Power of a Praying Wife. its been years since i've read this book and as i pulled if off the bookshelf today i noticed that the book was colorcoded with hi-liters in every color of apparently really important things i wanted to remember, things that were impressionable on my mind... and you know it was interesting as i started to read the foreward how i could have possiblY missed such a profound statement written by michael o martian- stormie's husband. this is what it said

"after twenty-five years of marriage to stormie, there aren't any phases of my complex personality left for her to discover."

wow! maybe that doesn't grab you the way it did me, but shouldn't the purpose of marriage be exactly that! i mean- wow! jas and i just recently went through the 5 love languages and it was such a cool thing to evaluate how we are "speaking" to each other, and we learned so much about our relationship and what we've needed to work on love language wise :0 and where we're doing well. so anyway, my goal in writing all this is to say, i'm so excited to re-read this book again and glean "pearls" about how God wants to grow me by teaching me how to pray more specifically, intimately for my husband. i can't wait to share on here, all that i'm learning so "i'll keep you posted...."