New Beginning

Hi there!  This is my first post on this new blog.  My hopes for this blog are to connect with those near and dear to my heart and to encourage those who read.

A little about me:  I am a dreamer, a big dreamer.  Go big or go home, right?  I am a perfectionist (not a surprise to most who know me).  I am very uptight and high-strung and never thought I would be that way...think it comes from some OCD behavior and my perfectionism.  I do not know how to relax, at all.  I am a family girl and a homebody at heart.  I love me some basketball and OU football.  I love to cook, Zumba and spend time with my kids (more on them in a bit).  I am deeply in love with my husband and I am learning to reflect God's love, mercy and grace for us everyday.

So, let me introduce you (or reintroduce you) to the Jones clan:

This would be the hubby and I, clearly he is the better half.

                                        

     

This is Lauren, 8 years young next month.  

   

This is Andrew (Drew), 3 years young on Friday.  

It is obvious that we are blessed beyond measure and will certainly have our hands full with fighting off boys and helping heal all the hearts Drew is gonna break.  

Nick and I have been married for 9 years (whoa) this past June.  So blessed to have a man who chased God's heart in such a way that he was running right beside me.  (That is how you build a strong, marriage foundation by the way, with Christ as your cornerstone.)  He and I are blessed with fantastic jobs that are demanding and challenging and very time consuming (what job isn't?).  But they are rewarding jobs and we are truly thankful.  Especially since Lauren is a dancing machine (ballet/tap and lyrical added this year) and Drew says he is playing basketball, football, baseball and soccer.  Lord help us.  

Lauren is a very artistic person; music, dancing, singing, that is her passion.  Drew is into sports (he starts soccer this fall) and he is a BIG TIME car guy.  His favorite book?  One of those coffee table books from Barnes & Noble that is just pictures of cars.  His favorite car that he tells me he wants?  An orange Corvette, although his daddy likes to talk him into an Aston Martin DBS.  

Nick is quite fantastic at woodworking.  Here are some samples of things he's made since the beginning of the year.  

Told ya he was fantastic.

So, in ending and so there is no mistake that we are anywhere close to being perfect...

Or this could be the very reason why we are the perfect people, for each other.  (Yes, I know, there are no embarrassing photos of Nick and I.  I will have to do some digging and it's really not about us anyway.)

Stay tuned next week....Drew's Hot Wheels birthday party is this weekend!

I am a Promise.  I am a Possibility.  

I am a Promise, with a capital P.  I am a great big bundle of, Potentiality.  

And I am learning, to hear God's voice.  

And I am trying, to make the right choice. 

I am a Promise to be, anything God wants me to be.