Testimonial Tuesday

I really do like blogging...I've always enjoyed putting my thoughts on paper, I'm more used to ink, but typing is growing on me. I have learned so much and been motivated and challenged by others blogs so I hope that for someone this will be encouraging. Maybe a topic for each day would keep me more focused on my blog...we'll try it and see, but there is no condemnation, right!? I have been learning so very much in the James study that I'm currently doing on wed nights with one of the most beautiful group of Jesus followers you ever did see. They are so authentic and that is rare and something I've longed for. I'm forever grateful. I praise the Lord for how he is teaching me and changing me! He has reaffirmed to me my calling through this study and I've found that its even in my name. I'm so thankful that He calls us by name, aren't you? He knows our name, calls us by it, and hears us!...when we're hurting, happy, searching or all of the above! He's calling us all by name, and it begins by calling us to the cross. I'm so humbly grateful! The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor;[a] he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;[b] 2 to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; 3 to grant to those who mourn in Zion— to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified.[c] Isaiah 61:1-3

Celebrating His Majesty and Rejoicing in His Goodness!

Fletcher Fall Fun!

Well, the second weekend in October, I had a Premier event on Saturday. Fall is a great time to be a Premier Jewelry lady, (but so is every other season!)so I had a fun day. The rest of the weekend we just hung around the house enjoying each other!




The third weekend of October began a new family tradition. One of my very favorite places on this earth is Valle Crucis, NC. I enjoy the entire area, but something about Valle Crucis makes my heart smile. My favorite park ever is there, and we went there for a picnic on labor day. While there I ask a lady if they have any events for the fall and she told me about the third weekend in October. Every year they have a Valle Country Fair, famous for it's Brunswick Stew. I knew then it was a must go.


The leaves were absolutely gorgeous. I really feel they were at or close to peak. When we got there early afternoon they had already sold out of Brunswick stew, apparently it's very famous! Sarah Anne was able to go with us and they had also sold out of there vegatarian rice and beans. However we all found something yummy to eat and enjoyed the day at one of my very favorite places on Earth :)

It's Fall Ya'll...

It's fall ya'll...my very favorite season! Winter is my favorite, but Fall my VERY favorite! Summer is my least favorite and somehow I managed to not blog at all during summer...how I've missed it so! However we did have a great summer, entirely tooooo HOTTTTTT, but still a good summer!
This Fall has been fabulous...one of my favorites to date! There are five weekends in October this year, so without a doubt I thought they all deserved to be celebrated in a Festive Fall way! The family expects no less from me :)
Of course the first weekend in October is a Fletcher Family Favorite: The Erwin Apple Festival!

We all enjoyed the Apple Festival! The highlight this year was the Minninite Fresh Doughnuts! They were as big as Clark and Harrison's head, made fresh on site! The smell was the best! Chloe Laine enjoyed them too!

The weather was beautiful, perfect Fall temperatures and we all anxiously awaited for God's beautiful creation to be turned into a pallete of beautiful colors! We didn't have to wait very long...four more fabulous weekends in October 2010 to go!

A Great Good Friday!

Today was a very special Good Friday! It was the first Good Friday that Bob had the entire day off! (Thanks to a vacation day) We were able to go as a family and participate in the yearly Good Friday witness walk in Erwin. It was so special to be able to do this as a family. I know our children even though they are young are able to see and better understand what this weekend is about!

Thanks to my good friend, Nicole...as we were walking down Main Street of Erwin following a wooden cross being carried down the street, I could only imagine as Christ carried his cross (my cross) down the Via Delarosa and the crowd that followed!

This is one of my very favorite weekends of the year...special in a way only my heart understands.
Tonight we're going to make an Easter Tree, and tomorrow after the egg hunt we are making Resurrection Cookies. So excited to do these with the children. Bob and I love showing the children Christ in our lives in this way!

We'll try to post pics soon!

Happy Easter!

Groundhog Day Fun!

Me Tuesday Morning: Good Morning Boys! Happy Groundhog Day!
Boys: Mommy What's Groundhog Day?
So...I decided we'd have a lil Groundhog Day Fun. I did a little research and found out that Groundhog Day is actually the midpoint between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox. I found out the history behind Groundhog day and found some fun crafts for us to do!
Chloe Laine was down for a nap, so that's why she isn't seen in the pictures. She did however like the I'm a little Groundhog song to the tune of "I'm a little teapot"

Harrison practicing with scissors!

 

Clark concentrating on cutting out his groundhog!

 

Finished Products: Our Groundhogs!

 

 

Thirty and Thankful

 

So I turned Thirty last week!!!
While I know I'm sorta behind in the blogging, I thought this would be a good place to start and then go back and catch up.

I read on another blog of someone who turned thirty and they highlighted years past leading up to thirty. I thought this was a fabuolous idea and wanted to do that as well, so here goes!...

2000: I turned twenty, and boy was I excited! Not having teen after my age meant a great deal to me as I did not really care for my teenage years. I was excited to enter a new decade of my life and see what the Lord had in store for me. I remember spending my birthday in clinicals in my quest to become a Respiratory Therapist!
I was also praying God would send along the Man he had for me so I could begin that journey in life and in September my prayers were answered as this was when I met Bob. I knew I loved him very early on but never would believe the blessings he has brought me. God continued to show me who I was to be in him throughout this year.

2001: What a fabulous fun year! This year was spent planning our wedding (from June til Dec.), while we were both finishing school. We got married in Dec. God was continuing to shape us as individuals, yet preparing us for marriage to our best friends!

2002: We began our first full year of marriage. I was working full time as a respiratory therapist and began working at the VA this year. Bob was finishing up school and would graduate in Dec.

2003: This is the year that God brought Premier into our lives. WOW another blessing that I'm still realizing. I'm so very thankful for Premier, how it has blessed our lives and the lives that have been enriched. This is also the year (in Sept.) that we found out we were expecting our first child! God's timing is so perfect!

2004: The year our first child was born in April...our son Clark! We took a huge leap of faith and decided after prayer that I would be blessed to be able to stay at home with Clark since I could supplement our income with Premier! This was an exciting year of firsts!, but how I love being a mommy and Jewelry Lady...in Dec. we found out we were expecting our second child!!!

2005: Wow on to the second half of my twenties...how fast they seem to be going. I remember on this birthday Bob telling me that I was a quarter of a century old! HeHe in perfect Bob style! I was adapting and learning how to balance being a mommy and jewelry lady. Clark celebrated his first birthday in April and we moved in May. Our Second son Harrison was born on August 11th weighing 8lbs. 3oz.! This year was also an exciting one as I became a mommy to two precious little boys!

2006: So now I'm on the other side of the twenties! Still learning to balance, but was blessed this year to attend my first Premier Designs National Rally. This is when I truly captured a vision of what I was a part of. This was also the year that God showed me what true worship meant and how he had created me to worship him. I have never forgotten the power of these lessons!
Bob and I are thrilled to be parents of such sweet little boys that grow so fast! This was the year at Christmas that I refer to as "The Train Christmas"...the boys received many train sets and it was precious to watch all three of the guys sit and play endlessly with their new toys!

2007: This was the year that I truly began to search out what it means to have a servants heart and what my place in that was! God began showing me several areas in my heart that needed pruning and healing and though it was a very tough process to go through began to heal areas of my life that I previously didn't want him to even go. He was teaching me to Love who he made me to be, and what his love meant. In Dec. of this year, to our great surprise, but again his perfect timing, we found out we were expecting our third child. At ten weeks we almost lost this child and God taught me a sweet lesson regarding his love and sovereignty. He gave me a peace and I knew it was going to be okay either way...and it was! On Christmas Eve we found out the baby was fine and the pregnancy was progressing normally! All Praise to God our creator!

2008: It was the Spring of this year that I began to grasp and begin to accept and understand the Love that God has for me! This is a lesson I pray I will never forget, for it has better allowed me to love others the way that he has called me too! While I have a Great ways to go in this area I will always look back at this year as the beginning of knowing how to accept his unconditional love for me allowing me to accept others love completely and better loving others in all areas of my life. In July of this year we were blessed to have a daughter! Chloe Laine was born on July 24th, being the biggest of the three weighing in at 9lbs. 11oz. The rest of 2008 was spent adjusting to having three children at home with me while running my Premier business. I'm still learning that, but 2008 was my best year yet!

2009: Wow...the last year of my twenties. This was a year I still spent adjusting and it seemed that the devil wanted to rob me of the lessons I had learned and valued so much during the previous years...it was a fierce battle in my mind, but of course I had the victory with Jesus! By the end of this year he was beginning to prune me once again for what he had in store for me. I left this year knowing that 30was closely approaching and negativity had no room in my heart or mind. As I refer to it...NO MORE STINKING THINKING! Praise the Lord for this victory! Again this year was my best yet in Premier and I truly left 29 knowing the best was yet to come!!!

2010: Here it is...I turned 30! But you know what, I really like it! I told Bob that I think I feel even more Sassy! Watch out world...I use the word sassy but it's really a confidence that Christ has given me through him and what he's taught me in my twenties! I Love being Bob's wife and going through this journey together. He's truly my best friend on this earth, knows me like no other human, and I wouldn't have had the decade previously without him! I Love being a Mommy to three precious children, who I pray God will continue to allow to raise to come to Love and know him early in their sweet lives! I Love being a jewelry lady and empowering women to know the same truths about themselves that I've learned! I'm so truly blessed and can't wait to see what this decade holds.

There are several of you that were not mentioned specifically by name in this blog (my sweet sisters) but know you're in my heart always and you've helped make me who I am!

Love you all

 

Costume Parade at the Library

Harrison checking out his treats!
Daddy and our Little Ladybug!


Where to next?

Spidey and Woody the Sherriff

This is fun!

Well the Costume Parade at the Johnson City Public Library is another Fletcher Family Fall Favorite! It is tradition. We have been going to the library for storytime since Clark was 13 months old and we all love it! They always have a costume parade and special Halloween Storytime to follow!