Snow Day(s)

Well, I'm sure most of you've heard, since the Superbowl was here n' all, that Dallas has been having some ca-razy weather lately.  We Texans don't understand how to handle "winter weather conditions" so what do we all do?  Lock ourselves in our houses and don't come out until it's all safely melted.  Of course, being a stay at home mom that was just another Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for me!  Plus, I'm really good at this whole "locked in the house" thing.  Five weeks of bedrest will do that for ya.  Anyways ...

We decided we should document little C's first snow with a few pictures.  We bundled our little buddy up and headed outside to take some pictures in the snow!  Please excuse my eyes, apparently they retract into my head without eye makeup.  Sunglasses would've been a good idea ...

 

We got so excited that we wore ourselves out.  So the rest of the day involved a lot of the following ...

I hope everyone stayed warm over the weekend!



3 Months!

Happy 3 months to the cutest. snow bunny. eva.

We love you SO much sweet C!



Compromising......

“Now therefore fear the Lord and serve Him in sincerity and in faithfulness….” Joshua 24:14a ESV (Bolded by me).




I hate when I find myself in a place where my words doesn’t mirror my actions. Lately, I have been asking God to make sure my “Sunday language” (I love this phrase. It means the things I say in church) matches my everyday lifestyle. Let me tell you: never ask God for something because when He delivers on His side you will have to deliver on yours. I can say the past month; the past week even has been an eye opening experience. I realize there are areas in my life that I will not compromise with and than there are areas where I would and I shouldn’t at all. I realized that I have reached a point where I love God more than wanting approval from peers, co-workers and friends. I want to please Him and make Him happy; so that requires a no-compromise on my part in many areas. Why a no-compromise? When people see that you are CONSISTENT (there goes that word again) and your lifestyle lines up with the word of God, you can draw people to Christ because your “no” is always “no” not “yes, on the weekends” and “no during the week”. If we compromise in certain areas of our lives when the word tells not to we become a hindrance to the
 building of God’s kingdom instead on a help. Let me use an illustration for you: imagine a wall is being built and you are assigned to a certain section. You make the bricks and build the wall. You have a certain list of ingredients and a mock up of how the wall should look. You decide you will use your own ingredients or skim on some and build the wall the way you like because the mock up and ingredients list is to hard to follow and will take too long. Soon, part of the wall that is being built start to crumble, but it’s not just your part of the wall that’s starting to fall it’s the WHOLE WALL! If you did your part the way you were supposed to, it wouldn’t have happened. That’s how it is in our walk with Christ, God lays out a plan for us and we know for a fact it’s not a bad one (Jeremiah 29:11). He even illuminates the way for us in His word (Psalm 119:105) which is our guide book with all the ingredients to make this life a good one. If we swerve from the path and still try to do the work and confess with our mouths and not with our lives, we will push people further from Christ instead of closer because we decided to cut corners.


We are ONE body (Romans 12:4-5) (arms, hands, feet, toes, fingers, back, legs….you get the picture) and we must work TOGETHER. Body parts can’t operate apart from each other, imagine how we would look if one hand decided to go one way the other another way and our feet in two different directions= absolute chaos! That’s how it is in the body of Christ. We all have certain functions, duties and gifts that TOGETHER work for the building of the church and kingdom. So I have to do my part and you have to do yours and that means INSIDE and OUTSIDE of the church. If you feel like I do, like there’s areas in your life that you compromise aware and unaware bring it before the Lord in prayer….I warn you, He will answer and there maybe things that you may not like about yourself when He reveals it but the blessing is knowing that you have a Father in heaven who loves you and wants you to be more like Him. So when He reveals it to you ask Him to work on those areas in you (you may have to do work as well, don’t be lazy! Lol) and watch the difference it will make. That being said, I (finally) close with this over-used quote: “If you don’t stand for anything, you’ll fall for anything.” That statement packs a punch when you really think about it. What are you not standing for that is allowing you to fall? Be blessed.

Guest Post: Team Us!

I am happy to post this guest post for my friend, Lindsay Todd.  If you want to see proof that Lindsay and I know each other (yes, we're REAL LIFE friends, not just blogger friends, not that y'all aren't real friends ... you know what I mean) read here.  Without further adieu ...

happy friday dear friends of life in the fulmer lane!

allow myself to introduce myself... um, ourselves. we are team us: geoff - the baby daddy, lindsay - wifey, mommy-extraordinaire, and harper - the cutest baby ever (i am not biased. i promise.) oh, and hurley the boxer puppy. (in case you are wondering, my hubby started calling us "team us" while we were dating. he is an athlete and a coach... oh and a marketing genius - so you KNOW we needed to have the team mentality as a couple!)

this is a special day and i had hoped that my first guest post for the AHmazing life in the fulmer lane would not be so much of a plug!

but here it is, and we are thuper duper excited about it (did you see that? i used baby talk spelled out just like the hostess always does!).
the following was written by the baby daddy, my boo (who, like most normal people, likes to use caps. i, on the other hand, am firmly against the usage of capitalization.):

BABY DADDY in the house with a guest post...WOOT, WOOT!

So you know how formative kids are and how much we as parents are responsible for the ultimate development of our child's self-esteem, right? Well, we have asked our babygirl to slip on her dancin' shoes (which just so happen to be the cutest little Chuck Taylors eva) and entertain the world. We need your help to make it known how special she is.....

OK, OK...we actually just want you to enjoy this REALLY fun video and vote for it. (she knows how special she is already because we tell her like 50 million times a day). We did this video with a friend of ours named Tim for a contest on Facebook from "Food Should Taste Good" and it's potentially worth $10,000. It's all voter-based and you can vote once a day through this Monday, February 7th. PLEASE take a second and check out this video. If you dig it, vote for us as many days as you can.

Also, you can hop over to our blog today for a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Harper's Touchdown Dance. Thanks in advance for any and all votes / support you provide.

To vote Click HERE.

(Also, if you'd like to stay up on the progress, here's the Facebook event).

thanks so much and nice to meet y'all!
Team Us

Thoughtless Thursday: Sneeced In.

O.M.G.  Now I know I was on bedrest for 5 weeks, but I swear this 2 days of being confined to the house is about to do. me. in.  Seriously, Texas doesn't do sneece (snow/sleet/ice) very well.  There is a reason we endure 110 degree temps for months at a time.  So we don't have to deal with below zero windchills in the winter.  Geeeeez it's cold.  So, what better time for ...



Today I'm going to post something that I'm looking into ordering soon.  I love love LOVE these Life Planners by Erin Condren.  First of all, let's talk about the cuteness of covers she offers.  These are a few of my favorites ...

Obviously personalized with your own family name.  She can even add a picture of your kids/family on the front!  SO CUTE, right?  Second, LOOK at how much organization is contained inside!  Check out this little video that Erin does to explain how to use the Life Planner ...

I'm going to order mine soon!  Now granted, the last 3 days on my calendar would read "Marooned In House" but I feel like once it gets warmer and I start getting C out of the house more, it will help this momma keep my head on straight!

Now it's YOUR turn!  Grab my button, post whatever random thing you'd like and come back here and link up!  I can't wait to see what you post!!!

 

Cabin Fever

This is what you do when you can't leave the house for two days in a row ...

Excuse my mommy voice.  I can't turn it off when talking to this little guy.



Opening Up....Well, Trying To.

I had an amazing conversation with my First Lady on Saturday about being single and my frame of mind about the topic. She said she noticed that I closed myself off; and to be honest I had. That is one of the things I love about her, I have known her for over 15 years and she can read me like a book. She's like the big sister I never had...but back to the topic at hand. I have realized that I reached a point where I have cut myself off so that I don't have to deal with any drama. It wasn't intentional at first; it just slowly started.....I just didn't want to be bothered with the drama of being in a relationship. Don't get me wrong, I want to be in one but the RIGHT ONE. And that brings us to why we were having that discussion. I felt that the bad outweighed the good and in a Christian relationship these days, the drama would be too stressful (I came to this conclusion because I was exposed to every one's drama). After talking to her, I realized I was closed off, but my dilemma now is how do I open up? When I made my decision to stay single for One Year I didn't pray about it or seek God's guidance. I just decided that I had enough. Funny thing is the year ends the day after Valentine's Day. LOL, too funny! So I decided to let Jesus take the wheel and stop closing people off (easier said than done). So now that I know this is an issue, I am afraid to see what God will do about it; He seems to be a comedian lately. I guess the issue has come back up because literally ALL of my friends are either married or getting married this year. It doesn’t bother me that I single but I feel like I’m at the point where I might be hindering the next level because I don’t want to go there; pretty selfish right? I don’t want to this and I don’t want to that. The one thing I learn that in CHRISTIAN relationships it’s not about you: it’s about the other person. You must protect their hearts, minds and most important: their salvation. So the question is: does God think I’m ready for such a task?