The Bright Eyed Brunette

"Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving." Colossians 4:2  The other day I was reading one of Carl's books and came across the following ballad set in the Civil War era. And So They Prayed A young golden-haired soldier stood in the ranks of  the brave And the captain said, "Guns to the shoulder!"...and they quietly marched away. His blue eyes once thrilled his mother, but now they  were filled with fear As he heard the cannon's thunder, and the field of  the battle drew near. But in that moment, far away, a mother whispers,  "Amen." 'Cause she thought of her son and so she prayed, and O how she prayed for him. His young hands, once they were steady, when he'd  hunt by his father's side But now they trembled as he readied his gun, and the enemy came into sight. But in that moment far away, a father whispers, "Amen." 'Cause he thought of his son and so he prayed, and O how he p...

Happy Wednesday, Loves!  Here is what I'm loving today: I am loving that Revenge comes on tonight on ABC! Seriously, I look forward to Wednesday nights every week because of this! I'm loving that Makena Faith got her hair cut and thinned yesterday! Let me just say that every morning when it's time to brush her hair out she cries, screams, & throws a big fit.  It mats up in the back like 1500 rats have built a mansion in it, and it's so thick and curly it's NUTS.  It usually makes my mornings super stressful, but not today.  Nope.  She got up and brushed and fixed it like it was no big deal.  I am SO LOVING this haircut :) I love this sign from Pinterest.  For all three of my babies :) I am loving that this is Turkey month and  how cute are these cute cookies?!  I would like to make them....Carlie wouldn't eat them because there is too much chocolate, but I still want to :) These are just a few of the things I'm loving today....

My witch, Cowboy, and Country Diva at Nanny and Pop's house My scary neighbor, Anthony.  He's 17 and was riding his bike around trick or treating!!  I prayed all night that he wouldn't get ran over! At Grammy and Papa's Carlie with her wax vampire teeth!  A classic :) With our sweet neighbor, Lauren.  Happy Halloween!!  This was probably the most unorganized Halloween that we've ever had!  We didn't have costumes until Saturday night, so you can imagine how picked over everything was.  We kind of did a little bit of this and that, but they were happy so that was all that mattered.  Carlie was supposed to be a country diva (singer), but didn't like carrying her guitar and microphone around with her.  Makena was a witch but we didn't do any face paint, and Trey was a cowboy....again.  He was a cowboy when he was three.  They got way too much candy, so we'll be playing Bible Bingo tomorrow night in Discovery!!  I've got ...

Friday night we traveled to Cherry Valley to watch Carl's nephew, Hunter play in his Senior Night game.  We got a real treat when we got to watch Riley play too :)  They lost, but it was still fun to get to see them both play.  And yes, I froze.  Winter is NOT my thing!! Here are a few of the pictures I took: Wendy, Hunter, and John Leslie and Carlie took Hunter a gift out on the field.  This picture was a little blurry, but isn't the sky so pretty? :) Number 72 is little Riley.  He looked so little in his uniform. Maybe we'll be able to attend a warmer game next year :) Trey and Riley.  He had such a good time playing with him.  The more rough the better for T! Makena and Uncle John....they all love him! We had such a good time visiting with everyone.  Thanks Nana for the yummy soup, chili, and pizza and for letting us crash at your house.  We left full and rested :) Beth 

Carlie with her best friend since preschool, Heather Makena with her friend, Mady.  They are the same age, in fact Mady is actually 2 months older than Makena :) Most of the kids that attended the FF. The girls who stayed for the sleepover.  Mady and Makena crafting with their tiles. Girl Talk! Friday night was the Annual Fall Festival at our church.  We had games, a devotional, and of course we ate!  In preparation for the FF, I injured my back, so I wasn't exactly myself that night, which is the reason why I didn't take very many pictures!  Both of my girls invited friends to stay the night at the sleepover following the FF.  They both picked their best friends, Heather and Mady from school.  The sleepover was at my parent's house and it was super fun for all the girls.  They crafted , talked, told stories, played Judge Judy (?), watched a movie, and drank WAY too much Mt. Dew!!  Like I said, my back was hurting pret...

Makena and Carlie riding the 4wheelers in the woods by Carl's deer stand/honey hole :) We looked around and found T on his way up to the climbing stand.  Of course then he had to pause for a picture! Then Carlie thought she needed to pose for me too! And Makena sat on the 4wheeler and watched us :) Carl and Trey checking out the deer feeder. Today was a great day for a ride through the woods to check out the deer stands and feeders and cameras.  Carl hasn't really been bow hunting because he's been really busy and it's been extremely warm!  When we were out there today it was almost 90 degrees.  That's WAY too warm to be hunting here.  Mosquitoes almost ate us up before we could get back on the 4 wheelers.  Carl has lots of deer on his game cameras including one monster buck...even bigger than the buck he killed at the farm last year!  After we finished we came back home and Carl cleaned out his truck and vacuumed my car out and I took a nap!  I...

Today our school went to the Pumpkin Patch.  Usually we go to Hardin Farms in Grady, but this year it was closed so we went to Wildwood Park's Pumpkin Patch in West Little Rock.  It was fun and they had different activities for the kids, but we had to split up into groups of 15 or less, which was my first dilemma.  I thought I was going to have to make a decision to either go with Trey and his class or the girls and their class.  I didn't want to have to choose one or the other, because I wouldn't get to see them play games and take fun pictures!  Thankfully we worked it out so that I took Trey with the girls group.  I hate it that he didn't get to spend the time with his classmates, but he is so social that it didn't bother him.  He has never met a stranger :)  Anyway, here are some pictures I took: T climbing through the hay maze.  Carlie and friends, playing in the hay Makena, about to go in ...