2013

2013

Tidbits of Us

I am the wife of an amazing man, seeking hard after God's will for his family, and the mother of 3 beautiful little girls and a 4th baby lost in pregnancy, who all pull at my heartstrings continually. Life has been a whirlwind since our wedding in 2008, including seminary, adventures in camp ministry, missions in Kosovo, and countless moves and God's fingerprints are throughout it all. We are blessed and encouraged that He is equipping us continually for the ministry ahead and pray we are great stewards to all he has entrusted to us, in family, friends, ministry, finances, and of course, the gospel.

Jaclyns 30 before 30

"deadline":  November 18th 2012
  • buy a bedroom set
  • buy or make nice bookshelves (so we actually bought cheap ones, to save for some really nice ones!!)
  • Day at the Spa! (Thanks to my amazing husband for my 1st mother's day in 2011!!)
  • discover LOTS of new recipes
  • fully decorate my house (May 17-June 1, 2011)
  • get a dog (October 15th, 2012)
  • get a turtle
  • get everything except the student loans paid off  (Jan. 2012)
  • Go camping with my husband (Enchanted Rock, Nov. 2011. NOT the best camping trip... may have to do a better one before I'm 30)
  • go on a family mission trip
  • go strawberry picking (this has been a goal for 5 years running... something always happens)
  • have another baby (April 1st, 2012: Eden Rene')
  • keep baby books/photo album updated (Kept up... at least to my birthday! Who knows about after that!)
  • Leave Madison over night for the first time!! (AHH) (Dec. 2-4, 2011 for Marriage conference in San Antonio!! TWO whole nights!! I did well!)
  • Let Madison & Eden meet great grandma and Papaw Hemming (June 1st, 2012)
  • memorize the whole book of James
  • Nurse Eden at least 6 months (6 months on October 1st and still going!)
  • Potty train Madison (September 2012, took about 4 days! Here's to hoping all our kids are that easy!)
  • Read at least 15 books from my reading list
  • read through the entire Bible
  • restart violin lessons, on my own or with an instructor
  • Run/walk an entire 5K (May 29, 2011 - 5K mudrun! -lots of obstacles- My time was 50 minutes!)
  • Run/jog an entire 5K, no walking allowed!!  (November 17th, the day before my 30th birthday! My time was 35:09)
  • start a garden (Aug. 2011)
  • Stay at a super nice hotel/B&B with hubby (with a private room jacuzzi tub)
  • swim in a river (During my first 5K mud run!! May 29, 2011)
  • Teach Madison the alphabet (as of my birthday she knows it pretty well... now and then we skip some letters)
  • teach someone to quilt (Maddie Levey! She made the same design from my very first quilt for her boyfriend for Christmas 2011!)
  • visit Mexico with Aaron
  • visit my dad's grave (May 7, 2011)