Michael...well...being Michael! :)
My sweet little Nutcracker-Drummer boys and the princess ballerina! :) Happy Halloween!
Hey Anna...whacha think of my tu-tu? ;) Thanks for the help! Only in Alaska do we need to fashion our children's costumes around winter gear. Got to love the 20degrees outside...This is still a site in progress, but wanted to let you check it out! :) www.506copperbushct.blogspot.com
I truly don't LOVE a specific one of the AFTER pictures. It is such a small space, and it is hard to show all the NEW things. My favorite is the crown molding! :) It is the simple things. Don't forget to vote on the one, or give me ideas about taking better pictures!
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Ok ladies...what do you think? Can't wait to hear your imput!! I have a call into FSBO, so I will keep you posted!
We are officially DONE with our remodel!!! I can't believe a 6month process has taken us through the addition of one baby, two job changes, and THREE+ years! :) I will say though that I LOVE what we have done. Here is a sneak peek of our new dining room. The colors are so ME, and I thought the white-ish new carpet would be such a stressful thing, but the squishy-ness of it makes up for any headaches I have!! FSBO here we come! :) More pictures to come when I get around taking them.
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What do you think? Should I use the middle (A) or the last (B)picture for our listing? So I was talking with my bestest friend today. (Now girls...I love you all but Cristy has pretty much 15yrs PLUS on you....;) so no hard feelings!!!) We were talking about what God was doing in our lives and I was pretty much sharing what went on this past weekend. I was trying to explain the difference in my walk with Jesus prior to this weekend and the changes I wanted to make. We laughed through this analogy but it actually fit. I was talking about how the past couple of years my spiritual walk has become fat-free. Or, at least LIKE fat-free food. ;) Stick with me here.
Fat free food (and I am not talking about great produce) is manufactured to taste good with out the "meat" to make you fat. It looks like a hot dog, smells like a hot dog...gets all plumpy and bubbly when you roast it like a hot dog, but when you look at the ingredients and find out that you are actually eating tofu...you kinda feel gypped!
This is the comparison I am looking at my devotional life lately. I am reading my bible, and sort of praying every day...but am I getting the meat out of what I am doing? Am I being filled with new knowledge and insight or am I just putting in my time to be filled with empty calories with nothing of worth to show for it?
Not many times can we become gluttonous with anything...but I believe this may be an exception to that rule. I challenge you to look at your quiet time. Are you feasting on FULL FAT devotions and worshiping our Jesus in your prayer life? Or are you starving yourself off fat free spiritual time with our Lord? I urge you sisters!!! Enjoy the bounty of our Lord!!! The blessings He so desires to pour out on His children. Seek Him, and I promise you He will meet you wherever you are at!!
And just for those curious readers out there...I love me a good tofu hotdog!!!
I have felt really unfulfilled with my blog lately. I just lost the reason why I started it, and I guess I lost my focus. This past weekend I experienced a weekend that has forever changed my life. I know that is a HUGE statement to make...but it truly was monumental in my life thus far. Our church hosted a simulcast of Beth Moore. If you don't know who she is, you NEED TOO! :) I have heard her speak twice now, and both times have been eye opening, and supernaturally blessed by the Holy Spirit.
So this weekend was a hard road walked. It was a Friday evening-Saturday morning event. I have also made some life long friends at our church. They are some of my dearest friends and even a few I would consider family. The great thing about Beth Moore is that she speaks to your heart wherever you are at.
I know for the girls that I shared this experience with we were all dealing with our own issues, stresses, and overwhelming hurts. But we walked this path together, hand in hand. We dug into Jesus' Word...and received healing and release from pressures or sins in our lives. I envisioned it as us all holding hands walking down this path ahead of us. Each individually having burdens of our own and it truly being a personal experience. But when one of us would fall (emotionally, not wanting to continue, or so overwhelmed with hurt) we-another one of us-would reach down and help that sister along. We all were walking towards our Jesus in worship-for healing-instruction-strength.
That is the awesome thing about the God we serve. He is not just capable of doing one thing at a time. Healing hurts of this person, then granting strength to another. He is ALL POWERFUL to do all that and MORE at the same time for whomever will come to Him!
This weekend was the reminder of a time in my life that I felt intimately close to my Jesus. It was last at college when a bubble of Jesus surrounded me. Since then I have felt that I have only dabbled in a pure, ever seeking, fully open, personal friendship with my Lord. This makes me sad to admit...but it is the blaring truth. After this weekend from the words of Beth Moore, from the written words of my Jesus…and the helpful truths spoken by my friends there is a change happening in my life today.
Change in how I raise my children, change in how I treat my husband, and a change in how I honor, respect, and desire a friendship with Christ my Lord. It will be an every day, ever waking moment walk along. Instead of my friends holding my hand down that path…it will be my Jesus coming along side me and leading me down the road to a holy and blameless (as much as a sinner saved by grace can be) life. Kind of surprising…sort of out there? I LOVE IT! J Watch out world…I have had an awakening and it is an awesome thing.
You are probably now asking what in the world does this have to do with my blog. Well here it is. You will still get pics and funny stories, but you will also get my daily devotional or if I feel so led to share what I am being taught at that time. Yes, it will be more REAL and less foof…but I think that is going to be ok. Love to you all….and get ready for a friend-sister-daughter-etc whose life is a testimony of Christ who lives in ME!
Two weeks ago, (yes, I am THAT behind) the twins and MaKinley were in the wedding of a very special family friend. The Bauders have always been such great family friends of ours. Stephanie and I grew up babysitting the Bauder kids, and now the Bauder "kids" babysit my children!!
Their oldest married in back yard of her home on Sport Lake. It was a GORGEOUS setting, and Matthew and Michael were the ring bearers, and MaKinley the flower girl. It was very special to me as Lindsay's younger sisters were my flower girls in my wedding!
For the boys this picture is SOOO typical of their personalities. Matthew on teh left is trying his darnest not to smile or look at anyone...and Michael my orally fixated child has SOMETHING in his mouth!
They did awesome until they saw daddy sitting down and MaKinley pronounced to everyone, she was ALL DONE! With a little prodding they finally made it up to the front.
Matt and Lindsay Tully
(picture taken by Shawna Shields)
THIS picture is SOOO Kinley. Getting that skirt out of the way so she can tromp up the hill! 
No mullet!! :) This haircut actually fits her personality much more. Short, spunky, sweet!
This was my requested pic as I have the same one with Lindsay's little sisters kissing my cheeks at my wedding!!! 
Hahhahaaha!! This was after the wedding taken by Leah Jackson. I was able to get copies of her outstanding pics. This picture makes me smile on the inside as THIS is the true Wagner Boys. Shirt untucked, mom's too long of pants uncuffed, hands in the pocket, with a bit of a mischievous grin on their faces!!! 
My sweet girl. 
Lauren and Megan are the middle two girls who I have known since their birth!! Yes, that makes me feel old, but truly blessed too. They were my flower girls and Miss Megan is one of the kid's favorite babysitters!
Two year old on the loose!
Lindsay and Kinley!!
More, non-mullet pics! What do you think Aunt Kathy? :)
Matt and Lindsay got the kids Thank You gifts for being in the wedding. She got the boys nerf guns, and man-o-man...they are awesome. They each got their own, and I think Ryan and I have had more fun with them than the boys!! Don't you love the four-year shooting stance?
Lindsay and her daddy..aka...my dentist growing up! Got to love Dr Bob!
A rare family pic.
