Summer Adventures: Vallarta, the ultimate grocery store!!

July 21, 2022.Reading time 11 minutes.

Good Morning Gorgeous, It’s a brand new day! A fresh new start! I just got home from California, and it feels so amazing to be home with all my kiddos together. I didn’t write or blog much the last few days. I was just in the moment each day, but I did get carried away […]

Summer Adventures: When is the last time you traveled without GPS?

July 17, 2022.Reading time 9 minutes.

Good Morning Gorgeous! It’s a brand new day. A fresh new start! A new day to operate each moment by leaning into the power and discernment of Holy Spirit. There is a supernatural gift from God available to each of us every moment of our lives! But because we have free will, we have to […]

Summer Adventures: Don’t take me! And yet Don’t leave me behind!

July 15, 2022.Reading time 12 minutes.

Good Morning Gorgeous! It’s a brand new day. A fresh new start. A new day to rise and grow closer to Jesus. A new day to spend time with Him asking for clarity and direction. A new day to spend time with Him telling Him what’s on your heart. A new day to spend time […]

Summer Adventures: Georgia Mountains Day 4 “Navigating through Life”

June 19, 2022.Reading time 15 minutes.

Good Morning Gorgeous, It’s a brand new day. A fresh new start! A brand new day to move in the direction that Jesus is navigating. For this adventure, our crew of 15 went tubing down the Chatahoochee River. It’s a two and a half hour tubing trip with some calm spots, some rapids, some shallow, […]

Summer Adventures: Georgia Mountains Day 3 “Miss Vanessa, I don’t believe in God.”

June 15, 2022.Reading time 14 minutes.

Good Morning Gorgeous, It’s a brand new day. A fresh new start. A new day to rise and move in the direction Jesus is going! We are on vacation with a total of 15 people, and part of our village includes a few older teenage boys that I have had the privilege of watching grow […]

Summer Adventures: Georgia Mountains Day 2/ Waiting for the Promises of God

June 15, 2022.Reading time 15 minutes.

Good Morning Gorgeous, It’s a brand new day. A fresh new start. A new day to rise and run to Jesus! He has such an amazing promised land up ahead. Sometimes the place ahead, the most beautiful and perfect place also seems just out of reach. Sometimes there are closer places to go that offer […]

Summer Adventures: Georgia Mountains Day 1

June 14, 2022.Reading time 10 minutes.

Good Morning Gorgeous, It’s a brand new day. A fresh new start. A new day to rise and enjoy the day set before you. Each new day is a day to be enjoyed and cherished. Even with all the twisty turns and even struggles, each day is unique and has treasures within it. Last year […]

Road Trippin’ Day 20: That’s a Wrap!

July 8, 2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

Here's the sky as we started driving at 630am and Addy and Lucy were sleeping soundly.

Hi Gorgeous Friends!! Today was puppy pick up day!!! We planned to pick up Junior and then take one more night to camp somewhere in Florida on our way home. But between the hurricane, having two dogs in tow, and just being ready to get home, we decided to pick up pup and head for […]

Road Trippin’: Days 18 & 19 We have MORE news! (Can’t make this stuff up…)

July 7, 2021.Reading time 16 minutes.

Hi Gorgeous Friends! Again, I have a testimony that is so wild! The day started so normal with errands actually! We needed to stop at the bank, the UPS store, and make a Target run. The moment we entered Target, Chuck started beaming! He made me a cup of coffee with the last bit of […]

Road Trippin’ Day 17 : Independence Day

July 7, 2021.Reading time 9 minutes.

Hi Gorgeous Friends, This was 4th of July, and Chuck got up at 3am and hit the road while we were all sleeping to make it to Oklahoma City to attend Gate Church at 10am. They are affiliated with the same network of churches that our church is under, and we have had the privilege […]