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Luke 12:48 \u00a0<\/strong>Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.<\/em> (ESV). Our family has been shown so much grace by our Heavenly Father. \u00a0There are so many ways that we realize this\u2026but even more ways that we will never know until we stand face to face with Him in heaven one day. \u00a0As we head into 2018, our hope and prayer is that our family would be defined by the word GRACE this year. \u00a0The grace that we have received from our Heavenly Father should be demonstrated in the way that we deal with others as well as ourselves. \u00a0Clint and I are trying to take time to encourage our kids and to be intentional with talking about this. \u00a0Thanks for praying with us and holding us accountable in this area!<\/div>\n
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January is always a lot of fun with the start of a fresh new year and some downtime after the crazy holiday season. \u00a0This January we ended up with three snow days from school. \u00a0One of the days ended up being just warm rain, but everyone assumes that day was more related to the President being in town for the National Championship College Football Game (Roll Tide!). \u00a0I\u2019ll take a Monday off\u2026so no complaining here! \u00a0About a week later, we did end up with some more significant snow that was fun to play in. \u00a0I think we are all good on snow days here in the south at this point!<\/div>\n
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With all the snow days and just generally cold weather, our family enjoyed a LOT of time by the fireplace, reading, playing games, and doing puzzles. \u00a0Emma and I went with some friends to see Georgia Tech Women\u2019s Basketball Team play #2 ranked Notre Dame. \u00a0Tech got beaten pretty badly, but we did have a trip to the Varsity and Notre Dame was fun to watch! \u00a0Emma\u2019s basketball team continued playing. \u00a0It\u2019s been so fun to see how much Emma has enjoyed learning a game that is so special to both Clint and me.<\/div>\n
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Emma and Eli both are still loving the opportunity to go to the batting cages and work on their softball and baseball skills. \u00a0Emma is also staying busy with her friends making LOTS of slime. \u00a0She is like a crazy chemist in the kitchen with all sorts of supplies. \u00a0It has turned out really well and we love watching her be creative. \u00a0Eli is pretty much consumed with all things sports. \u00a0Right now it seems that baseball is his favorite, but I think that soccer will be next on the horizon for him.<\/div>\n
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Both kids are growing up WAY too fast! \u00a0They have both gotten significantly taller in the last several weeks. \u00a0Eli and Clint have resumed their Wednesday Night Financial Peace University class teaching on Wednesday nights and Emma and I have resumed our Queso Conversations on Wednesdays after her basketball practices. \u00a0Our hope is that our kids will always want to share with us what they have on their hearts and minds. \u00a0If we continue these special weekly dates with them at this age, the foundation of that relationship will be well set by the time they want to talk about really big things.<\/div>\n
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The weather has given us some glimpses of warming up. \u00a0As soon as the sun came out a few weekends ago, we loaded up the bikes and headed up to the park\u2026along with the entire population of Acworth! \u00a0We are continuing our house hunt and believe that God has something special in store this year. \u00a0Both Clint and I continue to enjoy being a part of the exciting things taking place at Cedarcrest Church. \u00a0Things at NCCS are growing and ramping up as well. \u00a0These are exciting days! \u00a0We believe that 2018 is going to be a great year!<\/div>\n
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