Molly is Three - Yippee!

Molly Margaret turned three on August 17! We celebrated her birthday with precious friends and family at The Birthday House. Molly wanted a Dora Princess Party...so we had Dora plates and napkins and put on princess attire for the party. The girls dressed up in their fancy princess dresses and the boys put on Superman capes and pirate hats and headed downstairs for cupcakes.

Sweet friends

Dress up fun with friends

Eric & Jenn

Gran or as Molly calls her "Gee"

PePaw & MaMaw

Oh, how Molly loves her brothers

Daddy's little princess

My dear Molly Margaret - I love you with all of my heart and am so thankful to be your Mommy. You are a beautiful Gift from the Lord, and I praise God everyday that He gave you to me. Happy 3rd Birthday!

No More Worries

I opened the kids' devotional book on Thursday to read with them and it was Devotional #56 Give Your Worries to God

The Bible verse read, "Give all your worries to Him, because He cares for you." 1 Peter 5:7

There are lots of worries in our home right now, so we decided to write our concerns down on strips of paper. We took turns praying and giving our worries to our Lord. For a visual, we stuck them on a cross on our door. I went first and put one of my worries on the cross. Jordan said, "you put it on backwards - no one can see what you wrote". Exactly - it is no longer my worry or anyone else's worry in this house! What an amazing gift of grace and love through the cross.

"Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; His greatness no one can fathom." Psalm 145:3

When we focus on praising our Lord rather than trying to figure out what He is doing, our attitude does change. He is GOD and His greatness I cannot even begin to understand! With all of the unknowns in the Bryans' home right now, I am most thankful that one thing never changes - GOD.

Kudos to the Chef!

Jordan was the chef for the evening. He looked through recipe books and planned dinner for all of us. He created his grocery list and off we went to Brookshire's. On his menu for the evening:

Mexican Lasagna (new yummy recipe - of course Jordan would not try it)

Fruit Kabobs

Brownies - cut out with cookie cutters and decorated with icing and sprinkles

Jordan may not like to eat food, but he sure loves to prepare it and cook for others. Thanks for a delicious dinner!

First Haircut

Thanks to Luke and Jordan for encouraging your little sister and getting so excited about her new princess haircut.



Before



Styling

Thanks to Kerri who cuts our hair - she was so fun with Molly!

Molly loves her new haircut! She enjoyed her first trip to the "booty shop" for her new "Snow White" haircut. My 2 year old looks like such a big girl!

Molly & Maggie

Girls

love to

play dress up

and have

tea parties!

Video

What exactly is the Bryans family doing? You can watch our video that Grace Community Church made for us. The clip of Miguel captures the vision of Casa Gabriel's ministry.


http://www.youtube.com/v/XEGseMJzVfA

Kindergarten graduation

Jordan loves his teacher, Ms. Cox. He learned so much from her. She taught her class wonderful things in fun, creative ways. The students were kissing their brains throughout the school year. Ms. Cox's class received the most Patriot Bucks (good behavior certificates awarded by other teachers and staff) in all of Jack Elementary. Jordan had a wonderful experience in kindergarten. We are so thankful for Ms. Cox and love her dearly.

Great friends in kindergarten

MaMaw & PePaw are so proud of this graduate

Jordan, you bring so much joy and laughter to our family with your sincere love for others and all of your silly ways. You were so nervous to start kindergarten and look at you now...much more confident - you surprised us all with your performance in The Three Piggy Opera! You are always eager to help and be a good friend. We love you very much and are proud of you. You will do great in first grade!