.blessed.

Our hearts are so full from a blessed time with family and friends this Christmas! We are so thankful to have been able to spend so much time with so many of the people that we love. I will be back after the new year to let you in on all our adventures!
Here is the video from the Christmas service at our church. We had service on Thursday night, 2 on Friday, and then 2 on Saturday and they were all PACKED OUT! It was such a great time of lifting up our Lord Jesus. Please enjoy!

Christmas at the Summit from The Summit Church on Vimeo.

.bec bec graduates.

My sister graduated from college earlier this month, so we make a trip to SC to see her walk across the stage! We were so proud of her! Not to mention super excited that her next step in life is to move in with us to be our nanny!!!!!!!! SO STINKIN' EXCITED about that. I know it will have its challenges, but we are really looking forward to this and are super excited that she feels the Lord has led her to move on to Greensboro with us as well to be a part of Mercy Hill Church.
Here are some pics from our short weekend there:Funny thing: we went to the Olive Garden for lunch one day and HJ went potty (#1 and#2) in the bathroom there and when we returned to the table she announced it to everyone around! haha.. Oh the joys of no shame!

.bettty crocker.

.frosty the snowman.

this is hj's new favorite toy!... its one of those tacky hallmark toys that plays music, lights up, and frosty dances. She will mash the button cutting it on and off ALL NIGHT LONG! When she lets it play she dances around like a crazy person and when it finishes, she will bow saying, "thank you, thank you, thank you!" hahaha... PURE ENTERTAINMENT! AP even enjoys watching it and her. I thought he might be unsure about it, but he isn't and likes to get his hands on frosty too!

.cousin ry ry.

i love these pics... this was when HJ was in FL... her and ry ry having some breakfast at Gigi's house.

.sweet and smiley.

.so thankful for my sweet smiley blessings!.

.oh Christmas tree.

The day after Thanksgiving we got up and went shopping (not at the crack of dawn) then came home for Christmas decorating!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE having our house decorated for Christmas, and it's nice to have extra hands to get it all put up. HJ had a good time helping and AP just jumped in his jumper watching it all.

.thanksgiving.

. i mean better late than never right!. haha.
We had a great Thanksgiving! My family came up for the week/weekend. Thanksgiving morning I ran the Gobbler Run here in Wake Forest, its become a little tradition! Bobby, Allison, and Brandy came over to enjoy Thanksgiving late lunch with us. It was DELICIOUS and such a sweet time with family and friends!After our bellies were full we just hung out watching, American's Next Great Baker (i think that's the name of it)- it was a marathon on TLC! Some of us even dozed off- AP was so interested in HJ's pillow pet!

.HJ in FL.

here are some more pics from HJ's time in FL... from what I can gather she had a great time... there was lots of popsicle eating, time with cousins, a christmas parade with candy, a christmas parade picnik, time out a the padgetts for a christmas party, lots of snuggles, giggles, jumping on the bed, and running wide open with her boy cousins!...i snagged these pictures from my sister in law's blog- she is quite talented when it comes to photography!

.HattieJo goes to FL.

Last week Andrew, Bobby, and Jeremy planned to go to FL because they had several meetings with churches that are possibly going to partner with us with our Mercy Hill church plant. They were going to be in Jacksonville where Andrew's parents are- staying at their house, so when they started planning the trip Andrew asked what I thought about HJ going with him. So she did! Crazy thing was a virus jumped on her on Sunday and they were set to leave late Tuesday night- long story short- she left and was sick, but I knew she would be in good hands in FL. She had a rough day on Wednesday, but started to get well on Thursday and by Friday was back to her good ole happy self! I am so thankful for family in FL that LOVE on her and were so excited that she came to spend time with them. I am glad she was able to spend time with her 3 boy cousins too- From what I hear she was in LOVE with Tyler! Here is a stream of pictures that Mrs.Penny and Mr. Perry sent to me while she was there.... boy did I miss that girl! The house was too quiet and I think AP was in shock because he didn't have someone to watch or have someone poking on him the whole time.

:check us out!:

Blest Photography

Thanks again Cole!! The pictures are great.... If you need a good photographer, contact Cole!

::my man::

...i am so in LOVE...

babe, you are the best. thank you for how you love and lead our family!