Top 10 Fun Games!

So Tom and I love to play cards and board games along with other kinds of games that don't include cards or boards (see list below)!  I thought I would share with you some of our favorite games because sometimes it is hard to find games that you can play with only 2 people, all of these you can play with more than 2 people also.  We registered for games when we got married, that is how much we love to play them and we got quit a few too!

10. Sequence -an exciting game of strategy with cards and chips.
9. Scrabble Slam -FAST-playing, CARD-slapping, WORD-changing FUN!
  and/or Scrabble Crossword Game the original.
8. In a Pickle -the what's in a word game.
7. ruk-shuk -the game of rock balancing.
6. Farkel -the classic Dice-Rolling, Risk-Taking Game.
5. Mille Bornes -The Classic Auto Race Card Game.
4. Blink -The World's Fastest Card Game!
3. Monopoly Deal -Fun, Fast Dealing...Every Card Counts Game!
2. Carcassonne -a simple, clever tile laying game, that brings new challenges with every turn.  You can also buy expansion sets to play with the original set which brings even more fun and excitement!  I have been stuck on this one lately with Tom!
1. Cribbage -is a card game that involves playing and grouping cards in combinations which gain points.  This game was taught to Tom and I by the same couple long before we ever started dating and it continues to be one of our favorite games to play together.

At the Sound of Your Great Name

This is a new song out by one of my favorite artist, Natalie Grant, and I love it!  The words are so powerful and yet simple because they speak of the profound Truths about Jesus because His Name is Great.  Read carefully and as soon as it is on playlist, you will hear it on here.

[Verse 1:]

Lost are saved; find their way; at the sound of your great name
All condemned; feel no shame, at the sound of your great name
Every fear; has no place; at the sound of your great name
The enemy; he has to leave; at the sound of your great name

[Chorus:]
Jesus, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain for us, Son of God and Man
You are high and lifted up; that all the world will praise your great name

[Verse 2:]
All the weak; find their strength; at the sound of your great name
Hungry souls; receive grace; at the sound of your great name
The fatherless; they find their rest; at the sound of your great name
Sick are healed; and the dead are raised; at the sound of your great name

[Chorus:]
Jesus, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain for us, Son of God and Man
You are high and lifted up; that all the world will praise your great name

[Bridge:]
Redeemer, My Healer, Almighty
My savior, Defender, You are My King

[Chorus:]
Jesus, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain for us, Son of God and Man
You are high and lifted up; that all the world will praise your great name

33 Weeks and Crawling!

I decided to rename our blog because I think the title with the description subtitle fits us more appropriately. I either write about Titus or the fish my dear husband catches..... both which bring me much joy and whom I am very grateful to our great God for! Let me know what you think of it vs the old one.

So Friday evening Titus started crawling pretty confidently. It is interesting cuz it is slow and steady and you almost don't know if it is really happening. I usually text our family as soon as he does something new in his milestones but I waited til Saturday to make sure he was going to keep doing it! He still army crawls sometimes but I think he likes his new found ability! We are so excited and wanted to share it with you all!   There is sound, so you will want to scroll to bottom of page first to pause music so you can enjoy!

Ice Fishing happenings....

Tom went ice fishing yesterday with our good friend Brian Blevins.

His morning started at 4:00 am to get going on the road a couple hours to Georgetown Lake, where they would begin their hunt for some nice rainbow trout. Their limit was 5 a piece and Brian got his limit while Tom got 4, 3 others had gotten away on him! They left around 12 noon to head back home with their lovely catches. We had dinner with Daisy and her lil monkeys and enjoyed some of our fresh fish. Mmmmm.

Changes....

What a blessing it is to be able to be home with Titus as he grows through all of these precious stages. I finally felt after about 6 1/2 months to get a routine down that makes both of us happy. That seems kind of long to me to catch on but at least it isn't longer is all I figure. He takes a good nap in the morning and then usually a good one in the afternoon, sometimes those ones are shorter than I would like but at least he takes one routinely. I still need to work on my time management skills with actually getting some things done around the house on a more routine basis, but that is coming and hopeful since he does take a couple naps.

I momentarily stopped going to BSF because of our car situation and I really want Titus to be crawling before I put him in the children's program there. But the car situation is close to being completely worked out and more details will be coming once it is final! Thank you to any of you who have been praying for that situation for us.


Titus is very close to crawling, he will get in the position and either rock back and forth or he will actually take a few strides and then fall to his belly!


He is almost learning two things at once, it is funny to see how it all works because I would have thought sitting up would come first. But they are kind of coming at the same time, he does this all the time now, soon he will realize he can plop himself up and over onto his bottom.


Mealtimes... he loves the spoon and wants to grab it and do it himself all the time. Right now he loves his rice cereal and we are working on sweet potatoes and apples and carrots.