One of the biggest things that I was challenged with at the .mom conference last weekend was making sure that I am leaving a legacy of faith to my children. I work so hard to make sure they have all these great memories but am I really leaving them the best memories of what it means to have a relationship with Jesus Christ. So Matt and I talked about it and we decided that in order to really start being intention with teaching and leaving that legacy we were going to have a family worship night once a week. We decided on Wednesday because usually for us that is a pretty low key night. We are going to make sure that every Wednesday we get into the Bible as a family begin to uncover God's truths for us.
Last night was our first family worship night. Matt planned a great fun little activity for the kids with blocks and building. He talked about creation and how God made everything out of nothing! What a wonderful concept to learn! We did some singing together!
And we read the Bible.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Family Worship
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
When You Have A Little Sister
A little while back I wrote a post on When You Have A Big Brother. Well I caught a "when you have a little sister" moment.
Yep Ben the boys, boy all dressed up in jewelry. We will have to remind him of this picture in about 15 years when his girlfriend is over.
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Amazing Race
So about 3 months ago we decided to get rid of cable. It really hasn't been that big of a deal over the summer. No real new shows and we stayed so busy we didn't notice. Now that fall has hit we are noticing the lack of TV a little more. Football games have been a serious issue but we have worked that out with ESPN 360 on the computer hooked up to the TV. We can watch most of our "shows" on the computer so no real big deal. The biggest issue was being able to watch The Amazing Race. It is our all time favorite show! We watched it for the first time on our honeymoon and we have been hooked ever since! We love it!! It combines some of our favorite things in travel and competition. We really hope to be able to be on it one day. Seriously we have filled out applications in the past just never turned them in. We really want to do it!
Thankfully we are able to watch it the day after it comes on TV on the computer!! So last night was the big premiere night! I baked brownies and we gathered around the computer to watch! It is going to be great as usual. I love that we can all watch it together. The kids love all the challenges and the competition as well. Such fun family times and memories!
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Monday, September 26, 2011
Awesome Weekend!!
It was an awesome weekend for everyone in the Eckley family! I had the privilege of getting to go down to Birmingham to the .MOM conference with 4 of my awesome friends. We had a blast. The conference was amazing. 1400 moms there just learning about how to be better moms and how to teach our children to love Jesus. It was great!! We heard some amazing speakers and I learned so much. I was so excited to see some of my favorite blogging moms there. I sat in on a panel discussion with Pricsilla Shierer (yes the one and only), Amanda Jones (Beth Moore's daughter), Angela Cotrell (Travis' wife) and Sophie (better known in the blogging world as BooMama). It was awesome. Here they are! My favorite speaker by far was Angie Smith. Her testimony was amazing and she was so funny. I left so challenged to want more and better things for my family. Everything about the conference was just amazing. I can't wait to put it all into practice. One of the funniest moments at the conference was getting to see the Duggar Family. Yes the 19 Kids and Counting family. They were there. It was kind of crazy. Made me laugh. They took up about 2-3 rows just for them.
I had a blast. Thanks Hannah, Hollie, Kelly and Jessica for going with me. I hate I didn't get a picture with all of us. We had so much fun!
Well back at home the rest of the Eckleys had a great weekend as well. They packed alot in! Mema and Opa kept the kiddos after school on Friday and they had a great time at their house. Saturday morning Ben had a soccer game and then they went up to Buriett on the mountain with Granna and Grandaddy. They had a blast exploring and seeing a bunch of animals!
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Friday, September 23, 2011
Changing of Seasons
Ok I have a confession to make... My name is Emily and I am a children's clothes buying addict. I really do have a serious problem with overbuying clothes for my children. They have so many clothes!!! I may need professional help!! In my defense I get them all at seriously great deals. Really I rarely pay over $5 for anything. My goal is to be able to sell the clothes and make back what I paid for them. With this problem comes an overwhelming task each time the weather starts to change. I have to change out their closets. It is a daunting task. Putting up the old outgrown clothes and bringing in the bins of new clothes. It is a great workout for sure but it wears me out! This week I decided to tackle the big change out...
Kate's room in the middle of the giant mess. Her closet neatly organized and ready for fall.
Ben's room in the middle of the mess.
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Thursday, September 22, 2011
Random Day
I have struggled this week with what to blog about. We are settling into our routine of school and work so life is just not very exciting. So I thought that I would just take some pictures throughout the day of what life is like for us on a normal day.
Everyday we make at least 2 trips over "the mountain." Some days it is many more! It is not really a mountain but a large hill. It is a crazy, curving road but it is beautiful. Then I dropped these cuties off at school. Kate did awesome today. After weeks of crying, for the first time she didn't cry! YEA!!!
Then I headed into work. Our work has been really busy lately. We are getting a huge number of referrals. I didn't see any patients today but I had a lot of phone calls and paper work to catch up on. This is my cute little office.
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011
More Pinterest Love
So we were invited to a family friend's wedding this past weekend in Savannah (makes me feel old because Molly was the program attendant at our wedding and now she is married). We weren't able to go but I wanted to send some special gifts. On their invitation they had a cute graphic monogram. I took it and had it blown up then just framed it in a 12x12 frame. I thought it turned out super cute! This was my own idea but I am sure I was inspired by Pinterest somehow.
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Bathtime Cuteness
I don't think there is much more fun to a kid than bubbles and colored bath water! Love the giggles and squeals I hear coming from the bathroom at night. Love these cuties!!
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Monday, September 19, 2011
Football Weekend
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