Our home has been overflowing with visitors this month. We were blessed to host our first overnight guests for a few nights, and then came church gatherings (we hosted an Easter sunrise breakfast and weekly community group), a baby shower, and a birthday party for my sweet Karis (she is 4 years old!). We had over 130 people come through our doors in one week! I am enjoying a quiet recovery this week from all these exciting events. It has truly been a joy to open our home and use this gift to bless others!
We have been enraptured in the beauty of Spring peeping out in our backyard, bringing flowers indoors, taking nature walks, climbing trees, and exploring as the sun begins to make an occasional warm spring day. I have grown to realize how easily it is to fill our days with such activities that we have no time to stop and treasure the beauty that God has placed around us. I am eager to glean fresh eyes.
Karis & Ty waiting at the window anticipating Daddy's arrival home
We arrived at 26 weeks in my pregnancy this week! Wow! It sure is flying by…but definitely starting to feel it more in my physical body. After that busy hospitality week, I felt like my legs would fall off from all the standing and hosting. You will see me sitting a lot this week just to give my body a rest. Baby is healthy, head down, and growing every day. Now if I could just deny my cravings for sweets!
I would appreciate your prayers as my husband, Aaron and I, prepare to go to the Philippines on May 28th. We will be leaving our kids with extended family and joining the Compassion bloggers team to see the work and ministry of Compassion International in the Philippines. I am praying the Lord would sustain me physically (I’ll be 30 weeks pregnant at this point!) as well as keep our children safe and comforted during our absence. I will be recording our adventures here during the first week of June. So excited!
We also will be celebrating our 5 year anniversary this month! May 21st marks 5 years with my wonderful hubby – who diligently provides and cares for our family! I am a blessed woman!
April Reading
Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand – I greatly enjoyed learning a little American history and the enthusiasm that rose around this little horse during the trying years of the Great Depression. Hillenbrand is a excellent writer!
Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God by Francis Chan – a powerful challenging call to see the magnificence of Christ and to motivate us to display that love to a dying world around us by living intentionally for his glory. This is a wake up call to the Christian church to live radically for Christ as we witness the crazy love that He has given to us.
Idols of the Heart by Elyse Fitzpatrick – Another good read by Elyse on the topic of helping to identity and battle the idols in our lives with the truth of the gospel. Lots of encouragement and practical advice for making sure Christ is first on the throne in our hearts and not this world, beauty, the opinion of other’s, or anything else that might shape our purpose in this life.
May Theme: Pregnancy & Motherhood
With the celebration of Mother’s Day this month, we wanted to focus our May theme on tips, inspiration, and encouragement for natural pregnancy, childbirth, and motherhood. We hope you will join us as we share encouragement regarding the beauty of birth, inspiration for motherhood, advice for new moms, and more.
May Sponsors
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My horse-loving daughter and I just enjoyed the story of Seabiscuit by Ralph Moody. Very family friendly.
I SO enjoyed April’s hospitality theme, and I’m thrilled about May’s pregnancy and mother theme! Thank you so much, Lindsay, for all the time you take to encourage us in the Lord. God bless you for it!
I can not believe how you get so much done with two little ones!! What an inspiration you are. I do not have children nor am I married, but I look forward to hearing more about this month’s subject. I have my cousin’s fiancee looking at your website as well. So wonderful to know there are ladies out there that share such similar values!! Thanks for your website
My baby’s due date is TOMORROW!! (But I doubt she’ll be here for a week at least), and I’m looking forward to all the posts about pregnancy and motherhood!
how exciting!!!! congrats in advance
LOVE this month’s topic!!! THANK YOU!!!
Our first is due in three weeks and we are planning a home birth with my hubby as the ‘doctor’. He’s been reading all he can to get as ready as possible – love him to death and praying all will go well. Yay for the theme this month!
Lindsay, I am so excited for you that you and your husband have the opportunity to go to the Philippines! I will be praying for you and your family as well as the others who are going to the Philippines also. I can’t wait to hear about it once you get back!
-Mindy
I’m sure you’ve already talked to your dr. or midwife, but I traveled overseas when I was 30 weeks pregnant with twins and I got those compression tights for the flight. It helped with comfort sooo much! And I took baby aspirin before, during, and after the flight to prevent blood clots. Of course I ran that by my doc first.
Happy Anniversary to you and Aaron! Funny, our anniversary is the 20th of May, and it will be 5 years for us, too! Our oldest just turned 4, and we have a 3 and 1 yr old also. Looking forward to this month’s theme… always a topic of interest to me!
Have safe and wonderful trip. I’m sure it will be very interesting and eye-opening!
I love this month’s theme! Expecting our third child in June, which will be our second planned homebirth and third planned natural birth. We’re all about doing it naturally here!
I’m 26 weeks today with my first!
Looking forward to this month’s theme!
Congratulations!
WooHoo, my husband and I will be celebrating our 6th anniversary on May 20th! Congrats! Marriage is such an awesome thing, God sure knew what he was doing!
So excited! I just found your web-site and have loved looking through it. I am expecting my second in about 2 or so weeks and I am a natural childbirth teacher so May’s topic couldn’t be better! Thanks!
I LOVE “Crazy Love,” it’s such a refreshing read. I plan on rereading it once my beau gives it back to me, he loves it too.
Ohh, I am so excited! My husband and I are expecting our first little one in June and I can’t WAIT for your tips on pregnancy, childbirth and motherhood!
Wow – it’s a good thing you’re keeping up with the calendar … I can’t believe it’s May already! I absolutely love your monthly updates and so appreciate you taking the time to update us on what’s going on. I also never cease to be amazed at how much reading you get accomplished
Sending prayers your way for your trip — all aspects of it. Grace and peace be multiplied to you in through the knowledge of God and of Jesus Christ our Lord!!
What a busy month and especially week! August we will have been married 5 years also! We have a 3 and 1 yr old. Just met with a friend who got back from the Philippines yesterday. Thank you for your blogs! Be encouraged, you are doing a good work.
my husband and i will be celebrating our 5th anniversary this month too! may 13th! happy anniversary!
Happy Anniversary! That just happens to be my birthday.
Awww your only a month ahead of me pregnant! This is my first so i look foreword to seeing what you do to prepare for baby!