In the midst of chaos!

Total chaos is the best way I know to describe our lives right now. I think this was possibly my longest blog hiatus so before I got even more behind I am stopping to catch up on a few highlights going on in the midst of the chaos. Even this post is chaotic! I couldn't get the pics uploaded in the correct order but this is as good as it gets for now. Nothing else is orderly right now so why should this be?!

Lizzie and Millie had their Spring Art Show at Discovery School. They talked a lot about it and were so anxious to show us what they had made and for us to go with them.

Millie with her sweet teachers Mrs. Sonia and Mrs. Amy. I love being able to take them somewhere that they are loved so much and have a great time!
Lizzie with Mrs. Nancy. They are 2 of a kind! Totally unrelated to anything other than the fact that they are dealing with the chaos really well, I just love this picture of these beautiful girls. I think they actually resemble a little in this picture.
At the top of the chaos list is our house in Red Springs. We are all looking forward to sitting back looking at all our hard work and resting in it, even if only for a short time.

My man working hard as always. More house pics to come once we have settled in. You do get a sneak peak of our dining room walls. I do love this color. It is unusual but I do love it.

Yes, we put ALL of them to work!
Millie's class exhibit
Lizzie's garden project. She is so proud of this grass she grew!Lizzie's class exhibit

My sweet, sweet Mill. She is so shy in a crowd. She made this face the entire time. She was trying not to cry. I thought I was going to have to get her. She would not sing or do any of the motions. It was all she could do not to cry! You can see she is also ringing her dress from being nervous. At one point she rung it a little too high. Thankfully Mrs. Amy was right there to get her to put it down!Lizzie talked and talked about her songs but she too can be very reserved in a crowd and once she got on that stage she was not too into it. Very somber
Elleigh's friends surprised her with a farewell party. We were able to keep it from her which is not easy! Here she is walking in to what she thought was a meeting. Very surprised as you can see! I was so happy for her. Moving at this age can be quite an adjustment and it meant so much to her for her friends to do this.
Such a cute cake and so Elleigh!

I got these pics from the party from Ell's friend. I had planned to be there and ended up having to go unexpectedly to Red Springs. A and Sallie were there and Sallie had gotten sick and we had a tragic death in our church so I had to head over at the last minute. I have asked many of you to pray for this family already. They are the McLarty family and after 5 yrs of trying to conceive she gave birth to their baby girl at 24 weeks gestation and she lived a very short time. Her funeral was last Wednesday. There is just something that feels so unnatural about a casket that small. This had definitely been a challenge in our new ministry. Lots of crying out to God to give us the words to say. A concentrated on the hope we have of our future in Heaven during the funeral and at times like this we have to clinge to that. It sure helped to put things into perspective.

Hope to be back to blogging regularly after we get moved and settled in, or maybe just moved! The Hall's are headed our way on Thursday and we are ready to see them! It will be fun to be together and I know they will be a lot of help. I am bracing for an emotional week. Between the move and all that comes with it and the fact that I will be the mother of a teenager this week I am expecting a few tears (or a lot!) A's ordination is this Sunday as well and his dad is ordaining him. So, some celebrations are to come in the midst of the chaos as well!