Happy Anniversary.... 20 Years xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

20 Years of Marriage to Chuck Ray! Wow! I am incredibly blessed and can not Thank God enough for this man! April 22, 1989 we got married and I knew then just as I know today that he was the Love of My Life... God has truly blessed our marriage and we both are so thankful! We actually started dating when we were 18 and have known each other since 5Th grade.. Of course I thought he was the cutest boy ever! I moved away and moved back and met up with him in high school and we liked each other then too... so many stories but we actually did not get serious until the summer of 85" It was all over after them:) We were both hooked!!!We of course have been through many valleys in our marriage like most but with God we have conquered them all.. We were married for 5 years when God blessed us with our first baby boy and I saw Chuck in a whole different role and what a incredible one that was and then 2 years later he blessed us again with another sweet baby boy!!Chuck is not only a wonderful husband who is EVERYTHING to me but he is a awesome Father and role model for our boys!! I am so proud of the man that he has become, he definitely puts GOD first and then US.. He always puts his self last and thinks of others before himself.. He is a wonderful provider,helper and truly the meaning of what GOD intended a husband to be! Happy Anniversary Chuck! I love you very much and still get so excited to say that my name is MRS CHUCK RAY!! You are the Love of My Life and always will be!! I look forward to many many more anniversary's shared with you!! xoxoxoxoxoxooxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
We chose to get married on my parents anniversary so we celebrate this special day with them too so we want to wish them a HAPPY 48Th Wedding Anniversary today, we love you both very much and we thank you for setting a wonderful example of what TRUE LOVE truly is!!! Happy Anniversary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Frazzled Female Bible Study

AS MOST OF YOU KNOW I LED A BIBLE STUDY AT MY NEW CHURCH CALLED THE FRAZZLED FEMALE, ACTUALLY I CREATED A BLOG CALLED WWW.DEFRAZZLE.BLOGSPOT.COM.. I HAVE NOT UPDATED WEEK 5 AND 6 BUT I WILL FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO FOLLOWED THAT BLOG.. IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST STUDIES I HAVE EVERY DONE... IT REALLY SPOKE TO MY HEART AND HELPED ME REALIZE WHAT IS IMPORTANT AND WHAT IS NOT AND THE NUMBER ONE THING I HAVE CHANGED IS THAT I MAKE GOD A PRIORITY IN MY LIFE, I THOUGHT I ALWAYS DID BUT WHO WAS I KIDDING??, THERE WERE DAYS JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE WHERE YOU JUST GET BUSY WITH YOUR DAY AND YOUR MIND IS CONSUMED WITH THOUGHTS 100 MPH AND THEN YOU LAY DOWN AND GET READY TO GO TO SLEEP AND YOU REALIZE OH WOW i HAVE NOT EVEN SPOKEN TO GOD TODAY... SORRY BUT MOST OF US ARE GUILTY AT SOME TIME OR ANOTHER IN OUR LIFE.. SO ANYWAY THAT HAS CHANGED GOD IS THE FIRST CONVERSATION I HAVE IN THE A.M. AND THE LAST I HAVE IN THE P.M. AND USUALLY ALL DAY.... HE GOES SHOPPING WITH ME TOO.. WE LEARNED THAT TO INVITE HIM ALONG ON YOUR ERRANDS HE WILL BE YOUR #1 FRIEND WHO NEVER SAYS THAT HE IS TOO BUSY!! not ONLY WAS THE STUDY GREAT AND CHANGED MY LIFE BUT SOME WONDERFUL FRIENDSHIPS WERE MADE THAT WILL BE LIFETIME AND THEN ETERNAL FRIENDSHIPS.. SO MANY OF US SHARED OUR HEARTS,OUR FEARS, WE PRAISED GOD TOGETHER, WE QUESTIONED? WE ENCOURAGED AND WE GAVE IT ALL TO HIM! THIS GROUP WAS FILLED WITH INCREDIBLE WOMEN WHO ARE GROWING IN THEIR WALKS EVERYDAY AND WE WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER, IT WAS JUST AWESOME!! I AM ACTUALLY LEADING IT AGAIN WITH MY JM FRIENDS AND CAN'T WAIT! IT WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE STUDIES THAT I COULD DO OVER AND OVER AND LEARN MORE AND MORE EACH TIME I DO IT!! WE WILL BE HAVING ANOTHER STUDY OT OUR CHURCH STARTING NEXT THURSDAY NIGHT 4/23 IT WILL BE A BETH MOORE STUDY ON THURSDAYS AT 7 ON ESTHER.. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN DOING IT WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO COME!! THANKS AGAIN LADIES FOR TOUCHING AND CHANGING MY HEART WITH YOUR LOVE, WISDOM, PRAYERS AND FRIENDSHIPS.. I LOVE YOU ALL AND PRAY FOR EACH ONE OF YOU DAILY!!

Our Golfer!!

Well What can we say except that we are so proud of our Phillip.. He decided he wanted to go out for his school's golf team so he tried out a few weeks ago with 126 other boys and out of 8 boys he made it!! We were just thrilled so of course I had to go out and buy him some cute golf clothes and shoes:) I know I know!! I hear all of you now! Anyway he had his clubs that his Papa and Nana bought him and he was ready to roll.. I had him all ready to go and then we when we got up there he had to put his school shirt on,, but at least it matched his hat:)lol!! Anyway he did really well, he didn't think he was doing as good as he should have been so he hung his head a little and got down but after pumping him up and praising him for trying his best, the head came up and the smile back on his face and he started playing like a pro! We were on the 6th hole and the sky became dark and the thunder and lightening started so we were told to try and gather as many kids as we could and get them in.. The players had to walk and we ad thought about walking with them but we ended up getting a cart so Thank God for that because we would have been drowned rats.. It even started hailing so we would have looked like pelted drowned rats:)Anyway Pray that Phillip keeps his head up, he is always so hard on himself and is truly is a great golfer.. You just never know you may see our boy on the Masters some day wearing the Green Jacket.. $$$ would love that!!$$$ Remember who loves ya baby?!I will keep you updated at the tournament continues and the rest of the season goes! we are so Thankful that he made it and that he is really feeling like he belongs here but, most of all we are so THANKFUL to God for giving us a healthy child who is able to walk, and play golf!!

Just Moved Luncheon

Well, most of you know that when I moved here I last summer I signed up for a bible study called "Just Moved.". the book was "After the boxes are unpacked" by Susan Miller.. It was the best book and study I have ever done,it helped me not only make some wonderful friends but also helped me feel like I was not alone in this journey called "Moving" and all the feelings that you have good and bad sad and depressed are normal! It was the best study ever and I highly highly recommend it!! If you move to another Country, State, Town or around the corner you will be able to relate... It is awesome~ So anyway I was in the class last fall and made some lifetime friends that I feel like I have known forever, you have seen them on my blog a few times and will definitely see them again! Well, they asked if I would help lead the study for the new Spring class and I am so glad I did! I have been here for 8 months when the class started and I truly could relate to their newness and their feelings but, also I have come "Full Circle" and could give them HOPE!!This was a small class with 5 girls and they were all so sweet. I hope that we can all stay in touch like my class has and let God grow these friendships like he has with the other girls! God is so Good! I love how he allows certain people to come into our lives! This week was our last class so we had a luncheon and it was a blast! The New and the Old class came together and it was such a fun time with lots of yummy yummy food! I pray that God will continue to guide all of us and put the right friends in our paths! We talked about seasons of our life and this season I pray will be blessed for all of us! Thank you ladies for sharing your hearts with us and know that I will always be here for you so call me or e-mail me or stop by for a visit anytime!! xoxox Love you all! xoxoxoxoxox