It's a GIRL!!!!

We are so so excited to be welcoming a sweet baby girl into our lives. We love her so much already! I seriously am overwhelmed with Gods goodness. This precious life is such a miracle and we are lucky to be her parents. We had fun celebrating the big reveal with family and friends. My sister and bestie went out of there way to make it such a special occasion. It is a day and birthday I will NEVER forget. 

Such an awesome side note..5 years ago to the day we were celebrating our engagement. Thankful for the last 5 years with Jeffrey and cannot wait to see what the next 5 hold! 

Thankful to be a mom, 

MJ 

Longview Weekend

It has been a veryyy long time since we had a weekend in Longview with The Heflin's. We decided this time to explore Tyler. We had a fun day seeing the rose garden, eating lunch and doing a home tour. Our time together is never long enough, but we are thankful it is just a 2.5 hour drive away!

Thankful for weekends with family,

MJ

YL Leader Retreat

Every year we get to go to some type of leader retreat with YL. Sometimes it is with tons of areas, sometimes a few, but this year we just went with Grapevine Colleyville. It was such a treat! We got to spend the weekend together laughing, praying, dreaming and resting for the upcoming semester. We were definitely spoiled rotten. Thankful for these friends, for GCYL and for another semester.

Thankful for GCYL, 

MJ

Chicago 2016

Crazy to think that it had been almost 3 years since we went to Chicago to visit the Blandford crew! They have been making lots of trips to TEXAS so we haven't gone there. It was so fun to get up there to spend time with them. It was a little (ALOT) cold, but we had the best time exploring the city. Already looking forward to the next trip back!

Thankful for family & weekend trips,

MJ

Best Friend Trip Take 1

Well I cannot believe it took Krista and I this long to plan a mini girls trip just for the two us. We kept it simple this time with a staycation, but boy did we have a blast. We worked out, shopped, layed out, ate lots of yummy food, but mostly we had some great catch up times, laughed a lot and made some sweet memories. I know this is a tradition we will definitely continue.

Thankful for Krista,

MJ

Jones Family Fun

We always love when Rich and Cathey come for a visit. This time they got to stay extra long because we went to Waco to watch the bears play. They came in Thursday night and we served at a dinner for GCYL, Friday Cathey and I shopped the day away and then met the boys for dinner. Saturday we woke up bright and early and headed to Waco for the day.. we hit up the must stops in Waco (v-techs, spice village, Georges, Katie's custard), and got to see the bears get a win. Sunday we woke up and took the dogs to the dog park and enjoyed brunch before we had to say good-bye. The weekends always go really quick, but boy do we have a lot of fun together. Looking forward to our Halloween Lubbock weekend.