Amazing Ashley 27 NWA

Today I am linking up to Kelly's Korner and her featured
"Show Us Your Singles".  Ashley lives in Northwest Arkansas.
She studied interior design and for a few years was a store
manager at a ladies clothing store in the mall but last fall
left that behind and changed career goals to move to
banking--and loves it!

Ashley is one of the world's most sincere people.  She is transparent and
honest.  Two years ago she was part of a core group that planted a new
church in the area.  Her church is an important part of her life and she
has a true servant's heart.  She hopes to return this year to the Yucatan
where she went last year on a mission trip.

She is committed to waiting on God's man for her life.  If you are a young
man who is looking for a godly woman, think and pray about this one.
If you know a man like that, point him to this feature.  He won't be disappointed!

And They Lived Happily Ever After...

Once upon a time, a little girl dreamed of marrying a handsome prince,
becoming a mommy, and making a home for her family.

The little girl grew up and one day, at her church, she met her prince.
Not long after, she fell in love with him and the prince in her dreams
now had a face.

In the fall of that year, her prince married her and swept her away
to his kingdom.

The prince and princess were blessed by children and their kingdom
grew and increased and every year found them more and more
happy.

All too soon, they realized their children were growing up and
becoming princes and princesses and forming their own kingdoms.

They also realized that even though their children were growing
older they weren't.  They seemed to get younger each year
on their anniversary.

The prince and princess have become a king and a queen and
are surrounded by their loving heirs and hoping for grandchildren
to join their kingdom one day.

The king and his queen have been mightily blessed by their
Lord and King.  And the queen realizes more and more
each day what a blessing her King and her king are to her.

Happy Anniversary, Lynn.  Let's live happily ever after.
I love you.

Oops--rewind to August

Because this is primarily to record life--and because I have found this is a lazy way
to keep pictures :)--I need to rewind our life back to August and put in pictures of
the birthday boy.  Lynn's birthday was the 29th but with about a dozen schedules
all running together we celebrated on Sunday the 28th.  It's getting harder and
harder to get everyone together but it's really nice when we pull it off.

The birthday boy in his man cave with all his
dutiful children surrounding him in adoration :).
Or...maybe they're giving him a hard time
about getting older.

I've noticed we're starting to segregate--
this is the chick's table

The rooster's table

I don't want to advertise his age but if you want to do the math--in 40 years
he will be 98.  Happy 98 Lynn, 40 years early!!

Party in a Box!!

A good friend of mine calls Ashley a "Party in a Box" so when a PIAB has a party
it's a lot of fun.  A couple of weeks ago we celebrated Ashley's 26th birthday all.
day. long.  It started at lunch, continued into the afternoon with a chick flick, moved
to Gary and Carol's and continued and ended there.  I hope it was a good day for
her.  Happy birthday, beautiful Ashley.

Her favorite colors

Tubing fun on a deserted lake--there was no one out there

At the watering hole

a 21 layer chocolate cake

Awww....

Cuties at sunset

Happy Birthday, Ashley!!

Absolutely Amazing Ashley--25--NW Arkansas

This post is going to be linked to Kelly's Korner "Show Us Your Singles."
It is about our 2nd born child of 5--Ashley.  From these pictures you can
see her beauty but not the real Ashley so I'll fill you in on her!!


She is more beautiful inside than out--and that says a lot in itself.
She loves her family but more importantly she loves the Lord and
is committed to waiting on Him to bring the perfect man for her life.



Ashley is 25 and is the store manager for Christopher & Banks in the
Northwest Arkansas Mall.  Her employees love and praise her and
appreciate her generous, considerate manner. She studied interior design
in Dallas and completed her design studies at home.  She is a gifted
designer and loves to help ladies make their home special.

Ashley was part of a core group that went from our church to begin
a new church a few miles south in Fayetteville, Arkansas.  She has a
heart that loves to serve the Lord and is excited about this new area
of ministry.  She hopes to be able to use her talents in the area of music.

Ashley loves life and loves living it.  People are attracted to her genuine
smile but grow to love her for her sincere, genuine heart.  She is one of
the most sincere persons I know and has had a heart like that from the
time she was young.  She relates well to people of all ages from the very
young to the older ones. 
If you are a young man seeking a Godly woman look at and pray about this one.
If you know a Godly man--point him this way.  We love this girl and pray that
she will someday be the woman who completes a Godly man's life.

Celebrating Anna

Today's blog is devoted entirely to Amazing Anna.
Today she turns 17 and it is hard to believe she has
become the beautiful young lady she is  in so
short a time.   I love this picture because it is just 
pure sweetness. 

This is Anna with Hope when Hope was a baby.
But Anna as a baby---well---she was tiny--all
4lb 15oz of her.

The same day Anna joined our family so did Cat-Cat.  Lance
bought him for Anna that day and he has been a
constant companion to Anna ever since.
A well-traveled feline, he has been to Texas
several times, Missouri, Oklahoma, Arizona,
and Florida.  He has traveled in backpacks on
planes and carseats in SUVs.  He was also
featured in just about every picture Anna had
made for a few years.

Another favorite was Rocky.  He became Anna's
dog when she was four months old and even though
he's been gone for 7 years he remains in the family
hall of fame.  He was devoted to Anna and even
killed a snake that was in her path when she was little.

Anna at 2.  She's on the playset at White Buffalo
which is our favorite get-away spot.  We've been
there 25 times in Anna's lifetime.

At White Buffalo again.

Becoming a beautiful lady.  This was last year the
day before her Sweet Sixteen.

This year just after the Lady Knights won their
National Championship game.  Anna is blessed
with the sweetest teammates and most Godly coaches.
Knights' Basketball has been such a blessing
in her life.  She is anxious for practice to begin
in August.

Happy Birthday, Anna.  You are a blessing
to our family and we wouldn't have been complete
without you.  You bring a huge sense of humor and
wit to our times together.  You are our star athlete.
Your love for the Lord and your desire to please
Him inspires us as we live for Him.  We're
so thankful the Lord sent you to us.  Thank you
for being the person you are.  We love you.

Masters Time

This is our weekend.
The one we live for each year in April.
My guys will be easy to keep up with.
I just have to walk into the living room to find them.
(Cute, cute cookie furnished by Lucy--what a great idea!!)

Oh yes, the necessary beverage.

Award Time

Hope as a Cubbie in 2005

Terrible lighting but Hope in 2011

Getting her award

This month we will be celebrating accomplishments with awards.  Anna's Lady Knights banquet will be coming soon and I'll post her awards.  Last night was Awana Award night at Fellowship. Hope received the Excellence Award for finishing book #2.  Next fall she'll finish book 3 quickly and be on to book 4.  Then in the spring she'll receive the Timothy trophy--she can hardly wait.

Happy Birthday, Lucy!!!

Over at Lucy's blog http://www.politicsandpolkadots.blogspot.com/
today she is featuring our favorite cleaning products
by Melaleuca so here at A Purposeful Home I'm
going to feature our favorite daughter-in-law, Lucy; because
it's her birthday and because this is my blog and I want to :).

Lucy has been part of our life for two years now and part of the
family since October 9 when she married Lance.  Good decision,
Lance.  Lucy majored in International Business, minored in Chinese,
has made two trips to China, has a heart for Chinese orphans--
are we seeing an international flair, here?
She is everything we could ask for in a daughter-in-law. 
Mainly, our two desires for our children-in-law are that
they love our children with all their hearts and that they
love the Lord even more.  She meets both criteria.
Happy Birthday, Lucy!!  May God give you a wonderful day.
You're a blessing to the family.  We love you.  And you, too, Lance :).

Absolutely Amazing Ashley-25-NW Arkansas

This post is going to be linked to Kelly's Korner Show Us Your Life Fridays.  It's
about our 2nd born child of 5--Ashley.  From these pictures you can see her beauty
but not the real Ashley so I'll fill you in on her.

She is more beautiful inside than out--and that says a lot in itself.  She loves her family
but more importantly she loves the Lord and is committed to waiting on Him to bring
the perfect man for her life.

Ashley is 25 and is the store manager for Christopher & Banks in the Northwest
Arkansas Mall.  Her employees love and praise her and appreciate her generous,
considerate manner.  She was previously the store manager for our family's retail
store which featured home decor.  She is now a Yankee Candle expert :).  She
became our manager at 19.  She graduated homeschool studies (a year early) and
then went to Dallas to study interior design and completed her studies at home.
She is a gifted designer as much of my home can attest.

Ashley is part of a core group that is going from our church to begin a new church a few
miles south in Fayetteville, Arkansas.  She has a heart that loves to serve the Lord and
is excited about this new area of service.  She hopes to be able to use her talents in the
area of music.

Ashley loves life and loves living it.  People are attracted to her genuine smile but grow
to love her for her sincere, genuine heart.  I know I'm her mom, but she is one of the
most sincere persons I know and has had a heart like that from the time she was young.
She relates well to people of all ages from the very young to the older ones.

I could go on for hours but I'd better not.  If you are a young man seeking a Godly
woman look at and pray about this one.  If you know a Godly man--point him this
way.  We love this girl and are praying that she will soon be the woman who 
completes a Godly man's life.  She has much to offer and is a blessing to all who
are blessed to know her.  Thanks for taking the time to ready this.

All About Ashley--25 in NW Arkansas

This post is going to be linked to Kelly's Korner Show Us Your Life Fridays. It's about our 2nd born child of 5--Ashley. From these pictures you can see her

beauty but not the real Ashley so I'll fill you in on her. She is more beautiful

inside than out--and that says a lot in itself. She loves her family but more

importantly she loves the Lord and is commited to waiting on Him to bring

the perfect man for her life.



Ashley is 25 and is the store manager for Christopher & Banks in the Northwest

Arkansas Mall. According to her employees, she is a wonderful boss. She was

previously the store manager for our family's retail store which featured

home decor. She is now a Yankee Candle expert :). After graduating from

homeschool (a year early) she studied interior design in Dallas and then

continued her studies at home. She then began her retail career but would

love to also have her own design business.

Ashley is part of a core group that is going from our church to begin a new

church a few miles south in Fayetteville, Arkansas. She has a heart that

loves to serve the Lord and is excited about this new area of service. She

hopes to be able to use her talents in the area of music.

Ashley loves life and loves living it. People are attracted to her genuine

smile but grow to love her for her sincere, genuine heart. I know I'm

her mom, but she is one of the most sincere persons I know and has had

a heart like that from the time she was very young. She relates well to

people of all ages from the very young to the older ones.

I could go on for hours but I'd better not. If you are a young man seeking

a Godly young woman look at and pray about this one. If you know a

Godly young man--point him this way. We love this girl and are praying

that she will soon be the woman who completes a Godly man's life. She

has much to offer and is a blessing to all who are blessed to know her.

Thanks for taking the time to read this. May this be used for God's Glory.