Let your light shine

Have you ever tried to secretly take a picture in a room that is somewhat dark but as you snap that photo you and everyone else in the room quickly realize that your flash is on? There's no hiding it! It is very obvious that the light from your camera/phone was just shining. And so it should be with our lives. We live in a dark world and If we walk in the light than we should be sticking out like a flash in a dark room. It should be awkwardly obvious that there is a light shining from us.
People who came across Jesus knew He was different. They didn't always like him but they knew He was different. People won't always like me but that's ok as long as they see that I am different and that I have a light that is shining from my life called Jesus.

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. (Matthew 5:16 NKJV)

Emma's Card

Horse Race

Lately Monday nights are family movie night. I'll usually make kettle corn and we'll watch a kid movie, this week we watched Secretariat. It was a great movie but the girls were not that into it, I think if there was more of the horse Emma would have stuck with it. Ella, well almost no movie can keep her attention.
All that to say today I found the girls pretending that their horses were racing. They lined the horses up on the toy box while they sat on the bed and cheered for the horses. It was really cute to watch. Secretariat is the big brown one and he won every time.

The Many Faces of Ruby

Baby Dreams

I had forgotten how funny it is when babies are dreaming.

Daddy's Secrets are Funny

Coy was whispering to Ruby while she was asleep and she just kept smiling.

Ruby Lou

Here is a short little video to introduce you to our newest little girl, Ruby Lou. She is so sweet and we love that she is finally here!

Ruby Lou from Coy Trammel on Vimeo.

A Conversation Emma and I had

Emma- Hey do you have some money?

Me- What?!

Emma- Do you have some money in your wallet?

Me- Ya

Emma- Can you give me some money?

Me- Why?

Emma- For my car

Me- What's wrong with it?

Emma- The back up doesn't work.

This child is crazy!

Dragon fly

This huge dragon fly flew in to my house staight in to the side of my
head and then decided to just hang out on the curtains.

Time Out!!!

Little climber

Yesterday we got together with some friends to play softball, I actually just hung out and Coy played. But it was fun, the highlight for me was when I looked over and saw Ella
CLIMBING the fence! She is crazy, and so ambitious, she didn't get much higher then what you see in the picture but I think it is still very impressive.

Story Time

On Tuesday we went to our local library for story time. It was lots of
fun, the stories the lady read were all about food. I think Emma and
Zachary enjoyed it but mostly they were distracted by the other kids,
I think the more we go the more they will understand what's going on.
After the story they had several different stations set up with
snacks. You could make spiders out of cream cheese, ritz crackers,
pretzel sticks, and raisins, or silly faces, and even a lady bug using
pink cream cheese and chocolate chips. I think that is what the kids
enjoyed the most, even Ella was able to join in on that.

Happy Anniversary!

> 4 years ago today I was all glamed up and walking down the aisle. It
> was a lot like today's weather, it was rainy. I remember trying to
> decide if we should move the wedding inside or just hope the rain
> would stop. Well we decided we would to keep it outside, anyway....
> I remember being so excited and anxious, it was here, the day I
> dreamed about since I was a little girl (I know typical). More than
> the wedding I was excited that the man, waiting out there for me,
> was amazing! I knew that I would always be loved, taken care of and
> respected. I felt so blessed that the Lord had chosen such an
> amazing man of God for me.
> I saw this couple the other day and I had to snap a picture, they
> were so cute! Even in their old age this husband was still
> chivelrious helping his wife to the car. When I saw them I thought,
> if the Lord should tarry, I hope Coy and I can be like this couple.
> Cute and old. Although I wonder how we will dress?

> By the way the rain stopped right before I walked down the aisle.

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Caught!

I found Ella in her room rearanging clothes, she was putting Emma's
pjs in her pants drawer. This actually is a step up because typically
she just pulls all the clothes out as fast as she can.

With my big sister

Ella loves her big sister she follows her around the house always
wanting to be near her. Most of the time they play well together and
Emma is really sweet with her.
Ella climbed up on the chair all by herself so she could enjoy her
sippy with Emma.
The thing that scares about this is that I have 2 kids that like to
climb!

What is Happening?!

While doing my hair today I noticed a hair that did not belong with
the rest. It was a very bold white hair! Already!! Is this supposed to
be happening, for a moment my whole life flashed before my eyes, then
I realized it's not the worst thing that can happen so I relaxed a
little. What do I do? Color my hair over one white one, do you pluck
it or does that cause them to multiply? I guess I could do nothing and
maybe I will look more distinguished.

I love these girls!

I really do! I am do blessed to have two amazing daughters, they make
me laugh everyday. Emma is so smart and has such a big imagination,
and I love how caring she is. Ella is a bundle of joy, she is silly
and so determined in everything she does. They are so amazing and I
just wanted everyone to know.

Story Teller

Lately Emma has been telling stories. Todays story was about a deer
that flew over the town with it's wings. I missed the rest of the
story but I think it was pretty action packed. She has such a big
imagination!

Fresh Baked Pie

As always Coy had a great idea, bake a cherry pie! So I did, well
actually Elisha and I did. I have made pie before but never pie crust, I have always been so intimidated by pie crust because you can easily mess it up. but we did it! and it came out pretty darn good, aside from that it was beautiful!

Always set a Timer

In all my years of baking I rarely use a timer, it is almost a
tradition for me to forget about the last batch of cookies until I
smell them burning. In our (almost) 4 years of marriage Coy has tried
to retrain me, but failed apparently. I was using a timer for awhile
but have stopped, maybe I will start again.