Catching Up

I am very exciting about the upcoming games! Over the last week I had lots of time to watch all of the pre-game events so I am up to date on who to watch out for this year!

I feel like the last week just disappeared. After being extremely sick and out of work from Tuesday to Friday I feel like I did nothing. When really....I did nothing. I was pretty much worthless. My sweet husband did a great job of taking care of me. I am back at work and feeling much better. I am looking forward to being back to normal and sounding normal again :) Not a lot has been going on in the Crowder household other than lots of work and school. Ethan is loving his classes and working hard to balance his time. I am very proud of him! He has been using a planner! Hopefully there will be more exciting things to post about in the near future and no more sickness. Hope all of our readers are doing great!

Not so little anymore....

I am once again feeling old :) My baby sister who is no where near a baby anymore has turned 13! I remember when my parents told us kids that they were having another baby. I was 6 and boy was my world about to change. I was 7 once Abby was born and lets just say that I had a hard getting used to the change :)

Abby is such a joy to be around! She is full of life and love and and has such a servants heart! Watching her grow into a young women is an honor! I am so proud of who she is becoming! She works hard in school and competes in Gymnastics. She had her first meet last month and she placed 2nd all around for her level! We are all so proud!

Abby, Since I know that you read my blog....I love you and you are such a special part of our family! Without things just wouldn't be the same!

Love,

Anna

Shopping for Abby's Birthday-Me trying to act cool :)

Abby and Jen


Ethan and I before leaving to go shopping for Abby's bday!

The Husband and I...

...Out to dinner with some friends :)

K Potter is now K Hinton :)

Back in December my best friend Kendall married Luke and I flew to Indiana to be a part of their wedding! I posted some photos from my trip and now I have a few more. Kendall sent me the like to the photos taken by her photographer and I wanted to show you a few of them! Enjoy!

I was so honored to sing in such a special wedding!

My best friend!

My favorite of us!

FYL: K Potter is what Ethan used to call Kendall. He now calls her K Hinton :)

Home Sweet Home

So sorry for the lack of posting. The past two weeks have been extremely busy and I haven't found much time for blogging. Even though it is much overdue I thought I would post some pictures of our little house! I can honestly say that it feels like home! We have gotten very comfortable in our house!We are so thankful to have a nice house with good rent! I took these pictures right after I cleaned one afternoon so please pretend that my house is always this clean :)

From the door looking into the bedroom

From the bedroom door looking at the kitchen

From the kitchen into the living room

Bathroom

From the front door

Prayer Warrior

A few weeks ago someone who has known me and my family for a very long time called me. They told me that the Lord had laid on their heart to pray for Ethan and I and they also asked if they could meet with us. They asked me to talk with Ethan about it and that they would call me back after Christmas to set up a time to meet. I shared the information with Ethan to be honest with you didn't think about it again. After Christmas they called back and we set up a time to meet. After meeting with them Ethan and I were so encouraged. They asked us some things that they could be praying for and they also told us about how God had laid it on their heart to pray for us and our future ministry. It is such a blessing to know that someone is interceding on our behalf. We are so thankful that this person has made a commitment to pray for us! Ethan and I are thankful that Chirst has laid it on their heart to go to Him on our Behalf!

Prayer is such a vital part of us serving Christ, but we often forget about. There have been many times in my life where I have commented to pray for someone of something and they never did. I have been convicted of this. We as Christmas are called to be Prayer Warriors. We are called to intercede on the behalf of others. We are called to fall on our knees before our Savior and cry out to Him. As our heavenly Father He desires for us to have that daily communication with Him.It is a privilege to be able to call on the name of our Lord. I am asking God to convict me of this each and everyday.

Philippians 4:6 (English Standard Version)
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

1 Kings 8:28 (English Standard Version)
Yet have regard to the prayer of your servant and to his plea, O LORD my God, listening to the cry and to the prayer that your servant prays before you this day.

1 Thessalonians 5:17 (English Standard Version)
Pray without ceasing.

1 Timothy 2:8 (English Standard Version)
I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling.

Our First Christmas Tree

Putting up our first Christmas tree was a blast! The Saturday after Thanksgiving we went up to Ace to pick out our first tree! I was pretty excited about picking it out, putting it in the truck, setting it up and so forth! After Ethan and I decided where we wanted it to go and got it in it's stand we put on the lights and the ornaments! I loved our tree and we made lots of fun memories setting it up!

Early Christmas morning in front of our tree!