10 Days!

Hey Y'all!  We have had so many friends offer their love, support, and prayers for our upcoming mission trip to Mozambique and we are so thankful for ALL of you!  We have 10 days left to raise the money for our flight to Africa.  The cost is $3000 for each of us and we cannot do this without the support of other believers in Christ and believers in our effort to fulfill the Great Commision. If you are at all interested in donating in anyway now would be a GREAT time for that!(did I say that tactfully enough) ;).  We have a BIG number to reach in a short time, but we serve an even BIGGER God!  Below is a link to our letter on how you can pray or donate to our trip OR if you want to private message me your address we would love to send you, your missions group, life group, etc a copy of our letter to be able to see and pray specifically for us and the people of Mozambique and the work God is doing there.  We can't wait to be the hands and feet of Christ and pray you will help serve along side us!

Mark 16:15- He said to them, "Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to all creation."

Letter

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Humble Pie Anyone?

So tonight Colby coached in a playoff game.  A very intense, well-fought, and fiercely played playoff game.  As the boys played their little hearts out, the refs...in my humble opinion...could not have been worse.  It was just one of those games that I thought, "My husband works HOURS everyday to be successful, and you come in  and make GAME changing calls that throw everything they have done out the window and this is just a part time job for you.  You didn't even have to go to college for this."  Now...can refs make a team lose...no...however, they can make winning much more difficult when they take goals away from you and count goals that never actually cross the goal line.  Needless to say, I was a little bitter with the ref and the other team in general.  After overtime and a shootout, the Pirates did not come out on the winning side of the game.  It was even more heart breaking for the Seniors for whom this was the last game of high school soccer they will every play.  As my husband was consoling his kids, I became even more bitter than I already was on behalf of all involved on the Pirate team.  I looked at the other team and I thought, "You want to win cheating, go for it." I rolled my eyes, thought very rude thoughts about them,  and made my way out to the parking lot. Here I saw one of our players go up to the opposing team's coach, tell him congratulations, and even shake his hand without a remnant of bitterness, malice, or hate in his voice.  And I thought, "Wow.  A teenager is acting like more of an adult than I am, and he has far more reason to be upset than I do.  If he can get over it, I can too."

Life lessons.  They are about as fun as getting a splinter and taste about as good as humble pie. The teenager, he gets it.  Love God. Love People.  Easily said, not always as easily done. I hope one day, I can be as mature as that teenager.  Until then, I will thank God for the grace he gives me daily and stay far away from anything wooden. ;)

The Grove

Baylor is so blessed to have 2 sets of awesome grandparents who offer completely different, but equally as special time and activities that they get to do with Baylor.  This weekend we went to Colbys moms house to spend time and to have our Easter Family Dinner.  She lives out in Miller Grove, or as the kids call it, "The Grove."  I love when we get to come stay here. Her house sits on about 200 acres of family land, surrounded by trees and fields. It is the definition of Gods Country. The only noise you here is the wind in the trees or the faint neighing of a distant neighbors horse. I swear when we come here time stops. Baylor loves coming here as well! There is always something new for her to explore, especially when her cousin Jolea is there with her! :)

 Sooo excited to go see the donkeys!

Beep Beep!

Cousins!

Strike a pose!

 No reason you can't be dirty in ruffles! :)

Mmmm, Baylor loves cupcakes!

But she is oh so messy with them!

All the cousins before the egg hunt

Baylor sees kids running so she does too...but forgot her bucket!

KK Peek is there to help!

Is it sunny today?

 What did we get!?

What is this????

Oh the adventures these two will go on!

MOZ 2012

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Mozam What!?

Hi friends!  PLEASE READ TO THE END!!! It's a smidge long... :)

It has been quite awile since my last post.  Between school, Baylor, and soccer season my free time has been non-existant!  However, I did want to take a minute to share what is going on with the Peeks this summer.  Colby and I will be traveling to Mozambique, Africa for 10 days!  We will be going with an organization called Children's Relief Internaitonal.  There are 2 missionaries from our church at Lakepointe who are a part of this organization that we will be traveling with. We are so excited to see what God has in store and are ready to be used in whatever way we can to bless these people and bring God glory! 

Although this will be my 7th mission trip and my 3rd mission trip in another country, it will be my first mission trip to go on as a believer!  For those of you who don't know I was not saved until about 2 years ago.  The cliff notes version of that is I grew up in the church, walked the aisle and said the sinners prayer because that's what people who go to church do, realized much later that I never made an actual commitment to God nor had I surrendered my life to him,but was too embarrassed to admit it to myself or anyone else, got tired of living in confusion "what ifs" and doubts, and made an actual commitment of my life to Christ, recognizing my sin separates me from him and asked him to reign as Lord of my life forever. Yay!  If you want a more detailed version I would love to talk with any of you about this at any time! :)  Since surrendering my life to Christ, 100%, my world has been ROCKED!  However, I know, without a doubt, that everything that has happened, good and bad, have been all a part of His plan for me.

So, as I was saying.  This will be my first mission trip to go on as a believer. I am so excited to be used in whatever way God sees fit.  Whether it be holding babies and teaching moms how to feed them formula, putting paint on a wall, or helping Colby with Sports Camp, I will do whatever is needed and I will do it in the name of Christ. 

 As with any mission trip there will be several needs.  Prayer is crucial.  Prayer for travel. Prayer for safety. Prayer that the people are open to the gospel.  Prayer that Colby and I can raise the funds needed to go. Prayers that I will not back out last minute because I don't want to leave my baby!!!!  Colby and I will both be going so we will need to raise about $6,000 for both of us. Big number, but we serve a bigger God.  If this is something you feel like you would want to donate towards ( it's tax deductible ;) ) there will be more information coming forth and letters being written. We will also have a few fundraisers starting with the 5K Fun Run in Rockwall and the rest are TBD, but I will definitely let you know!

Thanks for taking the time to read this to the end :).  We are so excited about this opportunity and can't wait to see God work out the details of getting us to Africa and work in the lives of the people in Africa.

                                                    Mark 16:15
And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.

Traditionally Untraditional

Each year for about the past 5 or 6 years the men in our family have a tradition of running 7-13 miles on Thanksgiving morning.  I don't know why they do this...they just do?  This year good ole SS hosted it's very first Turkey Trot in town!  It was a great idea since most people drive to the DFW area otherwise and it raised money for a great cause!  So...my family being the runners that they are thought it would be a great idea for all of us to run, and we did!  Here is me and my fam at the end of the race, going strong!

Woo-hoo!  Crowd's cheering us in!

We are SO close to the finish!

We are pumped!

But...here's what actually happened.  Literally everyone in my family runs but me. So...my SIX year old nephew and mom beat me....

Way to go guys

My Dad and sis beat me....they will be running the Houston half marathon coming soon!

And that pic of Colby running with me earlier...he had already finished.  He was just circling back around to help me push the stroller!!!  He and my brother in law will be running the Whiterock FULL marathon next weekend! So yes, I am not a runner...at all...it's just not my thing.  I am a great cheerleader though and Baylor is a great tag along! :)

After our little "trot" this morning we headed over to our next untraditional tradition of stuffing our faces at Texas de Brazil.  It is sooooo soooo sooo good!

My sis, bro, and nephew...who all beat me in the Turkey Trot!

My very old parents, KIDDING, who also beat me!

And my fam who we all finshed out the trot together...some of us more than once...

You can tell we don't eat "fancy" often...

Baylor thought the white linen cloth was for playing peek-a-boo!

Sooo much food she says!

She ate herself into a coma

Our final Thanksgiving tradition of the day. Going to Bass Pro to take a family picture with Santa!

Baylor didn't even cry!  Yay!  She didn't smile either, BUT she didn't cry!

I am thankful for all of my blessings both big and small and for a God who loves me despite myself!

Happy Fall!

Our Fall season has been very full and busy!  So far Baylor has gone to 2 pumpkin patches, went trick or treating two times, had one Thanksgiving meal, one to go and one Turkey Trot to run(mostly walk)!  I love getting to make all of these fun memories with her!  She loves EVERYONE and gets excited about EVERYTHING!  God has really blessed us this season with friends, family, and fun! Here are a few pics of our "adventures"! :) 

Pumpkin Patch with Reese

 CHEESE!

While we were at the Patch Reese got to ride some rides and she did NOT like being left out....

So she chased him around the fence while he rode!

She LOVES her cousin Reese! :)

This was Baylor's first year to get to Trick or Treat and be somewhat interactive.  I was so sad at first because we were not in Sulphur Springs so she was going to miss out getting to Trick or Treat with her cousins and go to her grandparents' houses where they would "Oooo and Ahhh" and tell her how cute she was, BUT as always God provided sweet friends with whom we had a great time and there were plenty of people along the way who "Oooed and Ahhhed" and told her how cute she was! ;)

Trick or Treat!

The "crew"

Is there anything sweeter than seeing a Daddy walk his Pink Piggy to Trick or Treat!?  So thankful for them both!

Trick or Treat drive-thru

Anymore suckers in here???

Baylor also experienced her first boo boo.  Thankfully is was right AFTER family pictures and not before!

 Concrete-1 Baylor-0

 Baylor playing "Mommy"...shoes and all!

 Baylor is also apparently very familiar with the time out routine...which was news to us until about 2 nights ago when I threatened it and she knew exactly what to do!  After talking to her sitter though it's more she sees some of the older kids go to time out so she knows what to do versus actual experience, but I am fairly certain she still gets her fair share of "think time". :)  This is a video of her getting in time out.  No I don't video it every time, or put her in there b/c I think it's cute.  However...it is hilarious so had to be documented at least once! :)

Psalm 107:1

Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever. (NLT)