Love Is Not A Fight

Love is not a place
To come and go as we please
It's a house we enter in
And then commit to never leave
So lock the door behind you
Throw away the key
We'll work it out together
Let it bring us to our knees

Love is a shelter in a raging storm
Love is peace in the middle of a war
If we try to leave may God send angels to guard the door
No, love is not a fight but it's something worth fighting for

To some, love is a word that they can fall into
But when they're falling out
Keeping that word is hard to do

Love is a shelter in a raging storm
Love is peace in the middle of a war
If we try to leave may God send angels to guard the door
No, love is not a fight but it's something worth fighting for

Love will come to save us, if we'll only call
He will ask nothing from us, but demand we give our all

Love is a shelter in a raging storm
Love is peace in the middle of a war
If we try to leave may God send angels to guard the door
No, love is not a fight but it's something worth fighting for

I would fight for you, would you fight for me?
It's worth fighting for.

Happy Valentine's Day my sweet husband. 
I am very thankful that our love is worth fighting for.

A New Year, A New Look

John and I have been wanting to redecorate the living room for a while.  It's always nice when you find one piece that gets it all started.  We found this trunk at a local antique barn.  We decided to take the TV off of the mount on the wall and put it on the trunk.

That way I could decorate the mantle.  I have changed my mantel so many times already, I love it!  This is how it looks currently.  I'm sure I'll piddle with it again.  Everything was complete except our pillows.  We couldn't find any anywhere that were the color scheme we wanted.  Finally one night I ran up on one on Etsy and had to stop my self from buying a $30.00 pillow.  Yes.  It almost happened.

I called mom, and we discussed what we could do.  The next weekend we left for Hobby Lobby and spend about $30.00 on fabric and created all of my pillows.

The smart part was we just sewed envelope pillow cases to cover the ones that were in there.  Very resourceful.
These are the finished products!  A special thank you to my mom for being so fabulous and figuring out the logistics of this project and for teaching me so much about sewing.  Because of you our living room is bright and cheery and just the way we wanted it!

We Are Here

We had a large eye opening, life altering change happen to our lives recently. We decided what was and what wasn't important in our life.  It hit us straight between the eyes like a ton of bricks.  We were hanging on to things in our lives that weren't important.  Things that kept us from God and from each other.  One foot in so to speak. We all tend to do that every now and then.  It's amazing what God can do in your life if you 100% full heartily let Him.  We are currently doing a study on how the gospel changes everything.  Every week there is a different specific topic.  We've had how the gospel changes marriage, the gospel changes sex, and the gospel changes finances.  We have seen all three of these things majorly change course over the past 4 months Once we gave everything to God, we started to see change.  Change of things that have never been before.  We have sincere joy for life, a constant strive to serve God every moment, a need to not be selfish to each other, and a true love to serve and disciple with others.  This is a monumental point in our marriage and we are so excited.  We look forward to being true to God, to one another, and to others.  We are here and ready to serve.

2011 Year in Review

We celebrated the first of the year in Gatlinburg with the snow.
We enjoyed two of our favorite singers in concert--Lady Gaga and Brad Paisley
My Granddaddy went to be with Jesus. His funeral service and burial I will never forget. It snowed so much that day and it was gorgeous.
I ran my first marathon and then another one in honor of my aunt.
I successfully ended my first year of teaching, took the show choir to Atlanta to compete and won, and began an even more successful year 2.
Grew the show choir and added another choir. Had a Christmas concert with no snow with show choir in phenomenal uniforms.
Turned into a red head then back to blonde. It was fun.
Was a part of the largest production in Robertson county as Marian Paroo in The Music Man.
The twins turned 16.
Made a few new friends that are real and dear to my heart.
Began to get heavily involved in our church.
Learned how to be honest with ourselves.
Learned many, many things. And then some.
Our marriage experienced that the gospel truly changes everything.
For this we are so thankful.
On the Books In 2012...
Disney World...masters degree...amazing marriage...and who knows what else God has planned! We can't wait to see!
Happy New Year!

Double the Birthdays; Double the Fun!

Here we are, the girls have turned 16. Thinking back over the years that I have watched them grow, I remember them dreaming of this year.

Talking about how they will drive my kids everywhere, come over to the house anytime they want, and run errands for me. It's wild that it's finally here.

We celebrated their special sweet 16 this weekend with family and 20 of their beautiful friends. John and I helped cart some to Nashville for catered dinner and dancing at The Wild Horse Saloon.

Afterwards, we enjoyed cake and presents at their home.

 

It was such an enjoyable evening with everyone. I am so glad that John and I were a part of it all.

Rebekah, my gorgeous dear, I pray that you will contiue to be the light that enters every room. Remember that you are beautiful, and you are loved by many.

Most importantly, keep your strong faith and continue being a wonderful woman of God. I am so proud of you! I love you so much.

Michaela, miss sassy pants, I pray that you will always keep your fire and spark. Stay confident and always be true to yourself. Love strong, and be kind to everyone around you.

You are fearfully and wonderfully made my dear. God made you special and there is noone like you. I love you so much.

Love, John and Lindsey

For This We Are Thankful

This year God has shown us how big He is. He has shown us how to truly love Him, one another, and those around us. For this-we are thankful.
From our family to yours. Happy Thanksgiving

Redheads Do Have More Fun?

It was time for a change. Fall always brings new exciting things to my hairstyle. I'm fortunate enough to have a stylist who understands exactly my style and perfects it every time. Usually I'll get a streak of a fun color or what now but this time I wanted a drastic change. I have been trying to grow my hair out and it is slowly getting there so a trim was only necessary. The drastic part I wanted was bangs, only if I didn't look 10, and color. I've always been a blonde. It's just me and my natural color. So I decided to go red and caramel for the fall! Platinum will return in the spring but for now I'm in love with the new do! So without further adieu. Meet the new and improved Lindsey!

Bolting For Myra

My aunt Myra is a survivor of breast cancer.  During treatment I was born and it's always been a special bond between she and I. This year our precious town had its first annual "Booby Bolt" 5k.  Lindsey and I decided to sign up and join our team at our church. We made shirts and the whole shebang.  The lady who organized it did a fabulous job! Being a survivor herself, she stated that she simply wanted just 50 to sign up and in her dreams 100.  We had over 250 participate!  How successful for a first annual event. It was very well organized and it was so overwhelmingly emotional running and finishing this race for my Aunt Myra. Today we celebrated her and God's amazing healing on her life! We love you Aunt Myra!

Homecoming 2011

This years homecoming was stretched out over the course of a few weeks due to a few cancellations and such.  Here's a break down of the days in pictures!

Hawaiian Day--spent with Bob Marley music and the sound of ocean waves throughout our classrooms.  It was a sunny day for sure!

And teaching in sun glasses and a big floppy hat is quite challenging to say the least!
Wacky Wednesday--A floral hot mess was the theme I went with.

We had a blast in classes making finger mustaches and having "wacky instruction"
Teacher/Student Switch Day--Spent looking like a super student!   I loved this day and to me it was my favorite one.

There were so many "Mrs. Mahollands" running around.  I should say hobbling around by the end of the day in their heels.

They were all precious but here are a few of my show choir girls.
My homecoming week at SMS took a pause to help Michaela out all day with her high school homecoming court events.  After three dress changes, three events, one gorgeous hairstyle and make up session we had one fabulous and successful day.

I absolutely loved spending all day with her and Ladonna.

I soaked up every second it my time with them!

Wasn't she gorgeous!  Drop Dead!!
Homecoming week continued in my world for Era day!  We had everything from Bible times to futuristic costumes.  It rocked!

Of course I just can't divert from the 1980's!

It was a rad day in music!  Madonna blasted all day!
I failed to get a picture on black and gold day but I sported a black sweater and my gold glitter heels all day.  All 14 hours at school.  From teaching, to setting up concessions, to leading the show choir in the national anthem, to watching the game, to tearing down concessions.

It was a amazing day!  The choir sounded fabulous and our football team stole the show!
I am so thankful to have a job that I love and look forward to going to every day!  This year is truly wonderful and God has blessed us beyond.