Memories, light the corners of our minds....

 Today was a very fun day. After Christmas I finally ordered our family blog in the form of a book. Five years of stories and pictures in a book for our family.

 Well, two books to be exact. Five years! Wow. Blessed. Blessed. Blessed.

Precious memories to remember and one made tonight as I watched these boys comb over the pages and talk about each picture as they smiled, laughed and asked questions. Sometimes blogging is so hard for me to find the time to do it but tonight I really understood the importance. I (we, really) received the blessing of remembering how good the Lord has been to us. "Give thanks to the Lord for He is good. His love endures forever." Psalm 107:1

Date with Daddy

Daddy took Abby on a date to the MSU Basketball game. Daddy was covering the game and helping with the team and invited Abby to go and be his date. She. Was. Thrilled! She is a Daddy's girl these days. I love how her name is so fitting for her...Abigail means my Father's joy. I know she is such a joy not only to her Daddy but also her Heavenly Father! The highlight of the night was the chicken dance at half-time and all the snuggles with Dad. What a fun night!

It's a Wrap

 We wrapped up 2013 with a trip back to Oklahoma for Christmas. A fun time was had by all. Claire loved the tea party at cousin Lizzie's.

 Here's my guy with the plan...I printed him off a map from Kentucky to Oklahoma so he would know the exact route and the exact stops! He got to go with Papa to see the OKC thunder play so he was decked out here below in all of his THUNDERWEAR!

 Classic Christmas picture with the Montgomery cousins: 2 crying and a funny face.

 Making a cake for Jesus is always fun!

 A very special treat was getting to briefly see my good friend Cory Lynne at the Thunder game. Her husband Aaron prayed before the the game. What a blessing special friends are.

 I posted this picture on Facebook and someone commented: "Mimi and her mini Mimis". I thought that was so funny and fitting!

 These girls had lots of fun hanging out. They love cousin "Wizzie"

 Cousins Landon and Savannah were expecting baby Liam while we were visiting so we all chipped in quarter to make a guess as to when he would be born. Abby won the $2.25!!

 First stop traveling to Oklahoma was Braum's and unfortunately it was not awesome.

 The lady at the gas station did not ask but proceeded to hand all of our children balloon for the rest of the 6 hour ride to OKC...oh my!

 We took Grandmommie to Tulsa to see baby Liam!

We had such a fun time seeing family and a few friends too as we celebrated the birth of Jesus. It seemed only fitting as we were driving back to Kentucky that we realized that it happened to be the same day exactly a year ago that we were also traveling for the first time to make our home in Kentucky. A year has gone by and we continue to find ourselves filled with wonder in what He has done, is doing, and will do in the days to come! The best thing for The Cupp Crew for 2013 was obeying the Lord and moving to Kentucky. We have had so much more time with Dustin being home this year. That has been a beautiful gift to us. We have grown together as a family and in our walk with the Lord. We have tasted and seen that the Lord is good even in times of change, uncertainly and struggle. We have walked by faith and not by sight this year and we can confidently say there is great abundance and blessing in trusting and obeying wherever the Lord leads. He has given us the desires of our heart to serve him overseas in Haiti this year. God placed us where He could use us. Dustin has been twice this year and I was able to join him in October. We are hoping to be back again to serve there at the Hands and Feet Project again in April and October of 2014. Walking with the Lord is such a wonderful adventure! He alone is worthy! Happy New Year!  

Abby Funnies

Too cute not to remember:
Last week she told me on the way home from the Morehead State Basketball Game, "This is the Happiliest Ever Ending to my day. I got to do the chicken dance." Yes, she and Claire joined the cheerleaders for the halftime Chicken Dance and it was great. Happliest ever in fact!

This afternoon she came up the stairs sobbing to which I immediately knew there was not a big issue it was just a bunch of dramatics. I told her," You need to calm yourself so I can understand what the problem is." And she replied. "I Caaaaaan't. My feeelings are broooooken!!!!" Her feeling were not just hurt...They were BROKEN. When I asked her why she told me because Carson popped her balloon (which actually happened two days ago.)

This girl is funny!

 

Snow Day

It snowed. They played. The End.

The girls

These girls are just too fun! I just love dressing them in the same outfit and they love it too!