Delighting in Him

"Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.
Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes. " Psalm 37:4-7

This was the passage I read in my quiet time this morning and it has refreshed me once again. I love this verse. We have a cd called Seeds of Faith that is bible verses to music and this is one that I just love...delighting in Him and He will give me the desires of my heart. Why? Because as I delight in Him my desires are shaped and molded into His desires for me as He fulfills them most faithfully. It has been an interesting day. Birds have taken up official residence on our front porch. Two of them, we sappose a Mommy and a Daddy sparrow, have been playing and singing out our dining room window the past couple of days and today they have begun to build thier nest. Not a great place I would think, but I hate the thought of shooing them off....and then I think of the bird poop that will eventually come. Hmmm...are they too preparing a nest for a little one? Wouldn't that be neat to see eggs in the nest.....new life....and at Easter. New life...maybe Abigail will come this weekend. New life...Easter..Jesus. The past week I have really just been praying diligently about the Rental House and what we are to do....it has been almost three months on the market and not a single offer. Dustin and I both feel such a peace that God has the right people for this house and yet as the months roll on (so do the double mortgage payments) I find myself getting a little anxious as to what His plan is. Today was an interesting day..... We have pretty much depleted our funds to sustain paying for two mortgages after the month of May and our real estate agreement is up then anyway....so we have been praying, "Lord, what do we do?" Today, I thought I would look at Craigslist to find out how many homes in Jenks are now for rent and what they are renting them for....that is when I came upon an ad that was actually a person wanting to rent a home in Jenks for $1000 a month with an option to buy it at the end of the lease. Hmmm....I thought....I know nothing about this lease to purchase option and how it would work.....so I went to work and did my research. Basically it is a 12 month lease where the leasor and the leasee agree to a purchase price of the home and at the end of the 12 months the leasee can opt to buy the home or move out. The awesome part is no realtors Fees of 6% or more. As I began to put the numbers together and pray, "Lord, is this what you had in store all along?" All this waiting...still trusting in your plan...it was no surprise to me that when I got down to the bottom line of what we could make on the home by selling it with a lease to purchase contract for 12 months.....it was the very amount that we have had to spend in repairing this home after the previous owners sold it to us so dishonestly, not disclosing foundation problems with the home....to the tune of $20,000.00. I contacted the lady that placed the ad and she shared that she just went through a divorce and is needing to get back on her feet again and that this home sounds perfect for what she is needing....she is also just wanting a 12 month lease with an option to purchase......How awesome is our God!....here I was last week content to just get rid of it...to sell it for just enough so we could pay it off and not have to worry about it anymore....and here He comes with His plans.....and the ministry opportunity for this lady, getting her life back together...it shouldn't surprise me that it would involve ministering to His people.....could this be what He has in store...I am not sure...but it sure sounds like my most faithful God who always makes Good out of what Satan intends for evil....how amazing....delighting in Him and waiting patiently for Him......

Anyday Now...

Abigail's Closet...the clothes keep multiplying!
Dustin's Residency program threw a shower for us on Saturday, April 4th.

On Saturday our In His Image Residency friends threw a baby shower for us. What fun! More pink....lots of pink! All the kids at the shower helped open the gifts so I am hoping that we have it all written down what came from who...it was so funny....they were so excited to open the gifts for Abigail. Her closet now is getting full...and I mean really full of the cutest little girl clothes I have ever seen. Just out of curiosity I counted how many cute outfits she has in just 0-3 months sized (not including all of the onsies, t-shirts, and sleepers)....she has 31 pieces! She could technically wear a different outfit everyday of the month! :) Wow! What a huge overpouring of love and blessing this has been from our friends! I just love to look at them...I am so looking forward to her being here. Anyday now...I will be 38 weeks tomarrow...which means she could come anytime now! I wonder when that will be! Here is the game calendar of guesses for this week with all that have participated so far.

The winners that guess the correct day will win a prize!

Monday, April 6th- Granna

Tuesday, April 7th- Lori Matthiesen, Lorie Bell, Will

Wednesday, April 8th- -------

Thursday, April 9th- Andrew Archual, Aunt Connie

Friday, April 10th- Grandmommie, Vanessa

Saturday, April 11th- Cinthya, Pirtles, Carrie Archual

Sunday, April 12th- Natalie, Papa, Sarah Stephens, Sandy, Candace

I am hoping that she doesn't come until Tuesday because Dustin is sapossed to meet with Cushing Hospital on Monday to talk about thier hospital and opportunities there. It has been such an interesting process and I am looking forward to seeing what He finds out from the meeting with these folks...please be praying for him on Monday. I wonder where the Lord will lead us to serve? We really have no idea right now...right when we think we might have it figured out God throws us a little curve ball and we are once again just puzzled at how actually funny it is...we are definately "on our toes" just waiting on Him to show us the plans He has in store...expectantly waiting.....that is the season we are in I have decided....expectantly waiting on Him to bring the right people to buy the rent house....expectantly waiting on Abigail's arrival.....expectantly waiting to know what plans lie ahead for the Cupp Crew.....trusting Him and knowing that we will surely find out...Anyday now.

Carson's First Tee-ball Game

Carson's first Tee-ball game was tonight and it was pretty fun and amusing. He played center field the first inning and third base the second inning...he had so much fun! On his first time up to bat he hit a home run!! (See the video below) Andrew was his biggest fan and did a fairly good job amusing himself during the game. It was pretty fun to see Dad and Carsy out in the field together! Carson loved chasing down the ball and running to get the runner on his base. We went to Mazzios to celebrate after the game and when I asked him what his favorite part was he told me....the snacks. :) Of course....pretty funny! And so Tee-ball begins....too fun!

Carson's 1st Tee-Ball Game- His First Hit on Video

Click on the Play Button to see Carson at bat for the first time and of course it was a home run! :)

Snow Fun!

Just a little fun in the snow....on the 28th of March! Crazy!

Church Baby Shower

Today a few wonderful friends hosted a shower for Abigail Ruth at the church. When we woke up this morning it was still raining and then shortly after the rain turned into huge flakes of snow and started accumulating quickly. By the time we left for the shower there was probobly already 4" of snow on the ground! The last weekend in March! Crazy! It was a really fun time with those that braved the storm...girl stuff is soo fun! I just loved the little dresses and she got her own little princess set of books and her first princess plate set to dine on...so fancy! I was sorry that the weather did not permit more friends and family to travel to be with us, but we had a wonderful time and cake...there was cake! Yum!

Nesting....lots of nesting

Well I think the nesting has officially started. I have been reorganizing and cleaning most rooms in the house.....clutter is driving me batty. I am running loads of laundry every night just to make sure that we are "caught up". (which is crazy because I have never been caught up everyday with laundry until this last week. I even cleaned the garage today....yes, the garage...and it needed it...why does it feel so wonderful to get things all organized and taken care of? I sold all of my display stuff last night that I used to do all of our Affair of the heart shows...what a relief...it has been driving me crazy sitting in the garage..why? I guess cause I have officially retired from shows and hate to see money just wasting away sitting in the garage when someone else could be using it. I did inventory on all the pieces that I had and listed it on Craigslist on Tuesday....and sold the next day to a lady that owns a children's resale shop in Claremore and was wanting to expand her store ...it worked out perfect! Retired...I like that feeling of knowing that I am no longer going to be doing the shows. The rental...we still have not sold the rental house...doubt is trying to sneak in as I try to hold onto that peace that we have that God has the right buyers for this house. I was really wanting it to be sold before Abigail came...another little closure thing....but maybe it won't be? I keep thinking about how faithful God is and has been to us time and time again....even with selling the gridwall display stuff yesterday...I wondered if I would even be able to get rid of it and recoop some of my cost....and he took care of it in one day. I love that....I guess it is just the expectant waiting that is getting to me today...with the impending arrival of our little girl and the sale of the rental home. Joy. Right now as I am writing this I am enjoying sitting on the front porch watching the boys play with the girls two houses down and enjoying the semi-nice weather....it is cloudy but not too cold..what joy I find as I look at these little boys that God has blessed us with...my how they continue to grow so quickly....bad weather is coming this weekend, they say...snow in March...crazy! Some friends at church are throwing a shower for Abigail on Saturday...I hope and pray that the weather will be nice enough...Carson was sapossed to have his first Tee-ball games this Fri, Sat and Mon but I am afraid that probobly will not happen. He is so excited about Tee-ball. Dust took him to get his baseball pants and cleats yesterday....pure joy....that is all I could see on his face when he tried on his pants and cleats to show me....he is ready to play! One more crazy nesting thing....our vacuum stopped working last week and our new one should be in today....I am so very excited...seriously...to vaccuum today...that seems crazy, huh? Who gets excited about vaccuuming? :) Why is it so satifying to have everything spick and span and completely organized these days?...I guess it is just nesting.