Paisley Renee Coffman!

This precious little one stole my heart today as she graced us with her presence at 10:52 am! I love her already more than words can describe... this 8 lb 1 ounce... 19 1/2 inches long baby has won my heart forever! Welcome to the world sweet girl... Aunt Erika loves you very much!

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gatton Gilkey!

Congrats to Gatton and Lacey Gilkey! As of yesterday all of our siblings are married! Welcome to the family Lacey... you looked beautiful yesterday!

I'm Gonna be an Aunt x2!!!

Most of you know that my sister is having a baby girl in December! But today I'm proud to announce that in June I will have another new niece or nephew... Congrats to Grant and Elise!!!

I'm going to be an Aunt!

NEWS worthy of sharing? I think so... My sister Kayla is having a baby... Due December 23! I'm so excited about being an aunt!
And she found out just yesterday that... IT'S A GIRL!!!! Can't wait to meet Miss Paisley Renee Coffman!!!

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to the two most amazing women and mothers that I know! Whew... what a weekend... we tried to celebrate with both of you... Had dinner with Jenni on Friday night and then with my mom (cindy) on Saturday night... Then after dinner with my mom went to play cards with Garrett's family and found out that Jenni was experiencing some chest pains, a numb arm, and jaw pain... all symptoms of a heart attack... So we all jumped in the car and headed to the ER... after several test and a night in the hospital she found out that they were also symptoms of a gallbladder attack, who knew? This made for one exciting weekend... but I am glad that both mothers are alive and healthy on this beautiful mothers day!

We have a new sister!

On Saturday December 19... Garrett and I got to a be apart of the beautiful wedding of his brother Grant and wife Elise. I was the matron of honor and Garrett was the officiant... needless to stay there were stressful preparations (Elise's dad was in the hospital only to be released the day before the wedding), along with much laughter and some happy tears! Congrats again Grant and Elise (Mr. and Mrs. James Grant Gilkey)! I'm so glad to have you both in my life!

Early Bird Gets the Worm??? Or does she get less sleep???

Early this morning about 3:40 am to be exact I was wide awake... I tried moving to the guest room to get some sleep when it failed I moved to the couch... and when that failed to work I found myself showering at 5 am... and for what you might ask? I have NO clue... or so I thought as I finished a nice warm shower and entered our freezing living room with our house being lit by the light of our Christmas lights alone... I began to realize that it was God that had made me get up at such an early hour! So I sit down on the couch for some much needed Jesus time! As I started reading today's devotion from a little book that a friend gave me a few weeks ago I began to cry. God knew exactly what I needed to get me through the day... and why should I be surprised HE always knows what I need. The verse for today was Romans 8:31 "If God is for us, who is against us?"

The Devotion said:
"I'm comforted when I realize that God is in sovereign control of all of life. He not only knows the times and the seasons; He is also Lord of the unexpected and the unpredictable. Our times and our trials are in His hands. Even when we feel embarrassed or confused or do something really weird. Whether we're on cloud nine, enjoying His blessings, or caught in the thicket of some tangled predicament, He hasn't let us go. By HIS grace, HE remains 'for us'."

But that's not all God had in store for me at that early hour! I continued then to read through some of Romans and found myself reading this verse which I will leave you with today in hopes that it will bring some encouragement to any of you reading this!
Romans 8:38-39 "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

So no matter what your circumstances be reminded as I was this morning that God is always on your side, He's much BIGGER than anything you are going through, and NOTHING can separate you from HIS LOVE!!!