~ MOM ~

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Today is my mom’s Birthday!  Click here on her blog Starr Salon to leave her a birthday greeting!

Here’s a couple pics a few years back…I can’t wait til we are together so we can take more pics

LOVE YOU &  Happy Birthday

Jen & Adrian

Of course I am behind, so I am totally unprepared! However, time waits for no one, so I will just post this post to say

a special

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

to my sweet sister Jennifer!

I love you Jen, and you know I wish we could all be together to celebrate you getting another year older your birthday! I know that God has awesome plans in store for all of us, and I praise Him for all He has already done in our lives!! I love you, and I hope that you and Adrian have an excellent time together celebrating this special day of remembrance.

And, as long as we are posting birthday wishes, let me add a

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to ADRIAN

too, since he got older and grayer (is that possible?) had a BIRTHDAY! a couple of days ago!

Like I told Adrian: I know a nice little Mexican restaurant he can take you out to for your Bday.  It has all the things you love, like Mom and Amanda and Jocelyn and Rachel, Eric, Hannah, Isaac, Caleb and Lucy… and of course Adrian and me and Matt too!! Let me know if I need to make reservations!! we can celebrate BOTH of your birthdays!!

Happy birthday little sister! [ha, I just wanted to say that!] and dear brother-in-law! We love you both!!

Love and many hugs!

~J

~ HANNAH ~

HAPPY 9th BIRTHDAY

My sweet niece is 9 today!  Click here on her blog Resting in the Arms of Grace to leave her a birthday greeting!

I wanted to find some pictures of you and me and I couldn’t find any…..

WE NEED SOME HANNIE!    LOVE YOU &  Happy Birthday

Aunt Jen & Uncle Adrian

Happy 20th Anniversary Matt & Jacque !  We Love you!

Jacque & Matt

Taken a few years ago while I visited IN.

Matt & Jacque

Taken @ Luz’s (my MIL’s) during their vacation in June 08

This is the comment I left over at Amanda’s blog

Amanda you are right it is a God Thing….I don’t know if you have even heard some of the stories leading up to your momma and daddy’s wedding…I recall some tough days prior to the big day…and I know there have been Huge challenges along the way, as you can be guaranteed in this day and age! God has been binding them together since the beginning!

Matt, Sis I am to thankful and blessed to have a sister and BIL and I don’t say that lightly. I know many people who have family they wish didn’t belong to them…Even though trials and having to work through situations I have NEVER, EVER felt that way with either of you. I love you both, I know how I felt in Sept realizing the blessing of nine years with Adrian. You two have gone twice as long and through twice as much good and bad but I am so grateful that Our Amazing God has such a miraculous way of teaching us if we let Him. I see tremendous growth in each of you.

Matt, I loved it when we lived near each other, you have such wisdom and understanding of the Lord and I miss hearing your heart on a more consistent basis. Sis, I miss your hugs and your laugh, your friendship, hearing your voice everyday! I’m so thankful for our relationship in the Lord. I could not have asked for a better sister than you!

Many more years of blessing as the Lord wills, by the way….thank you both for the 8 blessings you have given this Auntie and Uncle!

Jen

It is with great love and honour I write this! Of course, I am 1/2 a day late (but you all know that is just me, don’t you!! LOL)

I want to say Happy Anniversary to two very sweet and special people to me. I can’t believe it has already been 9 years, can you??

Adrian and Jennifer are a sweet picture of husband and wife and an inspiration of love in marriage. Adrian and Jennifer were such good friends in high school and God brought them together for His purpose in marriage, even though I think they least expected it. Unfortunately I did not get to be around them as a couple – um… hardly ever! And not before they were married. I didn’t get to go to their wedding (and yes, I regret that now!) Besides, I never did get a wedding picture! So, you will have to put one on her Jen.

I sure wish I could be there today with you all. I would love to go out to dinner, just you both and Matt and me. (Grandma could watch the Littles with the big girls!)

We were blessed to be able to spend time with Adrian and Jen in June in Las Cruces and also at their home. It was such a great time, and we will never forget it.

We love you both, and we hope today will be so very blessed for you both!!

LOVE and HUGS!!

I added a few pics from our special day!

“The Wedding Pic”, “As the Processional Played” & “Our Engagement Pic”

Adrian & Jen Sept 4, 1999

It’s my sister Jacque’s :)th birthday today !  I really wish I could be with her to celebrate it!  I miss you so much sis. You are truly a gift to me from the Lord as my sister; not to be cliche but…I could not, and would not have asked for any else but YOU!

Mother and Sisters…..joy’s of life!

Beautiful Godly Family

~ Happily Together ~

My sister:

Greatest attribute ~ She wants to be all God has for her to be!

Greatest accomplishment, so far ~ Raising her amazing children !

Greatest passion ~ Homeschooling her children; that they may walk with the Lord all the days of their life!

Greatest occupation being “Super-MOM”

Greatest source ~ The word of God !

Greatest decision ~ Making Christ the Lord of her Life !

Greatest Love *(other than God) ~ Her hubby ~ Matt

Greatest Desire ~ To see her children grow old and always be near them & Family

I really believe these descriptions of Greatness all speak of who you are my sister and I am so proud of you!  I know I have told you that before but it seems like day by day I see a wonderful love in you!  I know it is the light of Christ!  He isn’t even done with you yet!  I have wondered at times about your views on things and then I realize it’s cuz we are so much alike and we both have such passion.  That Starr Women thing!  Sometimes, having to be right gets messy.  I know God has worked in each of our lives to make us better women~ better Christian women; as iron sharpens iron. I love you more than I can say….

Sis, You have touch my life!

~ ~ ~ and yours too I’m sure, stop by and wish her a Happy Birthday ~ ~ ~

You are a truly beautiful woman of God inside and out  ~ muaaaahhhhh

Love you,

This past week Adrian and I were so blessed to have family from a far off land My sister’s whole family including her husband came to visit in New Mexico.  Praise God!  We had such a wonderful time, my only complaint is that it is over For that, I am sad but I have some pictures I will post to show the fun we had.  I hope to get more pics soon since I decided to let my nieces take most of the pics at my house. HINT HINT  

“Thanks Joc for the blogsite”

Can you give me some pointers on making it look pretty (like all of yours!)

Miss Rachel and her Aunt Jen at Nellies Restaurant                

                                                                   Celebrating bday’s                                

Here is Jocelyn and me being very goofy with one of grandmas wigs from the salon.

Boy do they all love their Uncle Adrian!

Well I sure had a blessed time with all of my sweet precious ones……I will add more pics maybe tomorrow!   I’m new to blogging and this is very time consuming

Love to all thru Christ……….Remember to keep God first in all you do. He is the best thing that has ever happened to ME!

Aunt JEN