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WE’RE DEBT FREE!!!! All our student debt is GONE!!! . 80k to ZERO in 2.5 years ✨✨✨ Thank you Jesus for blowing our expectations out of the water! We dreamed out being done by the end of 2019, then before December, then before Matt’s 30th birthday in October, but we never dreamed we would do it before the end of July! This has been the hardest and sweetest journey and I’m its surreal that it’s over. . So what’s next? We are going to have so much fun the next month and then praying about what’s next. Then on to baby step 3. Thank you for the community of friends and family that rallied around us and put constant wind in our sails! @theblondebudget @daveramsey . . . #debtfreejourney #weredebtfree #stewardship #gazelleintense #daveramsey #babystep2 #debtfreelife #debtfreescream #risenmotherhood #missionalliving #missionalmotherhood #legacy #titus2 #titus2woman #crossfit #knoxvegas #knowledgeispower #wildandfree #imfree #mom #boymom #strongwoman #jesús

Fort Pilgrim! They've reached the age where they fight often, but just as much time is spent in beautifully messy moments like this.  Working and playing together as a team.  It's tough business raising a bigger family, but they are constantly reminding me why we chose this life. They are each others best friends and biggest cheerleaders, and oh how it makes my heart soar to see them love one another!  I'm willing to bet thats exactly how our Creator feels.  But when Jesus left us the commandment to love each other He went on to say "by this everyone will know that you are my disciples..." {John 13:35} So our identity as believers should be wrapped up in loving well!  This is how people should see and know who are, and yet I can look all around and see hate and vitriol spewing from mouths and fingertips.  I cannot possibly speak for the author of life, but I can look at my own children and understand that our relationships make the difference in us living in a peaceful, thriving world or just surviving an unsettled existence.  1 John 2:9 says "Anyone who claims to be in the light, but hates a brother or sister is still in the darkness." Let's not be deceived today in thinking that both love and hate can spring forth from the same healed heart.  How can we love better? more? further? longer? How can I make God's heart soar? I think for me, it all starts with them. ♥️ . . . . . . . . . . #ibirthedacircus #wellwateredwomen #honestmotherhood #ig_motherhood #homeeducator #missionalmotherhood #momlife #joyfulmamas #momswithswords #herviewfromhome #motherhoodunplugged #trainthemup #momlifeisthebestlife #everydaymamas #speaklife #littleandbrave #southernsummer #kids_unscripted #childhoodunplugged #wildandfreechildren #charlottemasonliving #playislearning #christianmom #verseoftheday #Jesus #largefamilylife #growwildmychild #wordsbyHHP

"You’re the best momma ever! (she said as she hugged my neck) ... but not when you’re screaming." - This was told to me *looks at a calendar, counts days, carry the four* ...yesterday. Not before I wrote Grumpy Mom. - So here is your PSA: - Momma, you're still gonna scream sometimes. Not because the book is a lie (or bigger than that, that the truth of God's word is a lie or your salvation prayer didn't "take"). - It's because we're a work in progress. And that is part of God's plan! Let each step that feels like a step back, remind you that you're human and you are in fact not God. Funny how we need that reminder but it's amazing how much I know at least I still do. - We can get all controll-y or start demanding this perfection from ourselves that is actually total pride to even think it's possible. You don't need to revel in mistakes and cheapen grace but my hope is that we can reach a point where our mistakes don't send us into a spiral of "poor me", "I'm such a screw up", "I'm a fraud!", "I'll never get this figured out!" - Am I talking to myself here? I can't be the only mom who gets that nighttime guilt after a rough day. Maybe I'm the only one who needs this. If so, I'll preach it to myself. - Lighten up momma. If guilt has you right now, sit in amazement that there's someone who loved you enough and knew every sin your ever commit and still died for you. - I subconsciously think today's sin is fresh and wasn't already covered 2,000 years ago by Jesus' blood. The reality is Jesus died for today's sins too. They've already been retroactively nailed to the cross. - This isn't a casual "shake it off, you'll do better tomorrow" peptalk. This is about true love and redemption. - Now lift your head, accept it and walk in it momma. - And while you're at it, tell another friend (mom or not) who needs the reminder too. #workinprogressbythemastercreator - #valdoesmotherhood #vanajameswoerner (kind of obsessed with this cherub face).

Happy 2nd birthday to the little boy who’s birthday is the same forward as it is backwards. 7-11-17. Our little Slurpee baby. To the little boy who’s smile lights up any room. To the little boy who is a cuddle bug. To the little boy I call a roaming nomad because he would rather go the opposite way as everyone else. To the little boy who is the sweetest but who can hold his own. To the little boy who is obsessed with taking mule rides with grandpa. To the little boy who will eat anything and everything. To the little boy who loves anything with a steering wheel. You have only been our lives for 2 years but it seems like you have always been apart of our family. You are so loved, Hayes Ross.

We made it home and were welcomed by the most beautiful rainbow, it’s especially fitting since we visited the ark on Saturday! Thankful for The Lords promises, a safe trip home and the ability to sleep in our own beds tonight!

I’ve been wanting to share something all day today, but when I think about the fact that my baby is already one, I just get sad and weepy and emotional There has been SO much going on lately in my life. Things that have been out of my control. Things that are stressful. Things on my heart that bring sleepless nights and hard discussions with my Daddy. My heart has been weighed down and I’ve walked through many emotions, a lot of which I can do nothing with except lay them at the feet of Jesus. But this weekend, I am reminded that my babies are growing up and that the enemy wants nothing more than to use other things, hard things, to distract me from the precious little lives right within my own home. I may not be able to control things outside of my reach, but I know one thing. I can decide what kind of mama I am. I can decide to be present with my babies. I can decide to read to them at night. I can decide to hug them and tell them that mama loves them as many times as I want. My babies need me more than ever in this season and I’m becoming more and more aware of how easily entangled I can become with things that affect my mothering. Mama’s, set boundaries for your home and refuse to allow the enemy to rob you of the time you’ve been given with your babies over distracting you with situations beyond your ability to control. Decide where you will stand in the midst of pressing seasons and you focus on where God’s calling YOU to serve. Your babies do not need a distracted mama. Draw the line. Set the boundaries. Love your babies fiercely and serve your home without distraction. They need you and you need Jesus in order to give them all of you. Press into the Lord, mama. Babies don’t keep, so serve them as unto the Lord in this beautiful season we are in . There is SO much of Jesus to be found right where we are and I don’t know about you, but I do NOT want to miss him because of the distractions . . . Flourish, mama, Flourish, . . Ash

“But.” “Because.” . . . “But he told me to do it.” “Because I wanted to.” These two little words are words I hear all day long. Whenever it comes to a disagreement between the children, the first thing they always say is “But” and “because”. They have an excuse for doing what they did. They often place the blame on someone else for what they did. . . . I always always always tell them them that they are responsible for their actions. Even if someone told you to do something, that doesn’t make it right and you will be held accountable for what you did. . . . I often find myself saying those same two words. When I’m wronged, I place the blame on the other person. I want a reason to justify why I’m treating them the way that I am. I want them to be in the wrong but when it comes down to it, I’m responsible for my actions. I’m responsible for the way I treat others. There are no “buts” or “becauses”. Learning that I’m responsible for my actions is something I’m learning right along side of my children. . . . “I don’t want to hear a but or because, I want you to tell me how you could handled that situation differently.”

“I don’t know how you do it.” . . . Being a first time mama meant going from being independent to having someone depend on you 24-7. It was a total life change. . Having our second baby was an adjustment because I was outnumbered during the day and all of the sudden there were two littles with two different sleep patterns. . Then we had our third and we were outnumbered 100% of the time. No longer could I hold everyone’s hands when we went out. . Our fourth came along and I felt myself letting go of control. I realized the things I was trying to always control, all of the sudden couldn’t be controlled. I needed to let go. . Adding our fifth baby to the family was the less stressed I have been. I let go of expectations and started enjoying my littles instead of letting the task in front of me be daunting. . So when I hear “I don’t know how you do it.” (2847xs when I’m out) I smile and say, “we are so blessed.” Because we are. My children aren’t a burden. Is life with them stressful at times, yes but I was stressed with just one or two littles. I was more stressed then than I am now. I have learned to be present more. I have learned to soak up the baby stage instead of getting overwhelmed with diaper changes. I see how fleeting the moments are and I don’t want to look back on their childhood and feel like I was always stressed. . Satan wants to steal joy. He wants rob you of what’s in front of you. He lets the fear slip in and tells you that you’re not enough. You aren’t doing a good job. You are a failure. I have those thoughts. Instead of growing with my littles, I tend to live with regret with what I could have done differently. Instead, we will keep marching forward. We will be thankful for grace. I pray I grow with my children and soak up each and every season we are in.

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