Merry Christmas!

We were blessed to have our good friends over for dinner last night and I wanted to share some pictures of the cute dessert I made us!! They are called Cappuccino “Cup” Cakes and they are wonderful. They literally taste like those $5 “candy coffee’s” you buy at Starbucks!!

Yummy!!

Merry Christmas to all of you!

We love and miss you!

Blessings,
Lindsey

Thanksgiving Pitures!

Here are some pictures from Thanksgiving with our (Lindsey's) family.
I know it is a little late ... It has been a crazy month!

Daddy and the HAM!!! YUMMY!

Moon & Lindsey

Nick & Lindsey (geez...I'm short!)

Moon & Lane... such a sweet moment!

Krista & Lane

How cute are they!

Grandma & Lane

Mark being ... Mark!

Elaine being ....Elaine!

my brothers!
Turkey coma.....

My Love!

Never Met A Stranger!

You will be missed more than words can express. I am honored to be your grandchild and have been truly blessed to have had you in my life. I love you!

Emmitt Hazelwood
On December 9, 2008, Emmitt Hazelwood, Shawnee, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ at the age of 78. He was born July 24, 1930 to Bernard E. Hazelwood Sr. and Goldie (DeWitt) Eason in Choctaw, Oklahoma. He grew up in Choctaw and graduated from Choctaw High School in 1948. He served in the Korean War and was awarded a Purple Heart. During his time in Korea, he accepted Christ as his Lord and Savior. On December 10, 1951, he married his high school sweetheart Barbara Jane (Brooks) Hazelwood. They moved to the Shawnee area in 1962. He was a loving husband and father. He loved his family beyond measure and felt blessed by the Lord for his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.
He served the Lord in many ways as a Pastor at Pearson Baptist Church, as a deacon at several churches and after his retirement from Bob Townsend Ford as the Service Manager, he served as a volunteer Chaplain at Unity Health Center for a period of time. He never met a stranger and was a good friend to all who knew him. He was currently a member of New Hope Baptist Church in Tecumseh.
He was preceded in death by his parents; infant son, James Hazelwood and sister, Patty Wells.
Mr. Hazelwood is survived by his wife, Jane of the home; sons and their wives, Mike and Penny Hazelwood of Meeker, Oklahoma, Carl and Karen Hazelwood of Meeker, Oklahoma, and Richard and Nanette Hazelwood of Shawnee, Oklahoma; daughters and their husbands, Sarah and Ross Coleman of Bethel Acres, Oklahoma, Elaine Brandt of Houston, Texas, and Karen and Mike Jones of Shawnee, Oklahoma; granddaughters and their husbands, Cyndi and Tony Reeves of Bethel Acres, Oklahoma, Lisa and Robert McDoulett of Shawnee, Oklahoma, Lindsey and John Robert Leslie of Fort Worth, Texas, Amanda and Josh Weber of Shawnee, Oklahoma, Jennifer and Jeremiah Campo of Shawnee, Oklahoma, Krista Hazelwood of Los Angeles, California, Kristin and Justin Wilkins of Stillwater, Oklahoma, and Kacie Jones of Shawnee; grandsons, Michael Hazelwood and wife, Christine of Shawnee, Oklahoma, Nicholas Coleman of Del City, Oklahoma, Jared Hazelwood of Shawnee, Oklahoma, Patrick Factor of Shawnee, Oklahoma, Kelly McGann of Shawnee, Oklahoma, Connor McGann of Shawnee, Oklahoma, B. J. Gray of Kildare, Oklahoma, Zachary Jones of Shawnee, Oklahoma, and Cody Brandt of Burnett, Texas; great grandchildren, Wade and McKenna Reeves of Bethel Acres, Oklahoma, Brittany and Mariah McDoulett of Shawnee, Oklahoma, Kolton and Shelbi Wilkins of Stillwater, Oklahoma, Lane Roper-Jones of Shawnee, Oklahoma, and Amanda Guinard of Shawnee, Oklahoma; and brother and his wife, Donald and Georgia Hazelwood of Texas.

Update

Ok ….all I can say it is has been a really long 2 weeks! I am happy to say that my grandpa is doing somewhat better. He is now eating …so no more fighting with that feeding tube and the rest of my family seems to be getting some rest. He is going through more tests this week and Robert has his test on Thursday! So hopefully by next week we should know more on both.

Moon and I put up our tree… ok, Moon put the tree up and I decorated it! I will have pictures up soon … along with a few pictures from Thanksgiving!
That is all I have for now!

Lots of Love,

Linds

Jesus, Bring the Rain

Driving in my car this morning this song (see below) came on. I found it fitting for the state I find myself in. It reminded me of the post Moon wrote the other day about living out our faith. It seems so easy to say what you believe but, when a storm comes, does our true faith come out?
So here I am, standing in this storm with my "umbrella," watching a part of my world falling apart right in front of me, singing “bring me joy, bring me peace. Bring the chance to be free. Bring me anything that brings You glory. And I know there’ll be days when this life brings me pain, but if that what it takes to praise You, Jesus, bring the rain.” Praying I can live out my faith. Am I really strong enough to say “bring me anything that brings You glory.”?

"Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope," Romans 5:2-4

Bring The Rain: MercyMe
I can count a million times

People asking me how I Can

praise You with all that I've gone through

The question just amazes me

Can circumstances possibly

Change who I forever am in You
Maybe since my life was changed

Long before these rainy days

It's never really ever crossed my mind

To turn my back on you,

oh Lord My only shelter from the storm

But instead I draw closer through these times

So I pray
Bring me joy,

bring me peace

Bring the chance to be free

Bring me anything that brings You glory

And I know there'll be days

When this life brings me pain

But if that's what it takes to praise

You Jesus, bring the rain

I am Yours regardless of

The dark clouds that may loom above

Because You are much greater than my pain

You who made a way for me

By suffering Your destiny

So tell me what's a little rain
So I pray
Bring me joy,

bring me peace

Bring the chance to be free

Bring me anything that brings You glory

And I know there'll be days

When this life brings me pain

But if that's what it takes to praise

You Jesus, bring the rain

Holy, holy,

holyHoly,

holy, holy

Is the Lord God Almighty

Is the Lord God Almighty

20 Things I Miss About Oklahoma.....

#20 Not sitting in this to get to and from work!

#19 THUMPER!!!

#18 Living in a town with no stop lights!


#17 Being able to say I'm going to "The City" and not having to expain which city!




#16 Bricktown....
don't get me wrong Downtown Fort Worth is fun but nothing like Bricktown!

#15 Gary England....

I don't think I need to explain this one!

He is just the best weather man ever...

I mean...he was on the movie Twister!

#14 SALTY FROG....

(I could not find a real salty frog...but there is a green one in there!)

#13 Hamburger King...yummy!

#12 The $1.50 Movie
(It is still weird not calling it the $1 movie!)

#11 TED'S ... need I say more?

#10 My Favorite Radio Station...EVER!!!!

#9 Dinner/Game night with Mark, Robby & Jill!

(Miss you guys so much!)

#9 H.E.R.O.
(just the best people ever!)

#8 Saturday Morning Breakfast with the family

#7 My fellow Sooner Fans!

#6 I even miss OSU fans...

(I miss and love you girls)

#5 Grandma Pancakes!
(yes I have the recipe but it is just different when they are at grandma's)

#4 Hero Praise & Worship

#2 Christmas Shopping with my mom!

#1 MY FAMILY

(I miss and love you all so so much!)

Faith, Life, and Their Beautiful Collision

Amongst all the various debates and arguments and pointless conjecture, there exists a time when your theology and life meet, normally head-stinkin'-on. Think about it, how often does your hypothesis about God actually make it into full-blown life style? Do you often find yourself in a place where what you say necessarily has to match up with what you do? If I claim the sovereignty of God as the very basis of my life and belief system, why, when faced with difficult situations, do I still feel helpless? I know I am. I have nothing of myself that could possibly pull me through. Why do I still cling to those thoughts that I have so tried to distance myself from? Dare I place myself above the very direction of God to “be anxious about nothing?” If there is no worry with God, why do I find myself there? The longing of my heart is to not transgress the first commandment. May I never place my worry or feelings or anything above God himself. For those of you who are wondering, I was delivered some news this evening that I am still processing.

Simul Justus et Peccator
Moon

Bird Phobia

I know you were all on the edge of your seats waiting on this post …. I took this picture outside my work at the beginning of the month at around 5:45am. You see once a month I have to come in to work insanely early and do inventory. On this particular morning, I was sitting in my car waiting on my manager to arrive…and all of a sudden the birds started appearing…. They were everywhere… surrounding my car…sitting on top of the building just staring at me. People (from the other stores in the shopping center) would drive in to the parking lot and the birds would not move until the last possible second …it look like the cars were driving through a big puddle of water but it was BIRDS!!!!

You see I have had a fear of birds ever since my senior year when I took a trip to Europe… There was a pigeon there that attacked me…I have never been the same! So there I am, sitting in my car … birds taunting me as if they knew I was scared… and my manager finally arrives… Facing my fears, I run to the door, praying they don’t attack, and made it safely inside.

(See how they sit up there waiting on me!)

I would like to say that this has been the end of my bird battle but …every evening they come back to our store…and sit on the roof… waiting on me. Everyone at work laughs at me when they see me running to my car dodging the poop falling from above. I know they are aiming for me because my car has been their target practice. But you see, they only poop on my driver's side door and the front window on the driver’s side. It is a conspiracy I tell you!!!

I am sad to say that today the birds won...on my way to the car their mission was successful...I got pooped on!

Busy Week

Well I thought we should post something this week. We have been super busy. Looking back I am not sure what we have been so busy with…..but I feel like we have been running non-stop! This picture is from one of our nights out… Moon struck his “Thinking” pose for you all!

Tomorrow (Sunday) Moon and I will start our first “new members” class at church! We are both really excited! The class will cover the basic beliefs of the church. This is among the many reasons we like this church. We really feel that churches should offer class like this to help new members come to understand foundations on which the church is built.

One of us will be writing later on this week. If it’s me, I’ll be ranting about the constant battle I find myself in with birds. If it’s Moon, he will probably have some sort of weirdness to talk about. I always tell him, it’s got to be really interesting to be in his head.

Blessings,
Lindsey

Sunday Morning Coming Down

As many of you know, I love the music of Johnny Cash. Just so y'all know, this is Moon writing. Anyway, this morning both Lindsey and I felt Cash's line that he "woke up Sunday morning with no way to hold my head that wouldn't hurt." We were blessed with the opportunity to help two of our friends re-upholster a charter bus. I promise, every time this particular friend calls for a job, I know there will be a new something to add to my resume. The time of fellowship more than accounted for any sore muscles. I love the chance at really odd jobs. Thank you, Hudson. Here's a random pic that I would love to have on a shirt. If someone can put it on one, give me a holler

Pastor Moon

I forgot I had this picture… Moon is in the Chapel at Hugley Hospital. (I took it with my phone so there was no flash...but I still love the way it is!) We were going to see our friends and their new beautiful daughter and needed to waste a little time before we went up… and he decided to give a little sermon. I wish I could remember what he said…I am sure it was funny! It was an interesting sight… but thankfully the chapel was empty! This is just one of many entertaining moments I have enjoyed while being married…there is never a dull moment with him around!!!

Well I guess I should give an update on us. Our week is going well. Moon is in the middle of a big paper that is due Monday and trying to wrap up for finals that are just around the corner. I am just working….and patiently waiting for the holidays to get here so we can go see family!!!

“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.” Philippians 4:8

Our Church

We have a new church home!!!
Our journey to find a new church has been interesting! We are so glad the Lord brought us to Christ the King! It is exactly what we were looking for. They have welcomed us in with loving arms. The church meets in this beautiful Chapel. It is a little tricky to get in to but once you do …wow!
This is only the place we meet but I find it …well just beautiful!
We are both really excited to see all that the Lord has for us here.

I found these pictures online and I love this one!
Ok so the chapel is beautiful but really it is the people and their desire for the Lord that really brought us here. Although… having Central Market next door did attract my husband!!
(Just kidding hon!)

Blessings!
Lindsey

Election Day!

Moon and I decided to start a family blog. We thought it would be a good way for family and friends to know what is going on in our lives since we don’t see everyone as much as we would like.
Well with today being Election Day I found this picture appropriate! Just want to remind everyone to get out and VOTE! I am very interested to see the results of this election. I cling to the promise that no matter outcome my God is in control.

“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:6-7

“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” Matthew 6:25-34