Update on our family

We have been going through a hard time and still are.

Justin is still not on a regular schedule at work. But please be in prayer that he gets a route soon. There is one route he really wants that is about to go up for bid. Pray that he gets it. It will be really good for him. He will have every other day off and he will also have Sunday off!! And the guy he rides with it also a believer! Please please pray that he gets this route. He has been struggling with temptation while he is on the road. And last night when he came home from this route (the one he wants)he told me he had no temptation. Praise the Lord.

Please pray for me when he is gone. It is at night when he is gone. Pray for our safety at home. And that I can sleep.

Also pray for me I am having a hard time this month. I was suppose to have the baby this month. So it has been hard emotionally for me.

The girls are doing great. Ariana is starting to be rebellious. Pray for consistency with her while Justin is not home. Also pray for them sometimes when Justin is gone they have a hard time with him not here. They miss him really bad.

Please pray for our marriage!! Ask me in person about that.

Please pray with us that God would send an older Godly couple in our lives. And a mentor for me.

Thank you for your prayers and help.

We love y'all!!!

My little business

My new adventures:

I would like to introduce the new way of giving someone a baby gift.

Baby Bouquet:

The one in the picture is a Large.

It contains: 1 sleeper, 1 onies, 1 t-shirt, 1 pair of mittens, 1 bib, 2 hats, 2 pairs of socks, and 2 burp clothes.

Medium contains: 2 onies, 1 hat, 1 bib, 1 t-shirt, and 2 pairs of socks.

Small contains: 1 hat, 1 bib, 1 t-shirt, 1 pair of socks, and 1 onies.

I also make blankets with matching burp clothes. And they can be personalized.

And I make nursing covers that have a rigid neckline so that you can see your baby. It comes with two matching burp clothes. And on the reverse side it has a chenille or terry cloth panel.

Similar to this one:

And I also make Monograms:

And Soft diaper bags. Inside it has several pockets. And it is reversible.

This new for me so I do not have prices yet. But if you are interested give me a call or e-mail me at choctawwilliams4@verizon.net or 979-450-6197.

And I also need help with naming my business. Any suggestions?

Who Am I?

I have been asking myself that lately.

I feel like I have lost myself.

I have lost the things I love to do.

It is hard to explain but I will try.

Here lately I have been feeling I am living I life I did not want to live.

You are probably thinking WHAT?

Don't get me wrong I love being a mom to my girls and a wife to Justin.

I just feel like I am not how I was.

Yes I am a new creation in Christ. But I have lost my passions in life.

Most of you did not know me in high school.

My passions in life were:

Dancing
Singing
photography
scrapbooking

sewing

painting

I have lost the things I love.

I was talking to Justin the other day about this and he said," Ana, you are a mom now."

Then I ask,"Why does it have to change because I am a mom?"

My girls love dancing with me in the living room! My girls love taking pictures! And my girls love to sing!

I just want my life to overflow with my passions that I have. That God put in me. But i can not seem to find a way for this to happen. Please join with me in prayer that God would put things in my life that I can express myself and for time and resources to do these things.

If I do not make sense to you please talk to me in person so I can explain more. I have a hard time typing what I am feeling. I do better explaining in person.

I love taking PICTURES!

The camera of my dreams!!

I am sad to say I do not have a camera anymore. My brothers were letting me use their rebel but they needed it back and then gave it to a friend of theirs. And my small digital camera is broken!! I do not know what happened.

I am so sad.

Anika was in Kidshine is past weekend and I was not able to take pictures of her. And in about two weeks we are going to Oklahoma for the labor day festival and I wanted to take pictures then too. So I think I will just have to buy me a disposable camera. I really do not want to do that because I have been spoiled with my brother's Rebel. The pictures are so clean and smooth.


I hope I can get one soon. Justin said when we can afford it he will buy me the camera of my dreams!!

A few pictures I took with the Rebel:

I really love taking pictures. I hope I can start again soon.

To my Love

Happy Anniversary Justin!!

The past five years have been wonderful.

I love you and I pray God blesses us with many more years.

I praise God for you and all the hard work you do to provide for our family.

I love you!! and always will!!

MY SISTER!

Oh! How I love his MOMMY!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAYLENE!!

We hope you have a wonderful day!!

God has blessed us by making you apart of our family!!

We love you so much!!

Words can not even describe how grateful I am to have you as a friend, who is more like a SISTER!!

As a kid I always told mom that I wanted a sister.

But they were done having children.

I longed for that sister relationship.

God loves me so much He gave me YOU!!

I love you KK!!

Our precious Jalyn

Our little Jalyn turned THREE on Sunday!! Isn't he so cute! He thinks he is a big boy now.
He told Jonathan and Carrie he wanted a monkey pinata for his birthday. Poor curious George. The kids had a blast trying to bust him.
Do you see the cute monkey cake Carrie made!!
All the cousins. Jalyn, Ariana, Jon-Micheal, Anika, and EmmaLeigh. We are just missing Bethan and Kirsten ( I am not sure how to spell her name). We had so much fun with them this past weekend. We were able to go see Jon-Micheal do teakwondo. He got a green strip on his belt for knowing all his kicks! We are so proud of him!!

Please pray for Carrie because she is starting to potty train Jalyn. He is doing a really good job staying dry at home.

It's Offical!

Justin is now an employee for New southwest baking company. Yesterday was his last day at coca-cola. He left on his first run today at 1:00 p.m. to San Antonio. He will then come back and sleep and leave for Shreveport at 3:00 a.m. tomorrow morning.

So we need lots of prayer!!

Safety, rest, family time, daily time with the Lord, Church, and a smooth adjustment to the new schedule, etc. It will be crazy for the first 2 to 3 months and then hopefully we will know what his schedule will be like. He is a floater right now so he goes where he is needed.

The Lord has been good to us because he really wanted this job. Praise God for providing!!

I did not want to come home!

We had so much fun at South Padre island. The first thing we did when we got there was went to the beach. The girls had a blast. Anika really did not like the waves so she stayed on the sand and made castles.
It was cool to be there for 4Th of July. We just stepped outside our hotel room and watched the fireworks. It was really cool!
Our sweet girls and my wonderful husband! The girls are dressed for the occasion.

This is my favorite picture from our whole trip. My wonderful husband know I wanted a picture of the ocean while the sun was rising. So he woke up really early and went and took this picture for me.

It only sprinkled one day while we were there. And it rained only one night. We are able to go to schlitterbahn two days. Justin and I got burnt on the first day we were there. But it was all good because we had a blast. Anika loved the rides. Ariana liked playing in the water castle. And we all loved the lazy river. I do not have any pictures of schlitterbahn but I will soon. We took a disposable camera with us when we went to schlitterbahn. I will post them soon.

God was so good to us this past week by holding off the rain! So places around us had really bad flooding. But God kept us dry! Thank you God so much! We had a blast and are planning on going back next summer hopefully with the Carpios!

God is AWESOME!!

God has blessed Justin with another birthday!

He turned 25 on Friday!!

And he had a party at Chuck E. Cheese! We had alot of fun.

This week has been amazing for the Williams' family!

On Sunday last week Justin found out he got the job at new south west baking company.

He left to pre-teen camp on Monday and had so much fun with his boys. He learned alot and wants to go back next year.

He came back on Thursday and we were so happy!!

Friday was his 25Th birthday!!!

And God blessed us with another car today.

God has been very good to us.

And on this coming Monday we leave to South Padre Island until Friday!!!

Praise GOD for he is Good!!!

We also need prayer.

Pray for him on Monday July 9Th he puts his 2 weeks notice in at coca cola. Please pray for our family because his schedule is going to be weird for a few months. Pray for the girls and this adjustment. His first weekend on the job is July 6-8. He will leave Friday at midnight and come home the next day around 1 or 2 in the afternoon. He will then sleep for a little while and then we will go to church and then he will leave again at midnight and return the next day. Pray that he gets rest because he will be working at the bakery on the weekends when he is still at coca cola during his last 2 weeks. Thank you for praying for us.

My Countdown Begins!

I am counting the days!

On July 2ND we will leave our home. And we are checking into our room right on the Gulf of Mexico!!

We are traveling to SPI (South Padre Island)!!! Our first family vacation since we added Ariana to the family. We can not wait!!

But I need some help!

What do I pack to go to the beach?

I know:

Sunscreen

Beach towels

Beach Umbrella (so we do not have to rent one)

Beach chairs or mats

Beach toys

I feel like I am forgetting something.

If you know what I am forgetting please tell me!!

I need help!

I have been doing a study that I got from church when I got baptized.

I just finished it this morning but I need some help understanding this verse I read in the bible.

The study is talking about how Christ desires to direct our lives.

And how we are to trust Him with our lives.

And then it gave me some verses to look up for:

Time (Eph. 5:5-16)

Money (1 Cor. 16:2) On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made.

Abilities (Col. 3:17)

Relationships (Matt. 22:34-40)

Mind (Romans 12:1-2)

Ambitions (Matt. 6:33)

Morality (1 Cor. 6:19-20)

I understood all but one.

I did not understand the money verse.

If someone could give me some insight that would be great!

I am not sure if it is talking about tithes or saving for something else.

New Family Member

We have a new puppy!

His name is PeeWee!! Actually PeeWee #2!

Our first rat terrier got killed by another dog. It was very hard for me because PeeWee #1 was my baby before Anika came only.

And I always told Justin I wanted another one.

And about a week ago my sweet husband pick me up from VBS training with this cute little puppy in the car!

He is very cute but is very scared of everything.

And every time he gets scared he PEES!!

But the girls adore him!

All Anika wants to do is carry him like a baby!!

She is such a little mommy!

Buried with Christ by baptism

Romans 6:4

"For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives."

Amen!!

I am living a new life!

I got baptized this past Sunday.

I can not even describe the feeling I had as I was getting baptized. I felt renewed, clean, pure, overjoyed, I felt our Lord's love for me.

I just wanted to tell everyone in my church family at LHBC. I love y'all so much. Thank you for rejoicing with me my new life!! I am truly blessed to be apart of the body at Living Hope!!

May 22, 2007 -The day I met JESUS!!

Hello everyone,

Ok, bare with me. I am very nervous typing this! I gave my life to Christ yesterday! I was not able to go to church this past weekend so I listened to it online yesterday. Lately I had been questioning my salvation. And the Lord showed me yesterday that I never got saved. That I had an emotional experience. The first time I thought I gave myself to the Lord I was pregnant with Anika and I accpected Him because I wanted more for my child. Not because I needed a savior. He spoke very clear to me yesterday through 1 John 2:3-6.

"And how can we be sure that we belong to Him? By obeying his commandments. If someone says,"I belong to God," but doesn't obey God's commandments, that person is a liar and does not live in the truth. But those who obey God's word really do love him. That is the way to know whether or not we live in Him. Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Christ did."

He showed me I never changed. I never truly got saved. Yes my language got better. I am not going to the same places I use to go. But my selfishness was still there and my anger was still there. I would try to change but I would go back to my same ways. I had no fruit! I did not have the holy spirit dwelling inside me. Yes I felt bad about my sin but never turned from it. I had no desire to get into His' word or learn more about Him.

Yesterday I was delivered!! Truly delivered. I finally realized I needed a Savior. Praise God that He continued to knock on my heart. Today I woke up and I know I was a new creation! The old is gone, truly gone and the new is come. I got up and got into the word and I could not get enough if it!!

I have an attitude of thankfulness! I am more patient with my girls. I am disciplining them out of Love. I am explaining to them what they did wrong and telling them what God's word says about what they did wrong. I want my husband to hurry and come home so I can spend time with him alone. I want to praise him for working so hard to allow me to stay home.

I can't wait to see what the Lord is going to do through my life now that I am His!!

Thank you for not judging me! I love that I am in a body of believers that they are so excited that I finally know our Savior!!

Thank you! Thank you!

I can truly sing this with all my heart!!

Found in YOU:

You are my security
And all of my identity
Lord you are my everything
I'm found in You
You have taken all control

By Your blood You've made me whole
Shepherd of my heart and soul
I'm found in You

I have all that I need
For you have laid me in pastures of peace
Now I know and believe
this is true
Jesus I am found in You

Lord You found me
When my heart was filled with doubt
Your blood paid for me
and now I am secure forever

Everything is gone away
only You remain
Finally my soul is free
Finally I am safe

Happy Birthday Ariana!

Our Baby turned TWO yesterday!

She is cute and fun. She talks like crazy! She is so funny! She started to sing "Happy birthday to me" yesterday morning it was so cute!

She will come up to you and will say,"What are you doing guys?" You can actually hold a conversation with her now!

I am blessed to be her mommy.

And can't wait to see what the Lord has for her life.

She loves dancing, singing and reading. She has a special dance. You tell show my happy feet and she starts dancing.

She loves to watch BOZ.

And she is crazy about her big sister!! She does everything Anika does. It really has been a great teaching tool for Anika. It is teaching Anika how to be a good example.

Ariana is very bossy and wants things her way. She likes to say the words "no" and "mine" alot. I am entering into the terrible twos.

She is also a little dare devil. She loves jumping off the couch and off the window egde.

She does not like to eat her own food. She likes everyone elses.

I just can't believe she is TWO already!!

Her daddy is her world. And has him wrapped around her little finger.

She is crazy about her uncle Carlos. And she loves her Aunt KK and Easton.

She loves her Momo and her aunt Lala.

She is truly a blessing from our heavenly Father.

Please join me in praying for her and Anika's salvation and purity.

Happy Easter!

We want to wish everyone a Happy Easter!

Today we are celebrating our Lord's resurrection!

The Lord showed me last night at church how powerful the cross is.

I am a sinner in need of a savior! And He is that savior!

Praise the Lord for sending His son Jesus Christ to die for our sins.

I can live in freedom now knowing that I am free from all my sins past, present and future! Did you hear me Past, Present and Future!! He forgives me for the sin I have not committed yet! That amazes me. The devil has no power over me!! Thank you Jesus!

He loves me so much that HE forgives me for all my sin. And gives me the power to sin no more!

And this could not happen with out the resurrection.

He is now seated at the right hand of the Father! And He has sent the Holy Spirit to help us through every moment of our lives.

Let's worship the Lord for all that He has done. In Unashamed worship! Celebrate this Easter like you have never celebrated before!

Today I celebrate:

FREEDOM

FORGIVENESS

VICTORY

LIFE!

I am the Living ONE;

I was dead, and behold I am alive

for ever and ever!

Revelation 1:18

The Battle of the Bulge!

I having been saying for a long time now that I want to lose weight.

And never did anything about it!
But now I am putting actions to my words with the help of my husband.

We went to body combat last night with Kay and Carlos. And Kathryn, Dena, and Amy came, too.

After we were done Justin and Carlos told Kaylene and I they found a way to motive us.

So here is what they came up with:

In one month from yesterday we are going to weigh ourselves.

Combine mine and kaylene's weight together and they will combine their weight together.

And whoever has lost the most weight in one month wins.

The prize:


If we win we get a girls weekend away!


If they win they get a guys weekend away!


So I will let you know how it went in one month!

Kay and I are so excited! And the kids are excited because they get to play at the gym alot more now.

Please Pray

I know not many people read our blog but I need prayer.

I have been struggling with anger for a long time now. And I gave it up to the Lord over and over again. He made me realize that I keep failing because I give it up and then try to do it on my own again.

He has been teaching me that I need prayer. And that I need to share my struggle with the body of Christ.

No one will know what I struggle with if I do not ask for prayer.

So I beg you please pray for my emotions and my reactions. I want to live in freedom like Christ intended.

Thank you,
Ana

Big Mama is FOUR!

Our Baby girl turned FOUR yesterday!

I can not believe she is four. Time went by so fast.

She has gotten so big!

I want her to stop growing. She is four but looks like a five year old. She is more than half my side.

I fear that when she is a teenager I will be looking up at her.

She is so sweet and loves Jesus with all her heart!

I praise the Lord for every single day and moment He has given me with Anika Lynn.

She has taught me alot about myself and how I look at and do parenting.

I praise God for given Anika to me.

And through my mistakes in life He still loved me. And because of my mistakes in life he gave me a beautiful little girl! And saved my life!