Higgins Huddle

AND THEN THERE WERE 8

We really are becoming the HIGGINS HUDDLE!!

In case you are officially counting....here we go

(in order of age)!

#1 Breece #2 Melissa

#3 Chandler

#4 Berkley

#5 - Pete

#6 Bentley

#7 Princess

Last, but not least (just the latest)

#8 Scooter

So despite our better judgement, we allowed Berkley to get her "own" dog. Really...how "your own" dog can it be when you are 8?? He is just the sweetest little thing we rescued from the Humane Society....that helps justify the decision:)! Oh well! It makes life fun:)!! Now we just have to learn how to play good man to man/(animal) defense so they don't completely take over:)!

May 2011

M+A+Y = BLURRRRR! That pretty much sums it up. May was an extremely busy month this year. It is always crazy with end of school, but this year it took on a whole new dimension for many reasons! Nonetheless it is over and I have to be honest in saying I am very glad. I have always been bad about wishing time away, so I really try hard not to wish to get the the next "thing" whatever the "thing" is. I have learned to try and enjoy the moment/season we are in regardless of how it is going. I feel like I have gotten alot better at this as I have gotten older...well lets say as my kids have gotten older....I am still holding at 32:)! Even though May was a huge blur, I find myself looking back on it thankful. I am SO thankful that in the midst of crazy I was able to see God move in our lives....oh...I am SO grateful that I didn't miss it! I felt like May had a reoccurring theme that God was using to reiterate things He had previously taught me... May became somewhat of a reteaching moment (which is alittle concerning since that is what we do with our students at school whom we feel have missed important concepts....is that what God was thinking of me:/??).

CHANGE IS INEVITABLE

For someone who does not do well with change, this reoccurring theme is not a favorite:(! The old saying "all good things must come to an end"....never liked it....never will. A few years ago I felt like God really worked on my heart in this area. I finally found peace when one day I felt Him say "it is a season of your life". Regardless if it is changes in jobs, schedules, houses, clothes, cars, weather, friends or anything else.....I have come to learn that God has placed those people/places/things in our life at that specific time for that specific season. I think it is difficult because most of the time when the season changes, I am never ready. I find myself pleading with God "Please-No. I am comfortable". And you know, I think that is exactly the issue....comfortable....not clinging....not clinging to Him for everything. Though the changes continue to come (and will), I find comfort in the reminder of His words "those people/places/things were for that season". So, now a new season is upon us and with that there is a hopeful and excited anticipation of how God will choose to move. What people/places/things will He use in our lives in this new season?! I am thankful that He loves us SO much that He chooses to continue to move in our lives and develop us (though we truly wish he would deliver us from the painful process of change)....even if it means having to provide multiple "teachable moments" throughout our lives.

Romans 8:28 "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose".

**I know it is hard to believe that I actually have a picture-free post. You must know it is not by choice. My wonderful Mother's day, May and Memorial Day pictures are at the bottom of my pool....with my Iphone:(! I took an unexpected by funny fall into the pool one night while pouring in shock....pretty appropriate as that is exactly the word that I would use to describe how I felt when I fell in...fully clothed NIKE's and all! I would love to say that I jumped in saving a drowning kid, but it really was just a bad case of taking a mis-step and loosing my balance. Thankfully my sweet English pointer came in after me so I thought ....until he swam right by me for a drink of water:/?! So lesson learned....don't use the Iphone for all pics of a single event, and if you do....make sure you back them up every night on the computer:(!**

April 2011

EASTER 2011

Matthew 28:5-6 The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for JESUS, who was crucified. He is not here; he has RISEN, just as he said."

HAPPY EASTER

Berkley so sweet in her white smocked dress:)!

All dressed up in our Easter White!

It might be time to say good-bye to the Easter Bunny when you find a pair of men's

size 10 shoes in your bastket?!

Easter basket from PawPaw:)!

A visit from a very cute Easter bunny!

Easter Egg Hunt Video

Ok....so this is the FUNNIEST video of poor Berkley! Please know we only laughed over and over and over once we realized she was ok and the only thing seriously injured was her basket that she crushed:)?!!

"Goin' Coastal"

Kenny Chesney Concert

April 16, 2011

The Kenny Chesney concert is always the kick off to my summer (at least for the past 4-5 years:))! Last year Kenny did not do a tour and my summer was just not the same. So needless to say, when he announced that he was doing a "Going Coastal" tour I was just thrilled. Tickets were a

Merry Christmas to me and the count down began (100+ days out). Well, the concert was fantastic....

Great Music...Great Friends...Great Fun! Looking forward to an AMAZING summer and

the beginning of another count down.....40ish+ days until Destin....

"where the only worry in the world I will have is if the tide is gonna reach my chair" :)!

Goin' Coastal 2011

Sweet Breece enduring my Kenny craze!

My dear friend Anne...the only other person in the world who loves Kenny as much as I do:)!

Anne and Jeff

Kenny and Zac

Knee deep in the water somewhere

Got the blue sky breeze blowing wind through my hair

Only worry in the world is the tide gonna reach my chair

Sunrise there's a fire in the sky

Never been so happy

Never felt so high

And I think I might have found me my own kind of paradise

"Knee Deep" by ZBB

MARCH 2011

MARCH MADNESS....at the Higgins House!

So March started off with a BIG change for us! A welcomed change....an answered prayer. Breece started a new job that was specifically designed for him and we are thankful! God always amazes us with HIS faithfulness! We look forward to how he will be used in his new role. We can't help but smile at the fact that one of negative issues that affected his industry 2 years ago has now become a positive opportunity. We would never have imagined?!

Our favorite Spring Equation:

M+A+R+C+H = SPRING BREAK

So this year we took a big trip for Spring Break. It has been several years since we have had the opportunity to do that. It was WONDERFUL! The Rangers Spring Training was super fun! I am so glad we chose to go to Phoenix! Sun, baseball, friends, great food, pool time and alittle hotel hoppin! We couldn't have asked for a better Spring Break:)!