The Lester Family: January 2013

Monday, January 21, 2013

Moon Lake

The girls and I wen with the Bells to Moon lake this weekend after Luke Bryan! I love seeing this sunset from Angie's house! Beautiful!

My Luvbug!

Jack spent the weekend with Gigi and Papa Hop! He's improving those baseball skills!!! Go Bug!

For Christmas this year, I surprised Makenzie with tickets to the Luke Bryan concert! We had a great time Saturday night together. We went out to dinner and then to the concert! I love you, Makenzie Lester!! You were a great date!

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Fruits of the Spirit

Luke 6:44 "For every tree is known by it's fruit."

I love to go to the Farmers Market here in Memphis. Do you? Does your Mom and Dad go to get fresh fruit and vegetables? For some reason when I go, I feel healthy and I feel like I am doing something really great for my family. I am not sure why, but that is how I feel when I see all of those pretty, colorful fruits and veggies. As followers of Jesus, we all have our own fruit stands. Our fruit stand is how we demonstrate the Fruit of the Spirit to other people - love, joy, peace, goodness, faith, meekness, and self-control.

Whatever your job is (student, teacher, mother, father, sister, brother, daughter, or son), we all have a way that we display our fruit stands. The way we interact with people and how we handle daily challenges in our lives is our fruit stand.

Matthew 5:16 says "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your father in heaven." Are people able to see good fruit in your fruit stand by observing you daily? Luke 6:44 says "For every tree is known by its fruit."

This means that when people show animosity or you fell that they have done you wrong, you show self-control in how you respond. It also means when things are not going your way, you fail a test, you didn't get invited to a sleepover, or things aren't going great at home, you have faith in God that things will get better. This also means you show love to everyone....even if they are different than you.

So, how do we increase our fruit so that we are sure we are constantly bearing and showing good fruit? Colossians 1:10 says "to be fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God." This means we have to read and know God and become more knowledgable about the Bible. We have to pray and be intimate with God to get to know him better. This is what increases good fruit in our fruit stand.

Let everyone see the good fruit in your fruit stand today!!

Sunday, January 6, 2013

Super Star!

Jack had his first basketball game this weekend! They won 23-8. Jack had 4 baskets! Here are a couple of the shots!

Poor Kenz!!

Makenzie went to basketball practice this past Thursday night and tripped over her friend's foot. She landed hard on her elbow and wrist. Blaine took her to Campbell's Clinic where she got an x-ray. The x-ray did not show any broken bones because of her open growth plates. We will go back in a few weeks to see what the verdict is! Happy New Year!

Pretty Girl!!

New Years Eve

We rang in the New Years with the Lee's. We ate dinner and barely got the midnight! Great night with Family and Friends!

Jordan and Makenzie!

Logan and Sadie!

The Whole Crew!

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Our 2012 trip to St. Croix!

Christi and Guy got married this summer! We all flew to St. Croix to celebrate with them! It was a great time with the whole family! I will post pictures of the wedding soon! Beautiful!!!

Jack and Sadie enjoying breakfast. Bock Island is behind them!

Jack, Sadie, and Makenzie with Grant and Leah.

This was before the wedding! Laurie, from up on the hill, catered the wedding. It was wonderful and Jack and Sadie really loved her fried chicken!

Gigi and Jack and Sadie playing at the Bucaneer!

Iguana's are everywhere in St. Croix. Here is one of them...just chillin'!

We took the dingy over the Buck Island. St. Croix is behind the twinkies!!

It's hard being 6!

Beautiful!!

My two boys!! Love them!

Me and Sadie Lady!

Makenzie snorkeling on Buck Island. I think that is the day she saw a nurse shark!

Buck Island

The house we stayed at for Christi and Guy's wedding!

Buck Island!

Blaine and the kids!

Christi's back yard! Rough Life!

We were at the Charlotte airport. We were waiting to go to Puerto Rico!

Relaxing!

My loves!

2012 in review!

2012 was a great year for the Lester family! We are looking forward to a great 2013!! These are just a few pictures of our year. One of my goals this year is to take more pictures and document this wonderful life God has given me!!