The Life and Times of the Watters Family

Happy 1st Birthday Bella!

You, sweet girl have lived up to your name! A beautiful and joyful addition to our family. Love you baby girl!

family fun

We have been having BEAUTIFUL, spring-like weather this February! After working really hard yesterday to do some major deep cleaning and organizing, we decided to get outside today to enjoy the sunshine (and in all honesty, if we aren’t home the house stays clean). The camera and tripod came along for fun :) Check out the rest of the pics from today here.

audrey~ 7 months

It was fun to do this little shoot with Audrey! It had been awhile since I had her in front of the camera. I can’t believe she is 7 months old already! She is such a beautiful and sweet little girl!

me

Taking risks, being brave, believing God, waking up early, dreaming bigger (and sometimes crazy) dreams and trying to learn how to be comfortable in my own skin…

[photos by: Sean Watters]

love this…

Even more than I appreciate Amy’s photography, I appreciate her transparency and her heart. Once again, she openly shares her struggle, her faith and her hope in this most recent post. I recommend reading the entire thing but the last paragraph really struck me and could not more perfectly articulate my own desire for this year and the rest of my life!

“There is one thing I want so badly though.  I simply want to be wrecked by God’s love for me.  I want to be so undone that I can never be put back together.  I want the Holy Spirit to so utterly consume me that my every breath is to bring glory to God.  I want to be so intimate with Jesus that I am like a light shining in the darkness, pointing the way to the most beautiful, wonderful truth you can ever experience.  I am a woman consumed by passion to know the living God.  I can hardly think of other things sometimes.  His love is changing me. Rescuing me.  Healing me.  I am not the same as I was, and I can never go back.  I have found everything I was ever looking for.  He’s so beautiful.  He’s saving me.  And I adore Him so much that I just cannot stay silent.  So if there was ever a New Year’s resolution for me this year it would be to unify my voice.  To speak my heart no matter what the cost.”

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Inspirational Soundtrack of 2009

• Your Love is Strong, Jon Foreman
• Open Skies, David Crowder
• The Right Thing, Mandisa
• Bring the Rain, MercyMe
• Something to Say, Matthew West
• I will Rise, Chris Tomlin
• New Day, Robbie Seay Band
• I’m Not Who I Was, Brandon Heath
• By Your Side, Tenth Avenue North
• How He Loves, David Crowder
• Love Wins, Robbie Seay Band
• Rock of Ages (When the Day Seems Long), Sandra McCracken
• Wash Me Clean, Shawn McDonald

2009 has been a time of major growth and change for me. The overall theme of 2009 was dependency on God for everything. To come to a place of really trusting Him, to believe that He loves me, to know that He has a plan for my life and that my life is an opportunity to tell the story of His grace and to glorify Him in all things. Each of these songs hold different memories of this past year and all I have to do is hear one of them to be taken back to those moments and feelings. Music has always been one of the primary ways God reminds me of His presence and His love. He allows lyrics to teach me, prepare me, soften me and humble me. Most days I wake up with a song in my head and frequently find that there is providence in hearing those particular words over and over throughout the day.

I am not who I was and I don’t want to to ever forget what God taught me throughout this past year. I am looking forward to new lessons, new memories, more growth, more dependency and a new soundtrack in 2010.

Happy New Year!