Well it's been a minute but so much has been going on in our family....
We are so happy to announce our son's engagement to his girlfriend Nichole! We couldn't be happier!








"Our life maybe a crazy life but it's our life" I'm married to a pastor of a small rural church, who is also the prison chaplain. We have 5 kids, each with their unique story. I love gardening & we all love the outdoors. Our life is not the way we planned it to be, but we are learning to trust God in every area. Come and read about our life as we live it to the fullest!
Well it's been a minute but so much has been going on in our family....
We are so happy to announce our son's engagement to his girlfriend Nichole! We couldn't be happier!
Our church is looking for a youth pastor. It would be a huge PLUS if he also could lead worship and be flexible in other areas. Grace Church is a rural Assembly of God church in Zephyrhills FL only 30 minutes from Southeastern University. We are a traditional church with a focus on missions, prison ministry and special needs ministry. The youth pastor would be expected to be involved in those areas too. The youth pastor would need to be bi-vocational but a very nice parsonage with fenced in yard is included with electricity/water/sewer/garbage/security system. If interested call 352-567-6208 and send resume to theclanton5@aol.com This position will be open August 1.
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This is our dear friend Guy Canaday's video. He was our music pastor for almost 15 years and a very close family friend. He died of cancer after a horrific battle. He trusted God to the very end and was courageous. We shared some wonderful times with him. It was a blessing to have someone we could trust 110% as a pastor you don't always have that. He was a big part of our family. I had tried to write about him several times but I just can't really share all that is on my heart. He was truly a brother to me we figured he had to be Jon's brother in law LOL and an uncle to our kids. It's so hard to think he is gone from this earth- I've grieved ever since he got his diagnosis which was bad from the beginning. It's been hard to see someone who has served God so faithfully suffer so much. When he finally passed I felt peace about it because all the suffering was over. From the beginning he'd say "I don't want to fail God" He never failed God, he was so strong and he trusted God. He was an example of someone who lived for God and died for God. There will never be another person like him, he was unique. He loved God and I smile when I think of all the wonders of heaven he is experiencing. But it's hard for everyone left behind. He leaves a big hole.
My son and I did this video. Guy picked the song which I had never heard but it is perfect. This has been a hard situation for us and his family. Our church is sad he was such a part of everything.
I'm glad we have the hope of heaven. Heaven gets sweeter as time goes by.
Y'all sometimes I think I live in a sitcom and thankfully I can laugh at myself. In fact I find myself and my predicaments to be quite funny....
So my chicken ownership is growing... I have my three old girls.
Ten years ago, one decade ago we made it home with our girls..... how could a decade go by so fast?
They had a jungle themed room it was cute
The summer of 2012 was absolutely the perfect and happiest summer of my entire life. I don't know if I'll ever be that happy in every single area of my life again. All my children were at home, everyone was healthy, the girls were fitting in perfectly, financially we were doing good. Our church was growing, Every single area in my life was perfect. We did little day trips with the kids because our big vacation was going to be after we'd seen the eye specialist in August. After we finished in Rochester we were going to go to Amish country in Pennsylvania and possibly DC. But that never happened.....the accident happened instead.
After writing several paragraphs and erasing them so no one calls for the men in white coats to come and get me, I'm just going to close by saying .....Enjoy your life, squeeze every moment of life to its fullness. If your whole life isn't perfect focus on the areas that are. When the good times are gone, at least you have the memories and be thankful for the good times you had.
Happy Mother's Day!
I'm so blessed
yes a dozen....I'm sick!
Today was lovely! I love the folks God has given me and I'm blessed!
Would you like to help my friend out today who is working on her adoption? What a great day to give hope to her and her husband! I just bought 2 tickets...if all my readers could buy a ticket or just give a small gift it would help this dear couple so much!