Hale Household

This week's Friday Favorites is a bit different. I cant go on without mentioning Jenny once again. Her life and her story has changed the life and "outlook" on life for so many people over the last few weeks. I would like to share with you what I learned from this fellow mother, wife, Christian, ACU alum...

I did listen to part of her Celebration Memorial Service on Thurday and "WOW!" is all I can say! God is at work in so many people because of Jenny!

So many people are commenting, saying what Jenny has taught them over the last few weeks... Jenny has taught me once again how to "Pray without ceasing!" Col. 1:9, "For this reason, since the day we heard it, we have not ceased praying for you..." That is the TRUTH! I never quit praying for Jenny! I never quit begging God to bring up her blood pressure. I never quit asking God to do what was best for Jenny. I ask God to help her lungs, her liver, her kidneys. I asked for God's Will to be done. I want to contine to PRAY WITHOUT CEASING in all situations NOW because of what Jenny taught me over the last few weeks!
Jenny also taught me to "lean not own my own understanding." Proverbs 3:5, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight." I want to do this wholeheartedly, not just with half of my soul! Jenny's family showed the world they were relying fully on God. They were so strong, full of faith.

Here is an excert from Jenny's carepage yesterday that shares others LIFE'S LESSONS from Jenny! Thank you Jenny!

"There are no words to describe yesterday’s experience.

You can’t describe Jonathan declaring in praise, “you give and take away…blessed be your Name!” three days after his sister was taken away…

You could use 1000 words to describe the moment Rick shouted the three words, “Lord, come quickly!” and still never do that moment justice.

And when Josh had us all bow our knees to Jesus as a declaration to our adversary that “we win!” and death has no victory…it was a feast of a foretaste of glory divine! Everyone there (or watching online for that matter) experienced the holiness; we just can’t explain it with mere words.

You can’t describe it but that didn’t stop people from trying. You usually don’t hear the following spoken about funerals…

“It was the best church service I’ve ever been a part of”
“I would have paid $100 to experience that…make that $1,000”
“I wanted to punch satan in the throat!”
“It made me want to go to heaven…right then…like I wished I could of!”
“I’m a college student at UT and drove in from Austin. I don’t know Jenny…in fact I don’t know anyone in the family. I feel like I do now. I’m so glad I came.”
“I’ll be a better wife and mom because of this...because of Jenny.”
“That felt like heaven will feel. I know it.”

Josh spoke yesterday about keeping the Carepage Community going (on a personal side note, I’d be in favor of a Bizaillion/Ross ‘reality’ show because they are about as ‘REAL’ as a family gets and as strong as any family I’ve met. But that’s a subject for a future post) and I don’t know what the family will do in the future with this virtual mega church, but I do know that there is still plenty we can do for the family.

Continue to pray for healing! Not for Jenny – she is completely healed! But pray for the family to be healed. May the hope that Jesse spoke about yesterday…the hope that Jenny walked in daily…heal the hurt, the loss, the pain, the anger, and the deep sadness that fills the family.
Continue to give! With over 12,000 members, I am confident that we can give even more than the $51,000 we’ve already given. With medical bills in the hundreds of thousands, funeral expenses and David’s loss of income due to the past 3 weeks (and the next however many as he and Malaya adjust to life without Jenny), the need is greater than ever. All money we give to the Gregg Pearson Foundation with “GPF Benevolence” in the special instructions goes directly to the Bizaillion family! Keep on giving.

Continue to share this site with friends and family and continue to post your super encouraging messages! The family can use our encouragement in the days and weeks to come every bit as much as they have these past three weeks. At some point every post and every comment will be made into a beautiful (and big!) book for the family. We can only imagine how God will use that book for His glory in the future!

This site was started three weeks ago today. We wanted to as many people praying for Jenny to get out of the hospital as possible. Josh reminded us yesterday that we didn’t get the answer we wanted. But as those of us in attendance witnessed yesterday, Jenny’s family knows that she got into heaven! May we all follow Jenny’s example. After all, she just followed Jesus!

May these words from the song, “Let the Waters Rise” by Mikeschair speak to our spirits today.

Don't know where to begin

Its like my world's caving in

And I try but I can't control my fear

Where do I go from here?
sometimes its so hard to pray

When You feel so far away

But I am willing to go

Where you want me toGod,

I trust You
There's a raging sea

Right in front of me

Wants to pull me in

Bring me to my knees

So let the waters rise

If You want them to

I will follow You

I will follow You

I will follow You
I will swim in the deep

'Cuz You'll be next to me

You're in the eye of the storm

And the calm of the sea

You'll never out of reach
God, You know where I've been

You were there with me then

You were faithful before

You'll be faithful again

I'm holding Your hand
There's a raging sea

Right in front of me

Wants to pull me in

Bring me to my knees

So let the waters rise

If You want them to

I will follow You

I will follow You

I will follow You
God Your love is enough

You will pull me through

I'm holding onto You

God Your love is enough

I will follow You

I will follow You

Ohhh
There's a raging sea

Right in front of me

Wants to pull me in

Bring me to my knees

So let the waters rise

If You want them to

I will follow You

I will follow You

I will follow You "

A few weeks ago we got to get away and go watch Miss Megan cheer for the Baylor Bears at a basketball game! It was so much FUN! Megan did an A.W.E.S.O.M.E job and the Bears won the game by the skin of their teeth! We were lucky enough to have Campbell and Harper join us. (Oh yes, and their momma Shelly, too!) It was just a good Saturday afternoon trip!

Yesterday my Abbey Grace turned 10.5 years old! How is time flying so fast... It seems like just yesterday I was in graduate school, Abbey was just born and I was holding her just like in this picture!

Yes, We are experiencing our fourth or fifth SNOW DAY in just a matter of months! The girls are LOVING IT! We did go to school today until 11:15... Let me give you a run down of our day from 11:15 from 12:15!

11:15- Sent all my little darlings home from 1st grade!

11:30- Drove through Chicken Express to get a COKE to make it through the afternoon at home!

11:35-Got the girls all dressed in their warm clothes so they could enjoy the snow!

11:37- Sat down infront of the computer to check email, blogs, facebook, etc...

11:38- DOORBELL Rings! It is Lainey! She cant open the door because of her gloves. She needs more socks because her feet are cold. Get Lainey all fixed up.

11:40 Sit back infront of the computer for some ME TIME!

11:42- DOORBELL Rings AGAIN! It is Lainey AGAIN! She cant open the door because of her gloves. Her feet are still cold so she needs more socks. Get her fixed up.

11:45- Sit down with my coke and my computer!

11:48- DOORBELL Rings AGAIN! YES, It is Lainey! She cant open the door because of her gloves. Her boots are hurting her feet because she has too many pairs of socks on. She she wants to wear her crocks. Get her fixed up!

11:51- Get my coke and login to check email!

11:54- DOORBELL Rings AGAIN! YEP, You guessed it, Lainey! She is really COLD and needs to know what she can do to be a bit warmer! I really want to scream! I tell her to just stay inside!

11:57- Lainey heads outside!

12:05- Abbey and Emiley RING THE DOORBELL! THEY ARE NOW COLD! They put on their P.J.'s!

12:10- I decide I will start some laudry and will check email and have down time LATER!

12:15 Lainey is DONE, COLD and EVERYONE is ready for hot chocolate and I am ready to check email and blog!

Oh yes, and the snow is still falling! Oh yes, and school already has a 10:00 start for tomorrow!

Happy Birthday to my cute LITTLE brother! Well, my cute LITTLE brother is now 31, married, and the father of my adorable niece and nephew!

This little Cutie Pie in her new glasses is my Friday Favorite! Miss Em broke her glasses a few monthes ago and we finally made it to the eye doctor to get her eyes checked again since it had been 18 months and got her a new pair of glasses!

I think she is a doll! And she is ready to read!

Happy Weekend!

This is Lainey! And she has proclaimed RED DIAMOND SWEET TEA as her after school Thinking Juice!

The first of February Jenny became sick with the flu...

On Feb. 4, Jenny Bizaillion went into the hospital (ICU) for the flu and pnuemonia and sepsis.

Today, Feb. 17, she had to have both feet amputated below the knee because of complications (gangrene).

Jenny is a 31 year old wife, mommy, Christian, friend... we are connected through A.C.U. and Jesus Christ.

God has answered so many prayers for Jenny over the last 13 days. He has saved her life. Jenny needs so many more Prayer Warriors on her behalf.

Please Pray for Jenny.

Here are the precious necklaces that Will got the girls for Valentine's Day! (Sorry I couldnt get better pictures of them.) They are silver and have their initial on them. I know they will treasure them FOREVER!

Holy Moly was I surprised this Valentine's Day! My hubby ordered me some custom jewelry that is gorgeous! He has a friend that is a very talented jewelry maker. He designed and made this silver and turquoise cross (MY FAV!) with my initial on it! It will fit on my silver choker and on my turquoise beads or on many of my other necklaces. I am IN L.O.V.E. with it!!!!! Will also surprised me with this ring to match!! HOLY MOLY was I surprised when I walked in from our dinner and movie and found these two pieces of jewelry on the entry way waiting for me along with my wrapped red rose! It is a turquoise ring with "cowboy stars" on the sides. I love the cowboy stars because they are on Will's spurs and they were on his grooms cake! These two pieces are amazing and so SPECIAL!!! (much more special than the IPod nano I got him, Sorry Babe) And what a surprise. I had no idea!

I know all my F.I.V.E. readers may be getting Valentine's overload from me today, but what am I suppose to do on a snow day! Here are a few shots of the girls finished cupcakes for their parties that didnt happen today! The ones with pink icing are Lainey's strawberry cupcakes... (see post below!) The ones with the vanilla icing, red sprinkles and vanilla cake are Miss Em's.

My three girls are different as night and day and as different as chocolate, strawberry and vanilla! In fact when they were little it was much more evident that I had one of each type of hair color. One chocolate... Miss Lainey Girl! One Vanilla... Abbey Grace! And One Strawberry... Miss Em! (I think this picture of them at ages 6, 4, and 3 shows off their hair colors so well!) On this day before school Valentine's parties, I am seeing the reality again of how my daughters are SO DIFFERENT and it is not just their haircolors that are strawberry, chocolate and vanilla! They have each chosen a different flavor of cupcake to take to their class parties! Miss Abbey (the vanilla haired girl) chose to take chocolate cupcakes! Miss Lainey Girl the chocolate haired girl chose to take strawberry cupcakes and Miss Em the strawberry haired girl chose to take vanilla cupcakes!

Punky and Lainey say, "I have two different feet... why cant I wear two different shoes?!" Miss Lainey Beth actually snuck out of the house last night like this! She made it all the way to Abbey's basketball practice with two different shoes without me noticing! Lainey REALLY wanted to wear two different shoes to school today! I said NO WAY! She just keeps repeating PUNKY!

Happy Hump Day!

Over the last few weeks a few people have told Lainey Beth that she looks A LOT like PUNKY BREWSTER! Do you remember her from the 1980's? Well, her teacher was one of the them and I guess her teacher was a really Punky Brewster fan because today her teacher gave her the first season on DVD! How Fun!

I do see some similarities! What do you think?

Happy Monday!

In honor of the Super Bowl this week... and in honor of my FAV, Peyton Manning... my FRIDAY FAVORITE this week is none other than the man himself! I will be cheering on Peyton and the COLTS! Go #18


Happy SUPER BOWL Weekend!