Day Six of 14 Days of Valentines (Make this a Musical One!)

(For those of you who are keeping up with this (if there is anyone), I realize I skipped two days.   We were out of town and away from my computer and I was unable to do them.  I'm going to try to catch up though.)

One of the things that I love about my husband is his love for  music.  I believe if he were to be asked to name the top 5 interests in his life, one of them would be music.

He has always loved to sing.  He tells about when he  was young and he and his siblings sang together.  In those years he was always  loud and not only loud but off tune!  One day his mom told him that maybe the Lord would call him to preach because his singing was getting the others off!   (his mom was embarrassed for him to tell this story). He didn't tell it to embarrass her, but to make a point.  Because she told him that, it made him more determined to learn to sing (that's the way he rolls!). So, when he went to college he minored in Voice and took 6 years of training!  We were married at the time and believe me some of those Italian songs and certain voice exercises he had to do every day were a bit grating  on the nerves!   It paid off though, because the Lord has blessed all that hard work tremendously by giving Lonnie so many opportunities to use his talents.  His influence in music reaches from our home (training our daughters), to the other side of the world.  He has had the opportunity to sing in places like Israel, Ukraine, Africa, Hawaii, not to mention so many places here in the US.  He is asked to sing in many conferences and special meetings.



The girl's CD



Lonnie singing in Israel





Singing in an open air night service in Kenya, Africa

He enjoys singing as much as people enjoy hearing
him sing.

This verse definitely applies to him.

Pr 22:29 ¶ Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

 Not only has he had the opportunity to sing himself, but he also has been able to teach others .  He works with students in our Christian school and has done several work shops and seminars on music.  He has a wonderful ability to teach and preach on the Biblical philosophy of music.  He is currently working in a video for voice training .  I will let you know when it's finished!

He also loves to play the piano.  He really doesn't claim to be an accomplished pianist, but he certainly does enjoy it!  As a matter of fact, he will try to play pretty much any instrument he comes across!    It's really funny; we can be in an antique store or somewhere where there is a piano, and all of a sudden I will hear music, and yes, you guessed it, my husband has started playing it!

Playing for VBS (Cowboy style)

Singing with the girls and me. (I think I forgor the words here!)

He will even sing with son-in-laws!

  It is also not an uncommon thing for him to break out in song right in the middle of his sermon!


Oh, one other thing, he has made a total of 8 recordings, 5 of them being solos.  He also has written quite a few songs.  You can see more about that here on this blog:  Moore Music




Lonnie singing to me at a Valentines Banquet .... sorry so blurry.



Not so blurry.


I am glad to be married to someone who has such a love for music!  To me it just proves his love for the Lord even more, because as he explains, not only did God create music, but God, Himself  is a musical Being.

So on the 6th day of 14 days of Valentines, I just want to say how much I love my musical husband!

We're half way there, so if you're interested, you can click here for day seven of 14 Days of Valentines.

Gail

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Gail

Get Aways

Day Three of my series for and about my husband is about the "get aways" that we have the opportunity to have.

My husband does a lot of traveling.  He is asked to preach and to sing in many places through out the year besides all the things he does at the church where he pastors.  I don't get to go with him all the time, but I do some of the times. When I do get to go we try to take an extra day or two and take advantage of whatever special place or attraction may be nearby and visit there before we head home.   We have done this ever since our children were small.  Our girls were able to see a lot of different places and things just because they were traveling with us in some special meeting.   I know this doesn't sound like much of a vacation, but we always enjoyed it and always felt very bless to have the opportunities to to so. 

We were able to "get away" this weekend, not with our kids, and not by ourselves either, but with some couples from the church as well as couples from some other churches.  We went to our annual Couples Retreat in Pigeon Forge Tennessee.

We always have such a wonderful time!

I love this time to just get away with my husband and relax and enjoy a fun time with these other couples.  We do also go away by ourselves at times!  I promise we do!  I will share some of that at another time.

 For this past weekend though, it was with other couples. We had were so enriched by the Bible teaching and preaching we heard on marriage and the home by Dr. and Mrs. Jeff Amsbaugh.  I'm glad that my husband makes this possible for our couples to do, and I get to tag along!




The Amsbaughs, The Ogdens (very good friends of ours), Lonnie and I

  I'm glad that my husband makes this possible for our couples to do, and I get to tag along!



In our cabin at Oak Haven Resort

You can click here to go to day four of 14 Days of Valentines.




You Add to My Life, Valentine!

One this fourth day of 14 Days of Valentines, I want to share with you how much has been added to my life because of my Valentine.  It's like this:

First there was just the two of us:

We lived here:

Well, not in this exact mobile home, but in a
mobile home in this exact same spot.  We re-
visited it a few years back.

Then, it wasn't long until there was three of us.  This little "brown-eyed" darling  girl was given to us:



Rebecca Lynn

Then we moved to a place not too far from there and we were blessed with this little bundle of "joy":

Leah Joy





Then a few months later, we were given this little princess:



Sarah Beth

Then we moved to a different state, KY, and the Lord graced us with this baby girl:


Hannah Lonee' (yes, that's as close as Lonnie
got to his name with his children.....but wait
there's more!

 

Fast forward 20 plus years.....we move again......to Nicholasville, KY, the girls grow up here as their dad pastors Tabernacle Baptist Church.  They go go college one by one, and one by one, they meet a fellow and fall in love and now, add 4 + 4, and what do you have?  Right 8!



Now we have four boys! Kevin Hearn, Dan Black, Tim Morrison, Jason Wheeler.
 Wow!  How things can multiply...
and so quickly!  But wait we're not finished.



First there was 2, then and 4, that equals 6. Then add four more and you have 10!  Then you add 8 more and what does that make?  WOW!  Eighteen people!  When I first started blogging, I actually had a blog called, "Moore and More"!  It was a pretty appropriate name for it considering how our family increased more and more very quickly; and we may not be finished yet! 

  Psalm 115:14 says,  "The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children."  We have

truly seen this happen in our family.  We have increased and we are so thankful and happy for each one.

2 + 4 = 6;  6 + 4 = 10;  10 + 8 =  ........... please read on.....

Jackob Black, Anna Grace, Olivia, Caswell and Lonnie Ray
(Lonnie finally got is namesake) Hearn, Abygail, Eli, and Eden Morrison.

EIGHTEEN!



 Yes, I think that's a good verse for us; we have increase more and more and not only in number but in love and blessings and good times and joy and happiness.  Lonnie and I have been blessed in numerous ways!  We praise the Lord for it!  (In case you're counting, there is actually 21 people in this picture.  Lonnie's dad is also in this picture.)

So, until I have something to add, I think I'm finished with this post.

You can click here to go to day five of 14 Days of Valentines.

 

Fwd: My Husband Wears a Crown! You must read all the way to the end of the post to find out why!

Gail

Begin forwarded message:

From: Gail Moore <mrslonmoore@gmail.com>
Date: February 2, 2012 4:20:43 PM EST
To: Gail Moore <mrslonmoore@gmail.com>

Day Two of 14 Days of Valentines

My husband is not only a wonderful husband and dad, but also a wonderful grandfather.

I love that about him!

You will see the "real" Lonnie Moore if you see him with his grandkids!  He turns into a kid himself!  The grandkids seem to think that the only reason for his existence is to play, play, play!

You can only imagine how that makes them feel about him.  They are CRAZY about him!

You can see just a little bit of the good time the grand kids have with Pappaw from the above video.  Trust me, this is only an example of what it's really like!  When they're inside it's running and romping so that you need to button down the hatches so nothing falls off the walls!

Proverbs 17:6

 Children's children are the crown of old men;and the glory of children are their fathers.

You can click here for Day Three of 14 Days of Valentines.

Stranded on an Island!

YAY!  I'm so excited that we finally got unstranded from the island!  The kitchen island that is.   This project was a long time in the making.  It is part of the l------ooooo-----nnnn----g kitchen makeover that we are doing. 
Anyway, it had been so long (before Christmas to be exact) that we had started working on replacing the island.  This is what it looked like before:




I know.......it was pretty bad!

 

At Christmas this year, I had to do improvise and camouflage!  I covered it up with a tablecloth
"Where there's a will there's a way"!  Right?!

I am so happy to say that the above is gone!

It has been replaced with this:

Trust me, it took a while to get it to this stage! 

The island top was made from raw, walnut lumber that was cut down off our property about 6 years ago and had been "curing" for all those years.  It was taken to a woodworking shop to be "planed" and made into what you see above.  Because of  an unheated building in winter weather, there were a couple of problems which delayed the finishing of it for several weeks.  It became a joke between my husband and I.  "Island? What island?  Oh, THAT island!"  It's so good to be able to laugh about things, isn't it?!





Here she is with the serious team of "surgeons" trying to figure out what to do about the split that occurred!

The walnut top was done in a wood working shop, but the rest of the island, my husband redid.  He put bead board around the bottom of it and then painted it, of course.  Already looks better!



Our cabinets are not "real wood".   I'm not sure what they are but they are very 90ish.  They were beautiful when we first built the house, but not so much now.  Some of the doors started turning a yellowish color.  That is one reason why I removed the doors and just have open shelving.  Also another thing that has started is the pressed on plastic has started coming off.  This is what happened to the drawers here on the island.

You know what we did?  We just pulled it off and then painted it.  It worked great!  It actually looks more like real wood now.  We might try to do this to all the cabinets.  I might be calling on some of you to help on that one! 

Anyway, we are happy with the way it has turned out.  There are a couple of more things still to do.  One is to put a corbel on each end and two in the on the side opposite the drawers.  We were thinking of putting legs on it, but don't think that is going to work.  I'm happy with it the way it is!  More pictures:

There you go, the story of how I landed on an Island!

I'm linking with Beneath My Heart's  DIY party.

Touch O' Tangerine

My friends and family laugh at me when I tell them what the "color" of the year is! Actually I think, they think I'm a lil touched in the head!
It's just something I enjoy! I like to look up what the color of the year is going to be for the next year sometime in December. Then in January, when I don't have a clue what to replace all the Christmas decor with and the house looks so bare, I like to use whatever the color of the year is as a spring board on the direction the decoration is going. You all know I like to change it up a lot.
I don't know who made "the people", whoever "the people" are, the official "color of the year choosing people"; but they do exist. It Is Pantone. Neither do I know how they decide what is the color of the year, but they do! Last year's color was honeysuckle and the color for 2012 is Tangerine Tango! I promise it is! Tangerine tango is an orangish-redish color.  If you look around, you will see it everywhere this year.

You probably are like me thinking.....Tangerine? Are you serious? That was my first thought. I NEVER wear orange, it is not my "color"! I never wear orange or tangerine, nor do I hardly ever use orange in decorating. So, what am I supposed to do this year? Use what you have is my philosophy! You can see a little more about that here.
The following pictures show how I tried to incorporate tangerine (actually it's mostly orange) into the decorations by using what I have.




Throw pillows that I usually decorate with in the fall as well as the candles on the mantle.

 


Oranges in a basket - can't beat that for easy!

 


More pillows

 


More oranges ..... in a bowl in another room

 


More of the same

 

What do you think? You know what? I'm shocked at how much I like it. It will probably get old and come March green will take it's place, but for now ..... I like it! It adds such a bright and cheery and warm pop of color for the often drab days of January we have here in Kentucky. It kinda makes you think you're in Florida! Well, I won't go that far, but close!
So, what about you? Have you found a way to add a "touch o tangerine"? Try it! You might like it too!

Gail

The 14 Days of Valentines

The 14 Days of Valentines

This is the beginning of a series I decided to do for my husband and in honor of him for Valentines Day.  The plan is to do a post every day for 14 days about my wonderful husband, whom I consider a gift from God.  I love him so very much and hopefully it will show through these posts.  The posts will cover different aspects about him and what a great husband he is to me.  I can hear you now, "Oh please, spare us"!  I do hope that maybe it will be a blessing and and encouragement to someone.

Day one - I love the way my Valentine is so passionate about serving the Lord and preaching the gospel of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,

In this post, I want to tell you a little about how that came to be.

It goes a long way back.  First of all, I prayed for him to be a preacher!  I know that may sound crazy, but from the time I was a young girl, I prayed that the Lord would let me marry a preacher.  At the same time, Lonnie was growing up clear across the county from me, and he says that pretty much all his life he knew that the Lord wanted him to  be a preacher!  He also says, that does not mean that he surrendered to that "call" early in life.    He actually says that he really didn't want to be a preacher.  He grew up in a preacher's home and his family went through a lot of hardships throughout the years.  He knew what it was like for his dad to have to be on duty  24/7.   Because of the crime in the area in which they lived, many times those "calls of duty" for his preacher-dad were very difficult circumstances to deal with.  Many times, due to situations beyond his dad's control, his family's safety was at risk.  So, you can understand how as a child, you would not necessarily want to have that as your everyday life.  So, he didn't answer the "call" of God on his life right away.

He actually did not answer the "call" until after we were married!

We were married at a young age.  I'm not going to say how young;  there may be young girls reading this and they don't need to know!  Things were just different back then!  Lol!

Anyway,   after we got married, I never thought that the Lord hadn't answered my prayer.  I knew that Lonnie was going to be a preacher someday.

We were married in August and in November of that same year during a missions conference at the church we attended during Bible College, my husband surrendered to be a preacher.  He says that as he knelt there and the pastor asked him why he had come, that he heard himself saying, " the Lord has called me to preach"!  He said it seemed as if someone besides himself was saying those words!  The preacher had him stand and announce to the church what he had just told him, and Lonnie says,  that since that day he has never looked back.



Victory Baptist Church in Rossville, GA, where my
husband anwered the call to preach.

 I knew that night that the Lord had answered my prayer and had given me my "preacher man"!
I'm so thankful for that and the fact that he never looked back but has, stayed true to this verse of scripture:  Php 3:13 "Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus".

Please click here for "Day Two" of 14 Days of Valentines.

I linking this post to Dear Lily's Valentine Linky Party.

Gail

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Gail