The Cordle Fam

I tried something new today at Starbucks and I highly recommend it…  The London Fog Tea Latte

Here is the description from the website:

Full leaf black tea with citrusy Italian Bergamot and a hint of lavender. Sweetened with vanilla syrup and topped with steamed milk and velvety foam.

Grow strong in the Light of My Presence. Your weakness does not repel Me. On the contrary, it attracts My Power, which is always available to flow into a yielded heart. Do not condemn yourself for your constant need of help. Instead, come to Me with your gaping neediness; let the Light of My Love fill you.

A yielded heart does not whine or rebel when the going gets rough. It musters the courage to thank Me even during hard times. Yielding yourself to My will is ultimately an act of trust. In quietness and trust is your strength.

Psalm 116:6

This is a little excerpt from “Jesus Calling,” by Sarah Young. It has become our fam’s favorite devo book. If mom has not already given you this book, I recommend getting it. It is crazy how fitting each day’s devotion really is exactly what I need to hear.

LOVE YALL!

I know I’m a few weeks late for the whole New Year’s resolution thing, but I wanted to try and set out a few goals for the upcoming year. I made a pretty extensive list, and then began looking for a theme. So, after taking a good look and thinking about it for a while, I decided to create a mission statement of sorts. My production crew at work did this last Fall, and it’s worked out really well.

I’m usually pretty good at mismanaging my time, so my personal mission statement mainly deals with how I should be spending it…

Times past exist only in memories, therefore I will strive to create as many memorable moments as I can by doing things to grow myself, my future, my relationships, & my faith.

What do you think? I’d love to hear about some of your personal mission statements…and if you don’t yet have one, I’d like to challenge you to create one and share it with us! Love y’all.

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

Carl Sandburg

This post is a little late but I feel that it is important for everyone to see the talent that The Cordle Fam has. After we left Louisiana we went to Jackson. We went to hang out with the Garlingtons. We played Rock Band! Who knew that we had this much talent!

Okay… I know you have all been anxiously waiting for this and you can barely stand it any longer

Well here we go!!!!!

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MEET JEFF

I apologize for taking so long to introduce Jeff to all you bloggers. Jeff is from Jacksonville, FL and I can’t wait for all you fam to meet him! He is really great guy (he loves him some JESUS) and Mom, Dad, Bo and Anna seem to really like him. Right FAM? Well…That’s all you get for now!!!

But I promise to tell you more about him later!!! PROMISE!!

Has it already been 2 weeks? Well…let’s see here. After Christmas, the fam drove to Biloxi to dad’s work condo. We spent the night there before driving the rest of the way to Louisiana to visit mom’s side of the family. Friday night was pretty chill…we wandered around a couple of Wal-Mart parking lots, hit up a few Old Navy’s, and I bought a shirt like Jeff’s* at the Polo Outlet. We also ate at the semi-famous Blow Fly Inn in Gulfport. I just wish they’d blown a few more seasonings on my etouffee.

Anyway, I fell asleep on the couch (thanks girls) after a few episodes of House.
We got up bright & early Saturday morning and headed West. We got to stop by cousin Carrie (who wins our “Commenter of the Month” award, btw) & George’s new house under construction. It’s pretty exciting for them these days…it’s all framed up & they just got a roof!

A few hours later, we were at Aunt Vickie & Uncle Darvin’s house. It was really great because their whole family was there. It’s been way too long since we were all together, and it was awesome to be able to catch up. Marianne even got some great family pictures of everybody.

Oh, and Goob got to work on her rusty driving skills with the grand-cousins. I’m pretty sure this would be a violation of her parole if the law found out. Even if Kayla is the one doing the steering, it’s the pedal foot that got her in trouble!

* And speaking of Goob…she’s been hiding something from you. You’ll have to ask her about this “Jeff” guy.