You Turn Your Back For One Minute...

While I was cooking supper, I noticed that Jarrett had gone into the laundry room. When I went is, this is what I found!! All of our kids have done a lot of crazy things but this takes the cake!!!!

Never a dull moment in our house!!

I have to share this I was over at BooMama's blog yesterday ans saw this wonderful link for Bloggy Giveaways! I would not be a good bloggy friend if I did not share it with you. Go check it out! I PROMISE that you will surrounded with almost 1000 different things you could win for FREE!!! Thank you Jesus for the Bloggy Giveways! Have a GREAT day!

For the Love of Miley

Well, last night as some of you know on Disney Channel was the BIG Hannah Montana Meet Miley Cyrus 3 D concert. Even though it was Saturday night, and we hardly ever do anything on Saturday night, we watched the concert. Since it was 3D you know what that means, 3 D glasses. We went to Walmart obtained the goods and waited for what seemed like weeks. Last night we were finally able to get our glasses on and watch. I personally didn't think it held up to the hype, but the little fans in our house thought it was great! Check out the photos from the occasion! All that is left to say is....

WE LOVE MILEY!!!!!

God Stop Friday & My Hannie Girl

Even though today is Saturday, I am still going to do my God Stop hosted by Patty.

Yesterday was my middle girl Hannah Beth's birthday! She is such a joy. She is also the one when I got pregnant with her we were in the middle of selling our house and beginning the seminary journey. Every time I look at her, I remember God's faithfulness and how much we have to trust Him. He knows things we don't know. If we had listened to our heads, we might very well not be where we are today. In our humanness, we were CRAZY to leave a steady job and head into the unknown with 2 children, 1 on the way and no job, insurance, or anything! But because we were obedient, God has been faithful! Because of this baby named Hannah Beth, we are right where God wants us to be. So I guess my God Stop is that He is faithful and if we just trust Him and live in His will everything will work out. Just trust Him today and Believe Him to do BIG things!

Thank you God for my Hannah Beth, Thank you God for my Hannah Beth, Thank you God for my Hannah Beth, Thank you God for Hannah Beth!

Happy Birthday to my sweet Hannie Girl! I love you!!!!

After the Storm

We had a horrible storm yesterday afternoon. There was quite a bit of damage on our end of town. If it wasn't a tornado, it was close. We lost power for 4.5 hours, so I had to throw out most everything in my fridge. I needed to clean out the fridge anyway.
Thank the Lord no one was hurt that I know of. Needless to say, it was a scary afternoon. My husband says it best here and Palmetto Rev says it best here. Thank you God for the provision and favor You showed to my family yesterday. Praise God form whom all blessings flow!

Something You HAVE to Watch

For Bible school we have this Great family come in and do all the worship leading and teaching and in the back we just do crafts and snack! They do a wonderful job. They have a ministry call Just Say Jesus. They really involve their entire family in the ministry. They have 2 boys(4th and 7th grade) who are just awesome! Their boys made these videos that they used with our VBS this year. Here is one. I hope you enjoy.

God Stop Friday

My Siesta Patty hosts
This week God has showed me a lot about being thankful for where I am in my life. In the NOG's study, We talked about Leah and Rachel. All Leah wanted for Jacob's love. She thought that if he just loved her liked he loved her sister, then her life would have been complete. Not so! We need to be happy right where God has us. Jacob must have like Leah a little bit because they had children together. If she had just thanked God for the opportunity to be Jacob's wife, her attitude would have been different.

How many times do we in our life wish if I could just have______, (whatever that thing is that we want right now) then my life would be complete. If we are not content and thankful where our life is right now, how do we think we will be thankful and content when we have_______.

God, may I be thankful for the place You have me right now, and for the things I have right now. Because You and You alone know what I need and what my so much more should be. You guys have a great weekend!

I've Never (sort of)

Holly had this on her blog, and I thought it might would be fun! Copy and paste this list onto your blog, then bold the things that you have done. It sort of like the blog version of "I've Never." As you can see from the lack of boldness, my life is pretty boring. There were originally 150 things on the list, but I cut it down to 50. Have fun! Add some of your own if you would like. Let me know if you added this to your blog so that I can see what you've never done!

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said “I love you” and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris (not yet, but one day!)
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby’s diaper (dugh!!!)
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten tipsy on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse of both the sun and moon
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Met someone famous
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Caused a car accident
42. Had/Have amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving

VBS Report

We had a GREAT VBS. We averaged 60 kids a night. I am not sure of any salivations but I know that God was working on some kids hearts this week. A gal at our church is opening her pool to us tonight for a VBS pool party. It is sure to be a fun time. I am not sure how relaxing it will be but it will be fun!

God taught me something this week too. I need to be thankful and grateful for all that He gives me. With Him giving us this vehicle, doing the No Other Gods study, everything I have is from Him and I need to treat it like that!

We sang a song called "Thankful". It just really spoke to my heart. I pray that we all remember to think about the goodness of the Lord, and that He gives us EVERYTHING we need and so much more!
Have a great rest of your day!

Nothing new

There has not been much going on in our world. Last night we started VBS and I am teaching 1st and 2nd grade. We had a total of 48 kids for the first night! That is amazing! Last week Jamie had his church softball tournament. I am not sure where they finished up, but I saw a group of guys that had not played very well all year, come together and really do a great job! They made it to the final round on Saturday. Jamie hurt his ankle,but it is healing slowly.

We are getting used to the new vehicle. It just different than our van and it is going to take some getting used to.

One thing God is showing me is that I can't allow that vehicle to become and idol for me. IT could very easily go to my head, or I could become obsessed with keeping it clean, dent and nick free etc. Because of the No Other Gods study, my senses are heightened to the whole idol thing. God knew exactly what He was doing when He gave us this new to us vehicle and had me doing a Bible study about idols! LOL :)

I hope you are having a great Monday! Keep your focus on Him this week! You will be glad you did!
Love you!

God Provides!

Well, thank you all for praying! The numbers worked out! Not exactly like I wanted but we are only paying about $100 a month more for our new to us vehicle! We will have to tighten the belts, but we were spending too much on going out to eat anyway. In a few more months after some things get paid off, we will have a little more breathing room. Thanks for all your prayers and continue to ask God to help me disciplined in the way of finances.

If anything the No Other Gods Bible study has taught me is that I need to set my heat on God and He will take care of everything else. Thanks again! I will try to post a picture later. IT was raining yesterday! Love you all !

A Prayer Request

My blogging friends and Siestas, I would like for you guys to help us pray about something. An opportunity is arising in the next day or so for us to get a different vehicle. We are outgrowing our mini van (no I am not pregnant) the kids are just getting bigger and would be more comfortable in something bigger. As well as the fact that we are fast approaching 120, 000 miles and we still have 2 years left to pay on the van we have.

All that to say that we would like for you guys to pray that it is abundantly clear if this is what God wants us to do or not. I have been praying that it will be new and be a certain payment. The one we are going to look at tomorrow is 2005 but it has less than 30,000 miles on it which is a plus. Please just intercede that God will give us the payment that I have in my head, and that we will know beyond a shadow of a doubt. Pray also for a peace whatever the outcome!

If God were to give this vehicle to us, it would by far be the nicest vehicle we have ever owned. Anyway, I will let know what happens over the next day or so.
Thanks so much for interceding! I love you all!

Weekend Recap

I hope everyone had a great weekend! We did. The fourth was spent visiting friends houses for great food and fellowship. The fireworks got rained out, but that was okay because we desperately need rain! In fact, it rained for 3 days in a row! Thank you God!!

We have almost finished Kaylee's room. Jamie is still working on the closet organizer. IT is going to be so nice for Kaylee to have her own closet. The only thing I regret about her room is that my camera was dead and I did not take a before picture. I would have been to embarrassed to show it anyway. There was so much writing and such that it looked terrible. The walls were painted with flat paint so no amount of Magic Eraser would have gotten it off. Semi-gloss paint is the way to go with kids!! It all wipes off so well. Hopefully we are out of the writing on walls stage.

Here is a sneak peek of her room. I will post a picture when everything is done.

The other great thing is that our church service was great! Jamie preached on Is.6:1-8. It was very moving and I think some people actually got it. Sunday night we had a movie night and watched the movie Facing the Giants. It is such a great movie with a great message. "NOTHING is impossible with God." Which speaks to so many right now with the way the money situation is in America right now. The movie is more than football, it is about allowing God to reign in EVERY area of your life. From new vehicles, to winning football games, from keeping your job to getting pregnant. God wants all of our life not just part. When we truly give Him all, He will bless our socks off! If you haven't seen the movie, or even if you just need some encouragement to get you through the day, go here to watch the trailer, you will be glad you did! Have a wonderful day, and remember, NOTHING is too big for our God!

I am taking the rest of the weekend off from blogging so that I can spend time with my family and friends as well as finish Kaylee's room:)! It is coming along nicely. Anyway, have a GREAT weekend and I will check in on Monday!

A Little Design Help

For some reason, this had been a busy week. I am bound and determined to get Kaylee's room painted. Hers, ours and our bathroom are the only rooms left to be painted after being here for 3 years :)! Anyway, Kaylee is at the age where she wants to have her room her way. There had been some discussion about it not bad, but still discussion, and I think we are finally in agreement. The other challenge I face is that the front part of her room is the "schoolroom." Since we have boys and girls we color for the schoolroom has to be gender neutral. Kaylee wants pink walls with dark pink and lime green polka dots. I found her a comforter online that has all these colors in it, and hopefully it will be here by Friday. I am posting a picture of this so you guys can help me decide something.

I am thinking that a color close to the color of my signature would be good on the school side of her room. What do you guys think. I have a sample color from Lowe's that I painted a little bit and it looks good. The other walls in Kaylee's room would be in between the light and dark pink in the comforter. The dots would be the dark green stripe and the darker pink. There are 3 windows in the room 2 would be in Kaylee's room and 1 in the school room. Please all you design on a dimers, help me out!