Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Raising Homemakers Anniversary Giveaways
The new blog I posted about a few days ago is celebrating their 1 year anniversary!! In the celebration they are having lots of cool giveaways. Like today, they are giving away lots of cool books from Doorposts! Go check it out!! http://raisinghomemakers.com/2011/anniversary-day-2-meet-the-new-contributors-plus-doorposts-giveaway
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Summer Vacation and a Journey
Well, our summer vacation officially started at the beginning of May!! Yay for a break from school!!! This mommy sure needs it!
I have decided that this summer I am going to go on a little journey...internally that is! I have a few bad habits that I wish to break. I would like to spend more time in my Bible, learning more about my sweet Saviour, and becoming more like Him. I want to teach Breanna things that I feel I don't have the energy for teaching during the school year, like some cooking, baking, homemaking, etc. I want to scrapbook...badly!!! I want to become a better wife by doing better at keeping my house clean. Oh, then there is the packing up and purging that I am going to be doing in the hopes that we can soon sell our house and build. So, I will try to share the things that I discover when I can...
First, I have found a great blog, Raising Homemakers, I am so excited to dive into the things that she has shared about homeschooling, teaching our daughters about homemaking, and lots of other stuff. This is going to be fun!!!
Second, I started my new diet and exercise program. I had to wait for the right time to start. I tried several times during school, but school just got in the way! Then I didn't want to ruin any work I had done when we went to NC for a week. So I decided that this week would be the perfect week to start. I started Monday and Tuesday with a real food cleanse. The first day was not too bad, although the green smoothie was...well, let's just say...YUCK!!! I did crave grains and protein, but since the cleanse was suppose to be short, I had my grains yesterday! YUM! Today I will be reintroducing protein, and I started with eggs! :) The diet I am going to be doing is from a book I got at the Christian bookstore called "Dr. Colbert's 'I Can Do This' Diet". So we shall see! I also have exercised twice this week, not exactly what I was going for, but sometimes you just gotta go with the flow.
So, I hope you enjoy reading as I try to better my health and life with God's help! Have a blessed week!
I have decided that this summer I am going to go on a little journey...internally that is! I have a few bad habits that I wish to break. I would like to spend more time in my Bible, learning more about my sweet Saviour, and becoming more like Him. I want to teach Breanna things that I feel I don't have the energy for teaching during the school year, like some cooking, baking, homemaking, etc. I want to scrapbook...badly!!! I want to become a better wife by doing better at keeping my house clean. Oh, then there is the packing up and purging that I am going to be doing in the hopes that we can soon sell our house and build. So, I will try to share the things that I discover when I can...
First, I have found a great blog, Raising Homemakers, I am so excited to dive into the things that she has shared about homeschooling, teaching our daughters about homemaking, and lots of other stuff. This is going to be fun!!!
Second, I started my new diet and exercise program. I had to wait for the right time to start. I tried several times during school, but school just got in the way! Then I didn't want to ruin any work I had done when we went to NC for a week. So I decided that this week would be the perfect week to start. I started Monday and Tuesday with a real food cleanse. The first day was not too bad, although the green smoothie was...well, let's just say...YUCK!!! I did crave grains and protein, but since the cleanse was suppose to be short, I had my grains yesterday! YUM! Today I will be reintroducing protein, and I started with eggs! :) The diet I am going to be doing is from a book I got at the Christian bookstore called "Dr. Colbert's 'I Can Do This' Diet". So we shall see! I also have exercised twice this week, not exactly what I was going for, but sometimes you just gotta go with the flow.
So, I hope you enjoy reading as I try to better my health and life with God's help! Have a blessed week!
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
If my people...
We had revival at our church last week with Evangelist Hal Hightower. All the messages were amazing, and God spoke to my heart every night. There is one message in particular that I wish EVERY Christian could hear. It was titled "God Bless America". You might be able to hear it on our churches website www.biblebaptistxenia.com. We as Christians need to realize that we can have revival in our nation, but it starts with you and with me!!
II Chronicles 7:14 "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land."
II Chronicles 7:14 "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land."
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Summer in a nutshell!
Well, I haven't posted in quite some time. I told you I would be bad at this. Oh well! Here goes. I will give you an idea of our summer in a nutshell!
First, we redid our bathroom, huge project! But it looks great now and there is NO MORE WINDOW in the shower!!! :) Yay! There are still a few minor touch-ups, but it seems like when you do a big project that once you get over the big hump you lose steam to finish. That is sort of what happened and then we sort of got REAL busy, as you will see.
Second, we took our youth group to a new camp this summer, Mount Moriah Christian Camp in Knoxville, TN. The camp was started by Temple Baptist Church and is affiliated with Crown College. We had NO idea what to expect! I hate going into things not know what is going to go on, or having an idea of what to expect. But it was AWESOME!!! We had 14 teens go, which is the largest group we have taken in our 3 years of working with them. They have two types of camps, regular and high adventure. We decided to do the high adventure this year. It was a blast!!! We got to mountain bike on Tues. (well, the teens and Scott did, I stayed at camp :D), tube on Wed., and white water raft on Thurs. It was a LOT of fun! The teens really enjoyed themselves. The speakers were great too!! They really got our teens attention, and we had all make at least one decision. I can't wait to do it again next year, but maybe not the high adventure...that was exhausting!! :)
Third, as soon as we returned from camp, we started working on our first annual youth rally!! It was a lot of hard work being our first year. There was lots of building to do, an obstacle course, a racing simulator, and few other minor things. We had lots of great help, and the day turned out great!!! Now we are already planning for next year!
And then summer was over, and it was time for school to start...that will be another post for another day perhaps!
First, we redid our bathroom, huge project! But it looks great now and there is NO MORE WINDOW in the shower!!! :) Yay! There are still a few minor touch-ups, but it seems like when you do a big project that once you get over the big hump you lose steam to finish. That is sort of what happened and then we sort of got REAL busy, as you will see.
Second, we took our youth group to a new camp this summer, Mount Moriah Christian Camp in Knoxville, TN. The camp was started by Temple Baptist Church and is affiliated with Crown College. We had NO idea what to expect! I hate going into things not know what is going to go on, or having an idea of what to expect. But it was AWESOME!!! We had 14 teens go, which is the largest group we have taken in our 3 years of working with them. They have two types of camps, regular and high adventure. We decided to do the high adventure this year. It was a blast!!! We got to mountain bike on Tues. (well, the teens and Scott did, I stayed at camp :D), tube on Wed., and white water raft on Thurs. It was a LOT of fun! The teens really enjoyed themselves. The speakers were great too!! They really got our teens attention, and we had all make at least one decision. I can't wait to do it again next year, but maybe not the high adventure...that was exhausting!! :)
Third, as soon as we returned from camp, we started working on our first annual youth rally!! It was a lot of hard work being our first year. There was lots of building to do, an obstacle course, a racing simulator, and few other minor things. We had lots of great help, and the day turned out great!!! Now we are already planning for next year!
And then summer was over, and it was time for school to start...that will be another post for another day perhaps!
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Being a Stay at home Mom!!!
I copied this from a friend, but I loved it so much and found it so inspiring that I just had to share. She is talking about our role as mothers.
"My job is to recognize the amazing and unique way they've (my children) been created and train them to passionately honor and serve their Creator and Savior. It doesn't come by osmosis, nor by passive, powerless Christianity....parents we have to BE the people we desire our children to become!"
I love being a stay at home Mom!! Another friend has a thread going on her facebook page about being upset that someone said staying at home with your kids isn't a hard job. It is a hard job!!!! But oh my, it is so rewarding!! I love that I have the privilege to spend my entire day at home with my wonderful, God-given blessing!! I love that I get to be so involved in her education, because I am the one teaching her. Yes, it is exhausting and frustrating at times, but all jobs are.
So to all my SAHM friends, Keep up the good work!!! And take a break every now and then...you DESERVE it!!!!
"My job is to recognize the amazing and unique way they've (my children) been created and train them to passionately honor and serve their Creator and Savior. It doesn't come by osmosis, nor by passive, powerless Christianity....parents we have to BE the people we desire our children to become!"
I love being a stay at home Mom!! Another friend has a thread going on her facebook page about being upset that someone said staying at home with your kids isn't a hard job. It is a hard job!!!! But oh my, it is so rewarding!! I love that I have the privilege to spend my entire day at home with my wonderful, God-given blessing!! I love that I get to be so involved in her education, because I am the one teaching her. Yes, it is exhausting and frustrating at times, but all jobs are.
So to all my SAHM friends, Keep up the good work!!! And take a break every now and then...you DESERVE it!!!!
Monday, March 8, 2010
Yay!!! Spring is coming!!!
Wow!!! Winter has seemed especially long this year!!! I am so ready for some warmer weather and lots more sunshine!!! We have had 5 sunny days in a row!!! Seems crazy to make such a big deal about a little sunshine, but I just love the sunshine!!! And now the temperatures are starting to rise!!! Woo-hoo!! I just want them to keep on rising!!! I would LOVE to have a nice, long spring!!
School will be done soon, and I am so looking forward to having time to scrapbook. I have LOTS of scrapbooking that needs to be done. So, come on spring, bring the warm weather, lots of sunshine, and no more school!!!
School will be done soon, and I am so looking forward to having time to scrapbook. I have LOTS of scrapbooking that needs to be done. So, come on spring, bring the warm weather, lots of sunshine, and no more school!!!
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
I am thankful for...
With Thanksgiving around the corner, everyone has been posting about what they are thankful for. I have so MANY things to be thankful for that I just thought one little post wouldn't cover them all!!! So, I am going to list them here. Here we go!!
I am thankful most of all for my Wonderful Saviour, Jesus Christ. Why on earth He died for me, a wicked, rotten, filthy sinner, I can't understand. I don't know where I would be without His love, mercy, grace, strength, peace, guidance and leadership.
I am extremely thankful for my wonderful, sweet husband. He is ABSOLUTELY the best and my most favorite anything!!!
I am thankful for all 3 of my beautiful girls!! I am thankful that God has allowed me to be their mother, and that He has allowed me to raise Breanna here on earth to someday serve Him. I am thankful that someday (soon maybe) I will get to meet my precious Faith and Hope who are in heaven with my Precious Saviour, and our family and friends that are already there with them.
I am thankful for my church, my Pastor, and my church family!!!
I am thankful for all my extended family!! Dad, Mom, Gary, Candy, Mama, Papa, Grandma Ada, Grandma High, Mimi, Grandpa, Nich, Brandy, Jordan, Jaden, Jenna, Tiffany, Andy, Chad, Shanda, Danielle, Kaitlin, Grant, Alexis, my aunts and uncles, my cousins...everyone!!
I am thankful for a roof over my head with electricity and heat to keep me warm, for good food to eat, for friends both far and near, for clothes that also keep me warm, for my health, for vehicles that work, for the ability and time to stay at home and teach my daughter, and for all the other things that God has placed into my life just because He loves me!!!!
God is SO VERY GOOD!!!!
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
I am thankful most of all for my Wonderful Saviour, Jesus Christ. Why on earth He died for me, a wicked, rotten, filthy sinner, I can't understand. I don't know where I would be without His love, mercy, grace, strength, peace, guidance and leadership.
I am extremely thankful for my wonderful, sweet husband. He is ABSOLUTELY the best and my most favorite anything!!!
I am thankful for all 3 of my beautiful girls!! I am thankful that God has allowed me to be their mother, and that He has allowed me to raise Breanna here on earth to someday serve Him. I am thankful that someday (soon maybe) I will get to meet my precious Faith and Hope who are in heaven with my Precious Saviour, and our family and friends that are already there with them.
I am thankful for my church, my Pastor, and my church family!!!
I am thankful for all my extended family!! Dad, Mom, Gary, Candy, Mama, Papa, Grandma Ada, Grandma High, Mimi, Grandpa, Nich, Brandy, Jordan, Jaden, Jenna, Tiffany, Andy, Chad, Shanda, Danielle, Kaitlin, Grant, Alexis, my aunts and uncles, my cousins...everyone!!
I am thankful for a roof over my head with electricity and heat to keep me warm, for good food to eat, for friends both far and near, for clothes that also keep me warm, for my health, for vehicles that work, for the ability and time to stay at home and teach my daughter, and for all the other things that God has placed into my life just because He loves me!!!!
God is SO VERY GOOD!!!!
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
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