oh a new year..

I have had so much fun over this Christmas break. What made it so fun? Honestly just doing nothing..sounds lame I know.  We have gotten to just hang out and spend so much time together with nowhere to go, and nothing to do and it has been great. Although i feel like I need to go on a detox..haha Our eating habits over this break have not been great! But hey its OK! :)
 Anyway I feel so refreshed and I think it is important that we take the time to do nothing every once in awhile. Sometimes we need to shut the phones off or put them on silent, and sit and laugh together.  I can't wait until the day that we get to take a vacation together and see new things, and hopefully 2013 brings some new places and new things, but I also have so much fun enjoying each others company and reconnecting. I know what some of you are thinking "They haven't been married for even 2 years yet why do they need to reconnect"? Honestly It isn't that we have drifted apart or anything like that but life is busy and no we don't always get to just sit and hang out together.
 I feel like me personally have been refreshed but that our marriage has also been refreshed. So no I don't have a new years resolution but more of something I want to work on.  I want to work on relaxing and doing nothing together more often. Of course there are a few other things that I want to work on as well like being more disciplined in my walk with Christ, being healthy, and growing as a leader.
 As I have been thinking about 2012 today wow! what a great year, but 2013 will be great too! God has awesome plans in store for us in this next year (whatever they may be) I am excited! I am thankful for laughter, fun, frozen pizza, mt dew, family, friends and my awesome Jesus who has blessed me with a all of this. ( and yes even the money to buy frozen pizza and mt dew)
I hope you all have enjoyed your holiday break however long or short it may have been, and I hope you all have a wonderful New Years Eve. :) :)

Snow day

Well I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas! :) Mine was quite wonderful! Got to spend a lot of time with family which is great, and spending lots of good time with my man:) This week has been refreshing, relaxing and fun.  Christmas morning I couldn't wait to get out of bed. I am not a morning person, but when it comes to Christmas I am too excited to sleep. I got up early and made breakfast, and after breakfast we prayed,laughed, and opened our gifts from each other. Then we spent the day at mom and dads house and got some good family time in.  We got to spend time with my favorite little boys ( Saijyn and Baikyr) My favorite gift was my new bible, but the best gift of all was Jesus and knowing that we are able to spend time with family and get and give only because of him. 
 Yesterday we got a ton of Snow which is what we would call a snow day. So we got out early to Walmart got some food and came home for day. Last night we went to our neighbors house ate tacos and played games. Good way to spend a day where your stuck on the house all day.

our cute little family:)

Saij didn't want to look.haha

Baikyr and his big smile :)

 Today we finally got the House looking Good. That means we did some much needed organizing, and we attempted to build a snowman.  That plan didn't work so we went sledding. I have to say it was pretty fun! It didn't treat my back well because I am feeling it now, but it was fun! :) I love being able to hang out with my sister, stay up late, sleep in, and spend lots and lots of time with my wonderful husband:)

gettin ready!

Here I go!

 weeeeee!

Had so much fun out in the cold snow:)

burnt pancakes

Well this week has been quite unexpected..I have not been sick in 2 years and I got sick this week. I don't know how but it sure wasn't fun. I am finally feeling much better today still have a runny nose but trust me that is better than it was. 
 I hope everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving! I have a lot to blog about but have been so busy and haven't gotten around to it.  Last week was so much fun! Of course we had thanksgiving:)  We went out Thursday night to Walmart and got movies, towels, and an awesome pillow. Got to hang out with Magen alot.  Last Saturday me and her went out of town for the day and it was a blast and then I came home to Christmas music playing and the stockings up and the Christmas tree up. I was sooo happy!!! I decorated and we all goofed around and hung out.

Our Christmas decorated house! :)

 Monday Magen had to leave but we still had fun before she left for her road trip.  She came over and we made ornaments with Anden and Rhoen.  They didn't turn out real great but it was still fun:)
 Wednesday was when I started to get sick..BOO!!! It only got worse so Thursday no work and on the couch all day. Friday the same although I was feeling a little better but still didn't want to get the boys sick so I didn't babysit. That brings us to today..Like I Said I am feeling much.  Didn't sleep very good last night thought so I got up just in time to talk to Josh on his break and I was kinda crabby..I felt bad:( I then decided to make pancakes and I burnt them so the kitchen smells like burnt pancakes..ewww but they were still good.

 I am preparing for tomorrow morning soon because I didn't go into work.  I ordered an awesome Christmas DVD that we are using fro worship so listening to that sure brightens my mood. Hope you all are having fun preparing for Christmas, staying warm and healthy:) I will leave you with some pictures of a little bit of everyday:)

Thanksgiving night we put up the tree at mom and dad's house

Our cute Little family:)

Anden trying to make his hand print into the dough to make the ornament. 

A long day in a good way

It is entirely to late for me to be awake..What time is it you say Oh 10:50.  When i was trying to type blogger I again typed blooger. I just got really grouchy because I couldn't find my usb stick.  We have two and we couldnt find either of them, and of course one was in the most obvious place ( the other still missing) Today has been a long day in a good way. ( Anden would say day and way Rhyme in a very excited voice) Thursday night early Friday morning I went to watch the new Twilight movie Breaking Dawn part 2.  I am not going to get into how I feel about those movies because I know people really do like them, but I honestly just think it is fun to go to midnight showings. Although this movie seriously had 10 previews before it started..not ok when it is 12:01 a.m,
 I got home at 3:15 got into our warm bed and fell asleep with my wonderful husband until 4:30 a.m. when he had to wake up for work. I was so not looking forward to my day because 4 hours of sleep and babysitting probably doesn't go so well. I had a great day! I didn't feel like i had a lack of sleep at all ( until I sat down of course) Had so much fun with the boys and had a relaxing night last night.
 Today I got to sleep in and a friend came over and I showed her how to crochet a scarf. Great fellowship time:) :) Me and Josh called tonight junk food night...Taco pizza( Yummy) Mt dew( fist one in a long time) and a movie. My kind of Saturday night relaxing.  Although after this i seriously need to lay down.  I like falling asleep downstairs while Josh plays his video games. Tonight's chosen one is Halo 4.  I usually open my book and read one page and then I'm out haha! I have been wanting to blog for so long and just haven't. Throughout the day I will say to myself "Can't wait to blog about this" but then I get home and don't.
 I have been crocheting alot of scarfs, and I am trying to do a variety of colors. I am selling them for $8.00 and all proceeds go to help the Orpahange be built in Nigeria. AHHH! Which reminds me my sister is coming home for break tomorrow. :)  yes this post was random but really just to remind myself of how thankful I am for fun nights, sleeping in, good friends, AWESOME husband, relaxing, taco pizza, a fun hobby, and my sister coming home for break. 
Well signing off of blooger for now :) p.s. There is a brown smelly banana on the table that I put in my purse this week and forgot it was there..need to try to avoid that in the future
- A very tired Chelsey

Cold day Catch up

Well today was quite an unexpected day. Woke up to babysit and turned the heat up cuz it was seriously freezing. After being told schools were on a delay I took a peek outside and said Holy moly! :0 Schools ended up cancelling so I decided on this cold day to stay home and catch up on some much needed cleaning. Since I was actually up early I am about done cleaning, and then it will be time for some relaxation with hot food and a blanket ( or 2)

Me and Josh being goofy! :) Love this so much

 Over the weekend we had the Family fest at church and we were all pretty nervous cuz it looked like it was going to be cold and rainy. God had our back! It was a Lil chilly but not to bad and no rain! :) http://instagram.com/p/RV483RJ3ob/  This is a link to a pic of me and Katie in front of our booth. The youth had a photo booth which was a pretty big hit, and an awesome idea. i had another photo booth pic with the girls but it was not wanting to load.  Anyway Family fest 2012 was tons of fun although it took alot of work It was a blast! can't wait till next year! :)
 Reminder to everyone Christmas is coming up so if you are wanting to purchase some crochet scarfs please let me know! :) I am so excited about this..the money i make will go towards the orphanage being built in Nigeria and supporting my sister who is going there this Spring. So please let me know so I can get Crocheting.

One of the Scarfs I have made. FYI: These are super duper warm! :)

 Hope you all have a wonderful Day! keep warm! :)

Doing something I enjoy

Well I just realized that I still need to post some more pictures of our house, but I will get to that a little later.  I love crocheting and it is honestly something I never saw myself doing. When we first got married and Josh was on second shift I decided I needed a hobby of some sort, so I taught myself how to crochet (with the help of YouTube) I have been crocheting ever since, but I have a specialty..I Love to make big infinity scarfs.   The other day Josh asked if I was ever going to make anything besides a scarf and I said maybe but I love wearing them and making them.
 Today as I was working on a scarf while watching the Browns game It hit that hey I love doing this so much why don't I make them for other people and sell them. So I am going to give it a shot!  If you are interested in one you can just let me know and I would love to make one:) Now the money I make ( if I make any) I would use some of it to help out my sister who is going to Nigeria this Spring. She is going to work at an orphanage.

 So I would be doing something I love, making you something cute, and also helping my sister get to Nigeria.  This may not work out, but you never know until you try:) here are some pics of a couple that I have made and love:)    So like I said we will try this out let me know if you would like  one made for you. Still not sure on a price maybe 10 or 15..?

Christ in me

Well this morning I actually got up to do my devotion/quiet time with God. I am not a morning person and I have become extremely busy so I have been trying to manage my time. Most likely I will need to try and wake up earlier to get my quiet time in. There is something relaxing about the morning time. The sun is shining, the house is peaceful,drinking tea and got Shine FM on. Now I don't have children so my life shouldn't be so not relaxing, but what I mean by that is morning is completely before the day starts so there are no other thoughts in my head or nothing else to distract me. Even though it takes me a bit to wake up I enjoy trying to have my quiet time in the mornings simply because my mind is cleared so it is easier to think and be focused.
 This morning I read a short devotion called Open heart surgery, and it was simply how until God comes in and replaces our old heart with a heart of him we won't be able to live like a christian. I don't know if that makes any sense, but there are so many things in life that can get us being offended, snapping at our spouse, apathy and so many more but if we have Christ in us it is way easier to push through those things We can not live without his help, but we have to ask him to help us get through some of those things we struggle with. I am not perfect at all but God helps me to be a good wife, and to be a good children's minister.  I am not perfect in either of these things but I know that God is on my side and I can do what I am called to do and be the wife that I am suppose to be to my husband.
I thank God so very much for saving me and loving me and being a friend that I can count on. (From my class last night at church) He always listens and is a good friend and always wants to help us be a better person as long as we are willing.  I am not saying that I will be able to wake up and have a great quiet time every morning, but I will TRY my hardest and even if I don't i will meditate on what I have been reading while getting ready in a rush.
 I encourage all of you to find that time that works best for you to spend time with God. You may not even know how to have a quiet time,but ask God to help you and to give you direction. Have a wonderful day everyone! :)

Sunday afternoon

Today has been a super refreshing day. I spent the day reading a great book. Started out on the couch and then moved to our front porch. One of my new favorite spots except for the wasp that I kept seeing.  Yikes! I hated that there was a wasp flying around. But I kept a careful watch while I read, I didn't get stung or see it much. 
We have been so busy and I am used to having at least one day at home to catch up and relax, but that is not the case anymore. SO tonight I did my recipe research and did some things I won't get to do during the days. I got crazy and decided to have my first baking experience in our new kitchen.  I made muffins and wore my apron. Fun! Got my recipe from pinterest of course. ( where else would you get a great recipe) My first time Making homemade banana nut muffins and they were very yummy!!!  Thanks for letting me share my time and thoughts with you!

In case you are wondering Yes I took all of these myself, so that is why they may look strange

Yay! homemade muffins



Can you tell I am having fun! :)

 

Getting used to new

Well as most of you know we are in the process of moving. We are pretty much finished we just have a few things more to do. It was crazy the way God worked it all out, and it happened so fast. I'm still amazed that we are in a House now and no longer in our apartment.
 We were working in the house for a little over a week before we actually started moving things in, so by the time we slept here we felt right at home:) It has been really fun to make it ours and put our touches on things. As you know we have a super cute dog. Zoe she is part lab part boxer and she is the best behaved dog  I have ever known. She has been liking the new house a lot but I think she is still trying to get comfortable. It is a big change going from our super small apartment to a two story house.
 I keep telling her to lay down and she just sits there like she doesn't know where to go, and she has been sleeping with us at nights. This may sound silly to you but it got me thinking that in life it is really hard for us to adjust to the new things. God always seems to have something new in store for us whether we are ready for it or not, and with his help to try to get comfy and get used to where he has us for that time.
 Sometimes it feels hopeless and we don't understand but God has us where we are for a reason. ( I know I took all of this from the dog who won't lay down..you can laugh) I just know there are times where I feel like I don't know where to go, how to get through this but we try and we get there eventually. With the Help of God!
Anyway here are some pictures of our house so far. we actually have it pretty put together now, so I will post again with more:)

This is our brand new big kitchen.

this is the dining room. Can't wait to get our table in here:)

This is the living room..so big!!

 Josh putting our cute ceiling fan in the living room.

Zoe relaxing after a long day of work ha ha!

 More pictures coming soon!!!!

the imperfect ways of life

This week has been such a great week.  I absolutely love it when Josh doesn't have to work.  We stay up late doing whatever we want and we can sleep in.  It is such a great feeling..:) A couple of things have gone not the way we planned this week. Josh has been feeling pretty sick, so today we went to the doctor. He has a throat infection, and tomorrow we have to get our car worked on. So these things sound  like a pretty big bummer ( and they kind of are) But we said hey at least this stuff happened this week and not next week in the middle of a work week.
 I try as much as I can to look on the bright side of things and be positive and sometimes it can be hard, but I was really glad in this situation we were both able to say better now then next week.I just read a quote that said life doesn't have to be perfect to be wonderful. I like that so much because we say to each other sorry we can't go there or sorry this week hasn't been fun. But really it is just the opposite just because things are a little different doesn't mean we can't have fun and live wonderfully.
 I like that quote because it seems like we ( human beings) are always trying to live up to the expectations of being perfect, but we are never going to be prefect. Nothing is never going to go exactly the way we want,and things are going to have to be different than we think sometimes. But those different imperfect things are what make us different imperfect beings who we are. :)
 The things in this world will fail me, but I know that my God won't. Even though this world is so not perfect my God is, and whatever happens I trust in my prefect oh so loving God. :)

Living for more

within the past week or two I read something and I think it was from Crazy love, But I am not sure. ( I tend to read a few books at a time on my Kindle)  What I read I don't remember it word for word but I remember that it was about not living to impress people by what you do or the clothes you wear, but Living for what matters. Seriously we don't know how long our life is ( so crazy to think about) and I want to make everyday count. I feel like since making this real I have been taking things a little more seriously. Actually I think motivated is a better word..I want to be motivated by the things that really matter to do things that really matter.  There was a song I just came across called Without love. Doing things fro the right reasons means also doing things with Love. The song basically says that nothing matters if you don't have love, and honestly if you are not doing things for the right reason and you are not doing things with love stop and ask yourself why you do what you do.
 I don't even have to be talking about ministry in the church but at your work or anything you do in your day to day life.  Colassians 3:23 says Work willingly at whatever you do as if you are working for the Lord and not for people. Everyday whatever you do we are working for the Lord so think about why do what you do. what is your motivation? Make everyday count ( I know that is cliche) But seriously make everyday you live count. it is hard to do but something to work on :) http://www.youtube.com/user/HollyStarrMusic?feature=results_right_main
 Check out this song I found! :)

to be inspired

I guess I was feeling a little down when I woke up this morning because Josh is going on his annual canoe trip, but here's the thing it's only for not even 2 whole days, but yes I will miss him greatly. he will not have his phone which I think is what makes it so hard. So i was trying to decide alright it's 8:30 in the morning how am I going to start my day? I watched an episode of 24 but if you know the show you know it is intense and not a very happy show. After that I decided on my favorite movie Julie and Julia. Always inspires me...
 It is a lengthy movie especially when you take a break to cook brunch ( I don't always like to eat breakfast right when I wake up) There are so many reasons I love this movie. Watching it always made me want to start a blog, and I finally did one day. My post today is about one of the many reasons this movie inspires me.
 Inspire

1. to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence: His courage inspired his followers.

2.

to produce or arouse (a feeling, thought, etc.): to inspire confidence in others.

3.

to fill or affect with a specified feeling, thought, etc.: to inspire a person with distrust.

4.

to influence or impel: Competition inspired her to greater efforts.

5.

to animate, as an influence, feeling, thought, or the like, does: They were inspired by a belief in a better future

 This movie tells the story of two women both trying to find their way.  These women are in a transition where they need something to keep them busy. They need something away from the ordinary.  I related to this part in the movie ( which is the beginning) They knew they needed a hobby something new, but it took them some time to figure it out. You see I relate to these because I have realized in life there are so many transition times in life, but especially being a married woman. It's been a year and 2 months and there have been a lot of transition ( learning) and I know there will be more.

 When we first got married and Josh went back to work it was quite a shock. He was on second shift at the time, and I felt exactly like they did in the movie. No idea what to do..I mean what was i supposed to do I had worked all day, and now it's evening and It was just me and Zoe. You see it took a bit for me to find some things that I enjoyed and I could do. I found out that I enjoyed painting, I taught myself how to crochet, cooking ( still learning) and I am sure there is more. I mean there will always be transitions and we have to learn how to handle, and what to make of them.

 To inspire confidence in others: I like that definition because yes it is only a movie and as silly as it maybe it puts this sort of confidence in me as a woman. I can do new things and I can learn how to get through weird times with a loving husband by my side. I am so thankful for my husband and all that he does for us. I can't put it into words they he makes me feel :)

 As silly as it seems for me to be blogging about a movie I did...and it is my blog. :) Have a wonderful day everyone:)

changing those small things

I love to read blogs that are written by Christian moms and this one unparticular I love. www.impressyourkids.com  There are many moms in the church I admire (including my mom) I always look at how my parents raised me and how now I so appreciate the things they did. As a teenager I didn’t always understand why there was a thing I wasn’t allowed to do, but now I understand and appreciate it.

Someday I will be a mother and I am very excited for when that happens (just because I am excited doesn’t mean it is happening soon...) I like to get advice and there are so many things I have said “oh I want to do that with my kids”, “I want to be that kind of mom” I just caught myself saying that and it made me think. I want to be a mom that teaches my kids biblical character and live a life in Christ. I want to live this out at home with them. How am I going to be able to do this with my someday children when I don’t even think to some of this stuff daily. OK yes I read my bible and pray, but I mean as far as randomly reading a bible story at lunch and discussing it. I want to do that!  I suppose that I just challenged myself to practice these things a little bit more myself. 

 Honestly I like to eat in front of the television (we also don’t have a table except our coffee table that sits in front of the TV.)   I figured it might be easy to make some of these small changes (that will make a huge difference) in our life now instead of when we do start having kids. Maybe you do or don’t have kids but it’s never too late to make small changes that could make a big impact. :)

oh the adventures to come..

Over the weekend we were able to go away for our one year anniversary.  Which was a total blessing from god because we totally didn't think we were going to be able to do anything. We went back to Hocking hills and stayed in a cabin that we had for our honeymoon.  That may sound lame or weird that we went back to the same place, but it was really special.  All the memories just flooded back and I could not believe that it has been a year already.  Last time we were there it was cold so we really didn't get to enjoy nature.  This time we walked lots of trails, and went to a near by town and watched the Hunger games:)
 The trip was really special because we don't always get to go away and just relax, and pretend like there are no worries. We had our phones off the whole time..would turn them on randomly to check messages. It was so refreshing to be able to get away.  We talked and laughed and had fun and really just enjoyed each other. :)
 So much as happened in a year...we have accomplished a lot.  There is so much more to come..here soon we will be thinking about houses.  I can't wait to have a house!
Here are some pictures from our hike. This was about 3 miles and fun ( we are slightly out of shape)

 This tree was totally up rooted from the ground, and it looked really cool.

 It was wet and slippery and I took a fall...here is my injury :( It's better now but man did it hurt.

I thought this shot was really cool even though it didn't turn out the way he wanted it to. I think we were about done, and we were just sitting on the top looking down...so beautiful

 God is soooo good, and he always knows what we need. He knew that we could have made the most out of a weekend at home, but he knew that we needed to be refreshed. I am so thankful that he always knows what we need. When I start to worry about things its ridiculous because God knows what we need, and it will happen in his timing and in his way (not ours)

some sunshine to boost my mood

Ever wake up and just want to stay in bed... all day? Well today was one of those days. No particular reason I  just felt blah and not motivated. So yes I could have just stayed in bed with my coffee, Zoe and the T.V. Instead I decided I am not going to live like that. I am going to be joyful..I am going to enjoy the things that God has given me.
 Today is the last day of winter and it is 80 degrees out and it feels wonderful:) Today I will spend the day outside. I will take a walk and pray, I will read, journal, and even do something crafty. On days like these it's not okay to just be content with the way we feel and not to do anything about it. Life tries to bring us down, and it sure can if we let it. God has not called us to live a life of no smiles, of sitting in bed all day, a life of contentment. He has called us to live a life in him full of joy, excitement and embracing what he has given us. 
I want to live by that more, I want to say God gave me this day what am I going to do with it..?

I did something crafty already and i sat on the porch in the beautiful sunshine. I made scarfs/necklace and headbands out of tshirts. I used the sleeves to make the headbands. I used to shirts to combine colors:) I actually enjoyed this and it was easy. I found 2 shirts that I don't wear ever, and cut them up. Here are some pics of how they turned out:)

To blessed..lessons from a puppet

Thursday I listened to a podcast and it was exactly what I needed. It was a kid ministry podcast but honestly it could be for anyone. It was a podcast by the Kidologist and he had a guest speaker on the show...his puppet friend. His puppet friend did a rap, and it was called "To blessed to be stressed." This rap was to the tune of To legit. It was rather funny, but that quote or whatever has stayed with me.  I shared it with my husband and we actually have said it to each other a couple times a day.
 Life is stressful..yes but look at what you have. Look at where you are, and who is in your life.  I feel so blessed it is crazy. Last Sunday a girl in Kidz 4 Christ made me an awesome book mark. (I usually use paper) Today I got a flower, and not just a dandelion..a real flower. Don't ask me what Kind because I don't know..( purple) I just feel like since we have been saying a couple times a day hey we are to blessed to be stressed it helps us seriously be thankful and think about our blessings and what we have.
 It really has made me quite excited..about life. God is really doing some awesome things and I feel like I could just run around town and paint fire hydrants...haha ( inside joke with Tues night small group) But seriously i feel so excited and I thank God for that Joy. So when you feel stressed and like you want to pull your hair out just say I'm to blessed to be stressed. Hope that helps! :)

blooger

The title of this post is rather weird, but you will laugh when I tell you what it means.  Every time I want to go to my blog and I am trying to type in blogger.com It always says blooger..no Joke! Every single time I look up and it says blooger. Makes me laugh every time:)
 Ever do something so often and yo still don't get it right? I know how you feel..You do it over and over and you still mess up. But that is when we just gotta laugh and try it again. I feel like March has kinda been a month of new beginnings..a new look on life. I have really been learning so much like everyday. Kidz 4 Christ ministry is making alot of changes that I am so excited about. God seriously has some awesome things in store for our church:)
 Just so much has been happening and everyday has just been a new fresh day. I love opening the curtains and letting the sun shine in, I love exercising and feeling so healthy. Not only my physical body but my spiritual body. It is just really cool to be able to mess up and just laugh and try again. Ok so messing up is not always so cool but you get my point :)

I don't know

yesterday afternoon I was reading a Kidministry leadership book that I bought awhile ago. I decided to go through and read the things that I had underlined. After I did that I knew why I underlined things..they were so helpful. I read one that stuck with me and sort of feels like my motto right now. It said "Turn your I don't know's into I will find out"
 That jsut really stuck with me because I honestly want to live like that. I don't want to leave things at I dont know so I will probally never know. I want to learn and push forward. I feel like that is what I am trying to do in alot of areas of life right now...turn those questions into I will find out. I don't want to just  be satisfied I want to go further in so many areas of life. I guess reading that and it sticking with me was sort of a motivater. I am motivated to push, to find out, to go further.  Do you have some I don't knows that maybe need to be figured out in yor life? :)

simple colorful Saturday

Saturdays are indeed marvelous, but some are of course better than others.  When Josh works overtime I usually clean house or do something crafty or go for a walk in the snow. When Josh is not working Saturdays are splendid whether we plan something fun or just lay around the house all day.  Today was a different kind..one that helped us check something off our list of moving forward. Today I finally got my permit..:) yes it's a little late in the game but that's OK. We are now hoping to get my license by summer..oh how great that will be. After that we celebrated with breakfast at Denny's (our favorite place for breakfast) then just went to the mall.
 We have this thing where he plays video games and I either do something crafty, read or go on a fashion craze. Tonight was fashion craze..I among many others love pinterest. I found this hair tutorial for wavy hair with the flat iron, so I tried that out and it actually worked. So then I decided lets try on clothes. This may be my outfit for church in the morning ( if you read this please don't judge) I actually kinda liked what I had put together. Josh always asks why I always wear scarves.  It simply pulls an outfit together. Before the scarf I didn't like it and then with scarf it changed the whole look.
  Just so you know I never knew how I felt about blogs with pictures of people and their outfits and themselves, but tonight I thought hey why not...I am always up for something new and different even if it is only something I will try never again. I always see looks I like on people well why not actually like a look on me..:) I think if i saw this on someone I would want to wear it. Well my random blog about the random things I like to do on a random Saturdays is concluded...

old skool parenting

As I am sitting here at my desk today researching, reading and listening I stumbled upon a website that is very interesting. I wanted to share my thoughts on the subject. The subject of the particular blog post I read is old skool parenting..should we go back to it? As I read through many of the methods that parents use today and then look at the " old skool" methods there is a pretty big difference between now and then.  I will not ever judge someones parenting methods.  I am not a parent yet so I obvioulsy don't know what you go through. I am trying to learn and trying to understand things for when I do become a parent.
 All I will say is I want to raise my children up in the Lord, and in this particular blog the things it lists as "old skool" honestly I think are common sense things that need to still be done in the home. )except for a few) The point is that family is important, and I think there needs to be more family time. Do you know what is going on with your kids at school? What they are thinking? Do you discuss what they learned at church? Like I said I am not a parent, I am not jusdging, and I don't htink any of you are bad parents :) I just wanted to share what I thought about what I read.  Here is the site for you to check out yourself if you would like:) http://www.epicparent.tv/epicparent-goes-retro-returns-to-old-skool-parenting/

I want more..we should all want more

This morning was a really awesome time for me in Kidz church. I had so much fun helping the kids understand what it means to love God and spend time with him. We read in Nehemiah where Ezra got up and read Gods word for hours and hours, and the people listened. the people rejoiced because they then realized how much God loved them. They spent more time listening and worshipping. We learned about the feast of the booths where people who followed God made their own tents and for a whole week stayed their and all that time was spent with God. WHOA! first of all how amazing would that be to not have all the hustle and bustle and to be able to just go away and spend time with God. Anyway it says these people fell in love with God. They spent that week with him and they couldn't get enough of him.
   After that week was over they didn't stop..God was their number one. The bible says they fell in love with God. This happened because they spent time with him, and they more time they spent the more they loved him. The more time we spend with him the more we love, and as that love grows we become stronger, bolder and more joyful and we just can't get enough.
 I absolutely love this..it is just amazing to me, and yes I have read this many times before but when I was teaching those kids today and they were all just starring at me it was like they got it They wanted this..this love. It was an amazing feeling, and all of us together made a commitment to spend at least 5 minutes a day for a week reading God's word The ultimate truth and see if after that they want more. I want to fall deeper in love with God..

Valentines day

Wow! can you beleive that it is Februaury already..? Time she does fly..It feels like we just celebrated Christmas. Now it is about time to celebrate our very first valentines day as a married couple. I am trying to find a fun creative idea. I really like to do homemade things, and I think Josh likes that to. I already know what I am doing for our anniversary ( can't beleive it's only 1 month away) but that will have to be a secret until then. I have ideas rolling around in my head. I cold write a poem and frame it, little love notes, just buy him something, or somethign corny like you see here. Which obvioulsy is what I am leaning towards because it is something I would do, and it owul dmake him laugh that I chose to be that corny. Although the gift really doesnt matter at all I like giving gifts. I especially like giving fun cheesy gifts to my husband that are hillarious. At the end of the day its about how much fun we had. Life is not all about fun, but why not try to make it as fun as you can. :) This valenties day don't stress over a gift or where to go or what to cook, just do something you both like, watch a love movie ( valenties day) and eat chocolate oh and laugh ALOT! :)

- This came from datingdivas.com and it simply says our love is red hot..yes hillarious. I have to admit I do love it. Hope you all have a wonderful valentines day full of fun and laughter.

preparing for future

Kids are important! (I know I don't have any..yet but someday I will) I do however have about 50 spiritual kids whom I minister to on a weekly basis. Working with kids can yes be rather stressful and overwhelming at times, but no there isnt anything else I would rather do. I love finding crafts and fun things to teach the kids. it's all about having fun you see.(.not quite)
 Although it is about fun, (and I do have fun) it is also about preparing kids for their future no matter what their age. Everything you say and do and even how you react to things impacts them. I want to impact the kids I see on a weekly basis in a good way. I want their futures to be bright and wonderful.  I know what I do does not determine what their future looks like, but loving them, having fun, and caring helps. parents, teachers, babysitters whoever you are think about how you are preparing the children in your lives for their future. For those who don't know me I don't have it all together, but I am learning and this is one thing that has been on my heart alot.
May God bless you all :)

calendars

When I take the old calendar down I enjoy looking through it before throwing it out. Today was that day and yes I am a little behind. The 2012 calendar is now up in our apartment. As I looked through the 2011 calendar i was able to enjoy how far I have come, how far we have come, and all the good thigns God has done. This time last year the calendar was full of wedding planning. Wow! am I glad all that planning is over ( it sure was worth it though) I moved out of my parents house which was really hard..
 Josh worked second shift at whirpool and I went crazy.  Trying to find new hobbies and things to keep myself busy while he was away. Going from being in a house with people all the time to the one person I lived with being gone was quite an adjustment. I started painting small things for the apartment and blogging. About 4 or 5 months ago Josh started at Honda on first shift. Praise the Lord! :) We have so much time together. I also started crocheting and I really enjoy it.
 I am not telling you all of these things jsut for the heck of it but because So much can happen in a year. Marriage, maturity, growth and new hobbies. Honestly I am not artisitic at all really, but I do enjoy creating things for our apartment and for our house someday. I never thought I would enjoy painting or ever learn to crochet. God did some really great things in 2011 and I know 2012 is going to be even greater. It already feels different. :)
* Here is something i jsut finsihed for our bedroom. Yes I kow it isnt anythign crazy, but its fun! :)