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/