School projects....

Is Jack in elementary school or in high school? He has had so many school projects in the past week. I'm not sure who's having the most fun, me or him? He had to build a revolutionary battle scene. This was the first diarama that I had helped with. It was so flippin cool!! We got to make plaster rocks and paint them. This was my favorite part!!! I had a blast!!

The second project this week is the wax museum. He has to dress like a revolutionary blue coat. I must say that he has the best costume!!! I will have to post some pics! His whole costume is compliments of Goodwill.

I must say that I'm having as much if not more fun than he is!!! I love doing things with him!!! I hope he continues to want my help!

Sundays...

I absolutely 150% love Sundays!!! Sundays are the bestests day ever!! I love to go to Newspring on Sundays and see what God has in store for us to be apart of. There's tons of lifechange happening around us. It's awesome to hear the stories of where people were in their life. Some were at the end of their rope of life, some marriages were about to split, and some people were tired of "churchy" politics. It's awesome to see the hope and love that has restored these people. They have found the answer to life. The answer to life is Jesus. He opens our hearts and minds that life isn't about us. We have a higher purpose. One day we will step on the other side of eternity and see Him face to face.

I was where some of these people were. I was in a no good relationship, I was living for my glory, and I was living with no eternal purpose. The Lord opened my eyes one day to show me that on the other side none of those things mattered to Him. The only thing that mattered to Him was that I was living for His glory and proclaiming His name here on earth. Glory be to God!

During the three services here in Greenville, there's going to be over 100 people go public for Jesus. That totally rocks because each person represents how God dramatically changed their life and how it has changed for an eternity! I love you Jesus, Savior, Redemmer!

Restricted.....

I've been placed on restriction @ work. I no longer have access to update my blog daily. I'm having to do this from my blackberry. This makes for a great challenge! I guess this will help me limit long boring blog posts. It's just very interesting to have to update the bloggo from this handheld device. This is a true test to see if I will continue to blog. I look forward to Sundays to blog without finder cramps!! Until next time.......

Snow or lack of...

Well......as my 9 year old son put it this morning......"The weatherman lied to me!" Wow...what a statement! Yesterday on the news...the weathermen or weatherwoman (:0) stated we were going to get 1-3 inches of snow starting at midnight. Later in the day on Monday, a couple were saying 3-5 inches. So like any other southerner after I picked up Jack, we ran to the grocery store to pick up milk & bread! Ok, so it wasn't just milk & bread....but it was ridiculous! There were tons and tons of people that were going to have soggy bread because all they bought was milk and bread! lol.....I just find that super humorous!
On our way home, he told me that he wanted to stay up til midnight to watch the snow.....and then play in it all day on Tuesday. After coaxing him into bed around 9, Jason and I were like little kids at the windows. We got up every 20 minutes or so to see if there was any sign of it sticking. We rose out of bed before our alarm clocks rang out to see how much was on the ground. Boy, were we disappointed! There wasn't a sign of snow anywhere!!!! I couldn't believe it! With our fingers crossed, we turned on the news hoping there was a delay due to a blizzard on the other side of Anderson County. So you guessed it, we had to wake Jack up to get ready for school. He was so upset with the weatherman because he lied to him. I explained to Jack that they didn't really lie to us. It did snow....it just didn't accumilate. And it did accumilate in other parts of the state, just not here. Of course, that didn't sit well with Him.
Wow....that's a bold statement from a child. How many times have I "lied" to God? And He knows my heart and know my thoughts......that hit really hard!! Thank you Jesus for loving me!

Coffee

I must say that I'm addicted to coffee!!!! It's the greatest thing EVER!!!! Ok....so we're gearing up today @ Newspring for a third service(6pm). WOOHOO!!!! I've already had 2 cups of coffee and a cup of the bestest ever hot chocolate with coconut flavoring. YUMMY-O! This last cup of coffee....hhhmm....not really sure if it has a name. :0) Let's just say, I added a little bit of coffee with some extras! I think I put about 6 pumps of gingerbread syrup, pump of white chocolate, pump of caramel, and a whole lotta 1/2 & 1/2! Wow.........energy here I come!!! After this last cup of this & that.......I'm going to crash and crash hard!!!! I absolutely love being here @ Newspring on Sundays! I wouldn't be anywhere else! I love the people here that God has placed in my life and the life of my family!!! They are great, loving, and genuine!

I love this picture!!!! My how he has grown!! This was our first family portraits taken in the summer of 2008. I have to wrestle with the two boys to have their pictures taken professionally! :0) I'm going to wait til fall of 2009 to try and get more family pics. I just wanted to share this one because I love this boy and can't believe how fast he's growing up!

Excited!

I absolutely love Fridays!!!! When we started our family, we deemed Friday as family fun night! We spend the evening together and focus on our family! We get pizza, movies, & anything FUN! I really enjoy these times together!!!! I'm super excited about tonight. We're doing something a little different. We usually stay home so that we don't have to contend with everyone else out and about on a Friday night. So.....going out to dinner with the rest of Greenville, Pickens, & Anderson county is going to be an adventure!!!

On my way into work this morning, I was talking to Jason & he asked if I wanted to meet him for lunch! Oh but yes!!!! I so can't wait to have lunch with my husband!!! I love that time together and I need that time together!!! He's the bestests ever!!!!! I thank God for him daily!!!

And last but not least......I'm excited because last night I got to witness a great work of God!!! I volunteered at our membership class last night for Newspring Greenville! We had 215 people to come to the class!!! It was awesome and exciting!!! It absolutely blew me away!!!! God is so awesome and faithful!!! Thank you Jesus that I get to be apart of that!!!

Family......?

The word family has so many different meanings to different people. What does family mean to you? Do you have to be a relative to be part of the family? Do we deny family? Do we embrace family? What in the world does that word mean to you?

To me.....Family has so many meanings. Here's only a few of them.....

Friends

Ancestor

Marriage

Interesting

Loss

Yearn to be one, one goal, one love

I believe that family is a community of people. It can be kin people, Christians, friends, co-workers, etc. It hurts my heart when families argue over worldly possesions. This could be within kin family or church family. There is a bond that is strained when this tension comes between family, which is called satan. Family is very important to me and I don't want it to be divided! I have lost a close brother two years ago. He lived his life like every breath was his last. He is my inspiration! I cherish every moment that I spend with my husband, my son, my parents, my brother & his family, friends, brothers/sisters in Christ. Thank you Lord for giving me another moment!

The year of challenges!

I still can't believe it's 2009 already!?!?!? It's only a couple of weeks into the new year and I've already set some challenges for myself. First and foremost is my spiritual walk. I have been challenged to STOMP IT! I have also challenged myself physically. I have struggled with my weight all of my life. I'm ready to get a handle on this issue. The only way to do this is not by only counting points (WeightWatchers), exercising, or drinking water. The only way to defeat this.....is by keeping Christ at the center!!! I can't wait to see what path He takes me on this year!!! I want to be sure to live each day like it's my last. I'm tired of being the "feel good" friend. I want to encourage, but I also want to speak the truth. I was challenged with this yesterday. And I was shown that people want to hear the truth and not something to "pump" them up. It's amazing what He allows to flow out of our mouths when we are faithful to Him!

On a side note.......

I celebrated my one year wedding anniversary yesterday......what a glorious occasion! You know....sometimes it only seems like a year and other times I can't remember what my life was like before Jason. I am so thankful for him and Jack. They are a true blessing to me. I know some ladies would argue this.....but I have the bestest husband ever!!! He's the greatest! I sat yesterday at my desk trying to wrap my mind around all the blessings in my life. We serve an awesome and generous God!!

STOMP IT! 2009

STOMP IT! We have been challenged by our pastor, leader Perry Noble(http://www.perrynoble.com/) at Newspring Church (http://www.newspring.cc/) to STOMP IT in 2009! I'm ready for this challenege. It's so amazing to see what our Lord and Savior is doing at Newspring! And I'm reminded daily that we see Jesus at work all around us because we're faithful to His vision, His calling, and His people around us.

Now I know you're wondering....what in the world does STOMP IT mean? For different people it may mean different things. When I say STOMP IT........I'm going to take my spiritual walk to the next level, let others see Jesus in me, be His hands & His feet, going to stand tall & bold for His name! I'm going to do things that I'm not comfortable with for the Almighty and be apart of LIFECHANGE for those that don't know Him as their personal Lord and Savior. We serve and awesome and mighty GOD!!! So in 2009, what are you going to do to glorify our Savior? Are you going to be apart of life change? Hebrews 10:36

Never imagined!

Ok..drum roll please......I never in a million years thought I would be doing this.....A BLOG!! What in the world? Just thought I'd try it out to see if I'd like it or not. Not sure how long I'll be doing this or if I'll even continue. I guess there's a first time for everything!!! I said the same thing about Twitter (froggy330)......but I have fallen in love with that....so who knows, I might do the same with blogging! Who knows.....I guess we'll see after today, if this continues!