TUESDAY CARTOON
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Monday, June 30, 2008
WEEKLY WEBSITES!!!
So for this weeks weekly website I thought I would help you get a jump start on your Fouth of July plans. So here are some great links to tons of fun events and activities that will be going on this weekend. Check them out. Also let me know if you'd like to make any plans for this weekend. Rob will be off on the third and I will be flying solo on the fourth. We are up for anything! Anyone interested in going to Stone Mountain or Lawrenceville those are my favs!
City of Cumming does a fireworks show that we will be attending Thursday night. We are meeting at fire station 1 for anyone who would like to join please come by. LOTS of other people come to station 1 to see the fire works. They also have a dance competion and event that same night. Parade on the fourth as well! Check it out!
Braselton parade and craft show followed by fireworks of course on the lawn at the Chateau!
Dahlonega's festivities start July 4th and continue through July 5th. Check it out! Parades, car shows and MORE!
Of course the 25th Annual Stone Mountain Park event with the laser show preceeding the fireworks. This is the BEST fourth of July event in North GA!
Just grab a lawn chair and sit anywhere in the area of the mall for fireworks!
Duluth First United Methodist Church will be hosting an event. Free food, games, and a True Story concert starting at 7PM!!! Fireworks begin at dark!
Crafts, carnival games, food and of course fireworks!
Live music by Tim Purcell and The Mustangs! Jugglers, face painting, train rides, facepainting, rock wall, pony ridesm inflatables and MORE!!! Fireworks!!! These fireworks are awesome!!! We saw them all the way from The Mall of GA last year. They lasted forever too!
Children's activities and food vendors and fireworks show!
Inflatables, live music by Dave Matthews tribute band, food and fun! Fireworks show followed by a outdoor movie "Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer"
Fireworks Extravaganza. Families can bring chairs, blankets and picnics. Performances by Clark King at 4:30 p.m., Wichita, 5:30 p.m.; Big Biscuit Band, 6:30 p.m.; and Banks & Shane at 7:30 p.m. Fireworks at dark. Food is available. 4:30 p.m. July 4. Free. Roswell High School
Kidz zone, face painting, rock wall, ballon artist, giant slides, music entertainment begins at 6PM.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
THANKFUL THURSDAYS!!!
I got this idea from a friend of a friend's blog. So often we forget to just be thankful for things except when Thanksgiving comes around. We seem to constantly think about the negatives in and around our lives instead of focusing on ALL the great things in them and that we are so blessed. Well I have tons to be thankful for and I need to share those things with friends and family as often as I can. Life is too good not to share the things that we are thankful about in our lives. No matter what hard things you are going through right now there are still things you can and should be thankful for. So stay tuned for my "Thankful Thursdays" in the weeks to come. Hopefully it can inspire you too to be more thankful as it has for me! These are just two things that have directly impacted me this week. There are sooo many others I will have to digress from listing them all in one blog posting.
I am thankful for my amazing husband that always supports me and lifts me up no matter what. I have been a little discouraged lately about my career and he's always there to lift me up and support me and my decisions. He is truly amazing and I am so thankful God created him just for me!
We couldn't be more perfect for each other. I love you Robbie with all my heart! Thanks for all you do! You ROCK!!!
I am thankful for the opportunity I had this past weekend to serve at Boot Camp 08' this year and be a small part of something so huge. I am thankful that I belong to such an amazing church and thankful for ALL the wonderful people that I have met there. You all hold a special place in my heart! I love you all!
EVER WONDER...
Only in America ......do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.
Only in America ......do people order
double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a diet coke.
Only in America ......do banks leave both doors open and then chain the pens to the counters.
Only in America ......do we leave cars
worth thousands of dollars in the
driveway and put our useless junk in the garage.
Only in America ......do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight.
Only in America ......do we use the word 'politics' to describe the process so well: 'Poli' in Latin meaning 'many' and 'tics' meaning 'bloodsucking creatures'.
Only in America ......do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering.
EVER WONDER ....
Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?
Why women can't put on mascara with their mouth closed?
Why don't you ever see the headline "Psychic Wins Lottery"?
Why is "abbreviated" such a long word?
Why is it that doctors call what they do "practice"?
Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?
Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?
Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?
Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?
Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?
Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?
You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff?!
Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?
Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?
If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?
If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?
Monday, June 23, 2008
MIDDLE SCHOOL
MINISTRY
If you are close to me you know my heart and what I am very passionate about...and that is middle school ministry. I love helping out at my church Browns Bridge Community Church . I just LOVE being a part of student ministry. It's so funny how things happen and transpire. We originally really wanted to be involved in Inside Out, which is our high school program. After talking it over with Rob and many prayers about it we felt that we just weren't able to serve in high school ministry right now because we live in another county than the church and Inside Out meets after church in the evenings and it'd be a little difficult to go back and forth, not that we couldn't do that though. So we really wanted to serve in student ministry and began going to Xtreme to observe and see what it was all about. Xtreme meets every Sunday at both church services and we have numerous outings/sleepovers that we as leaders plan and trips and events that the church puts on and plans. We have a speaker teach on the message and then AWESOMELY ROCKIN' worship music followed by "small group time". For those that go to our church you know exactly what that means, but bear with me while I explain it to those that don't know what that looks like. Small groups consist of groups of girls and groups of boys that are in the same grade. They are separated into groups and paired with small group leaders and student impact leaders (leaders that are still in high school). Once worship is over we all split up into our small groups for discussion time where we go over the topic, talk about life and try to lead the students to a growing relationship with Jesus. So Rob and I prayed about it and jumped right in and decided to go for it. I have to tell you that it has been such a HUGE blessing for me. I LOVE it! I seriously couldn't picture my life without being an Xtreme leader for these girls at this age. The fact that I get to spend time with these girls and tell them about Jesus and my life experiences in hopes that I can positively influence them to take the right path in life and one which involves Christ Jesus. As I sit here and write about this topic I feel goose bumps emerging and tears fill my eyes. I am so blessed that I have this opportunity that is rare in so many places. I feel blessed that we have such an awesome church that truly gets it and wants and seeks outsiders to become a part of us. WOW!!! I couldn't ask for a better place to worship, live, work, have fun and lead others to Christ. Life truly is amazing. What better gift can you offer a anyone than sharing Christ with them? There is none.
So this year my girls have graduated to seventh grade! WOW!!! One year in this and it seems like it's gone by so fast. They have an event called Boot Camp though which is just for the new sixth graders, which I went on last year with my group and it was AWESOME! So this year they asked Rob to come back and just help out as an EMT for medical injuries and such and me to come help out with anything else that needed to be done. It was so AMAZING to just serve and be there for anything that the kids, staff or the volunteers needed. I left right from work to head up to camp and we got there just in time for the first session of praise and worship and I was really glad too. It was so amazing!!! I get so lost in the worship music that I just close my eyes and all I can feel is me and God. This form of worshipping for me is the BEST because at that moment I feel so connected to God is just amazes me more and more every time. I stand in that room amongst all those sixth graders just jumping, singing, shouting, raising my hands all for the glory of God. This time to me is so precious. I look around from time to time and watch all those precious children worshipping our King and this fills my heart with so much joy that it just spills over. We set up games, made sure all the water, drinks, and food were fully stocked up the whole time, got buses in order, we helped kids when they got hurt, encouraged them it'd be okay, prayed, sang, invested in the lives of these kids all in hopes that we can lead them all to a relationship with Christ. How powerful! To hear all the stories from the group leaders that weekend has touched my heart in ways I will never forget. I would GLADLY give up ALL my weekends to serve in this amazing ministry and help lead kids to Christ. This is my mission, and this is my passion in life, leading others to Christ and shining my light for God! Whatever it takes! However I can help! How ever long it takes! How far I must travel! No matter what sacrifices must be made! It's ALL worth it in the end to grow God's kingdom. I can only hope and pray that the people on this Earth can feel the love and joy and peace that I have in my heart. It's a prayer I pray ALL the time!!! My heart beats fast right now for all the excitement that I am feeling just typing this blog.
Middle school aged kids are the best! This age is such crucial age and they are and can be easily influence by the wrong things. So the fact that I ended up becoming a part of middle school ministry I feel is right where I need to be. I was highly influenced by all the wrong things in middle school, which in turn set up a path that was not pleasant in high school. I feel that if I had been involved in church and had a small group leader investing in my life things would have been a lot different for me throughout school. So if I can help these girls from my past mistakes and help them to not make those same mistakes or others then everything I went through was totally worth it. Sometimes we wonder why we often go through hard times or experience the things we experience. Sometimes we never find out but other times everything comes full circle and become so crystal clear. I love these girls in my small group at Xtreme and would do anything for them. We often seek for a "purpose" in our lives. One purpose as God would have it is to lead others to Christ and that's just what I plan on doing in Xtreme and anywhere else I can when I can. Even if I don't talk directly about God sometimes, others will see the light in my soul and the passion in my heart for life. Anything I can do through church, work and life in general to shine God's light I WILL!!!
"Sin has lost it's power. Death has lost it's sting. From the grave you've risen...victoriously yeah! Into marvelous light I am running. Out of darkness out of shame. By the cross you are the truth you are the light you are the way...My dead heart now is beating. My deepest stains now clean. Your breath fills up my lungs now I'm free! Now I'm free! Lift my hands and spin around, see the light that I have found. Oh the marvelous light, marvelous light, lift my hands and spin around, see the light that I have found. Oh the marvelous light oh the marvelous light Jesus Christ. The only one, the only truth, the only light is Jesus, Jesus Christ! " - "Marvelous Light" written by Charlie Hall sang by Kristian Stanfill from North Point Community Church . This song just came to mind when writing this so I thought I'd share it with whomever is reading if anyone in fact does read this blog ever that is. Maybe this song can touch your life and your heart as much as it touches mine everytime I hear it. God bless! And for those of you who read this far...YOU ROCK thanks for listening to my rambling thoughts!
WEEKLY WEBSITE!!!
So as all of you may know it officially turned summer this past weekend! YAY!!! And that means bathing suit time! We also know how expensive those little things can be. I will NEVER forget the first time Rob went bathing suit shopping with me and had complete sticker shock on the price. He had no clue what they cost. He also didn't understand why they price them separately and at such a high cost for such a small item when his swim trunks were more material and cost a fraction of the price of my little bathing suit. It's funny to look back at that time. It is true that women get ripped off (I think) on many things and bathing suits being one of them for sure. I mean come on lets be real here....you only wear them one...MAYBE two seasons and it's just glorified extra thick/waterproof under ware that's exceptionally cute and sometimes depending on the style you choose covers more. So why are places charging us upwards of $40 sometimes for just one half of it if we are buying a two piece? Because they know we want and have to have one to swim and that we will pay that much for one that fits just right. Come on we ALL know that finding the right fit is so essential and often times can be very difficult too. So if we happen to find that "perfect" suit then we more than likely will pay any price almost just to be done with the process of finding that "perfect" suit. I mean I've often tried on twenty suits and not found a single one that I felt comfortable in. So on that note I have found a GREAT website that has discounted bathing suits for a reasonable price. They also have very detailed sizing charts and tips. There are all different styles from two piece string bikinis to once pieces that are all cute and the oh so popular tankini. Check it out and let me know if you find that "perfect" suit that will cost you a fraction of the price of that department one you were dreading spending all that money on. Here's the link!
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
TUESDAY CARTOON!
I know I was supposed to post this yesterday but...well I have no excuse really. I thought this was funny because I am ALWAYS have problems and issues with my computer at work. I want to throw it out the window in my office daily. I refrain but this week it has seriously been soooo tempting.
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