Ladie's Retreat

Our annual Ladie's Retreat was this past weekend. It was the best one yet!! We met up Friday morning and had free time talking and relaxing. For lunch we had taco's (my favorite!). Then it was game time. We played a few name/getting to know you games then the BIG game. Sherri, of course, planned it out. She is brilliant at games. We were in teams. I was on team BB....which was awesome! (Tina, Cathy, Megan and Brandy). We had to make a breastplate of righteousness out of styrofoam bowels and belts and socks. We had to sing a song with movements. We had to separate eggs, build towers with plastic cups, play Yahtzee and knit. Then to the physical part, which involved basketball, hula hoops, cheerleading, an obstacle course, a water slide, cartwheels and paddle boating. My arms, legs and stomach muscles are so sore today!! I haven't done that much physical activity in a long time. I did do 20 cartwheels though!!! I was so dizzy and out of breath I could barely walk but it was so worth it! Then dinner, which the men made and served for us. We had ribs and loaded baked potatoes. Then our evening service, which was wonderful....Stacey spoke. Then more talking and eating and a few more games. I was actually going to bed around 2:30 when I passed the room of Trin, Ashley, Dana, Kristy, Sharli and Ginny and stayed up talking until 4. The next day I stayed for breakfast and Sherri's devotion and then I went to our family reunion, which was great too.. I had a great time getting to know some people a little better and re-fueling my friendships with my old pals. Can't wait for next year. Thanks so much to Stacey, Sonya, Susan , Sherri and Tina for all the decorating. Thanks to Stacey for all your hard work and planning and to Sherri for your awesome games!!

Resurrection

We are learning a new song. Resurrection by Nicol Sponberg. The first time I heard it I absolutely loved it!! It totally describes the funk I' ve been in lately. We are also trying something new. Cathy approached me and she said God showed her a vision of this song. She's doing the lead signing and the rest of HOP is background signing and I will be doing a dramatic sign/dance telling the story emotionally. I can see it in my head so clearly but I am so nervous! I just want to praise Him through this beautiful song. I'm not sure when we'll be performing it yet.

Parts of the song:

Here I am once again

I'm in need of resurrection

Only YOU can take this empty shell

and raise it from the dead

What I've lost to the world

what seems far beyond redemption

YOU can take the pieces in YOUR hand

and make me whole again

YOU speak and all creation falls to it's knees.................AMEN!

Hope's Birthday!!

3 years ago today I gave birth to my second beautiful baby girl! I can't believe she's growing up right before my eyes.....

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I tried to put the slide show directly on here but couldn't get it to work!!

Dancing Queens

I have Hope in a beginner ballet class and mini-tumbling. They are all 2, 3 and 4 year olds. They are so cute! They have a recital they do in June. It will be too cute!!
Faith is in a hip hop class. She's having so much fun. She can't wait for the stage!

The Battle

I'm going to help Dana with a small group study with our youth girls. We will be reading Every Young Woman's Battle. It is about young girls today in a sex saturated world. I am so excited to be able to share my experiences with these young ladies and help them understand the way we talk, dress and interact with the other sex and how they should behave. I would love for my daughters to be able to do this when they are teens. It's pretty detailed but I think young ladies need to know what is out there and how to handle the situations when they come up rather then being sheltered from them and shell shocked when they occur. These girls know more than you think they do!! I pray that God gives me the words to encourage these young women and share my experiences in a positive way that will help them grow into wonderful women of God.

Hands of Praise

Hands of Praise is back in action! We took the summer off and I needed the break. I LOVE doing hands of praise and I can worship Him so much with it but my heart was not in it near the end of May and I was letting worldly burdens get in the way of my worship and it was affecting my hands of praise and the break gave me time to rebuild myself and I'm so thankful for that. HOP is a huge part of my life. Thank you so much Cathy for bringing this awesome ministry to Living Hope and letting me be a part of it. I've grown so much as a person and I've grown closer to God and to the wonderful ladies who are a part of HOP too!!!

What happens when you put these three things together??????? Our annual Youth Mud Bowl!!
I'll have pictures to post later. We had our Mud Bowl retreat this weekend. It was fun as usual. This year Cathy and I actually got in the mud with them. That was pretty nasty. We had about 21 youth and pretty good weather. We met up there Friday and had our service up there with our awesome praise band for worship and Matt for our lesson. Then pizza and staying up most of the night. Saturday morning breakfast (thanks Susan!!) another lesson then play time in the pool and volleyball, a water balloon game, lunch and then the Mud Bowl Game. I don't understand anything about foot ball so I was clueless about what was going on in the game but the kids have fun. We had a lot of fun and great help with everyone who came up to participate and support the youth. Can't wait until next year!!!

Busy, Busy

We've been busy, busy. I'm working every day now but I really like it. I do check in for the neurosurgeon 8-12:30 and then type in the afternoons. Some days I work until 4:30, some days 2, some days none just depends. I signed Hope up for a beginner ballet class on Mondays. We start next week. Tuesday nights I have the Abba Clinic. Mom's CLUB is going great!!! Wednesday's we have Hands of Praise practice and then church. Thursdays Faith is in a beginner hip hop class, which Jamie has to take her to because I started a precept bible study on Abraham with a friend from church in Newburgh on Thursday nights. This weekend we have Mud Bowl. Next weekend is Hope's birthday party....my baby will be 3! The following my nephew Ty has a birthday. The following is Ladies Retreat (woooo hooo!!) Then there's something every weekend in October too. Life is good!!

My Brain is.........

Alright. Saw this on Tina's page and had to try it!



Your Brain is 73% Female, 27% Male

Your brain leans female
You think with your heart, not your head
Sweet and considerate, you are a giver
But you're tough enough not to let anyone take advantage of you!


I couldn't get the cute picture with the brain to show up though!