Dress Up Day!

Okay so here is just a little fun we had at school so I thought I would share some pictures with everyone! Hope you enjoy!

Toby (football head) and Billy (the football player)

Zane the Pirate (he was in time out so he was not very happy with me but I needed a picture) :)

Nola and Simba (this was not planned but super cute)

Miss. Jinny and Calan the Scarecrow!

Sorting out the pumpkin seeds! Some of them loved it and some of them hated it! I love it! :)

Pumpkin Patch and Hay ride lots and lots of fun!

Thankful Thursdays!

Okay so here I go... I think that this is a great idea and I am going to try and start to weekly write down the things I am thankful for so lets begin.....

1. I am thankful for my parents and the loving caring home they raised me in!

~I am thankful for my dad.... for the amazing man of God he was and for teaching me and training me up to be the women I am today!

~I am thankful for my mom.... she is such an amazing women and the best mom I could ask for! She has taught me how to be a women and encouraged me to see my dreams come true!

2. I am thankful for my brother Matt.... he has helped me to become the women I am today and loved me no matter what. He has challenged me to become what God has for me and encourages me to accomplish my goals.

3. I am thankful for my job and for the parents who trust me with their kids. I am thankful that I am able to teach them about the love of Jesus everyday. And that He has allowed me to be his hands and feet to my little ones!

4. I am thankful for my close friends! Those past and present!

5. I am thankful that I live in a country where I have freedom!

6. I am thankful for fall and for all the wonderful colors!

7. I am thankful for hugs (they are the best)!

8. I am thankful for laughter!

Addicted!

Okay so I think that the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem right.... Well I have a problem. You see I signed up for this cool thing on line because a friend of mine decided she wanted to talk about me and my future husband and ask people on the web if they wanted to help her find me a man. So I just had to sign up because I thought that it was the only way I could tell her what I was thinking. Well come to find out after I signed up for this addiction I could have just written her as anonymous! Fancy that and now look where I am at addicted to something! Oh man oh man! I bet all of you are wondering what is this she is addicted to! Well let me just tell you........

I AM ADDICTED TO MY BLOG SPOT!

Man that felt good to just get that off of my chest! :) Now I can start recovery! :) Thanks Linn for writing about me! :)

Testimony!

So tonight I had the amazing opportunity to speak to our church youth group. The series that they are talking about is struggles. Adam asked me to talk about my dad. This is the first time besides in a small group setting that I have actually talked about my dad in front of a big group of people. I was really nervous but I made it through! ;) It actually was a lot of fun! Before I went up I just continued praying that God would speak through me what I spoke would be his words and not my own. Then He began to tell me that although I might not see a reason for my dads death this is the beginning of my ability to speak into peoples lives. That He is going to use me to show His love and faithfulness through the hardest times! It was so amazing just knowing that God is going to use my trails to speak into other peoples lives. Man God is good! Thankfully I did an internship last year and one of my classes was public speaking so I was not all that nervous just a little bit lol! However it was really amazing sitting up there looking into these kids eye some who have no hope and telling them that God did not just make them to fill up space but that He has a calling and I purpose for each of their lives!

Impatience!

Learn to be patient, so that you will please God and be given what he has promised.

Hebrews 10:36

I am still reading the book Dream Releasers and last night I started reading the chapter labeled "Dream Killers". I was totally convicted when I read one of the dream killers is impatience! Than I read this verse and it totally hit me! Not until I am patient and allow God to do his plan in his timing will be dreams come true!

Sisters?

Since I was a little girl I would ask my mom and dad to tell Santa that I wanted a sister for Christmas. Just like the little girl on miracle on 34th street! :) But my parents would always tell me that they could not have any more kids. But did I care no I just kept on praying that God would bring me a sister. Never would I imagine how he was going to do that.

My sister is not a blood sister however I would say that she is better than a blood sister she is a God sent sister. I first heard about my sister from her mom, I would go into her computer lab and she would show me pictures and tell me stories about her daughter and her family. I can still remember a picture she showed me of my sister, her husband, and her little girl. It was Halloween and they where all dressed up so cute. As I looked at the picture never would I have imagined that one day she would be my sister and my best friend.

A year or more past and still her mom would tell me all about her until one day I got to meet her for myself. I started out seeing her at church and than school started and I had her daughter in my 3 year old class. I was hooked, her little girl stole my heart and still has it. I can never get it back :) lol! After that we became youth leaders together and that lead us into a sister hood that will never be broken. We have gone through many many things together. At times I might get frustrated or upset at her but I ALWAYS know that she is there. She is my dream releaser, my shoulder to cry on, my best friend, and my sister.

I could never have dreamed up a more perfect sister. I had to wait 18 years to meet her but now that I have her I will never let go. :) I am blessed to have her in my life and I thank God every day for the privilege to know her.

Who is this sister you might ask.....

Jennifer Lynn Kline

Jen I am blessed to have you in my life and as I am writing this I have tears running down my face because words will never be able to describe how thankful I am to truly call you SISTER!

Coffee Break!

I love coffee and a good book so I thought I would tell you all about what I am reading right now. I am reading a book called dream releasers. It is such and amazing book I could go on forever about it but I won't lol! I know on one of my earlier posts I wrote about my dreams and how I have always wanted to be a wife and a mommy! Well Kim suggested that I read this book called dream releaser so I am. In the beginning of the book is a quote that I really like and that I am confessing over my life right now! So I wanted to share with you this quote.....

You are never given a dream without also being given the power to make it come true.

Richard Bach

Okay just a little coffee for thought today :)