Thursday, February 24, 2011

Spiritual Reign

What a perfect and rainy day for this blog! His spiritual reign is pouring down on us, as he wants to fill our cup! Yesterday, was my first day back to my weekly Wednesday bible study after a 5 week lapse, due to blizzards and sickness. Oh my goodness!! My spiritual glass is back to FULL and it feels GREAT!!!!
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We're doing a bible study by Angela Thomas called "Living Your Life As A Beautiful Offering." Oooohhhh...it's fantastic!! Yesterday, we talked about "when you feel empty, God is calling you to be hungry and thirsty for His rightousness." So true!

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for rightousness, for they will be filled. Matthew 5:6

Yesterday, I also picked up my copy of "The Christian Atheist" by Craig Groeschel and read a chapter in it. The chapter I read was a perfect parallel to our bible study :o) "He promised her that if she had this living water, she'd never thirst again." This was in reference to a Samaritan woman that Jesus met at a water well. She had been through five husbands and was living with the sixth man. But Jesus treated this lady the the utmost respect, regardless of what she had been through. Jesus filled her cup to the brim with His spiritual reign. She was a changed woman because she had FAITH and accepted Him into her life. Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people "Come , see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be Christ?" They came out of town and made their way toward him. John 4: 28-30

So, regardless of what we've been through this week, month, year, or our life, it's never too late to open your Bible and let His spiritual reign fill your cup with His GLORY, HOLINESS, and RIGHTOUSNESS. The best part?!! Jesus doesn't judge you by your past; He wants to live eternity with you :o) How awesome is that?!!

Sunday, February 13, 2011

...snow days...

...snow days...
Disclaimer: lots of pictures!!

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Yes...we have had a lot lately!! SEVEN snow days in the past TWO WEEKS! In my opinion, it was WONDERFUL! I love seeing everything covered in snow; I especially love how the snow sparkles in the sunlight :o) But most of all, I LOVE to watch ALL of my boys' play in the snow!


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And...there were those days it was absolutely too freeeeeeeezing to play outside!! So, we made our fun inside!! ALL the toys were out!!


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Then, we ate some delicious snow ice cream that Chef Corban helped prepare :o)


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Abbee obviously thought the ice cream was yummy!! She devoured the rest! Lucky dog :o)


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I had to temporarily postpone my calorie counting...for the week!! I blame Chef Corban ...he made scrumptious sugar cookies :o)
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I decided to step out on the front porch to snap a couple pics of Corban, and needless to say, Cruz wanted me inside :o)


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Love these boys'!!!

Thursday, February 3, 2011

444

So, we have recently started a new trend in my sweet little family of 4 ;o) Mommy now has date nights with each of the boys when they reach a specific "triple" age. Ie...4 years, 4 months and 4 days old. That was just the case on Friday, January 21st 2011. Corban was exactly 4 years, 4 months and 4 days old :o) We have many more "mommy/son" dates throughout the year...but the "triple" date is always set in stone every year!! For this date, Corban wanted to eat at McDonald's(blah!!), watch a movie, then eat ice cream :o) So that's exactly what we did!!

What I get when I ask for a smile...;o)
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Our yummy dinner at McDonald's...
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Then, we watched Mega Mind at the downtown dollar theater...
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Then we hit up the "ice cream store" aka Braum's, to end our evening :o)
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I just love my boys to pieces!!!