Blog Design by Kelly King

I am super excited to be working with Kelly King over at www.kellysavenuedesigns.com, she is working on a new design for my blog so I can have something cute and sassy for the Christmas Season...hopefully this will motivate me to transfer my journal entries onto my actual blog :-) For the week of Thanksgiving November 21st-Nove 27th she has a special on her "Elite" and "basic" blog designs. Please go on over to her website and check it out! I know I can't wait until mine is finished!!

30 days of Thankfulness: Day 2

Today I am thankful for the messes I clean up after my little sweeties. Not saying that I wholeheartedly love messiness, but I love "the signs of life" I find all over the place. From dropped cheerios on the floor to smeared lip gloss on the counter (from Kiely hijacking my Mary Kay goodies), I loved that our home is "lived in". Sometimes I find myself frustrated with cleaning the same things over and over, but more and more I find joy in it because I know "The days are long, but the years are short" and this season of life will pass before I know it! So today I choose joy in the mundane and know full well that doing these small tasks please the Lord immensely!

~"Do everything you do to the glory of the one who made you." 1 Corinthians 10:31

30 days of Thankfulness Day Day 1 ( a day late)

~I have seen on many blogs and on facebook the idea of going through 30 days of Thankfulness and since I have sooooo much to be thankful for, I thought I would jump on board. I have no specific order to what I am thankful for, but what I am feeling at that particular moment.. My friend Lotte put on her Facebook this morning how she is" thankful for music and the way it ministers to us in the best and worst of times". Wow, I couldn't have said it better myself! I love music and primarily listen to Christian music because that is what speaks to my heart and helps me through the ins and outs of my daily life. Last night I had the opportunity to relax and have a hot bath and just sit back and have some time to myself while Greg & Kiely spent time together downstairs. I found myself watching all of my favorite "Hillsong" music videos on "you toube" and just having flashbacks about how all those different songs have played a part in my Christian life..and my life in general. Some songs take me back to different missions trips I have been on and some remind me of our days ministering as Youth Leaders with the H.S. group back home at LGCC and so on. I am so thankful for Christian music and how its used to show us God in the moments we need him most!!