Friday Funnies!

Happy Friday Everyone! Its time for Friday Funnies! My friend Bella Mella shared this on Facebook this week and I loved it and could not wait to share it with you all!!!




Hope your weekend is blessed!!! I'm in Dallas with my Mom & Jenna doing some shopping for Jennas dorm room!! I love roadtrips with my Mom!!! We all have soo much fun and we laugh pretty much NON STOP! :)

Word Filled Wednesday

"Feed your fears and your faith will starve. Feed your faith, and your fears will."
— Max Lucado (Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear)




Have a blessed Wednesday&hearts ♥ ♥

So Blessed

You ever have those days when you just receive such a blessing from the Lord that you just want to cry??? Ya? Me too! That is just how I felt after this weekend.

Saturday my husband and I woke up @ 6:30 am. I took Jantzen to work for NHS @ a local run. Tons of people turned out to run the annual Josh Hatzell Memorial Run. Josh was killed a few years ago tragically and this has been something our community has done to honor him and I can only imagine how much it has helped his parents in the healing process.

As I returned Brian and I began working out in our yard. We were making 2 new flower beds. My neighbor informed me that Lowes was having a HUGE sale and had clearanced alot of their plants/flowers. Sooo, I went a picked up some Iris' ($1.25- $1.10 per plant!!!) and some crepe myrtles($9.99) and a few other things. We had so much fun and worked our tails off too! Oh, did I mention it was HOT? OH EM GEE! WAS IT EVER HOT!! According to the Weather Channel we were the hottest place in the country!!! Sunday our Bank's temperature read 113'. That is just TOO HOT! & yes, we were working in the yard LOL (drinking lots and lots of water and gatorade!! I will share pics soon)

Later that evening we went to church. Holy Smokes, it was packed out! Seriously, so many people were there and were even standing in the back! It was a great sermon on dying to our self! Recognizing Self Absorption and Pride ~ we all know where that gets us....flat on our face & full of regrets! Pastor Craig shared from the movie about that man who went hiking and ended up stuck and had to literally cut his arm off. I haven't seen that movie but I am definitely going to now! He was so self absorbed and did you know that when he set off for that hike he told NO ONE he was going??? It is an amazing story to say the least!

After church, we went to a beautiful wedding! My daughter, Krista and my grandaughter Rylee were both in the wedding! They looked beautiful! My grandaughter was the flower girl and I have to say I truly wondered how she would do walking up that aisle with all eyes on her! Let me just tell ya.....She was PRECIOUS!! She had us all in stitches and I don't know that I have ever seen her look so pretty! I can't wait to see pictures....Oh ya, I will be sharing them here ;)

Sunday finally came and my sweet JENNA is HOME!!! She has been gone for 10 days in North Carolina! I can't tell you how I've missed my girl! Krista and my grandbabies came over and we had a family Sunday dinner! Just a perfect end to a wonderful weekend. God is so good. HE blessed me so ~ HE knows there is nothing that fills a Mommas ♥ Heart ♥ the way having her family around her does....

Thank you Lord! I am so blessed

Spiritual Sundays~ A Spoken Blessing

A Few years ago I learned about a very special gift ~ the Power of a Spoken Blessing. Declaring and Decreeing blessings over my children. Literally imparting Gods Word as well as speaking a blessing over them.

Do you speak blessings over your children? Maybe, as they go off about their day, just stop and pray over them, speaking forth the blessing. Asking God to give them Joy throughout their day, or to be strong in their gift as a leader, or speaking peace & calm over them if they are experiencing some strife in their class room. The list could go on and on.

Speaking blessings is not some magic formula, the children have a choice in receiving it and choose to live according to it or they might turn their back on the Lord and ignore it all together. The same goes for anyone we might speak blessings over. But as parents, I know I would much rather speak the blessing over them, leaving them a heritage of many spoken blessings!

One wonderful example I can share, was speaking a blessing over both Jenna & Jantzen about getting along as brother & sister. To not only get along but to truly be "friends" enjoying hanging out with each other and not bickering. The transformation was amazing! Within a very short time of speaking these blessings, I saw subtle changes and then each day watching what the Lord was doing in them was just so exciting!

Do you know what your childrens spiritual gifts are? This is another wonderful way to speak forth blessings over them. My son, Jantzen has such a servants heart. We pray that his gift would continue to grow and the Lord would use him according to
His will! Not only do the kids hear you speaking, but they know you believe in them as well! Plus, they also see a glimpse into how much God does too!

I have had prayer warriors speak blessings over me, and let me tell you, I received those blessings with great expectation! Hearing those blessings was so very powerful !!

Outside our homes, our children and/or our spouses hear enough negativity. Don't you think speaking a blessing over those you love is one of the most wonderful and loving things we could do?

Today I am joining Charlotte & Ginger @ Spiritual Sundays ~ to read more go here

Friday Funnies ♥ "Shut the front door"

So last night our TV was on for maybe 15 minutes before we went out to play badminton and then work in our flower beds. While we had it on we saw this commercial and it cracked us up! Hope you guys enjoy it too!






A laugh is a smile that bursts. ~Mary H. Waldrip

Happy Friday Everyone

No Justice for Caylee

Not guilty?

As I sat and watched the jury declare Casey Anthony "not guilty" I was shocked. Even more so, watching her after the jurors had been escorted out of the court room, and seeing her parents make a quick exit as well, what was she thinking? Then again, What must they all be thinking? feeling?

As Casey began to laugh, and chat away with those around her, I was so sad. So sad for her baby girl. A beautiful 2 year old, whose life was taken from her far too soon. Yet, her mother was giddy. She was free. Free from the possibility of the death penalty. Free from facing consequences of actions she allegedly committed. Was she thinking of Caylee at all?

I have thought so much about how she spent her nights in jail and more importantly, how she spent that last night before hearing of her conviction or as we all witnessed her "not guilty verdict."

Does she pray? Does she practice "positive thinking" and believe it will come true like so many "new age movement" thinkers do?
Or did she just pace all day and night allowing Fear to rule and reign her thoughts and mind?

I truly never have understood how people get through life without Christ. Whether it be getting through the loss of a loved one and experiencing the Comfort and Peace that only truly comes from the Lord. Or maybe, it is the way HE will show HIMSELF strong in a situation and bring you that "Suddenly" moment, knowing there is no way to deny that it was the Lord working in your life. I will be praying for Casey Anthony. I don't even begin to judge where she is spiritually. Based on the facts of the case, it would be safe to say she needs Jesus in her life as her SAVIOR in a BIG WAY. Clearly, she is attempting to numb some pain in her life with all the partying she does and lying that comes with it. It's all so very sad. She needs a miracle to put her on the path to Eternity.

But then again, Our Lord is still in the Miracle business today and forevermore!

What are your thoughts on this case?

Red Skelton on Freedom

My Mom shared this with her grandchildren in mind. After watching it, I just had to share it with you all!! Enjoy and make sure you see the end...






‘May the Lord bless you
and protect you.
May the Lord smile on you
and be gracious to you.
May the Lord show you his favor
and give you his peace.’
Numbers 6:24-25 NLT

Hey it's me, Remember?

Wow....I guess I took a Blog Break. LOL We have sure been enjoying summer. We had a wonderful 4th of July, celebrating our Freedom and surrounded by friends and family, made it so special. Taking the time to truly appreciate our Freedom and all of those who have fought or continue to do so was very important this year. To Remember our Heritage and all this Country stands for as well as knowing our true Freedom in Christ is so vital!

Here is our sweet Rylee dressed in her stars and stripes!


My Beautiful Momma holding my grandson and her great-grandson, Bentley! Isn't he darling!!



We have started a new series @ Church which is known @ LifeChurch.tv to be when they experience one of their biggest growth spurts. It's called "At The Movies". Usually in summer alot of people tend to go on a hiatus from Church but in true Craig Groeschel form, this church reaches out to any and all, inviting them to come and hear the Gospel. When we started attending LifeChurch last year they had just finished "At the Movies" so we really didn't know what to expect this year. It is amazing all of the hard work that goes into it and God uses so many during this time, and HE gives Craig such an amazing Word for each week. I will share more later this week!

College is just around the corner for our sweet Jenna, we will be getting her dorm room stuff soon and she is SOO EXCITED to say the least! Here is one of her gifts my mom got her for the shower area in her dorm. In true jenna form she is modeling for us! LOLOL



So happy to be back to this wonderful Bloggy world! I have missed all of you!! Hope your Tuesday is blessed!

Spiritual Sundays

Happy weekend Everyone! It's my favorite time to blog and to visit others :) I pray you will join us in Spiritual Sundays and visit others who have posted as well! Thank you Charlotte and Ginger for all you do for Spiritual Sundays



Enjoy this new song by Chris Tomlin..... Will you let your Faith Arise??

Friday Funnies ♥ Bieber Fever

Happy Friday everyone! Can you even believe we are approaching the last week of June already???? Man, I wish Summer would slowwwww downnnnn :)

Anyhooo .... You might have heard about Bieber Fever. Justin Bieber is just the cutest thing! He has fans of all ages and this little guy has got to be one of the cutest fans I have ever seen! Enjoy this clip ~ We have gotten such a kick out of it!





Happy Weekend my Dear Friends! Love to you ALL!