Spiritual Sundays

Praising the Lord for rescuing me. Praising the Lord for meeting me right where I am. Praising the Lord for all HE has done!
Truly, I am forever HIS!

I pray this song blesses you....




Thank you Charlotte and Ginger for hosting Spiritual Sundays each and every week! To join in go here

Have a Blessed and Beautiful weekend! I will be driving with my Mom to North Dakota to attend her favorite Uncles funeral. It is quite the drive and the temps are VERY VERY COLD! Would you please offer up a prayer for safe travel and for Uncle Bobs family. If you don't mind, praying for my husband as well while I am gone. I am so blessed to have such an amazing and supportive husband!

Love you all!

Thankful for Grace

Colossians 3:15-17
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Do you let the PEACE of Christ rule in your heart? Does the Word of Christ dwell richly in you? Is there thankfulness in your heart? Do you do everything in the name of Jesus?


I know I fail terribly......


Forgive me Lord! I fail miserably when I don't walk with YOUR PEACE in my heart or allow YOUR WORD to dwell in me. Help me to do everything in YOUR NAME Jesus, thanking YOU with my actions, my words, my deeds so that others see YOU ...not me. Help me to sing my heart out to you Lord!! Help me Lord to cultivate thankfulness and to instruct others in the way of the Lord! May I always be about my FATHERS BUSINESS

Thanking the Lord for HIS Word and HIS Grace today....What about you? What are you thankful for?

Soo Proud of my Boy & WELCOME HOME MOM ♥

Last Night was a WONDERFUL night for sooo many reasons! First, My husband came home from his business trip :)

Second, My Mom and StepDad returned from Paris!! They have been gone for a week and I missed them so much! I am used to talking to my Mom everyday and well....That wasn't an option in Paris :) I can't wait to see her and see all her pictures and hear all about their trip!!

Finally, to top this off we finished the evening at a ceremony inducting My Son into the National Junior Honor Society! Being a part of NJHS is such an honor and a privilege! It is all about serving others in your community as well as maintaining an excellent GPA. (Not to mention it looks awesome on a Resume for College and Future Jobs too!) The Principal shared how special this group of kids was, and I couldn't agree anymore!

Here are some pics from the ceremony!





This was the Biggest class they have ever had....165 7th Grade Students


Playing peek-a-boo from across the room....Love my Zoom lens :)




Receiving His award for being inducted! This is his principal, Mr. Coke... He is wonderful and loves his job!



There was one more picture of Jantzen and a group of kids that have been together ever since PRESCHOOL! There were at least 7 of them that were inducted tonite....It was so precious to see and I know how much their teacher(s) Ms. Diane, Ms. Barbie, Ms. Renee, and Ms. Janet will all LOVE seeing this one! When I get a copy I will have to post it!

Happy Wednesday everyone!

I saw God today

Isn't it wonderful when you can go about your day and see God in everything! Seriously, our Perspective can be one that looks for the good or unfortunately looks for the negative!

I have seen many bloggers posting their 1000 gifts and in reading them it has caused me to look for the gifts in my day. The Word tells us that "Every good and Perfect gift comes from above" James 1:7

Some of the gifts God has given me.....

HIS Perfect Timing...you know ....when you see HIS hand on a situation that you think "OH please Lord let this happen, and then it doesn't, and it doesn't, and then SUDDENLY God Moves so Powerfully and you are just sooo humbled! Yep, His timing is amazing.

Laughter as we all went shopping for my husband. He needed some new pants for a business trip that he is currently on. He went into the dressing room to try on all of his choices. It was near closing time at the store so we were almost the only ones in the whole place. Before you know it the four of us are all on the dressing room cracking up and being silly.... Weird? yep! But who cares we were having fun :)

My brother calling to catch up and sharing about his life and how proud I am of him!

Receiving an email from a friend letting you know they are praying for you! Love you Lori! ♥

Waking up to a text message with yet another adorable picture of one of my grandchildren


Think He's sayin "Hi Noni!????" Of course He is! ;)


I pray as you go about your day today, you can see Gods hand on you! In the big things or especially in the tiniest of things...He IS with you....ALWAYS

LOVE YOU MY FRIENDS!

Mondays Musings

I hope everyone had a great weekend! Didn't it just FLY BY!?!?!?

We had a SURPRISE PARTY for Jantzen!!


We had planned on having a party with his friends but then with all the snow days we ended up having to go to school on Friday which made having a sleepover not an option. Soooo we just decided to Surprise him and it was a HUGE SUCCESS :) All of his buddies were here before he got home from school and he had NO IDEA!! WE got him the PS3 MOVE and have had a ball with it :) We played the Jelly Bean Beanboozled game with all the boys. You know..... where the jellybelly's taste like:

Rotten Eggs
Moldy Cheese
Skunk
Canned Dog Food
Barf
Centipede
Pencil Shavings
Booger
Baby Wipe
Toothpaste

So this would explain why most of the pics show them spitting the jelly beans out huh??!!!! ;)~






IT WAS A HOOT!!!!


Yesterday we spent the day With all of my Husbands Sisters! He has THREE SISTERS and He is the baby so he was SPOILED ROTTEN growing up! They doted on him all the time! They dressed him too LOL! It was so nice being together and I hate that I left my camera at home! We plan on doing this once a month so I will have to get some next time!

What did you guys do this weekend? Hope it was Filled with Jesus and JOY

Spiritual Sundays

Each and Every Sunday you will find either Charlotte or Ginger hosting Spiritual Sundays. They are two precious and godly women who share this blog to encourage and share the Lord with all who come to visit. They are mighty prayer warriors as are all who participate each week. If you need prayer please let me know or visit here and know that your prayer need will be shared and many will go into the Throne Room asking Lord to meet your need!

Years ago, my Husband and I were going through a rough patch in our marriage, so we began seeing a Life Coach. We were on year 13 of our marriage. We learned soooo many valuable lessons during that time. It was truly amazing all the Lord allowed us to see and to learn. Going through the pain brought about a depth of love, it was a whole new level, and unless we had gone through this, we never would have imagined it to be possible! Some of the Important things we learned and continue to learn even today was:
The difference of personalities and how to understand one another based on that personality. Knowing what/how each personality works is amazing to me! This not only helps spouses, but having this knowledge allowed us to better parent our kids too. It goes all the way to the workplace too! This information is invaluable for sure!

We also implemented Family Meetings each and every week. We come together with our calendars and share what is going on during that week. We also offer up any prayer needs or things during the week that the kids or one of us need prayer for and this goes into our calendars. Knowing we have one another covered brings such peace. Our kids know Mom and Dad are praying during a test, or if my husband has a issue at work and knows we are all covering him in prayer brings such comfort.

Another of my favorite things we learned was the importance of date night. Both my husband and I come from broken homes. When we married each other almost 21 years ago it was a 2nd marriage for both of us. We were DETERMINED not to go through another Divorce and I am here to tell you. IT.WON'T.HAPPEN!

I would have to say that no matter what..... the bottom line is ... We are a team. We have each others backs. B,ut more than all that we have God leading us and HE is the Captain of our Family Team. He shows my children the Strength that their parents have. The Love and Respect that we have for one another. They also see that we aren't perfect but that we have a Heavenly Father who offers Grace and Mercy and lovingly disciplines those HE loves!

I am so thankful that even though we went through such a difficult time, God was Faithful to bring this godly woman into our lives to coach us in HIS Ways. To surround us with other couples who had gone through tough times as well. God changed their lives, their marriages, and their families.

Whether you are married or not, if you are going through a rough time God wants to help you. To love you and meet you right where you are. HE longs to brings Light into the Darkness of your hearts, minds, and circumstances! If only you will let HIM!
Will you? HE AWAITS!

TGIF ♥

My friend KIM is one of the sweetest and funniest people you can meet here in blogland! She hosts Friday Funnies each and every week and I LOVE to join in and share some laughter! This week I am sharing a couple of videos from Christmas a couple of years ago. We played a game called QUELF. It is HILARIOUSLY FUNNY! You act out what the card instructs you to do and then your teammates guess what you are. Sometimes there is a time limit on what your doing so even though you feel like a complete idiot it doesn't matter....you just keep on doing what your doin!! It is a guaranteed night of laughter as you will quickly hear all of us CRACKING UP!



On this first video I cannot even remember what my stepdad was doing but even he couldn't stop laughing! This one is my favorite


This one is obviously him being a ballerina :)


Happy Friday Everyone.....remember ~ A day without laughter is a day wasted! ♥ U ALL

Happy Birthday to my Sweet Young Man ♥

14 YEARS AGO I had THE sweetest Baby Boy EVER! His nickname when he was little was "Happy Happy Happy" because he was always smiling and just so darn happy! He's had other nick-names too ~ "Barista Boy" by all of the teachers at his school because he made them all coffee every single morning and knew JUST how they like it too! I could go on and on about this boy the Lord has blessed us with but hey....I know I know....I'm his momma ♥

OH how he loves the Lord!!! I've always told him that he has a heart like King David. Jantzen's baptism (sorry it's so blurry!)



He is an UH MA ZING Brother



He always knows how to make us laugh....even in the most difficult moments in life. This was driving to Florida when we had just received the news my Daddy had lung cancer and we had just lost my mother-in-law days prior. (yep, that's bubblegum)


He LOVES CANADA! Where this love comes from ...only the Lord knows!


He is an AWESOME Uncle! ♥



















He is an Incredible Chef and a Very Successful Entrepreneur! He started his own company a few years ago making "dog biscuits and mutballs" and has earned enough along the way to purchase some very nice things! A Mac Computer for starters....WOW Jantz! We are soo proud of you!









He is the Favorite (and only) Grandson ;)

























Yes, we are blessed that God has allowed us to parent this kind, funny and oh so generous young man that we call "Our Son"



Happy Birthday Jantzen.....You fill our hearts with Joy and Laughter, you inspire us to be better people and are an amazing example of loving and serving others above yourself! Phil 2! We are so very proud of you and all you have done and cannot wait to see even more of what God has in store for you! Jer 29:11. Your Daddy and I Love You soooo Much XOXO

Happy Valentines Day ♥

Happy Monday & Happy Valentines Day Everyone! I tell ya, after 2 weeks of having my kids home because of snow days It is so quiet in my house, I'm not sure what to do....LOL

Only in Oklahoma can you go from -20 degrees to almost 60!!! It is going to be so warm this week and we are all so thankful and so happy to have this snow melting away!

This Thursday will be my sweet boys birthday! I seriously can't believe my Baby is turning 14!! Man, I am getting old ;) We celebrated early as a family because we won't all be able to be together later this week. He wanted to go to one of his favorite restaurants called Tokyo Garden. It.is.yummy! Here are some pics of our celebration!

The Owner of the restaurant offered to take a group pic! I LOVE this one!


Don't know who is being silly here....Krista or Rylee?? LOL


The birthday boy! His favorite gift....CASH! hahaha


Krista and Casey ♥


They may be Cousins but they are most definitely the Best of Friends as well


My Sweet Ry


My handsome grandson Bentley ♥


Don't you just Love his expressions LOLOLOL


My MOM aka ~ Nanny and Papa lovin on Bentley



How was your weekend? Hope it was blessed and Hope you all have a wonderful week!

Spiritual Sundays

Happy Almost Valentines Day ♥ everyone! My honey treated me to a nice dinner and window shopping early Friday evening. After being snowed in over these last 2 weeks, it was soooo nice to be out and about! Time spent alone with my husband is always a treat!! I am so blessed with the Love of my family but I know there is no greater love than the Love of Jesus, the Love of my Father reaches to the heavens and His Faithfulness...it never fails us. Here is a video sharing HIS Love for you and me! I pray it blesses you all!



Thank you Charlotte and Ginger for sharing Spiritual Sundays with us each and every week! If you want to read additional posts or join in yourself go here I love you all and am so blessed to be a part of this amazing group of bloggers who Love the Lord, Love HIS Word, and share it with all of those who take time to visit our blogs! Thank you each and everyone for being a Light for Jesus!