Crock Pot Cake

Oh My GOSH!!!! I am tooting my horn!! TOOOT TOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTT!
Any who I wanted something good, so I search my cabinet looking for something to make. I found a Better Crocker Devil's Food cake however I had no eggs. I took a peek on line and found a recipe for a soda crock pot cake. Not appealing at first but Lilly talked me into making it. All you do is dump a soda of your choice( we used Dr. Pepper) in a cake mix cook on low for about three hours and you have this oooey gooey cake. We topped ours with coconut pecan icing. IT was fabulous!

Look What the Wind Blew In

My Maw-Maw used to say this all the time. She and Paw-paw would come over ring the door bell with that special ring and say "Look What the Wind Blew In." My grandparents were famous for bringing "Care Packages" These "Care Packages" had all kinds of stuff in them, like groceries, clothes, useless items and we loved it! I had no idea how much I would  grow to love care packages! My parents have continued the tradition of care packages. Sometimes my parents will bring groceries, stuff for the kids or just things! We love our care packages, and thank the Lord for the simple blessings of everyday "Care Packages" I can't wait until I can carry out these traditions with Lilly and Owen, door bell ring and all!

Owens Bad Day

Poor Owen is growing like a weed, we just bought him a ton of new cloths around Christmas and he has all ready grown out of them. He is also become really klutzy, I am sure its because he is growing. Any way the poor kid was playing with Lilly and he fell off the sofa table and now has a black eye. This evening he fell off the couch and has a bruised back and well his knees and legs look like summer has come early! ;)

Falcon, Falcons, From Falcon, Forbidden Road

So when Teddy and I were going to High School we loved to cut off Markshuffel and take this horrible dirt road to Falcon called Tamlin. Well this road was forbidden to most of us Falcon kids because it was pretty dangerous and really rough. Any who I got a whim the other day and decided to take Tamlin to the Library out in Falcon. Still the same old road only this time I can go on with out getting in trouble. Oh and it now ends in a housing development :( not off the REAL Maridian!

A House of Books

We love the library! And I have no idea why I did not do this sooner but my mom and I took the kids to get their own Library cards! That was a fun mile stone they each picked out several books and put them on their own cards! So fun!!

Praying

Let's see........ We have troops fighting in Iraq and Afganistan.......Japan is in dire straits...........Libians are being slaughtered.............Our economy is in the dumps.................Elected officials refuse to show up for work because it is not going their way..........but, not to worry. We can sleep well tonight. The President of the United States of America, has made his picks for March Madness!!!!!!!!!!!
Please Please join me in prayer for our country!

New Series Starts this Weekend!

I know I say this over and over but Gary and I LOVE OUR CHURCH!! We are starting a new series this weekend and would love to see you there. Please prayerfully consider joining us. Gary and I both serve in ministry Sunday morning and are there early. We would love to show you around!!!

Dinner Out

We don't go out very much at night anymore, so it was really nice for all of us to have dinner out with my folks! We had a really good time, thanks mom and dad!!! It was almost as good as when I get behind you guys in line at Starbucks!! Thank you and love you!!

After seeing how crazy strange we all look in these photos, it's no wonder we don't get out much! I think we may be to much for the public!! HA~HA!!!

Movie Night at Church

Saturday night we had an amazing evening sharing a very sweet movie together with our church family. We watched Toy Story III. Such a sweet movie, I don't think I will ever throw any toys out ever again! All the kids had on pj's and pillow pets! It was really really sweet to see all the kids cuddled on the floor together watching a movie together!

Heartbreaking Photo

Praying for Japan.

Officials in protective gear check for signs of radiation on children who are from the evacuation area near the Fukushima Daini nuclear plant in Koriyama, Japan, March 13.

Beautiful Exchange Take a Listen

I am a worship leader at my church and I truly love powerful worship. God has give us so many tools to reach His people, I have seen people come to Jesus during powerful movements of song,where the Holy Spirit takes over. I have always believed that God has given music because it can be so indescribably powerful. That feeling I get when I am singing to Jesus and worshiping him with all I have is a moment that can't be described. The song playing on my play list is a new song we have just added to our ever growing and powerful set list. I am thankful for in your face worship that makes people feel the power of Christ. I am so blessed to sing to my Jesus and can't wait to sing this song! Take a listen!

Space shuttle Discovery lands on STS-133, its final mission

Space shuttle Discovery lands on STS-133, its final mission

(Red Huber, Orlando Sentinel / March 9, 2011)
Space shuttle Discovery, STS-133, ends its historic career after the crew of 6 astronauts made a picture-perfect landing Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at the Kennedy Space Center.

I am not going to lie seeing that beautiful space ship land for the last time brought tears to my eyes. Can you imagine the exploration of space and what a rush it must feel like to travel up up and away. Praise God for the wonderful years of space exploration. I can only pray that we as a country can get it together and remember the importance of space exploration, and NASA. I can't believe that my kids won't be seeing a shuttle launch again anytime soon. So thankful to the men and women who devoted so much time, thought and effort into the science of sending a flying piece of foam into outer space. Thank you Space Shuttle Discovery!

Happy Birthday Allie

Happy Birthday to our sweet Allie! Allie we miss you so very very much and can not wait until you all move state side! We are so proud of you little bear and love you so much! Happy 6th Birthday Pretty!!!
Lilly and Owen could not wait to talk with Allie today. We headed up to Grammie and Grampys right after school so the kids could chat across the ocean!!

Owen and His CRAZY Hairdresser

Lilly apparently decided Owen needed a haircut Saturday WHILE I WAS AT WORK. That means that Gary was home during the haircut, I lose the kids he lets them cut and paint things, we are great team!! Any who this is several day's later and I am just now getting around to taking a picture of Owens hair, and his very inexperienced hairdresser. I am going to take the poor kid to get it fixed tomorrow, I figured he has lived with it this long that is enough punishment for him. Lilly had to give up all her craft stuff and she now knows it is not ok to cut, her hair, mommy's hair, grammies hair, ducks hair, pony's hair, any of her friends hair or her brothers! Now that we have that covered I better go they are awful quiet upstairs!

Worship Is A Gift Share It!

As most of my family and friends know I love to worship Jesus through song, it's my favorite thing to do ever. Singing to my Jesus is my way of pleading with people to get it, to get what I have found in Him. Something so special happens when I get to sing to my Jesus.
 I think I have been having worship withdrawals, we have added several services to include Saturday evening and three services on Sunday. One may think we would be able to serve more but in fact we are down to just once a month. For someone like me who feels I have found my place this can be really disappointing to only sing once a month. However today something dawned on me. God whapped me right upside my head! I realized we have four large services, if we include Wednesday nights we have five services where in each services we have a worship team. Now think with me. Let's go back to what I said in the the second sentence. I said worship is my way of pleading with people to find Christ. Can you imagine we have so many people at one church that feel the same way! We have people willing to serve and give up their time to serve Jesus, to plead with the people, to sing or play an instrument run lighting sound and camera's. What a blessing it is to serve only once a month what a blessing it is to see others passionately sing to Jesus!
With that said and how blessed I am to see and feel the passion others have for Christ just as I do, I am really looking forward to March 20th, this would be the next time I get to corporately sing to my beloved Savior! :) Ha~Ha!!! Just thought I would throw that in there!!!

Tonight We Have Date Night!!!

Ok Ok, this is kind of sad for some people. For Gary and I it's just life, and we like it this way. It has been over three years since Gary and I went out alone! Some peoples marriages just would not survive, but we love our little family and we are ok sneaking a real movie on netflix and a pizza after the kids have gone to sleep. That is what we would consider date night. But tonight we are going to dinner and to see a comedian. I am looking forward to being able to talk about the kids and church and our families with out interruption. Should be fun evening I may even do my nails! I'll post pictures tomorrow!

Some of Our Favorited Bible Verses

We love to read The Bible, it has become something of a favorite past time in our home. My favorite all time bible verses have to do with music and worship. I still have such a hard time comprehending that God is letting me live my dream! I love sing to Jesus it would be my favorite thing ever! This is a list of our families top ten!

1.John 3:16


For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (NIV)



For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life. (AMP)



For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (KJV)



2.John 1:1

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (NIV)



IN THE beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. [Isa. 9:6.] (AMP)



In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (KJV)



3.John 14:6

Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (NIV)



Jesus said to him, I am the Way and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except by (through) Me. (AMP)



Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (KJV)



4.Matthew 28:19

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit (NIV)



Go then and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit (AMP)



Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: (KJV)



5.Romans 3:23

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (NIV)



Since all have sinned and are falling short of the honor and glory which God bestows and receives. (AMP)



For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; (KJV)



6.Ephesians 2:8

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – (NIV)



For it is by free grace (God's unmerited favor) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ's salvation) through [your] faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [of your own doing, it came not through your own striving], but it is the gift of God (AMP)



For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: (KJV)



7.Genesis 1:1

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (NIV)



IN THE beginning God (prepared, formed, fashioned, and) created the heavens and the earth. [Heb. 11:3.] (AMP)



In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. (KJV)



8.Acts 1:8

"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." (NIV)



But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends (the very bounds) of the earth. (AMP)



But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. (KJV)



9.2 Timothy 3:16

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness (NIV)



Every Scripture is God-breathed (given by His inspiration) and profitable for instruction, for reproof and conviction of sin, for correction of error and discipline in obedience, [and] for training in righteousness (in holy living, in conformity to God's will in thought, purpose, and action), (AMP)



All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: (KJV)



10.Romans 10:9

If you declare with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (NIV)

Lilly's Book Report

In honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday Lilly had to do a book report on a Dr. Seuss book. Of course out of the hundreds of Dr. Seuss books that have been written she did hers on space! The picture does not show all the glitter and sparkle that Lilly has interpreted space to have! I believe that there is a pink planet that has yet to be discovered, maybe my little space cadet will discover that for me and send me there with a pink Starbucks!

Bye Baby Seats

Gary and I have been debaiting for a few months about the kids car seats. Today was the day we put them both in a booster. So sad to turn around and see big kid seats, I think I need more babies!