coming out from behind the tree….

So after the New Year’s Day meltdown what happens next?  Once you admit that you are sad and overwhelmed, where do you go from there? Well, I got busy. Just in a different way. I got back into Bible study I got back into aerobics class I started my 2011 Siesta Scripture Memory Team notebook [...]

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the christmas 2010 recap

otherwise known as “it is dark behind the Christmas Tree” We tried (just like every year) to have a low-key Christmas season but it just didn’t happen.  Between Journey to Bethlehem (which didn’t happen due to inclement weather, but we got to spend a lot of time planning and organizing and being ready for it [...]

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Christmas continued

okay, we got the Santa photos done, now on to the rest of Christmas. first off Christmas Eve was great.  My church does four services. a 4:00 kids service (usually a drama or something that kids will love) a 5:30 traditional with candle-lighting, choirs, advent wreath, etc a 7:00 contemporary and an 11:00 traditional. Martin [...]

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joy to the world

this year Christmas was both more, and less. less about presents (though some how the pile for Ginny was bigger than we had planned) and more about people. We were very deliberate about making time for certain folks and digging time out of our schedule to make certain we sent out the cards, letters and [...]

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christmas card photos

I just realized that I have photos of Ginny that I haven’t shared on the blog yet.  What has gotten into me?  I’m neglecting Ginny’s fans! (tongue firmly in cheek here by the way) These were mostly taken at Target for use on our Christmas cards So there you have it. By the way, we [...]

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all i want for christmas….

My memory verse for these last two weeks of 2009 is this – One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek:  that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek Him in His [...]

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the most wonderful post of the year

This post is important. It is the post that lead to a friendship. But it is more than just simply important to me.  At this time of year there are loads of people going through depression for many reasons.  This post helps those who know God to get through it in a better frame of [...]

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miles of smiles

I want to make people smile. Not like a comedian, Not laugh like haha, but smile with quiet joy.  I want to make people happy.  I want people to feel good just by being in the same room with me. Yesterday I gave someone a smile when they needed it and when they commented on [...]

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ginny at work

for the Ginny photo addicts who must be appeased at all costs.  Here is your “fix” for the day. This was taken back during the Christmas break when I brought Ginny to work with me for one day. I’d forgotten about it, but we just cleared off the work camera and these showed up. Just [...]

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Journey to Bethlehem

These just arrived from our Journey to Bethlehem photo shoot back in December. Ginny got to be baby Jesus in the official photos and then Martin and I (since we were in costume anyway) got to step in a get a couple shots with her as well. Never in my wildest dreams did I think [...]

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