Next Anticipation

She's Famous!

My sister is famous: http://www.thisisnext.org/blog/packing_list_twitter .

Quick Update

Yes I am still among the living. Lots going on. Here's a quick list:

• Cleaning for grandparents arrival
• Church on Sunnday
• Mother's Day (Kelli took some pics of us kids and we surprised Mom!)
• Grandparents arrived on Sunday afternoon
• Lots of eating
• Lots of yard work (it looks beautiful!)
• More eating
• Lots of talking
• More yard work
• More eating (yummy desserts too, Mom's such a great cook!)
• The girls will take Gran & Mom out to lunch tomorrow and we'll go shopping!
• Grandparents leave on Sunday morning
• Really looking forward to Next (I can't believe it's next week!!!)
• Praying for Next
• A bit of a sun burn, but a nice tan too! Sweet!
• Can't wait to see everyone on Sunday

Me and My Mommy

Here's some pictures of me and my best friend. Love you, Mom!

Late Night Laugh

Ok, I really am going to bed. But, I just read this on the Girl Talk Blog. It made me laugh out loud... which I needed. :)

"One Sunday morning, the pastor noticed little Alex standing in the foyer of the church staring up at a large plaque. It was covered with names and small American flags mounted on either side of it. The six-year old had been staring at the plaque for some time, so the pastor walked up, stood beside the little boy, and said quietly, 'Good morning Alex.'

'Good morning Pastor,' he replied, still focused on the plaque. 'Pastor, what is this? The pastor said, 'Well son, it's a memorial to all the young men and women who died in the service.' Soberly, they just stood together, staring at the large plaque. Finally, little Alex's voice, barely audible and trembling with fear asked, 'Which service, the 8:30 or the 10:45?'"

Perspective in Trials

"More than anything else I could ever do, the gospel enables me to embrace my tribulations and thereby position myself to gain full benefit from them. For the gospel is the one great permanent circumstance in which I live and move; and every hardship in my life is allowed by God only because it serves his gospel purposes in me. When I view my circumstances in this light, I realize that the gospel is not just one piece of good news that fits into my life somewhere among all the bad. I realize instead that the gospel makes genuinely good news out of every other aspect of my life, including my severest trials. The good news about my trials is that God is forcing them to bow to His gospel purposes and do good unto me by improving my character and making me more conformed to the image of Christ.

Preaching the gospel to myself each day provides a lens through which I can view my trials in this way and see the true cause for rejoicing that exists in them. I can then embrace trials as friends and allow them to do God's good work in me."
-A Gospel Primer for Christians, by Milton Vincent, Copyright 2008

It's Official

Exactly three more weeks!!!

Summer's on the Way!