i samuel 3

vs 10 "then God came and stood before his exactaly as before, calling out, "Samuel! Samuel!"
Samuel answered, "Speak, I'm your servant, ready to listen"."

God speaks to us in different ways these days. But he DOES speak to us. think about the last time the lord shared with you, either through a spoken word, His written word, or a word of encouragement from someone in your life. Lord keep me always "ready to listen"

psalms 22:30-31

"Our children and their children
will get in on this
as the word is passed along
from parent to child.
Babies not yet conceived will hear the good news-
that God does what he says"

two things hit me today...
1.) God does what he says! period, thats it, no gray areas.
2.) this great news is passed from parent to child. what a huge job we have as christian parents to live a life that passes this great news on. not only with our words, but with our life style and actions.

open house with mom

this weekend i got to spend 4 days in florida with mom helping her out with her lil chicks open house. i arrived in florida thrusday afternoon, we grabbed a bite to eat and mom asked what i wanted to do. i said "make dresses". so thursday afternoon mom and i made two more fall colored dresses and she made herself an apron. it was so nice to just sit down and accomplish a task without looking after the kids as well. dave was so good to keep ALL 3 of them so i got to come down all by myself.
friday morning we both wanted to sleep in but neither of us could. i guess we were both to excited. we spent the morning setting up the house for the sale. moms friend Diane came also and does crafts so she brought a bunch of her fun things as well. everything looked really good together and filled up the house. the picture above is of mom, diane, her other friend sandy, who was our cahier for the day, and me. mom has had a really great support of friends through this process. they all came by on friday and saturday to check everything out. it was nice for me to see them too.the set up
mom had little gift baskets made up with a childs apron and either kitchen, gardening, or artist goodies. dad made the dress stands. they showed off the dresses so nicely.
we had hair bows, dresses, gift baskets, aprons, burp cloths, diaper bag tags and few other things. it was a ton of fun. she didnt sell to many of the little girl things, just because not many of the people that came had little girls to buy for. i kept thinking that i know lots of mommies up in tennessee with little girls to buy for :) so after the open house we packed everything up into a suit case for me to bring up to tennessee with me. i will have a little show here and try to sell some more dresses for mom. whatever doenst sell i am sending back to her in time for her fall and christmas sales at big crafts shows. i think she will do really well at both of those venues.

"i'm leavin' on a jet plane..."

... well more like a really tiny prop plane, but non the less, i'm leaving on plane to head to south florida tomorrow morning for moms "lil chicks" open house. i am so excited that i can be there for it. Dave is awesome and is being mr. mom for the last two days of the school week and the weekend. i know he will do great and the kids will have a blast with him. he has been gone the first half of this week and the kids and i have had a good time together, now they get some daddy time.

i have been working on a few more things to bring down to the sale. a few more hair accessories and things. i couldnt resist putting some on brenna and taking her picture.
some super cute head bands on a super cute girl. she is looking and acting so grown up all of a sudden. brenna will be 2 years old in 2 short months.




i love the colors and her eye lashes in this one. she isnt to fond of my camera, so i have to move quick with her. this was a lucky shot and i just love it.
good bye for now. cant wait to get there and help mom set it all up. i am sure i will take lots of pictures so you can see how she did. we are not quite sure what to expect so we are both a little nervous. i know, no matter what happens with sales, that mom and i will have a good time together.

psalms 19:11

"there's more: God's word warns us of danger
and directs us to hidden treasure.
Otherwise how will we find our way?
Or know when we play the fool?"

lord help me to continue in your word. the road map for life! this is where i will find my answers, help me to always remember this.

psalms 18:6b

"...from his palace he hears my call,
my cry brings me right into his presence-
a private audience!"

my mind cant grasp this.... how i can cry out to the lord and that he hears me, like i am the only person in the world. he hears me and is focused on me, he is my private audience. the amazing thing is that he can do this with every christian that cries out his name.... God you are more amazing than i have words for. help me to find joy in knowing that i have your full attention, my private audience, whenever i cry out your name.

psalms 8:1-2

"God, brilliant Lord,
yours is a household name.

Nursing infants gurgle choruses about you;
toddlers shout the songs
that drown out enemy talk,
and silence atheist babble."

-the message

Lord let this be true of my home.