Some song lyrics!!

Haha, here I am, still thinking Christmas thoughts!! Us kids, got my mom a Christmas CD for her present, and there are two songs on there that I've never heard before but I really like, so I decided to post the lyrics!! Anyways, the first one is more of just a winter one.

"It's A Marshmallow World"

It's a marshmallow world in the winter

When the snow comes to cover the ground

It's the time for play, it's a whipped cream day

I wait for it the whole year long.

Those are marshmallow clouds being friendly

In the arms of the evergreen tree

And the sun is read like a pumpkin head

It's shining so your nose won't freeze.

The world is your snowball, see how it grows

That's how it goes whenever it snows

The world is your snowball just for a song

Get out a roll it along.

It's a yum-yummy world made for sweethearts

Take a walk with your favorite girl (guy)

It's a sugar date, what if spring is late

In winter it's a marshmallow world.

"Tender Tennessee Christmas"

Come on weatherman,

Give us a forecast snowy white.

Can't you hear the prayers

Of every childlike heart tonight?

Rockles are calling,

Denver snow is falling,

Somebody said its four feet deep.

But it doesn't matter,

Give me the laughter;

I'm gonna choose to keep

(Chorus)

Another tender Tennessee Christmas,

The only Christmas for me.

Where the love circles around us,

Like the gift around our tree.

Well I know there's more snow,

Up in Colorado,

Then my roof will ever see,

But tender Tennessee Christmas

Is the only Christmas for me.

Every now and then,

I get a wanderin' urge to to see

Maybe California,

Maybe Tinsel Town's for me.

There's a parade there;

We'd have it made there;

Bring home a tan for New Year's Eve.

Sure sounds exciting,

Awfully inviting,

Still I think I'm gonna keep

(Chorus)

Another Tender Tennessee Christmas,

Is the only Christmas for me.

Where the love circles around us,

like the gifts around our tree.

Well they say in L.A.,

It's a warm holiday;

It's the only place to be.

But a tender Tennessee Christmas,

Is the only Christmas for me.

Seriously Upset

I don't know if I should post when I'm this upset, but oh well.

So, I'm up at my grandparents, and of course, I left my dress skirt for church hanging up at home, so we had to do a last minute rush and run out to get me a new skirt. Easy enough, right? Or, not!!!!! We went to Kohl's and looked around like crazy, finally my mom asks one of the workers if they had any skirts, you should have seen the looks they gave us!!!!! We must be totally daft!!!! Anyway, then we went to T.J. Maxx, and of course the only skirt they had was a ugggglllly snake skin skirt, ewwwww!!! We then went to Meijers and the only skirt like thing they had was a knit dress that was too short!!! I was seriously upset (have I made my point?). So, it's snowing like crazy, the day after Christmas rush was getting into full throttle, and we were all really tired of all this. But, we went to Goodwill and looked around for skirts there, we couldn't find any that I really liked at first, so we went to look at dresses, we went this totally indecent prom dress, that I would have worn a sweater over (okay, any of my friends reading this, you can breathe again:)), but that just wasn't working!!! Finally we got my grandma, going through the skirt aisle, and she found this really cute, blue and black skirt, and a nice beige skirt, I was so happy =D.

But any way, to make a long story short (yeah right, uh?) the whole point is can you believe, all that trouble for just a nice skirt? I mean, come on, you'd think enough girls wear skirts at least once in a while to sell them more frequent!!!

So, now you know my latest sorrow!! I'll post Christmas pictures when we get home, hope y'all had a good Christmas!!

Merry Christmas!!!!!!

Merry Christmas from us to you:) This is a picture of us kids with my Grandma.


This is the snow in Michigan, doesn't it look wonderful :~/

And... Our Christmas tree!!

Merry Christmas!!

My First Blog Award

Rules:
1. Thank the person who gave the award.
2. Copy the award.
3. Post it on your blog.
4. Tell seven things about yourself that your readers don't know.
5. Link seven new bloggers as recipients.
6. Notify the winners with comments on their blogs.
7. Keep being awesome!

Thank ya Brooke!!

Okay, seven things you might not know about me:

1. I'm 16 years old

2. I'm a junior in High School (yuck!!)

3. I love to play the piano

4. I'm desperately awaiting the Baby Grand we'll be getting @ church in February!!

5. I'm rushing to finish this cause we have to leave early to drop off Christmas presents before church.

6. I love blogging (you probably could have figured that out by now)

7. this is pretty random, but.... I got my ears pierced for my birthday, and I finally get to take them out on Tuesday. Random, uh?

I award:

Rebekah @ Living Joyfully in the Lord

Jennifer @ God's Been Good

Sharon @ My Delightful Diary

Rebecca @ A Rather Unusual Maiden For God

Renee @ Nay's Thoughts

Brooke @ Singing Praise To God (heehee, does this count? It's not the same blog)

Courtney @ Contemplations of Courtney

Thanks again Brooke

Here's my song for last week and for this week, since it will be Christmas Eve on the day I usually post the songs!! And I'll finish up my series on Modesty next week. Hope y'all have a very Merry Christmas!!

I Got this in an email it is very wierd, but you have to do it slowly!!!!

This is so accurate it is scary! Takes only a moment.

Who's your role model?


FIND OUT WHO TRULY IS YOUR ROLE MODEL. DON'T SCROLL DOWN YET, DO THE
SIMPLE MATH BELOW, THEN SCROLL DOWN TO FIND YOUR HERO.

It's CRAZY how accurate this is!
No peeking!
1) Pick a number between 1-9
2) Multiply by 3 then
3) Add 3
4) Then again Multiply by 3 (I'll wait while you get the calculator....)
5) You'll get a 2 or 3 digit number.....
6) Add the digits together

Now Scroll Down
...............

With that number, see who your ROLE MODEL is from the list below:
1. Einstein
2. Oprah Winfrey
3. Snoopy
4. Bill Clinton
5. Bill Gates
6. Gandhi
7. Ronald Reagan
8. Babe Ruth
9. Sarah Covey ;)
10.John Glenn

I know, I know....Oh dear it's hard to be humble. . . . .. One day, you too can be sharp.
P.S. Stop picking different numbers!! I AM YOUR IDOL, JUST DEAL WITH IT!!!!!!

LOL, this is great!!

Hey, I recently did a poll on everybody's favorite military branch, soooo I decided I'd do a post on the two winners: National Guard (woohoo!!!) and Air Force.

National Guard:

motto: "Always ready, always there."
Now I didn't know this, or at least not off my head, but there is a branch in both the Army and the Air Force.

Air Force:

motto: "Above All."

As y'all probably know Air Force is a branch unto itself.

Okay, I have more information, but I'll have to do some more homework (ughhh) before I can do anything else.

Millions show up to protest Global Warming!!

heehee!! This is so cute!!! Have a good weekend! (do ya think I use enough exclamation points in my posts?!?!?!?!!)

A tag and pictures, finally!!

I saw this tag on Brooke's Blog and she tagged all her followers so I figured I'd take a shot at it!!

List seven songs that you are into right now.
1. I Still Believe- The Stephen Ray Nichols Family
2. He Chose Me- West Coast Baptist College
3. Leave Your Heavy Burden at the Cross- West Coast Baptist College
4. Joshua- The Brothers
5. God's Been Good- hmmm Joanna, Bethany, and Esther Green, and the Epleys
6. Leaning On The Everlasting Arms- Jonathon and Tiffany Epley
7. Let's Build The Wall- The Stephen Ray Nichols Family

What kind of a car do you want when you're older? ohhh!!! A Ford Mustang, any year except '69 and convertible

Where do you want to live when you're older? Wherever God wants me

Do you want to go to collage? definitely

How many siblings do you have? Four bro's

How many children do you want to have when you're married? a whole lot, I love kids!!

Boys or girls? BOTH!!!!

City girl or country girl? definitely city girl, I love being in the country, but I don't think I could live there.

Gourmet meals or steak with salad? DEF steak w/ salad!!

Flying or driving? ummm?!?! well if I'm doing the driving/flying: driving, I don't think I'd like flying very much. But if someone else is doing it, I'd fly

Bike riding or swimming? Swimming :D

Sports or no sports? well, let me think........ sports!!!

Books or movies? probably books

School or chores? school if it's on the computer.

Inside or outside? Depends.

Wednesday or Sunday? Sunday

Friends or Family? Both... even better!

Fried or scrambled eggs? Fried

Pancakes or cereal? depends

Big meal or something small? depends

Movie or TV show? ummm not quite sure

Thing to do outside? ski, if winter, volleyball if summer

Favorite meal? fried chicken

Place to read a good book? my bed!!

What is your favorite vegetable? carrots

Where do you want to live when you graduate? same as the other question.

What time or day do you like the best? bedtime

What is your favorite flower? Rose (I think that that's every body's answer)

What is your favorite weapon? ummm? wasp spray :P

Do you like sports? If so which is your favorite? oh yeah, volleyball

Do you like writing? ummm, not by hand, I don't mind typing

What is your favorite month? August- that's the month we go to camp :).

Do you not like adventure? Depends, but mostly yes!

Do you collect anything? What do you collect? not really

Do you live near your grandparents? well, one lives about 4 hours away, and the others live either 2 hours up north or 4 hours south

Are you bored of this? almost

Okay, that's all!! Here are some pictures!!!

Here is a picture of my new bed, I'm in the middle of redoing my bedroom, this is the color scheme, I love it!!! But... I've gotten different feedback from it :~/

Here's a dorky picture of Luke and I!

Tuesday night we went caroling at the nursing home, this is Luke and Christian, our pastor's son, just hanging around.

This is my li'l bro Hunter being adorable, I love taking pictures w/ sepia.

He looks like he's sleeping!! He reached out for something just as I took the picture :O!!

The awsomest video ever, you've got to see this!!!!! :O

I saw this video a couple years ago at the youth camp we go to, it is the best.
And the greatest part about it is through part of the video I couldn't even hear the words because everybody was shoutin' like all good baptists do :)



Amen, and amen!!

Modesty pt. 3

Matthew 6
24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
(KJV)

"The great news is, you don't have to be a super-geek in your dress just because your a Christian. It's not like God is asking you to wear a white robe (at least not yet) all the time! Should you dress different than the world dictates? Yes. Should your principles be determined by God and not by your favorite clothing store at the mall? Yes. Do you have to be a total, out-of-style loser? No.

The general attitude of most people is that we belong to ourselves- it's our body; we can do or wear what we want! But this is not the teaching of God's Word for His children.

It might just surprise you what God has to say about what you wear! Are you ready to hear from God and obey Him? I hope so.

1. The way you dress always matters to God.

Matthew 6:30 teaches us that it is God Who desires to "clothe us." In other words, God desires to provide the clothing I wear just as He provides everything else in my life.

We already know that God desires for our lifestyles to reflect our salvation, but the clothing we wear is a huge part of that lifestyle. What we wear should reflect the fact that Christ lives in us.

Simply put, I should be willing to identify my life as a Christian through my appearance. What I wear matters to God because it either reflects Him or it doesn't. Are you willing to honor God by choosing clothing that pleases Him?

(taken from Glow In The Dark, Glow Publications. From Different by Design by Cary Schmidt)

It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas

Hey, here's my song for the week and some bizarre pictures!!

I have a tendency to really dislike winter, especially just at the beginning of the season. If you've ever been to Michigan in winter you'd understand why. These are some pictures that were sent to me; they totally give you a picture of what Michigan looks like in December!

We don't get so much ice usually, but this year we are getting a lot of it, the slushy frozen over kind.

Hopefully soon I'll get a new camera and then you can see what winters are really like in MI

Here's my song for the week, I watched some of this movie w/ my aunt over Thanksgiving Weekend, and I really like this scene, and the arrangement of the song!! enjoy!!

Modesty Pt. 2

Here's the second part to the post I did on modesty last week.


"But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: Which in times past were not a people, but are now the people of God; which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; Having your converstaion honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evil does, that they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation."

I Peter 2:9-12 KJB

"Do you really want your dress choices in life to be determined by media fads and pop-stars who can't even stay out of rehab long enough to finish a concert tour? Is this really the crowd you want to model your life and future choices after? Obviously not.

So, once again, you have the world's system and God's teaching. Behind the world's system is a bunch of lies, deception, and a lifestyle that will lead you seriously downhill. Behiind God's teaching, you have a loveing Heavenly Father Who longs to bless your life and future and Who longs to fulfill your heart's biggest desires.

Yes, God cares about our dress choices, and He gives us a Bible full of guiding principles upon which to base these choices. This is big stuff, and should challenge you to really think. What you wear is much more than a matter of rules or simple decisions. This isn't about just 'doing what you're told'.

No, we're going to dig a lot deeper than that. We're going to actually discover the serious heart of God on this matter. We're going to uncover the principles that form our beliefs and then our choices. It's one thing to say, 'Dress Modestly!' It's another thing entirely to consider the wealth of information God gives us behinf that one statement. These are some really great reasons why you should choose to dress God's way, and we're about the find out what they are!

Stop finding your identity in what you wear. That's what everybody else does. You are more than what you wear. In fact, what you wear is actually a reflection of who you really are. We'll see more of that next week"

(taken from Glow In The Dark, Glow Publications. From Different by Design by Cary Schmidt)

Support Our Troops!!

Hey, I just thought I'd let y'all know about this. "Xerox is doing something quite nice for our troops!" If you go to this website you can choose a card and then Xerox will print it out and send it to someone that's currently serving in Iraq. I hope that you all will be able to send one to our troops, and spread the word to others!!




I know I posted this song before but I like it and it fits this post so... :)

Here's my song for the week, I had a lot of trouble thinking of one that I wanted to do, and I found this one just searching through Youtube, so I thought I'd do it. I really like this one!!

I'll Take a Shot at It

Hey, I've been thinking about doing a series of post on modesty, and in my devotional for this month there is a four part series, so I thought I'd use them.

"In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works." I Tim. 2:9-10 KJV

"The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment" Luke 12:23 KJV

"Does God care about what you wear? I mean, really-isn't He too busy running the universe? Does how you dress really matter to Him? It does. He tells us this in His Word.

You will either be the victim of your culture or the champion of what is right in this matter. Hmmm... victim or champion?

What is culture teaching this generation about dress? Well, let's think about it for a moment. Culture seems to say the following:

• It has to be a popular brand name.
• It should be advertised by some pop-culture brand, team, or icon.
• If it's on a girl, it should be tight, low-cut, or revealing.
• If it's on a guy, it should be baggy and sloppy looking.
• If it's denim, it should be rough, worn, and with holes.
• If it's dressy, it should be skimpy or see-through.
• If it's tucked in, it's "out."
• If it's for a man, it could look feminine.
• If it's for a woman, it should get attention
• The sloppier looking, the cooler it is.

In short, if it's immodest, sloppy, trendy, faddish, or rebellious looking- it's in! And if you wear these things- you're in! What's that about? Come on! Please tell me you're slightly smarter than your culture thinks!

Okay- do you really want to be and automaton- mindlessly moved about by the dictator of pop-culture? Do you want pop-culture to drag you around with a ring in your nose telling you how to live and what to wear?"

(taken from Glow In The Dark, Glow Publications. From Different by Design by Cary Schmidt)

Hope y'all liked this and next week I'll do the next part!!

Random Thoughts!!

I got these in an email, and I personally believed that they were pretty funny, so I thought I'd share them with you!!

1. I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.

2. Nothing is worse than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.

3. I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.

4. There is great need for a sarcasm font.

5. How in the world are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

6. Was learning cursive really necessary?

7. Map Quest really needs to start their directions on #5. I'm pretty sure I know how to get out of my
neighborhood.

8. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.

9. I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.

10. Bad decisions make good stories.

11.. You never know when it will strike, but, there comes a moment at work when you know
that you just aren't going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.

12. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue Ray? I don't want to have to restart
my collection...again.

13. I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to
my ten-page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.

14.. "Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this--ever.

15.. I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Snap!), but when I immediately
call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer?
Drop the phone and run away?

16. I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance
the entire day. What a waste.

17. I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

18. My 4-year old son asked me in the car the other day,
"Dad, what would happen if you ran over a ninja?" How in the world do I respond to that?

19. I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

Please Pray!!!

Could y'all be praying for my Grandma? Tomorrow she has her second round of Chemo, and she's starting to lose weight and experience other side effects from her first round. After tomorrow her next round is sometime before Christmas, like that week. So, we'd appreciate it if you could pray for her, for both her chemo, and her and my Grandpa aren't saved. Thanks!!

Tomorrow we're going to start decorating for Christmas!!! My brothers are so excited, they've been bugging my mom for like a couple of weeks, so they're really excited.
I'm trying this signature thing for the first time, so hopefully it works out. I've been trying to figure it out, but I had no clue what I was doing, so thank you Sharon for your help!
We went up to my Grandparents for Thanksgiving and well we were there we had a sort of informal photo shoot, so as soon as I get the pictures I'll post them.