315 dog tired

This week has left me dog tired and exhausted.  I haven't had drama in my life for awhile.  I didn't invite it in.  I truly believe the devil brought the drama into my life to attack me.  You know what? I will survive the drama.  I have survived worse.  I know when I am on the right path it scares the devil.  So he spiritual attacks me just as he does with all Christians.  My faith in God isn't going to waver.  I will pray and get through this obstacles with grace like I always do.  (Okay maybe a little short temper at times but I will work on that.)

314 Church mission statement

This is on my shirt.  It's our church's motto.  I love it.  I just wanted to share it with you all. 

312 dream

This is my daughter's shirt.  I love it.  But I started thinking about dreaming.  When we are kids our dreams are so big and reachable in our eyes.  The sky was not the limit.  We could grow up to be anything we want to be and do whatever we wanted.  We were invincible.  We believed in our selves and our dreams.  Heartbreak and disappointment later, we stop dreaming big.  We give up on some dreams. We dream small, just hoping to get the laundry done.  We need to keep dreaming.  I am chasing my dreams.  I am living my dream.  I am blessed.  If you aren't living your dream GO CHASE IT!

310 puppets

Today Gabrielle got to do the Puppets for the little kids at church today.  A group of 7 kids used the puppets to see songs about Jesus and God's love.  It was beyond adorable.  I love the Kidsview Creative Arts Program at our church.  She blossoms in choir and the puppets.  She sees like an angel.  She has become less shy and more outgoing.  Plus she gets more time with other Christian children and adults.  You can't beat that:)

 

309 Bloomington Blaze

Mike is keeping stats for the local hockey team. We get two free tickets to all home games. So tonight while he is keeping stats Gabrielle and I are enjoying the game. The picture is pregame. We hope more people show up.

306 Month of Thanks

This is a picture Gabrielle made in preschool.  The tree is her little hand.  It's a magnet on our fridge.  I love it. 

I also love that a lot of people are doing a month of thanks on facebook.  Each day you are to say Day (whatever day of November it is) and I am thankful for....you list something.  We all get wrapped up in our day to day lives, jobs, housework, parenting, so on.  We don't stop and list our blessings and what we have to be thankful for.  So I am taking part of this facebook movement this month.  Each day I am going to list something I am thankful for.  I won't run out of things to be thankful for.  Here is a list of things I am very thankful for: my salvation, my daughter, my hubby, my mom, mother-in-law, father-in-law, 5 brothers, 1 brother-in-law, 2 sisters, 3 sister-in-laws (or soon to be), 4 nieces, 2 nephews (and one more on the way), all my cousins, aunts and uncles, all of Mike's family that became my family by major, my friends, my pets, the time we got to spend with Pumpkin before he went to heaven, our house, enough money to pay our bills, enough money to buy food, great doctors, wonderful church family, my life, and so much more. 

304 Hoose-N-Anny

Every year around Halloween my daughter's school has their annual Hoose-N-Anny.  It's a fall festival with a western theme.  The students come dressed in western gear, no Halloween costumes.  In the morning, they do school work after everyone has had lunch the games begin.  There is pumpkin roll, hayback ride, gold rush, and so much more.  This year my job was to walk Reggie the Redbird around.  We had a blast.  Here's a picture of my daughter dressed up.  Then a picture with me and Reggie hanging out.