Rock-A-Thon

At 8:00PM on Friday night we starting rocking and we stopped rocking at 8:00AMon Saturday morning. Now, let me give a little background info. My youth group at church are going to Indy this summer for a service trip. So we decided for one of our fundraisers we were going to do a Rock-A-Thon which is sorta like a Walk-A-Thon but instead of walking we rocked in rocking chairs for 12 hours. We watched movies like The Blind Side, Inkheart, Alvin and the Chimpmunks:The Squeakual. We also played games and listened to music. To keep us awake we drank caffinated drinks and sugary snacks.It was a lot of fun! We all managed to stay awake the whole time, but once it hit 8:00AM we were ready to go home and hit the sack. We raised over $1000 dollars which was awesome!
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The Promise of Life

    Yesterday dad took my sister and I to where he had found a robin nest full of eggs along our fence row. The eggs were so pretty I just had to take a picture. I love this time of the year! When everything is just bursting with color and life. In two weeks our 5 nanny goats are due to have babies. I can hardly wait, baby goats are so cute! I will definately have some pictures when the time comes.

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A Beautiful World

"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands." ~Psalms 19:1

"The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it, the world and all who live in it;" Psalms 24:1

"Then God said, "Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it according to their various kinds." ~Genesis 1:11

"He makes grass grow for the cattle and plants for man to cultivate bringing forth food from the earth." ~Psalms 104:14

" So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them." ~Genesis 1:27

The words of the Bible always have something good to say! Thank God for such a beautiful earth. Now let's do our part and take care of it. "Then God said, "Let us make man in our own image , in our likeness, and let them rule over over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the liestock, over all the earth and over all the creatures that move along the ground." Genesis 1:26

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Psalm 139

The Bible passage I am working to memorize right now is Psalm 139. I am learning it in a different version from a book called Psalms/Now. I really like the version so I thought I would share it with you:

Psalm 139 (Psalms/Now Version)

O God, You know me inside and out, through and through.

Everything I do, every thought that flits through my mind, every step I take, every plan I make, every word I speak, You know, even before these things happen.

You know my past; You know my future.

Your circumventing presence covers my every move.

Your knowledge of me sometimes comforts me, sometimes frightens me; but always it is far beyond my comprehension.

There is no way to escape You, no place to hide.

If I ascend to the heights of joy, You are there to meet me.

If I could fly to the other side of the world and find You there to lead the way.

I could walk into the darkest of nights, only to find You there to lighten its dismal hours.

You were present at my very conception.

You guided the molding of my unformed members within the body of my mother.
Nothing about me, from beginning to end, was hid from Your eyes. How frightfully, fantastically wonderful it is.
May Your all-knowing, everywhere-present Spirit continue to search out my feelings and thoughts.
Deliver me from that which may hurt or destroy me, and guide me along the paths of love and truth.

Crazy Dog

Tuesday evening after getting home we found out that our dog Jesse had found a way inside the house and had eaten 2 homemade loaves of bread and a chocolate bunny. WHAT!? I wasn't so concerned about the bread but the chocolate. I quickly searched the internet for what to do if a dog eats chocolate. Chocolate is poison to dogs and can kill them. I found out that smaller dogs are more likely to die and Jesse is a lab so I wasn't too worried about that part. I researched the symptoms and waited to see if Jesse would have any of them. The next day she was a little on the sick side (won't go into details), but is feeling much better today. My dad calls her a junkyard dog, she will eat almost anything.

Anyways, so far we have stuck by our challenge as a family  to not watch TV for a whole month. It's been hard to not be able to watch American Idol or Chuck (my family's fav show). It also has its positives. I think the weather has contributed to making it a little easier, I have spent more time outside. I have gotten 3 books done in the past 2 weeks and have had more time to socialize with my family. It's also weird because usally I am up to date on the weather for the week, but this week I had no idea it was supposed to rain today until today. So I am finding this challenge to be helpful and hard.

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Going without it.

For this month of April my family and I are going without TV. No TV!! Ahhh, I am a little disappointed but then again there are 1000 other things to do then watch TV. It will definately test me, but I am up for it.

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Happy Easter!

Today was a fun day! It's Easter, of course it's gonna be fun! My day started out by going to an Easter breakfast at church, which was very good. After the breakfast the church service started with some triumphful hymns celebrating our RISEN Lord. After church we went to my great aunt and uncles for lunch. Their kids were there with their kids who are about 2 years old and Kate and I helped hide Easter eggs for an Easter egg hunt for them. After being there for most of the afternoon we came home and some of our really good friends the Mast's came over for a campfire and games. So overall it was an awesome day! And a real beautiful one too! Hope everyone enjoyed their Easter Sunday too!

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