I've Been Tagged

A friend from high school, Kristin, tagged me so here it goes:



What was I doing 10 years ago

Actually, I was working about 3 jobs to pay off some of my college bills. I was home from the summer, wondering if I should return to the small Christian college that I had been attending.I decided not to go back up until the night after college had started again. The Lord had woken me up from my sleep and told me that I needed to go back. Although I had no desire to go back and was sure that it would not work out since the semester had already begun, I woke my mom and dad up and told them I had to go back. I thought that my Mom would be so angry with me for not having made this decision earlier. But, she said, " I know, God told me this too. We'll call in the morning and then I'll drive you there." Everything worked out, I met some of my best friends that year and met a cute new transfer, Jeff. We were married a year and a half later.


My favorite snacks
Homemade salsa and chips, by far! Oh and Blue Bell Banana Pudding Ice Cream! It's a pregnancy thing...I hope! Or I will have an even harder time getting the weight off. It's delicious.

5 things on my to-do list today

1. Go to the pool with the kids
2. Feed my Mom's dog at her house
3. Exercise...I'll cross that one off after going to the pool. Chasing the kids around is quite a work out. You'd think I'd be a skinny little thing, wouldn't you?
4. Go to the grocery store
5. Clean my house... Now, that's wishful thinking.



Things I would do if I were a Billionaire
Tithe, pay off all debts as well as all of our familys' debts and I think that would about cover it! We have a big family!:)


5 jobs I've had

1. Taught swim lessons
2. Cashier
3. Lifeguard
4. Elementary Teacher
5. Middle School Teacher


5 places I've lived

1. Cincinatti, Ohio
2. Charlotte NC
3. Clearwater Fl
4. Indian Trail NC
5. Stallings NC



5 random things people wouldn't know about me

1. I love to go to yard sales. Susanna and I go all of the time. It's our time together. We always finish the morning off with a Chick-Fil-A biscuit.
2. I am a homebody. I like to travel for a day or two, but always enjoy "being home".
3. I love to play cards. I think it is so fun to play with friends and family. And win.
4. I cannot take oral liquid medicine. I think that if it were up to taking it or dying, I'd have to tell everyone I love them and will see them soon. Maybe not that extreme, but I will gag and gag.
5. I get a kick out of playing pranks on people. Yes. Still. Do. I know, it's time to grow up, but they are so fun. I even have one up my sleeve right now. It's payback for a prank that was played on us at Christmas time. It involved 2 light up reindeer in our yard and that's all I will say. Maybe I'll post a picture of the payback scene.



5 cd's I'd have to have with me on a deserted island :

Any Hillsong Cd
Cece Winans... reminds me of my Dad
Hillsong for kids...It's what I'm used to hearing
Chris Tomlin
Roy D Mercer...Don't ask...My brother in law, Tim, got us hooked on these. They will crack you up. I guess it's that prank thing again.




I tag Tina and Angie... They are the only ones I know that blog that haven't been tagged. And that's if you count Angie, she hasn't blogged in about a year.:)

Dance to Jesus

I cannot say enough about how neat Susanna's dance recital was. Susanna has wanted to do dance for so long. I had considered it and thought that it may be a great way to instill in her confidence and gracefulness. Last year, Jeff and I went to sign her up at a local studio. But, as soon as we walked in a few little girls were walking out acting and dressed in a way that we were pretty uncomfortable about. We had told her that it was probably not going to be something she would be able to do. Earlier this year, we had heard that a friend of ours had opened her own dance and art studio. It's called Masterpiece Studios. The verse that they got their name from is Ephesians 2:10 which says,
"For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so that we can do the good things He planned for us long ago."
Isn't that great?

You would not have seen a more beautiful sight than seeing all of the girls dancing to "Come to Jesus". It made me cry. I, like the owner of this studio, grew up hearing about how terrible dancing was. But, this was the most worshipful and exciting thing I have seen in a long time. They did some fun songs too, but the whole night was centered around God. It's so great to have found such a great place for Susanna to learn dance. Oh, and let me say, she surprised the socks off of me. I thought that she would be shy, but she really got into it. She looked beautiful and made Jeff and I both wonder where she got her rhythm from. It definitely was not from us.

Now, if we could just find a soccer league like this...

Susanna's Recital

Kindergarten Graduation...My Beautiful Girl!

Susanna has finished Kindergarten! It was a wonderful celebration of a great school year. Susanna was valedictorian of her class. I'm just kidding. She did do great though. First grade, here she comes. Something funny... Susanna was reading this as I typed it and asked me what a valedictorian was. I told her that it was the smartest person in the class. She then informed me,"Mom, there were 2 other girls with me in our reading group,too!" :D But their moms aren't writing this blog!