Dancing in the Rain

I cannot believe it has been over a month since I blogged... :P Time has flown!!! I'll try to do some catching up later. For now, just thought I'd let you all know that I am still alive and all that good stuff. :) And I would like to wish a slightly belated happy birthday to my very dear big sister Amber...she turned, *ahem*, 25 yesterday. :) And just in case you need a smile...enjoy some very special kiddos! :) Never fear... Spiderman and Batman are here! :) Everyone knows... anything is more fun in a tent! :) And... Clayton dances to Ernie Haase & Signature Sound singing "Get Away Jordan!" ( yes , he's doing ALL the jumping around and excited movement of his own accord! :) )

OK, I so wanted to blog about Chicago and get pictures sorted and posted *before* we left on the "puppet tour", but it's not going to happen. :) So--Chicago was awesome, and I'll post details and pictures sometime after I get back home on Tuesday! :) I did post pictures and a video of meeting/singing with Raluca (my Romanian friend with whom I write songs) on our " This HAS to be God! " blog, if you want to see: http://agod-thing.blogspot.com/ The next couple of days are going to be spent with about 17 of my favorite people outside my family--the Bruce family and the Peculiar Party Ministry Team. We are going to have SOOO much fun! :) We're headed to Shamrock, Tx to do "The Love Show". If you're within driving distance, we'd love to see you there! Shamrock, Texas; Community Center; 7 pm. :) *edit: that's Sunday night, by the way, July 12th. Sorry, forgot to say that! :P * I'm not even taking my computer, so I'll have no int...

My dad texted this to me today with this caption- "I miss you!"

Well, actually, I don't know yet if it's my kind of town. But I will soon! Amber and I are leaving in just a few hours to drive up to Chicago--by way of Ohio...to pick up my dear friend, Hannah--where we are going to see a "Broadway" play (OK, the Chicago version of Broadway!), tour the big city, hang out with my friend Hannah and Amber's friend Kezia, meet up with a couple other friends, Heidi and Raluca (my Romanian friend with whom I write songs!), and just in general have fun, go on an adventure, and make some memories! :) We will take lots of pictures, and hopefully some video, which I then will hopefully be able to get posted. If we have internet access wherever we are, I'll try to sort of blog along the way. :) And now, I'm off to bed. We have a long drive tomorrow. :)   Oh, but first I'd like to say: although I am quite certain I'll enjoy Chicago, nobody needs to worry about me, like, deciding to move there or anything. Becau...

I feel like I’m on a mountain of sorts. Which is fitting since we’re talking about the Seven Mountains of Influence at church camp this week. Oh…you didn’t know I was doing church camp this week? I suppose that bit of ignorance could be attributed to the fact that I haven’t blogged in, um, almost forever. Sorry, y’all! It’s been a busy time, but it’s also been of time of evaluating why I blog and what the original purpose of this blog is. I don’t know if y’all remember, but the very reason I started a blog was to share with others what God is doing in my life. I think somewhere along the way I lost that, but now I want to come back to it. Not that there won’t be fun, rambling posts at times about the cute things the kids in my life say or stuff my dog does or just the normal weirdness of our family. But my focus is going to be on what God is teaching me and how He is working. Which brings me back to church camp. :) This is not your ordinary church camp (I wonder if RFF has ever done ...

the roly-poly I rescued while sitting out on our back step this morning :) taken by: me, on my cell phone

I got puppets for my birthday! :) They are cute and I'm looking forward to learning more and more about using them, etc. Just thought I'd "introduce" them to you! This is Katie! :) I just think that with those big blue eyes, Katie does this "shocked" look really well. :) Oh, boy, she's got attitude! :) She really looks like she's telling someone off here. And, the most adorable armadillo I have ever seen! :) He needs a name, though...does anyone have any suggestions?! Aw, look! My little nameless armadillo is shy... :) Or maybe the shy thing is an act! He looks like he's doing some kind of cool karate move here... hi- yah ! :) And, last but not least, the little guy even plays 'possum! :) So, those are my newest little friends. :) I just wanted to "share" them with you! And I'm serious, I'd love to have some suggestions on a name for my armadillo. :) Blessings! :)