MP3

Over the past year and a half I have been very fortunate to serve as the children's choir director at my church, LFBC. The choir is named MP3, which stands for Music and Praise for 3 (Jesus, Others and Yourself.) Tonight we performed the song Beautiful One during the 6:30 PM service and I couldn't wait to share it with you- my loyal blog readers. I pray you will take time to listen to the words and allow it to bless your heart as it did mine!

Valentine Storytime

Saturday morning Mackaylan and I met Kathryn and Ellie at Barnes and Noble for their Valentine Storytime. The girls had a fun time listening to a story read aloud, sipping hot cocoa and making bookmarks. And to top it all off, Curious George made a surprise guest appearance! Once the scheduled activities had wrapped up, we all picked out a book (or two!) and headed to Jason's Deli for lunch! What a fun way to kick off the upcoming holiday!

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

My little girl is growing up. Sometimes too fast. Sometimes not fast enough. Lately I have really been trying to be intentional about spending quality time with Mackaylan each and everyday as I feel kids often spell love "T-I-M-E." Yesterday Mackaylan and I had a fun afternoon playing "baseball" in the backyard. Nothing beats hearing the thrill of excitement and seeing her confidence soar each time she hit the ball. And then to top it all off, at one point she looked up at me with those baby blue eyes and a big smile on her face and said, "I love playing baseball with you, Mama!" It was in that moment I was reassured that the laundry could wait, dinner could be a little later, the house could be dusty and emails and phone calls could go unanswered. I knew I was doing exactly what needed to be done!

Below are a few pictures of our fun afternoon together. Mackaylan assisted with writing and typing the words about each picture.

This is me with my new toy.
It is a bat.


This is me swinging the bat!







I am looking at mommy.





I am holding a bat and ball.

Works-For-Me Wednesday!

What do you do with your old Christmas cards? Many people reuse them in various types of craft projects like ornaments, cards, etc. This year, I stumbled upon a wonderful idea that I thought I would share with you- my avid readers. Haha! Now that all of our Christmas cards have been taken off of display, I have placed them in a basket on the table. Each night before dinner we will pull out one card and pray for that particular family. We will spend time thanking God for each member of the family and for their friendship. We will pray for their health, safety, relationships with one another and with Christ, and any other requests that we know of. I think this will be a meaningful way to keep the spirit of Chrismas alive on into the new year! This idea definitely Works-For-Me!

Our "Not-So-Snowy" Day!

I can't believe it didn't snow! There is not even one little flake on the ground at our house!! I thought I would wake up this morning, peek out the window, and see a world of white. Needless to say, I was very dissappointed when I got up out of the bed at 3:40 AM to survey my surroundings and nothing looked any different. However, we are still out of school due to snow in other parts of the county so I am trying to take advantage of another day home and get some more organizing/cleaning accomplished. So far this is what I have "tackled:"

1- Made bed and picked up bedroom.

2- Cleaned out hall closet.

Before:

After:

3- Cleaned out closet in "office."

4- Folded a load of laundry and put another load in the washing machine.

5- Posted pics of the top of my newly decorated china hutch. I actually completed this project yesterday, but thought I would post the pics today. My BFF Dawn assisted with the shopping, but left it up to me to do the actual decorating this time. She is all about scaffolding me through Decorating w/ Dawn 101!

Not bad since it is only 10:00AM! What's on your list for Tackle it Tuesday?