tagged

Amanda tagged me for this picture thing..

Here are the rules:

1) Choose the 4th folder where you store your pictures on your computer.
2) Select the 4th picture in the folder.
3) Explain the picture.
4) Tag 4 people to do the same.
No cheating (cropping, editing, etc.) Have fun!!

Here's my pic:
















Little Buddy's 1st Birthday. Note the bag is bigger than him!


if time allows... i tag:
made for joy
walk before me

**this wasn't the picture i expected. when i went to search my picture files, the order was different on blogger. that's okay though, this was a better pic :)

New Years Eve Par-te

i'm going to have to do this post justice later, but i want to get pictures up now of the nye gang. the guys threw us a party and they did NOT disappoint!






















back row: kim, nicole, jessie, paula, jessica
front row: me, stacey, melissa









back row: brent, kirk, andrew, the jew, matt
front row: nathan, dave, dan

2009

Happy New Year friends!!! I so look forward to the new adventures 2009 will bring. Since my audience is rather small, I feel confident most of you will be aware of the craziness I get myself involved in!
These are a few of my new goals:
*evaluate my time management: am i serving where God intends?
*spend more time in fellowship with family: both in person and via phone, email, etc.
*cherish my friends more
*desire to learn and be discontent with being stagnant
*be in the Word on a regular, consistent basis
*be the woman God wants me to be (and someone example that to others!)

Christmas 1 of 4

i have a few wants and needs this Christmas season... but they'll all pale in comparison to my favorite gift...




nope, not Notre Dame womens basketball tickets




nope, not sleeping beauty










"Aunt Sarah and Little Buddy" photo book! The PERFECT gift! :)))) a treasure forever

Christmas tree, O Christmas tree

Old ornaments, new ornaments, hand
made ornaments, and candy canes

treasuring thursdays...

Thursdays are my special days. Little buddy comes to my apartment while Amanda and Tim are at small group. After a string of weekly commitments in the evenings, come Thursdays I'm definitely ready for a dose of little buddy. We eat dinner, color, play, giggle, jump, run, etc etc. I cherish these few hours a week. Not only because he's my only nephew (and pretty amazing if I do say so myself), but because there's something innately special about children. They're still (mostly) untainted by the world, still very curious, and growing and learning an exceptional rates. The innocence of a child is precious. And Nathan is such a loving little boy. Just thinking about him warms my heart, which often overflows in the form of tears. I really can't put into words the blessing that he is to me.

I love you little buddy!

which will cause revival?

in one of my original posts i said i had never voted before. as of the primary elections in the spring, that is no longer true. a number of reasons support my decision to be proactive this election year. i'm wondering what is yours? i've been involved in a number of political discussions and these are the factors i've heard so far... change, social justice, the war in iraq, abortion, and just plain following political lines. i have to admit neither canidate is particularly appealing to me. so what should be the issue i draw the line at? how do i make the "right" Christ-like decision? the executive director of LAM recently quoted a prominant Christian speaker (can't remember which one) that he would be prayfully considering the canidate that would cause revival in our nation. in the time of the past great awakenings, our nation was in a financial crisis. i'd like to think the canidate from my registered party is offering solutions to turn around the economic fall (this is not meant to be an open forum for our current economic condition... i am honestly not all that concerned... please refrain from excessive comments to that end :D) . but in light that LAM chapel comment, i've been trying to wrap my brain around the opposing political party taking office (for both economic and other policy reforms). i'm slightly concerned about his religious beliefs as well.
all these miscellaneous thoughts are running through my head without any decisive answers. please share any beliefs, comments, points of view, etc. you may have.

i do want to say that i know my God is bigger than any political candidate, office, or law. and in that i have comfort. however, i've been blessed to live a fairly "cushy" life thus far and know i not able to fatham true hardship (economic or otherwise). encouragement, scripture references, and prayer (for me, you, and the nation) are also welcome.

blessings friends!