Bethlehem And Calvary Oh silent Bethlehem attend and see How gently Mary tends her new-born King: Mark with what reverence and ecstasy, Her humble virgin heart with joy will sing. See with what tenderness, she tucks within, Those coverlets, His tiny Hands and Feet, Oh, with what loving care she kisses Him, And smoothes the pillow for His Head so sweet. Oh silent Bethlehem, attend and see, Mary's most precious task is now complete! Oh silent Calvary, attend and see, How sadly Mary watches Christ, her King, Mark with what noble, patient sympathy, Her anguished mother heart meets sorrow's ring. Bravely she watches, her sweet face grows pale, And suffers other hands to "tuck Him in," His Hands and Feet they "tuck" beneath the nails, His kiss is gall; a token of man's sin. Oh, silent Calvary, attend and see, Man's most ignoble work is now complete!

I hope through the hustle and bustle we will remember to make room for Jesus.

Merry Christmas to all!

Blogger won't let me give my post a title and I am disgusted about it.....Gotta call Mr. Fix-It! :) I will get directly to the point. I had a i.n.c.r.e.d.i.b.l.e time in Oklahoma Friday and Saturday! Shopping, acting retarded, eating *smile*, dressing mannequins and going to the beautiful wedding! So many memories were made! The only bad thing was it took me too long to wake up Saturday morning (I am such a Frumper!) Leaving was REALLY hard but I made it through! :) Winter Heritage is 1 week and 3 days away....Can't wait!!!!

THE SMASHING, Brittany!!!! *pun intended* :)

Marissa reading us a Christmas story....yes she does read now! :)

Me and Kristen

Me and Rissa

Me and Britt.

The Crazy Crew (aka The Four Stooges) Girls, I just want ya'll to know I love ya'll soooo much! Can't wait to see you in a few days...if you can handle seeing me again! :)

I need to blog but I don't know what to blog about so I will blog about not knowing what to blog about even though I don't know what to blog about.

The Caroling last night was a absolute BLAST!!!!! We had so much fun! We went and sang for several of people in our church that are suffering and struggling this Christmas Season. I almost cried several of times...it was so sweet! But while we were driving from house to house we played freeze out, done several of fire drills and turned the radio up as loud as it could go (well almost) and sang Christmas music to the TOP of our lungs and as off key as we could get it! And after we got done at the last house we went back to the church and had snacks, hot chocolate (with MARSHMELLOWS!!!) and hot apple cider. We had lots of fun! So here are a few pictures. The guys forgetting their words :) "RUDOLF THE RED LIGHT RUNNER...." Happy Lyrics Day!

The Tweedles :)

Ok, so the title is a bit random...sorry! :) I have a ton of pictures/videos to upload and I think I am going to have them all in separate posts so it looks like I blog a lot....that could be translated as deceiving others. :) So let me start with the youth service Friday night. It was I.N.C.R.E.D.I.B.L.E!!!!!! Bro. McLaughlin (sp?) preached "Don't be vessels in Hell's house". So many lives were touched in that service. It will be a message I will always remember! And today was "Celebration Sunday" at our church so we only had one service. So us youth folks gathered for a time of fun and fellowship. We played spoons (it was hilarious!), Egyptian Rat Race, Liar (aka B.S.), Pit, Apples to Apples, talked, laughed and snacked for hours. We had a blast...and thats where I took a lot of pictures/videos. :) Still have Christmas Caroling this weekend so then there will be a lot more pictures (I hope). I am very hungry for some chips right now so I am going to go raid the pantry. I hope everyone had a awesome weekend!

HEAVENS TO BETSY!

Is Thanksgiving really over? Is it almost Christmas already? Yes and yes. Oh. my. word. this year has gone by SO stinkin' fast! This is the time of the year when I have something going every single week...so it will be good seeing that I will have tons of pictures and things to blog about....next week will be Christmas Caroling and Youth Rally. :) I hope ya'll have a great Christmas Season! The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. ~Burton Hillis

Celebrating "All you can eat Turkey"

It's that time of the year when for one whole week (or month) you get to eat nothing but Turkey. Day 1: Turkey and dressing. Day 2: Turkey and the last of the dressing. Day 3: Turkey Sandwiches. Day 4: Turkey Stew. Day 5: Tukey Salad. Day 6: Turkey Casserole. Day 6: Turkey Chili. Day 7: Turkey Pot Pie...and if we get lucky that is all the Turkey left in the freezer! :) I LOVE Turkey, but one or two days is enough to last me till the next year! Lol! Anyhow, just wanted to wish ya'll and Happy Thanksgiving and I hope this year ya'll get all the Turkey you can handle, but make sure you leave room for the pumkin roll, pumkin pie, pecan pie and all that GOOD stuff! :) Happy Turkey Day!

Stress= eat more chocolate :)

...OH but I forgot my chocolate at home...which isn't a very smart thing to do when you have to babysit 15 to 20 WILD and WOUND UP kids! Last night the youth committee had a meeting and so I volunteered myself to watch the kids (which at the time was only 5 kids) . So, I had 15 to 20 kids at the church and I was watching them by myself (well I had a little help...but 1 tip...guys don't know a lot when it comes to diapers, restroom breaks, Duck-duck-goose or Ring-around-the-rosies!)and we had to be quite and also no running because they were having the meeting in the back so we had to be in the sanctuary. Half of them were starving or needed a little snack...and 2 of them got put into time-out more times than I could count(they are going to HATE me!:) But nonetheless, we had a good time playing red light, green light (walking) and we did get to squeeze in the "quite" game for about 5 minutes. But, you don't hear me complaining because it could have been 50 kids. :) I just got to remember bring surprises for them next time....and DON'T FORGET MY CHOCOLATE! :) You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance. ~Franklin P. Jones

Kristen

Kristen, Just wanted to wish you a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY (a might bit early) This picture is just for you! Love you!

Humdiddledum

Ok so by now you know (if anyone out there reads this mess of a "blog")that this blog is going to be pretty boring...I guess I am not a good talker (or something like that! :) Well, so now you know my secret on how NOT to keep a blog!!!! Lol! Here is the picture for the day :) Good day!

Shannon Wexelberg

Oh my gracious! :) If nobody has ever heard of Shannon Wexelberg before you have missed something very powerful! This lady has become one of my Top 5! Her song are so powerful and God has given her a great talent for writting and singing! Her song "Hail to the King" is one of my faves along with a bunch of others! Here is a link to her website https://www.shannonwexelberg.com/ I hope she appreciates this free advertisment! Lol! ~Before you move a fence find out why it is there~

New sweater

This is what you call a lady who really wants to be modest (or maybe she just wants to be warm!) Hmm...maybe I should get one! Jk! :)

Just thinking thoughts....

More Than A Day As Thanksgiving Day rolls around, It brings up some facts, quite profound. We may think that we're poor, Feel like bums, insecure, But in truth, our riches astound. We have friends and family we love; We have guidance from heaven above. We have so much more Than they sell in a store, We're wealthy, when push comes to shove. So add up your blessings, I say; Make Thanksgiving last more than a day. Enjoy what you've got; Realize it's a lot, And you'll make all your cares go away.

Gone with the wind and back with the candy

I am starting all over again with this blog thing. This blog is for nothing but updating about nothing :) Signing out for now.....because I have to figure out how to work this thing!