Mom's Anniversary!

HAPPY DAY AFTER YOUR ANNIVERSARY MOM AND WESLEY! Yay for 5 years! I remember your wedding. You were so beautiful! You looked nice too Wesley....Hope you're having a great day after your anniversary! Love you :)

Cleaning out the Pantry

I look back on my pantry and think HOW WAS I LIVING THIS WAY! It wasn't so bad until I looked at the before and after pictures. Why did I take before and after pictures of my pantry you ask? Because I can! I took on this task because I found this blog called I'm an Organization Junkie and was inspired to take back my house. When we moved in I was pregnant and tired, so I didn't take time to organize anything. A year later....

After reading this blog what really inspired me was that I couldn't keep track of what I had in my pantry, so shopping was dramatic. I came home and had doubles of everything or I would think I had something and end up not. So, off to the dollar store I went. I ended up spending about $10 at the dollar store and $10 on a shelf. Now when I open my pantry it is pleasant instead of stuff falling out at me. Thus emerged the new pantry. I haven't got the labels on the baskets yet because I want to be able to change them if I change whats in the basket, but sooner or later.

A Prayer

In service this morning Pastor Steve was talking of the importance of getting God's word in your heart. Now everyone has heard this before, but this was different. It put a desire in me to use the word to learn to better know and listen to God, so I can be used by him. That is my sole desire in life is to know and be used by God for his glory. I want him to be so abundant in me that people can just see him through my actions and words. I read a scripture today that I really loved and wanted to share it.
"For we know, brothers loved by God (that's me!!), that he has CHOSEN YOU (that's me too!!) because our gospel came to you not simply with word, but with POWER!!! 1 Thess. 1:4
God is not a pushover. God is POWER! People say "Almighty God", but do they really believe he is almighty? He has come to us with power and to give us authority through Jesus. Didja hear that? AUTHORITY! I'm tired of christians being seen as some pushover religious group. It is time to walk in the power and authority that God has given us through his son.

After 3 Months the Burden is Lifted

This cake (and the grooms cake) have been invading my every thought since the cake was ordered something like 3 months ago. I am SOOO thankful to have them done, delivered and eaten. This was my first fancy wedding. I had done a wedding before, but it wasn't in upscale Dallas. Matt helped me cut the fondant since I don't have the patience and focus to do it perfectly. It went on a lot easier than expected and made the cake look very neat and sturdy. Mom helped me deliver it, which was an adventure in itself. We had to go all the way to Dallas, so I was worried about all the cake in the back...the groom's cake jiggled all the way there..it made me crazy! Then when we got there we couldn'r find the club we were delivering to, come to find out it was inside of another building and unmarked. Genius. Once we finally found it (on the 39th floor) we had to walk around this hioty toity place in jeans and sandals looking for a cart to bring the cakes up on. Then the groom's cake jiggled all the way up the elevator...geesh. Once we got the cakes up the entire wait staff was having a meeting right next to the table watching us set up, oh my. Then the real fun began. The groom's cake was drooping in the back (probably from all the jiggling!!!) so we built a chocolate strawberry support system, then the flowers kept falling out of the middle of the brides cake...drama drama drama. If you know my mom and I at all you know that we laugh...a lot. We would run into to each other or something else that lacked grace and laugh, but I don't think you were allowed to laugh in such a high class place... Once we finally got everything set up I thought they turned out pretty well. It was absolutely God through me, no way I could do something that beautiful by myself. People were taking pictures of them, so I am guessing that was a good sign. Someone came up to us and said it looked like you could wear the bride's cake. I'm not totally sure what that means, but I'm going to take it as a compliment. I wasn't as impressed with the groom's cake, but it wasn't a complete disaster.

*You don't have to be good as long as you're better than who you are with*