Authenticity, Seeing JesusOctober 31, 2008 9:55 pm
more, and more, and more.
it has nothing to do with football, and everything to do with his obvious passion to follow Jesus and actually DO what the Bible says. this video confirms that…wow.
Halloween 2008, Part Three…the boo boo
Tanner was an exceptionally cute green M&M for Trick-or-Treating…
Until she face-planted onto the brick steps and got a lovely gash in her chin. 
We thought it needed stitches because it was pretty deep, so we went to the new Urgent Care place in Braselton…but they wouldn’t take our insurance and I didn’t have $225 just chillin’. (It is very clean and nice, however!) We called another Urgent Care place and they wouldn’t take it either, so we eventually decided to get some Steri-Strips and fix it ourselves. Luckily, however, we found Claudia Walters in our neighborhood, and of course she knew what to do! Thankfully she said no stitches…AND she gave Tanner her first big lollipop, so we came home and cleaned it real well and rocked the little M&M to sleep. She never got to Trick-or-Treat and she missed the group photo shoot, but we’re glad she’s going to be okay! *i need a nap* Here’s her boo-boo…and hour and a half later and all cleaned up…
Clearly, Tanner agreed with Claudia that the lollipop was the solution to the problem!
Katelynn and I had the most fun making Halloween cookies for the girls to take to school. Well, actually we made Halloween cookies for Tanner, and “leaf” cookies for Katelynn….because there’s a boy in her class who can’t eat pumpkin cookies because he’s Christian. (it must be in Leviticus? um…yeah.) Homegirl loves to bake!
Here are the teeny-tiny cookies we made for Tanner and her teeny-tiny friends…they’re about the size of a half-dollar, and they’re shaped like leaves, pumpkins, and acorns!
Tanner was a very cute little monkey at her school party, even though she wasn’t feeling very photogenic. She was too busy running around with her tail dragging the floor to take time for pictures…
She also had juice for the first time today, and she thought it was AWESOME. She kept looking at the juice box with big, huge eyes and drinking, and drinking, and drinking…. (sugar!!!!)
It’s hard to believe this is her at Halloween last year…
the designs.
katelynn’s took forever. the rind on that monster was at least 2 inches. i’ve never seen one so thick! i did get smart this year and only let her draw the designs she wanted on paper…it’s way easier to freehand those babies than follow a pencil line…
It’s my month for “teacher appreciation” snacks for Tanner’s teachers. Her teachers are SO awesome; I seriously don’t know what I’d do without them. Obviously I’d rather be at home with her, but at least it’s bearable knowing she’s being well taken care of. I guarantee you they’re the hardest workers in the entire system, too. Wow. Can you imgaine having five Tanner’s in a room? Quints? I can’t. So — since I speak cake — I gave it my best shot. It’s pretty cool…thin dark chocolate cakes from scratch with orange icing in between the layers. Think massive halloween oreo…but cake.
which reminds me…Halloween Oreos are far superior to regular Oreos. Holy yumminess. I love them! (Hence the inspiration.)
Parenting, Randomness 9:00 pm
My camera’s been broken for a month now. (Sad, I know. The store wants $250 to “diagnose” it. Yeah right.) But thanks to mom & dad, who let me borrow their camera for Halloween week, I’ve got new pictures! Somehow, in the last month, Tanner got HUGE! Where did my little baby go? She’s so awesome; I still can’t believe I get to be her mom.
I like McCall. Partially because she has an exceptionally cool name. I mean, in addition to Tanaya and Seleta, McCall definitely wins the cool name award. She also lives in B-town and we shop at the same Publix. (more cool points.) I was supposed to post the 6th picture in the 6th album of my photos. It’s a good one:
They’re so my favorites. November 15, 2007. I miss that season like you have no idea. And…that’s about all I have to say about that without getting emo.
Can’t wait for the leaves to look like that again!
p.s. i have 4,983 photos in iPhoto. that’s insanely a lot.
Randomness, Tech Nerds Are Cool 12:25 pm
Biblical Proof that God Loves Twitter
This is too hilarious not to share 
Gotta love some New American Standard Version!
(i ganked this from @human3rror’s blog.)
Go ahead, Tweets. Get your Twitter on.
Authenticity, BooksOctober 18, 2008 9:59 pm
Crazy Love Kicked My Tail, Part Three.
The third and final installment.
“The point of your life is to point to Him. Whatever you’re doing.”
“I urge you to consider and actually live as though each person you come in contact with is Christ.”
“God is fair and just…When we disagree (with Him,) let’s not assume it’s His reasoning that needs correction.”
“I believe He wants us to be known for giving – of our time, our money, and our abilities – and to start a movement of “giving” churches.”
“With the American church being so concerned about converts, we don’t take time to present the God-centered universe to people. We don’t try to dig deep into the truth of God. We need to learn the attributes of God before we know what He is like.”
“We’ve developed a habit of listening to the Word of God and not obeying it.”
“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he will be blessed in what he does.” James 1:22-25
Authenticity, BooksOctober 13, 2008 9:42 pm
Crazy Love Kicked My Tail, Part Two.
Check this out:
“My caution to you is this: Do not assume you are good soil. Has your relationship with God actually changed the way you live? Do you see evidence of God’s kingdom in your life?”
“The goals of American Christianity are often a nice marriage, children who don’t swear, and good church attendance. Taking the words of Christ literally and seriously is rarely considered.”
“Lukewarm people give money to charity and to the church…as long as it doesn’t impinge on their standard of living.”
“Lukewarm people will serve God and others, but there are limits to how far they will go or how much time, money, and energy they are willing to give.”
“No worship is better than apathetic worship.”
“It struck me that many Christians flash around their “no trans fat” label, trying to convince everyone they are healthy and good. Yet they have no substantive or healthful elements to their faith.”
Have you read any “No Trans Fat” labels lately and seen how much partial hydrogenation’s in that junk? Ouch.
Your thoughts?
