It's Me Finally!!

Hey!!! Sorry I haven't been blogging lately!! This time of year is really busy for me! It's almost the end of school, as of today we only have 15 or 16 more school days left I forget how many exactly! But the last week of school is always a fun week too because the 8th graders are away and we get to go and have lots of fun!!

I also have my dance recital this weekend so rehearsals for that have been keeping be rather busy! Being at dance for about 4 hours some nights can be a little tiring but at least it's something that I love!

So I will try to post more often as things start to slow down into summer.

Sorry about the rambling!!

~Sonja~

How to Get a Toddler to Paint Their Hand

Or as it actuatly stands, how to let a Toddler let YOU paint their hand.

Well I don't know about the toddlers you know but my 1/2 brother, who is almost 3, doesn't like to get messy. He is ok with playing in the dirt but doesn't like things on his hand. So when it was time to make a hand print for Mother's Day- he was ok until I said that I was going to paint his hand. He ran into his cave.

So what did I do? I paniced for a moment then had the idea to have him paint mine first! He chose the color for mine- purple- and then I started to paint my hand and offered him a paintbrush. I put the paint on my hand and then he continued to help. We put my hand on the canvas and he pushed my hand down and then helped me wash my hands.

Now it was his turn. He was actualy VERY excited to do his now! He chose the color and I asked if I could paint his hand- he said yes. So I painted his hand and then we counted to 3 and placed it on the canvas. I told him not to move it and I pressed down to make sure I had it all down. We then lifted it up and I carried him to the bathroom to wash his hand.

They came out BEAUTIFUL! :) We have 1 more hand to do and then we will have a set of 3- One of each of us!

~Sarah

A Saturday for Sarah

So what does a Saturday look like for me? Let me share! Today I woke up around 7:15am and watched the pilot of Once Upon a Time on my phone because only a billion people have told me to watch it! :) I called my dad and talked to my 1/2 brother on FaceTime. I finally got out of bed to eat a breakfast of pineapple around 9:30. My day began officially then. I finished my breakfast and went up stairs to the computer for about 15 minutes then I went downstairs and did dishes and cleaned other things in the kitchen until 3 PM. There were a lot of Dishes!!! I unloaded the dishwasher then ran icy, unloaded and reloaded it all within that time period ALONG with washing at least 50+ dishes by hand... Our kitchen was a MESS! :) (I also cleaned the microwave) I did eat lunch today at 1:45 so I was somewhat well fueled! When I finished, I went upstairs and watched 1.5 episodes of Touch and then packed for a overnight stay at my Grandparents house. (mom and Sonja are doing the Walk for Hunger tomorrow and I need a ride to church) We went to eat at the Country Club with my grandmother, then came back to her house to watch the Kentucky Derby. Every year we gather in A living room and pick our horses by their names and then cheer them on during the race. We wear hats of many different styles- my mom wore a flamingo hat to give you an idea. :) Then my mom and sister went back home and I have been sitting on my grandmothers couch ever since! Below is a collage of my day...

Our Garden: Spring Addition

We live in this lovely house in a town. And in front of this house, there is a lovely garden. The garden reflects our lives. Amid the weeds, that we don't have time to pick, there are beautiful flowers. We love our garden like we love each other. We get mad at it because there may be an overwhelming amount of leaves one day but the next there is a blooming ocean of colors and flowers. Still there are weeds because life is full of them. Sour people you may meet, unpleasant events in your life, and unwelcome mishaps but together they put together a beautiful garden called life. So thank the LORD, you breath and you live because of him! Praise the Lord.

This Year's #1 Picture So far...

I love the perspective on this one!

Until later,
~Sarah

Philippians 3:8-11

Last night as I was preparing for Sunday School, I fell in love with this passage! In Sunday School, we do a study on the passage that the pastor is preaching on that way we are much more prepared for the sermon. We are currently going through the book of Philippians.

⁸ What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ ⁹ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in^[a] Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith. ¹⁰ I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, ¹¹ and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.


 This passage is so full of encouragement and advice! I found it such a blessing and I was awestruck, as I often am with how Great a God I serve. He works in wonderous ways! I needed to hear these works and I need this message and what did God do? He put it right under my nose! As I studied this passage and read it in CONTEXT, (Context is King is it not?!) I discovered the true Principle of the passage and that is what I will leave you with!

Strive to live like Christ, because He saved you! Don't worry about what people will say about you/us because of our Faith; YOU have CHRIST and that is ALL that matters!

~Sarah

Product Review- Udi's Gluten Free Three Cheese Pizza

So last night my wonderful mom and I tried Udi's Gluten Free Three Cheese Pizza. And I was greatly disapointed.

The Pizza Box



When we opened the package we were quite surprised, the pizza was much smaller than the box led us to believe.

The Cardboard it came on... Smaller than the box and the pizza was smaller too.

 The sauce was too spicy for my taste too. It says on the box "Straight Up Cheesy Lovin" but frankly there wasn't that much cheese! I will admit that I like my sauce mild and a LOT of cheese (Sarah is smiling at that!) but it fell short of my expectations. Have you tried it? What do you think? Leave a comment below!

~Sonja~

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Welcome to our Blog!

We are working hard to get this blog up and running smoothly as soon as we can! We are currently sitting next together each doing something different to get this done! We started this blog because we are crazy and spazy and we thought we could provide entertaiment to you all! A real post should be coming in the near future! We are full of surprises so stay tuned!

~Sarah