Simply Sunday

Isaiah 40:30-31

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: but they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles, they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. 

Snapshot Saturday

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Last Sunday, the zoo in Omaha had free admission so we went and walked around after church.  We miss having a zoo pass.  We visited the outdoor exhibits.  The weather was perfect.  

Near Miss

I am teaching both girls to drive right now.  

We drive a stick shift.

They rotate days.

Angelica drives on odd numbered days and Miracle drives on even numbered days.

Miracle was doing quite well yesterday and had actually clocked over three hours of drive time.

She was set to make a left turn off of a county highway and she stalled the car.

This usually isn't a big deal when it happens but at that moment a semi was barreling down on us.

I saw it in the rear view mirror and froze.

There really was nothing we could do.

It stopped less than an inch from our bumper.

We all breathed a sigh of relief that we are alive.

When I finally caught my breath, the first words out of my mouth were a prayer of thankfulness to God.  

God is truly amazing.

There is something about realizing you could have died and feeling overwhelming gratitude that you are alive that decreases depression.  

God is truly amazing.

Youth Convention

The girls went to youth convention this past weekend.  Here's a video their youth pastor put together of the highlights from the weekend.

It Worked for Me! Wednesday - kitchen tip

For this Wednesday, I have a kitchen tip.  Angelica pinned this.  Angelica put it in to practice.  I followed suit.

The picture is pretty self explanatory but I will outline the steps anyway.  

1. Cut the top 2-3 inches off a bottle with a lid.  Try to get the edges as smooth as possible.  We have also realized it needs to be a rather wide mouth bottle.
2. Cut the top edge off of whatever bag you are needing to close.
3. Push the bag opening through the bottle mouth.  
4. Screw the bottle lid on.  

I was pretty skeptical at first.  I wasn't sure the idea would work.  I was pleasantly surprised.  Now we have several bags staying closed this way.  

Simply Sunday

Hebrews 11:3

By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

Snapshot Saturday

October 20, 2012

Nails painted for homecoming.  

The full story is here (backdated post).