Point of Grace

So today, my sister in law, Grace, and I went down to Waterfront park and ate dinner at the chow wagon, and then saw Point of Grace in concert for FREE. How awesome is that? It is so amazing to me that we have the freedom to gather together in public and worship together. We are so blessed to be living in this country with all of the freedoms we have. The concert was amazing (even got a little Avalon action in there, w00t!), the food was good (carnival food is always good, even when it costs an arm and a leg like it did tonight), and Grace had an excellent first ever concert experience. It's nice to be able to take my daughters aside individually and have mommy & me time with them once in a while - and it was perfect. God blessed us with a cool, rain-free evening, lots of room for dancing, and worshipful songs to bless us with. I hope everyone else had a WONDERFUL Sunday, just like we did.

Love to all,
Michelle

P.S. - if you wanna see pictures, comment here and I'll shoot you an email. I even did a couple of videos. :)

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Okay first of all, I have to say: I am not a Packers fan, but I am OUT OF MY MIND EXCITED that they drafted Brian Brohm 2nd round! WOW! I have seen this guy play many times and am a HUGE fan! I will definitely be watching his progress in the NFL!!!

That out of the way, church tonight was a very moving experience. I bawled my eyes out. As we were leaving, they played one of my favorite Casting Crowns songs, and it just brought the message home:

Praise You in This Storm
words by Mark Hall/music by Mark Hall and Bernie Herms

I was sure by now,God, that You would have reached down
and wiped our tears away,
stepped in and saved the day.
But once again, I say amen
and it's still raining
as the thunder rolls
I barely hear You whisper through the rain,
"I'm with you"
and as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise
the God who gives and takes away.

Chorus:
And I'll praise you in this storm
and I will lift my hands
for You are who You are
no matter where I am
and every tear I've cried
You hold in your hand
You never left my side
and though my heart is torn
I will praise You in this storm

I remember when I stumbled in the wind
You heard my cry to You
and raised me up again
my strength is almost gone how can I carry on
if I can't find You
and as the thunder rolls
I barely hear You whisper through the rain
"I'm with you"
and as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise
the God who gives and takes away

Chorus

I lift my eyes onto the hills
where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth
I lift my eyes onto the hills
where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth

Chorus

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Michelle

WOO HOO!

I frequent allrecipes.com cuz I love to cook, right? Well not too long ago, I submitted my own recipe for super easy chocolate cupcakes (I used a basic recipe and tweaked it to suit my own personal tastes), and they posted it, and someone made them and submitted a picture and gave me a positive review!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Lookit that- the sun is shining, and it's a beautiful day! Too bad I feel like my head is gonna explode, huh? :\

Well, Avon is going steadily along, though yesterday I sent an email application to be my DSM's personal assistant in this area, since she lives in Indy. Here's to hoping I get to do it... don't know yet though, she hasn't emailed me back. But I am loving selling Avon! I am addicted to their Glazewear lip gloss... my only problem is that I was not a "girly girl" growing up, so I never learned how to put on makeup properly. I am learning a lot now, but still...

Josie is taking a nap right now. She started getting a runny nose and being wheezy last night, and today she's got even more of a runny nose and is coughing as well. I should have called and canceled the speech therapist, but she's missed too many appointments already, so I'm going to ride it out and hope everything goes okay. The fact that she's resting now is good; maybe she'll have more energy for the therapy. She's such a good baby! ♥

Two days ago I checked out Ian McEwan's "Atonement" from the library, and hopefully I'll be able to start reading it tonight. Has anyone else read it? Just curious. It really sounds good, and I wanted to see the movie, so we'll see, I guess. I just got finished making a HOOOOOOOOOOOOGE wishlist over at Christianbook.com, and emailed it to myself. Ha. If I bought everything on it, I'd be spending over $200. Say, anyone have a spare $200 to give me? ;)

The maintenance guy from the apartments actually came today, and as per usual, he didn't do a doggoned thing. *sigh* At least I have some other things to distract me tonight... dinner (making General Tso's chicken from scratch), delivering Avon, and picking up some more books I reserved at the library!

Hope everyone has a wonderful day!

Saturday

It's Saturday!! *dances* Saturday is my favorite day of the week - CHURCH! Today we got up and the girls tried on some old bathing suits. The good news is that Grace has 5-6 suits she can wear. The bad news is that Lexi only has 2, and she wants at least one more. Josie has 2 as well... possibly more, if I can go through the mountain of clothes in my room and find the rest of them before swimming starts! We just had breakfast (the girls ate a metric ton of chocolate chip pancakes), and in a few minutes (after Veggie Tales is over), we're going to start cleaning their room and throwing out toys. Surprisingly, they aren't too upset about it. I told them we were going to send them to kids who don't have toys (an orphanage, if I can find one nearby - haven't looked yet). They have a ton of stuffed animals to get rid of, and I told them it might make a kid feel better to hug one. <3 Hope everyone's day is lovely!