7 - possessions

I am reading 7 by Jen Hatmaker right now for bible study. This book is amazing, and if you haven't read it yet, you should!!

Here is what she said in the beginning of chapter three.

I challenge you! For the month of March, can you find 7 things in your house to give away!? Can you find things you have that you don't know why you have? Our goal is 210 items, and clothes can only count as 49 items, even if you give away 200 items of clothing!!

I can't wait to do this one, as I am preparing for chapter 2 clothes, and just finished chapter 1-food!!

Friday Five

1.  Natalie rolled over today!!  Of course she waited to do it until I had gone into work, but she rolled over!  We were able to see her do it tonight over at the Krieger's house too.  My baby girl is growing up way too fast!

2.  Today was my last day of summer, "officially."  My mom stayed with us last night so I could go into work today for a few hours though.  I was able to get up all of my bulletin boards, but my room is no where near ready for parents to walk into next Thursday.  I think I may have to go in this weekend, or just live there Monday - Wednesday.

3.  I am so thankful that my bible study has picked up again!  We are reading the Cup of Life.  I can't wait to start reading it, and to meet with my lovely ladies again!!

4.  We have Natalie's baptism date set!!  I can't wait to see Jon and Nicole, and meet little Kinley Sue!!

5.  I can't believe that when I do my Friday Five next week my baby boy will be 2!!!  Where has the time gone!?!

Thoughtful Tuesday

My bible study girls have become some of my closest friends in the past year. I don't know what I would do without these special ladies in my life. It makes having my BFFs living far away so much easier. There are many days I wish we were still in Orange County to be close to Jon, Nicole and now baby Kinley. There are also many days I wish we were back in Nor Cal to be close to most of my family, and Bree an Kevin. Now that Chelsea and Allison have left too, I am going to miss them tons too!! I'm so thankful to have so many special ladies in my life though!! I love that I don't have to clean my house before any of them come over, it doesn't matter how long it's been since we talked, and I can wear my hair in a messy bun, sweats and a t shirt and they will still love me. I pray Natalie grows up to have some amazing friends in her life too!!

Friday Five

1. I love my new application that Tyler bought me last week!  Thank you Christ staff and families for all of the Script money, so we were able to buy iTunes gift cards.  I bought Pixelmator, and have been playing around with it.  Check out this awesome picture of Natalie!

2.  I had a great week at work, but it was hard saying goodbye to people.  Luckily I have put off saying goodbye to everyone until later this next month.  I am not looking forward to saying goodbye to any of them!

3.  I love my bible study friends!  We have a blast, and I am looking forward to celebrating tonight for Kristi's bachelorette party!!

4.  I found out that my insurance is going to give me back the money that we had to pay for Natalie!!  I am so thankful.  I have a really high deductible ($3,000) and we just found out that we also have GAP insurance, which will pay me back for my time in the hospital!  I wish we would have known about this with Brandon too!!

5.  I am so thankful for my loving husband, who is going to have both kids tonight so that way I can go out with the girls!!  It is going to be a blast!!

Friday Five

1.  Our new pinterest recipe this week I made for my bible study group Monday night, and we all loved it!!

Delicious recipe and photo credit

2.  I love, love, LOVE our maternity photos!!  Big shout out to Georgia, who is amazing!!  She is still in high school and this is her work!  I can't wait to see what she does as she continues to grow!

Inspiration found on Pinterest

3.  I have had an off week, and have been feeling crummy since Wednesday.  Went to a doctor today, and found out I have an outer ear infection, IN BOTH EARS!!  At least I got some antibiotics to help take care of it.

4.  Our hospital bag is packed, and we are ready for this bundle of joy to come home and stay!!  Mommy is getting tired of her being inside.  Really, just tired of not feeling well, and ready to meet my Natalie Grace!!

5.  We went to the pizza farm on a field trip yesterday, and the kids had a blast!!  Everyone should check it out in the fall, when they are open to the public for pumpkins and such!!

Check this place out!!

Friday Five

1.  Thank goodness for Good Friday and all that Jesus has done for us!!

2.  So thankful for a four day weekend, it couldn't have come at a better time.  Excited to spend the day weekend with my family celebrating the greatness of the cross!

3.  Thankful for my wonderful bible study ladies!!  We are working on The Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster.  I would recommend it for any bible study to read.  We love it, and I look forward to those Monday nights!

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4.  My class is starting The BFG this next week, so I am excited to jump onto teacherspayteachers and pinterest to see what fantastic ideas I can find for my kiddos!

5.  Tyler and I are loving this new CD that he had to download on Thursday after he discovered on Wednesday that it came out a little bit ago.  He was very sad that he was behind in the times, but Rend Collective is a great band!!

You can order this awesome CD at amazon or iTunes!