it was a girls weekend.

This past weekend, my sister and I were honored to be able to go to Georgia to speak at a Girls Purity Day. We had so much fun and learned a ton. We loved being able to spend time with other like-minded young ladies--all having the same goal...Heaven.

The topics were modesty and keeping yourself pure. One lady from Faulkner also taught on Happiness. This one really hit home for me. She pointed out that no matter how our day is going, we need to keep a smile on our face.
Which would you choose? A smile or a frown?

A few words to describe the weekend....
picking Mrs. Melanie up and getting a box of doughnuts from Mr. Billy, getting lost using our Mapquest directions, lunch at the Chick-fil-A Dwarf House, studying God's Word on the way up, finally making it to the camp with a dirty back window, meeting new friends and getting acquainted with old ones, making our beds in the cabin and settling in for the night, a light bulb that would not work, conquering my fears of grandaddy-long-legs, butterflies in the tummy and a prayer circle, the amazing fire pit, young ladies lifting their voices up in song and getting goose bumps because it was so beautiful, a new blue T-shirt, finding out that there is over 2400 calories in one Krispy Kreme doughnut and that all the "stuff" that is in them stays in your body for seven months, losing my phone and panicking and mom finding it, eating dinner at Zaxby's, getting stuck in traffic in Atlanta, having to yell out the window to a worker for directions, cuddling up to watch Pride and Prejudice on the laptop with the sister, arriving at the Bush's house but playing a trick on the guys by passing the house, arriving home, setting our clocks back with that wonderful feeling of another hour to sleep....

"Where's the podium?" ;)

Mrs. Melanie (friend who came with us), Memory, and Mom

After the general assembly, we all divided up into four groups and went to four classes.
This was sweet Joanna's class.

Not only did the men cook and prepare the yummy tacos for lunch,
they decorated these adorable little daisy cupcakes. :)

The Stumbling Block illustration

With two of the greatest women on earth....Miranda (left) and DeAnne (right).
These were the women who organized the Purity Day and made it all happen. :)
Note: That is the immodest mannequin in the background.
We also had a modest dressed one on the other side of the stage to show the difference of dressing modestly and immodestly.

Me, Memory (my sister), Krista, Joanna, and Kristen
These were the young ladies from Faulkner University that taught the classes.
They all did a fabulous job and meeting them was such a joy.

What a wonderful weekend.

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Here are two truly amazing videos that were shown at the Purity Day.

I was definitely touched and moved by them.

Young ladies, what are our clothes saying?

Are we dressing the way that would lead a guy to Heaven?

Or are we dressing in a way that would make him lust and sin?

What will you choose?



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one. An outfit on my way to work.
two. On our way to the corn maze. My favorite place is wherever my family is (also pictured is a little girl that was spending the night with us that night. :)...
three. Riding shot-gun with the pops. #funtimeswithdaddy
four. My best friend (and sister ;P) @apinkfirefly
five. Something that made me smile. The sister comes home from work and hands me these goodies...just because. =)
six. Fall festival goodness.
seven. One of my favorite things to do is to run errands then come home to all the wonderfulness a country life brings.
eight. Carving pumpkins with the Bush family.
nine. My painted polka-dot pumpkin along with the other creative masterpieces.
ten. I spy a little pumpkin.


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me and my girls

It's Sunday morning.

I hurriedly get to my brightly decorated classroom early so that I can greet my charming little girls.

They arrive sweetly dressed in their little Sunday dresses and hair bows.
"Hey Libby!" "Don't you look beautiful this morning!," I say as one of my girls walks through the door.
"Madelyn, I'm so glad you came to Bible class this morning!"
"Austin, I LOVE your dress! Let me see!"
They are beaming in their early morning, little girl radiance.

They help me get out the play dough and the plastic animal cookie cutters. After choosing the play dough color of their choice, we carefully observe each animal shape and say their name. We imitate their animal sounds. Hearing a 2-year-old struggle to say the word "hippopotamus" can be quite comical. Something as simple as considering our plastic animal shapes is a great way to teach that our amazing God has created them.
"Austin, who made the lion?"
Austin: "GOD!!"
Although, sometimes "God" can become the answer to all the questions I ask, I am encouraged to know that their little minds are soaking up Who our wonderful and awesome Creator is...GOD.

After 15 minutes of molding animals out of play dough, it's time for the Bible story.
"Libby, where are your eyes?" (Libby points to her eyes)
"Austin, where are your eyes?" (Austin does the same)
"All eyes need to be looking at me."
I then proceed to narrate the Bible story in the most kid-friendly, mesmerizing way that I can, while trying my capture the attention of my 2 and 3-year old's. In past Bible lessons, we have built the walls of Jericho with building blocks and marched around them seven times. Before allowing them to tumble in a heap, we are sure to leave Rahab's part of the wall standing. We have toyed with a plastic Noah's Ark, while re-telling the story of old man Noah, as he obeyed God, built a big boat to carry all the animals and his family, and sailed for over a 100 days after the rains fell for forty days and forty nights. We have read books on Jonah and Adam and Eve. We have talked about how we must obey mommy and daddy. We have discussed serving and saying kind things to our brothers and sisters.

Austin and the Walls of Jericho

The Walls of Jericho with Rahab's house still standing.

 "Nay one, Nay one..." her quiet, shy voice carries the tune so beautifully.
"Libby, would you like to sing the Seven Days of Creation song?"
"Yeah," she timidly responds.
We all sing in unison of an awesome Creator, Who created everything in six days and then "rested in His heaven."
"Day One, day one, God made light when there was none..."


"Who wants to point to them?"
Hands are raised and my little helpers are eager to lend a little hand.
"Okay, Madelyn, you can take a turn."
She prisses up to the Fruits of the Spirit hanging on the wall. While she randomly points to each one I lead them in saying them in order. =) After a few weeks, it is amazing how well these little ones are able to remember and know the qualities of a Spirit-fillied-life.
"Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self-Control!" (They know the last one quite well and like to say it extra loud. ;)

After class, they clean up their section of the table and we gather their belongings to take home. We open the door and stand at the entrance and eagerly wait for their mommies and daddies to arrive (okay, sometimes it's siblings too ;p) and take them to "big church."

I love my girlies. Maybe one day, we'll have some little guys in class.

As for now, we are content; just me and my little church girls.

(Madelyn was kind of pre-occupied in this video. :/)

Note: All these videos were taken on my iPad..That's why they are so enthralled with watching themselves on the screen. Hehe. ;D

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1. A selfie on my way to work one day.

2. "Eye" see you. With @apinkfirefly

3. Gotta love life with these crazies.

4. "Happys" from mom and sister to make the day better.

5. Lunch with the sis at our favorite lunch spot.

6. Love the country life.

7. A new-do styled by the sister.

10. Oh, just a note from the brother on a piece of gum wrapper.

11. I love my girls in my 2 & 3-year-old class on Sunday mornings.

12. Nothin' like the wind-blown look. ;)

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it's a fallish kind of day.

Last Friday, my sister and I went on an outing. The outing included a stop at the local yogurt parlor and then we were off to the park....with my camera in tow. *insert evil laugh* ;D

The intentions were to take pictures of my beautiful sis. But, she was very concerned about the way she looked and insisted on taking photos of yours truly. =) Anyways, I was able to force convince her into me taking a few portraits of her and she took some of me.

Here are a few of the casual snap-shots of the sisters...

 

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