Jennie's Journey

WOW long time no post

2010-05-04T11:17:00.003-04:00

Sorry for the delay in posting. Life has kept me busy. My newest adventure I guess you can call it is.... I was hired by ASM Campaingers to represent Provo Craft and demonstrate the new Cricut Cake Machine.
The flew us to Chicago for training all expenses paid and were treated wonderfully!!! It was awesome to be in a room full of others that feel the same passion for the Cricut and the other Provo Craft Products.
I'm so excited to be part of the Cricut Demo Army!!! They even mentioned the new product coming out will be "Awesome!!" I cant wait to see what it is and hopefully they will ask us to demo that as well!
I was lucky enough to get the demo position at the Michael's I already work at so that was a plus and my manager and other employees were and are so supportive it's great!

Crop Night

2010-02-28T21:17:00.004-05:00

This is a couple layouts I made today at a demo I did for work at Michael's.
Then I made the board to promote our upcoming crop night. Im excited we are starting these up!!!
Click on the pics to see closer if needed.
Thanks for stopping by.
Scrappy Hugs,
Jen

WOW Long time no post...............

2010-02-23T15:18:00.003-05:00

Sorry I have been missing for so long. Im looking forward to posting again regularly.
As a start I added a blinkie at the top right for robyn, please be sure to check out her site
she is super fun, and inspiring.
My Pink Stamper

Blog candy

2009-10-21T14:59:00.002-04:00

Cricut Creations
Head on over for some great blog candy and wonderful blog with some great inspiration.
Blessings and good luck.

WOOOHOOOO Cricut celebrates

2009-09-21T14:30:00.002-04:00

Help us celebrate our 100th Cricut cartridge—Winter Woodland! That’s right, we reached 100 cartridges. As a thank you for our great Cricut community members we want you to celebrate with us. So, we’re giving away 100 cartridges over the next five weeks (20 per week).
check it out here

Check out the contest here

Cartridge info here

Blog Candy

2009-09-11T13:20:00.002-04:00

Head on over to Kaymin Kreations
and get your chance at some yummy fun goodies.Wonderful lady with great inspiration.
Have a crafty day!!!

WOW 250.00 Gift card to be won

2009-08-26T15:07:00.002-04:00

Head on over to The Scrapping Cottage for your chance at winning.
Happy crafting.

WOW Blogcandy

2009-08-19T12:30:00.002-04:00

Be sure to head over to Creating from the Heart and check out the awesome blog candy. Dont forget to check out all the great inspiration as well--enjoy!!!

Baby Album

2009-08-05T14:05:00.011-04:00

This is an album I did for a good friend of mine in North Carolina. I had such fun doing this album and was so excited when she received it and loved it. I picked about half the pages to share here, otherwise the post would be huge LOL. Melinda's precious Abby Rose arrived July 31st and my book arrived Aug. 1st pretty good timing I think :)
Thanks for looking and blessings.

I feel very touched and honored to receive this award

2009-07-31T21:18:00.005-04:00

This sweet touching award was given to me by the super sweet and very, very talented sandy over at
Details by Sandy She is such a wonderful person. Please make sure you stop by and visit her blog and enjoy the wonderful creations.
Here are the rules for this award: To pick up the Circle of Friends Blog Award cut and paste the award logo and use it on your own blog. Nominate 5 other bloggers you feel have become part of your circle of friends. Link to your nominees within your blog post. Include these instructions on how to pick up the award in your blog post. Link back to the person who gave you the award in your blog post, to show your appreciation. Comment on their blogs to let them know they've received the award.
I definitely feel via the www that i have definitely found some wonderful and crafty friends.
Id like to share this with

angie
claudette
bridget
crystal
tammy
nancy
melinda

ok I know that is more then 5 but it is so hard to pick, I could keep going for sure. Some already have the award and I had to try and stay close to 5 :)

Pop bottle for my beautiful daughter's birthday

2009-07-27T12:43:00.011-04:00

Ok im hoping my lovely daughter does not see this post before it arrives at her door :)
I decided to make her pop bottle and deocrate it with her favorite---sunflowers. I used walk in my garden for the flowers and the for you, also used doodletype for happy birthday.
I decided since everytime a box shows up at the house my granddaughter knows it is for her from Grandma florida :) So of course i couldnt only send goodies for my daughter. I made kylee her own pop bottle with her favorite--Ariel and flounder (which she says firsch for fish :) ) I used Dreams come true for her bottle, and alpha bubbles from sizzix for her name. Josh thought they were perfect for the water feel :)
I hope they both enjoy their goodies. I so enjoyed making these what fun and the curly's I thought were the perfect toppers.
Thanks for looking.

Wow its been awhile......

2009-07-15T13:06:00.003-04:00

I just finished up a project and now i need to get pics and get it posted. On top of that life has just been busy, busy and fun, fun.
The pics should be up in the next few days of my project i finished. In the meantime make sure to check out some of the blogs i follow, very talented crafters and great blogs--enjoy.
Blessings
Jennie

Ill leave you with a picture from my day with peyton, we went for a walk and of course my jealous lil furbaby had to go along so we found him his own spot :)

Granddaughter layout

2009-06-29T22:24:00.003-04:00

This is a layout I did for my wall of my granddaughter Peyton. I used pooh font, george for the layout, jasmine for the corners. Cuttlebug for the flowers. You can click on the picture for a better close up.
Thanks for visiting.
Blessings
Jennie

Im feeling some bloggy love :)

2009-06-24T16:04:00.004-04:00

Thank you to Sandy andLynn
Two extremely sweet and talented women. Please click on their names to visit their blogs and see what I mean.
Now Im suppose to pass this on to 15 so here are a few and also any of my followers who have not recieved an award please email me and let me know and I would love to pass this on to you and your name to the list.

Stacy
Kelly
MickeyDee
Crystal
Lou

and dont forget any of my followers who need their first award let me know so I can add you to the list.

Blessings
Jennie

BLOG CANDY HEAVEN!!!

2009-06-20T13:21:00.002-04:00

Head on over to Going buggy, and check out Enfys wonderful talent and her generous blog candy she is offering.

Blessings and thanks for stopping by
Jennie

Two awards what a sweet feeling

2009-06-13T12:25:00.006-04:00

Thanks claudette how sweet of you, this made me smile to receive it :)
My son was so sick and now i have been battling it so this was a nice surprise.
Hugs to you. Everyone make sure you hop over and check out claudette's blog
Im passing this one on to

shelly
Jeannie
Kelli
Bridget
Chevygirl
Crystal
Nancy
Brenda
Okie
Angie

Now I would love to thank Crystal and Angie for passing on this next award,

Id like to pass this on to
Melinda
Aymee
Loopylou

Sweet and Simple

2009-06-09T09:08:00.002-04:00

These are just a few sweet and simple things I actually did awhile back, but I need to get batteries for my camera to get pictures of the new projects. Sooooo I thought I would share these.
The first is a layout of my darling granddaughter and some cuddle time we shared when she was not feeling good.
The second is a card that im not sure what Ill use it for :)
Both are just some chipboard, patterned paper and ink. Sometimes I like to just do simple and fast :)
Thanks for looking and hope to have more up soon.
Blessings
Jennie

I got an award

2009-06-02T10:52:00.003-04:00

Im thrilled chevygirl over at SouthernChevyGirl gave me an award, thank you so much im excited and grateful you thought of me :)
The award was designed to award bloggers for showing great attitude and gratitude.
I am passing this award on to these ladies who all have a great attitude and gratitude:
1.Tammy over at NCScrapaddict
2.Nancy at Nancy's Craft Spot
3.Angie at Angie's Oasis
4.Min at Kaymin Kreations
5.Claudette at Claudette's Craft Corner
6.Lynn at Beautiful Delights
7.Jeannie at A Place for my Cards

I could keep going with names for sure :)
Thank you all for you great inspiration and being such wonderful people.
Blessings

2009-06-01T12:56:00.001-04:00

Make sure to head over to sonia's blog for wonderful inspiration and a chance at some great blog candy.
visit sonia at SCRAPS 4 FUN by Sonia Kertznus

Diaper Cake

2009-05-31T14:07:00.003-04:00

Per my dear friend angie over at AngiesOasis
said I should post my diaper cake. This was made for my new precious granddaughter.
Not bad for my first attempt well in my opinion lol.
Thanks for stopping by and visting.
Blessings

WOW My Apologies

2009-05-24T23:42:00.004-04:00

I had meant to share the Rockin Girl Blogger award and had such a hard time choosing and then I cant believe I totally forgot to get on and post those I was passing it on to.
I was looking at all my posts and realized it was not there Im so sorry-- so here it goes Im passing this award on to

Angie at Angie' Oasis
Tammy at NCScrapAddict
Min at Kaymin Kreations
Sharon at Gramma's House of Cards
DeeDee at Scrappin with DeeDee

I could keep adding to this list I love so many of the blogs I visit.
Blessings

Fabulous blog candy and amazing talent

2009-05-18T15:57:00.005-04:00

Be sure to head over to debbie's blog for some amazing talent as well as blog candy that is just out of this world.
PassionForCrafts
is the place for inspiration and fun.

Blessings and thanks for stopping by
Jennie

So excited!!!!!!!! My first blog award!!!

2009-05-12T22:24:00.003-04:00

Im so thrilled that Brenda over at Brenda'sJoy was kind enough to pass this award on to me. This is my first blog award so it is super special to me!!!
Be sure to stop by her blog as she is super sweet and very talented in many more ways then papercrafting.
Thanks Brenda and crafty hugs to you.

2009-05-12T11:01:00.003-04:00

This is a card I made from the wild card cartridge--one of my favorites!!! Im sending this one out to a dear friend that I miss dearly in Ohio.

This one is one I made when I received my Mothers Day Bundle!!! I couldnt wait to play with the Home Decor cart, and this is what I did with the adorable lil bird. This one is going up to my wonderful daughter and granddaughter. I hope it brings a smile to their face.

Thanks for stopping by and looking. I would love to know you stopped by so please feel free to leave a comment they are truly enjoyed and appreciated.
Hugs and blessings

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SWEET GRANDDAUGHTER

2009-05-05T14:24:00.002-04:00

My wonderful granddaughter kylee turns 3 today, what a blessing she is. I miss her so very much, I wish we lived closer.
Kylee I hope your day is super terriffic just like you my sweet.
Love and hugs from Grandma"florida"(that is what she calls me lol), Poppy, Uncle Mike, Uncle Josh and gizmo too :)

Something special for my granddaughter

2009-04-28T14:24:00.007-04:00

This is a lil something special I made for my sweet granddaughter for her 3rd birthday.
I miss living closer to her so much. I so enjoyed making this for her, the inspiration came from a project posted by cathy over on the cricut messageboard cathys post. Thanks for the inspiration cathy :)
I used the storybook font at 6",divine swirl cuttlebug folder, skittles, primas, inking, fibers,ribbon and wasau paper( I love how that cut on the cricut)
Shockingly no stickles, however that was partly due to me running out of time to get it in the box, since I wanted it in the mail today and I was afraid they would still be a little tacky feeling to pack. And partly that the majority vote (from me, hubby and ds) was to not add them lol.
Thanks for looking and I hope you visit soon.
Blessings
Jennie

Birthday Invites for my Granddaughter

2009-04-27T16:18:00.005-04:00

My darling granddaughter is turning 3 and my daughter wanted some wubbzy invites. Well that required enlisting the help of my wonderful hubby to draw my a wubbzy. We then copied them and colored the images in. I added some inking sorry its hard to see in the image, stickles on the nose.
Of course I had to use my cricut :) and mickey font cart for the wording. Then some 1$ stamps for the info parts.
I was so happy to be able to do these for her, its so hard being so far away from them.
Hope you enjoy them and thanks for visiting.
jennie

Wow check this out

2009-04-24T01:03:00.005-04:00

This is a fabulous blog and some wonderful blog candy as well.
Be sure to stop by Passion For Crafts

2009-04-21T12:10:00.003-04:00

HI,
Well this is a layout of my son who is now 14 yeah I know Im a little behind lol. Im addicted to inking however on this one I loved it without so that is out of the box for me. My son actually helped with this one and he enjoyed looking at the pics---this is why I love to scrapbook to see them enjoy the pictures and layouts. He came up with the swirlies and baby boy design. Im going to attempt a close up picture later today. The sign in the pitcure was waiting for me and josh when we got home my sweet hubby made it for us. And the house was filled with balloons that is another layout :) Josh wants the sign in case someday he has a boy- I thought that was sweet.
Thanks for looking.

More pages to my daughters wedding album

2009-04-17T12:57:00.004-04:00

I had shared a few pages in an previous post back on jan. 31 and feb 11th. So I wanted to continue with a few more.
I used my cricut of course I'm so addicted to it :) The storybook cart is one of my absolute favorites.

Hope you enjoy!!

Blessings
Jennie

Duggar Announcement

2009-04-14T22:29:00.002-04:00

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Continued blessings to them all.

Dont miss your chance at a cricut cartridge

2009-04-13T17:56:00.002-04:00

Be sure to vist Kristina's blog for a chance at a great cartridge

yourmemorieshere.blogspot.com

Wishing you all Easter Blessings

2009-04-12T03:34:00.008-04:00

Praise God!! He's Alive!!!
Feel free to turn it up and sing along!!!

Blessings to all!

2009-04-11T11:56:00.000-04:00

No added words needed---

Under the sea

2009-04-05T17:12:00.008-04:00

I recieved my life's a beach cart over a week ago and couldnt wait to play with it. I LOVE it, these snorkeling pics of my sons was a great way to start. My husband and youngest love to snorkel alot the older one does but not as much. I had to add the lobster since they seen one out in the water as they were out snorkeling. This layout was a combination of inputs from the whole family.I hope you enjoy and stop back soon.

The cricut cuts of the snorkelers i tried to customize to my sons hair and their swim trunks :)
My hubby helped with the trunks.:)

The last pic i tried to show the skittles and the depth of them, im learning so bare with me :)
Blessings
Jennie

Paper flowers

2009-03-29T18:03:00.002-04:00

Thanks to Amy over at http://scrappinstyle.blogspot.com/2009/03/paper-flowers.html for sharing her wonderful flowers and instructions. I couldnt wait to try them out. I hope i did them justice.
The stamp is a 1$ stamp from Michaels.
Thanks for looking
Blessings
Jennie

Easter fun

2009-03-24T11:24:00.003-04:00

Thought I'd share a fun easter card I made for my darling granddaught(hopine my dd doesnt see this before she gets it) :)
I used my cricut, cuttlebug, chalk, ink, primas, skittle and ribbon.
I love his lil pink nose and happy eyes!!!! I hope she enjoys it.
Thanks for visiting and hope you come back often.
Blessings

Some bloggy goodness

2009-03-22T21:10:00.003-04:00

Head on over to staci's blog for an awesome giveaway. Also take time to browse around and see her creations be sure to leave a comment and say hi.

Here is the link http://scrappingmomentsmilestonesandmemories.blogspot.com

My lil love bug a.k.a. my granddaughter

2009-03-17T11:44:00.002-04:00

When I found this 1$ stamp at michael's I knew I had to have it. For what? I wasnt sure.
Then when I got home and was looking through some pictures I found the picture of Kylee giving me a kiss and then another of her kissing her mommy and I knew what I wanted to do.
I used DCWV cardstock,patterened paper, 1$ stamp, ink, and my cricut expression with walk in my garden cartridge.
Thanks for stopping by and hope you can visit often.
Blessings
Jennie

Great giveaway!!

2009-03-10T17:02:00.003-04:00

Make sure to head on over to www.craftcritique.com for an awesome giveaway and lots of great information.
Its open until midnight so head on over-quick :)
Blessings

Praying for Jonah

2009-03-04T17:22:00.003-05:00

I found this prayers request via my friend Tammy's blog http://ncscrapaddict.blogspot.com/
and was touched to pass the prayer request on.Please lift this precious lil one up in prayer.

Cards

2009-03-03T17:46:00.006-05:00

This one I couldn't wait to get home and make for my granddaughter. I have been eyeing the mickey border punch at michael's for awhile now. Well----it finally went on clearance and was able to use a coupon on top so it was too good a deal to pass up, it was a great bargain and 4.50 or so I think. Of course I used my cricut expression and my mickey font cartridge :) I love making cards for my granddaughter and I thought this would bring a smile to her face. I hope it does :)

This one was actually part of a kit that was found on clearance as well the whole kit was amere 1.99 and the kit makes 8 cards, I will be sharing more of them later. It was labeled baby but too me the cards are much more versatile then that. And of course I have to add some inking, stickles and who knows what other goodies.

Thanks for stopping by.
Blessings
Jennie

Craziness!!!

2009-02-11T11:26:00.005-05:00

Sorry for the delay its been crazy busy and then a touch of a stomach bug ugh.
Here are some more pages from my daughters wedding album im working on some pages of granddaughter as well and will be posting those in a few days.
Hope you enjoy.
thanks for stopping by
Blessings
Jennie

More pages to my daughters album

2009-01-31T16:01:00.001-05:00

Here are a few more pages to my daughters wedding album. I hope you enjoy.
Blessings
Jennie

My daughters wedding album

2009-01-29T12:08:00.001-05:00

This is the first page of my daughters wedding album I made her and her husband for their wedding.
It was a bittersweet day I was so happy for her and to do this for them however it broke my heart that I was unable to travel there. I wish them many years of blessings.
I will be sharing the other pages in another post soon.
thanks for looking
Blessings
Jennie

Blessing and new directions

2009-01-29T11:56:00.005-05:00

Well I know it has been a few months since I posted. However I was taking even more time for my family and myself with the Lord's help we are refocusing and just smoothing out our life's path.We have been so busy working and schooling that although we are a super close family our scheduling need a lil tweaking. Also I have decided to dedicate this blog to mostly just my papercrafting things. I have been blessed by so many blogs that I follow. I decided I would do more crafting and lil tidbits here and there about us. Papercrafting makes me happy so I hope you come back often to check out my creations and those of my friends as Ill be sharing those as well. I admire so many others works of art Ill be anxious to share all of theirs and mine.

Blessings
Jennie

Congrats Lana!!!!

2008-10-30T11:30:00.004-04:00

I would love for you to go visit a wonderful blog by Lana http://sweetpeaspapercreations.blogspot.com/ . She is a very creative cricut board member(the cricut board is my absolute favorite place to visit).
www.cricut.com
Lana is offering some wonderful bloggy candy in honor of becoming a design team member for regina over at http://reginascutterdesigns.blogspot.com/
Enjoy all the crafy goodness.
Blessings
Jennie

Handmade Cards

2008-10-16T20:36:00.003-04:00

I love to papercraft, scrapbooking and card making are my passion. I have come across a wonderful blog, at http://kellishouse.blogspot.com/2008/10/fall-card-paper-crafting-thursday.html
Kelli has a wonderful blog full of inspiration for all areas of your home. Its such a wonderful blog to stop by and discover all the goodness. She host a meme every thursday and I have been watching for a few weeks as Im not one to share my things Im a little shy that way. But decided to give it a try this week. I hope you enjoy and make sure to stop by Kelli's.
Blessings
Jennie

Christmas is on its way!!!

2008-10-16T15:23:00.005-04:00

Like it or not its true. Christmas is on its way. I LOVE christmas time, the meaning, the songs,the lights, the scents, the baking and so much more. Im always a little frazzled towards the end. So this year I found a great site and am so enjoying reading and gettting plans into action.
If you are wanting some organization to your christmas to do list take a look here
http://organizedchristmas.com/

Blessings

Farmers Market

2008-09-27T21:09:00.002-04:00

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my favorite time of year is fall. And lately I have been sad that im missing out on the colors and smells I was use to prior to moving to Florida. Then today we had to run errands and one was to stop by a store at the mall and pick up something my son had on order.As we are entering outside is a mini farmers market set up, so I just had to pop over I love going to farmers markets especially in the fall. The picture I have shared is my lil goodies I purchased that totally made my heart smile, some wonderful zucchini squash, cucumber, peaches, tomatoes and a lil pumpkin for decor. Then to make things better as we are checking out we were able to find out they have a permanent location close by and of course fun festivities for halloween---sooooooooooo yay again we will definitely be visiting there.

Granddaughter Goodness!!!!

2008-08-23T21:50:00.008-04:00

I had to share the art work my darling granddaughter sent me to hang on my refrigerator, it arrived addressed to Grandma(happy tears already) and when I opened it was pure joy, I could feel my smile inside and out.
Then my daughter sent me the picture of lil miss kylee q(a lil name I call her)after she got into some stickers I had sent for her potty reward. However she got them and decided to make herself a walking sticker book, and was even saying cheese in the picture.
It is so hard to be so far away, so these things help to ease that pain.

Have a happy day
Jennie

New habits.............

2008-08-21T21:35:00.002-04:00

Today I'm starting a few things that I hope will become habits. The first thing is a gratitude journal. I have heard Oprah talk about them and some Christian blogs have mentioned them as well.

Researchers studying those who kept gratitude journals concluded:

At the end of the 10 weeks, participants who’d kept a gratitude journal felt better about their lives as a whole and were more optimistic about the future than participants in either of the other two conditions. To put it into numbers, according to the scale we used to calculate well-being, they were a full 25 percent happier than the other participants. Those in the gratitude condition reported fewer health
complaints.

People who kept a gratitude journal reported feeling more joyful, enthusiastic, interested, attentive, energetic, excited, determined, and strong than those in the hassles condition. They also reported offering others more emotional support or help with a personal problem— supporting the notion that gratitude motivates people to do good. And this was not limited to what they said about themselves. We sent surveys to people who knew them well, and these significant others rated participants in the gratitude group as more helpful than those in the other groups.

This information was shared from http://aholyexperience.com/2006/11/gift-list-thousand-things.html
which has the link to where the information is from.

Secondly I'm starting my 1000 gifts list--which is basically an ongoing list of those things I'm thankful for. I will be posting this in my sidebar as I get it going. I want to try and complete this by Christmas.

If you decide to either or both of these leave me a comment and let me know.

Happy journaling and list making,
Jennie

Bloggy Candy

2008-08-19T12:15:00.003-04:00

Enfys is a very talented paper crafter that is from the http://www.cricut.com/messageboard/ which is my absolute favorite place on the web to go for my paper crafting with my cricut.Please go check out her blog and wonderful creations. She is celebrating 65,000 hits on her blog with some wonderful bloggy candy. The hits are no surprise as her creations are always a treat to check out.So head on over to:
http://going-buggy.blogspot.com/

Happy Crafting
Jennie

My Daybook: First Edition

2008-08-11T19:26:00.009-04:00

Thanks to my dear friend over at At Shore's End
who directed me to this wonderful site The Simple Woman
I thought I would participate in this meme.

Outside my window is partly cloudy, and muggy, however Am enjoying watching the neighbors peacocks strut around our yard, they are so pretty.

I am thinking about all the inspiration and determination I have seen on the Olympics so far. And

I am thankful that God has blessed me with a husband,children and granddaughter who are the inspiration in my life.

From the kitchen I'm preparing a yummy dinner of chicken parmigiana and salad.

I am creating layout ideas for my daughters wedding album

I am wearing blue jean capri's and a pink t-shirt.

I am reading Joyce Meyers "Start Your New Life Today"

I am hoping for no rain tomorrow so the boys can go try out their new skim boards their dad made them.

I am hearing my son playing video games, and the Olympics are on.

Around the house is pretty much all tidy and ready for dinner time. Then it will be time to light the candles(something we try to do nightly to help wind down) and watch the Olympics.

One of my favorite things is hearing my granddaughter talking or singing to me via the phone, since they are sadly over 1200 miles away.

A few plans for the week are to work on my daughter's wedding album, reading some of the wonderfully inspirational blogs I have been finding. And just enjoying what is around me.

Proud to announce...................

2008-07-30T12:38:00.011-04:00

The Movie Maniac

My son's blog.
I have been telling him he should start one to share all his reviews, and such on his passion of movies. To say he is Thee Movie Maniac is an understatement. He loves everything there is to do about movies. Whether he is adding them to his rather large collection, seeing them in the theatre, reading movie information in his favorite movie magazines(more on those on his blog) or just sitting talking about them its always fun to see what he has found out.
Im so glad he started his blog and his link will always be on my sidebar which I just love the one he created.
So be sure to go check it out and sit back and enjoy the show.
http://theemoviemaniac.blogspot.com/

Scrapbook Happiness

2008-07-28T19:39:00.002-04:00

Since Im waiting on photos to share of my daughters wedding I thought I would share some scrappy happiness.
One of the site I love to frequent and get inspiration from is Dee Dee's blog
http://deedeecampbell.blogspot.com/
Make sure to pop over and see all her crafty goodness.
Happy Scrapping
Jennie

In Honor of Nicole and Royal

2008-07-19T13:49:00.002-04:00

This sings my soul saturday is in honor of my daughter Nicole and Royal's wedding.
Im so blessed to know my daughter is happy. Today is filled with emotions happy and tearful for me.
A lil bit of background, they had planned to get married by just going to the city hall and really that was it. Then three weeks before the date Royal's aunt was kind enough to bless them with a small ceremony at her house. Sadly with only three weeks I was unable to have the funds to make it there, though my precious daughter understood it tore my heart apart more then words can ever describe.
My daughter and me have definitely grown in the last several years in our relationship and have become very close.Praise God for this.
We were able to talk nightly about the wedding,her nerves, her dress, the music, rings,and so on, it made me feel so good to be able to be there for her emotionally. I was also able to go and buy kylee's (my darling granddaughter)dress for the wedding and get it shipped to her,with ribbon for nikki's hair along with their wedding gift:)
I look forward to sharing some pictures with everyone as soon as they are uploaded and sent my way.
Please enjoy the song and
Congratulations to the new Mr.& Mrs. Fennell

Then sings my soul.........

2008-07-12T12:22:00.002-04:00

My good friend melinda pointed me to-- then sings my soul saturday http://signsmiraclesandwonders.blogspot.com/2008/07/then-sings-my-soul-saturday-stomp.html
I really Love the song Praise you in this storm which i posted on thur. so im going to let that song continue for today.
See post below for song and video.
Blessings

Praise You in This Storm

2008-07-10T14:39:00.002-04:00

Songs can do so much for you spiritually and emotionally. Lately I have gotten back to listening to songs that I used to listen to. It has renewed so many spiritual feelings in me. I wanted to share a video of one of my many favorite songs, however it was tough to choose. Finally I decided on Praise you in this storm by Casting Crowns. For awhile now our life has been turbulent to say the least and sadly I lost focus of who could protect us-the one and only God Almighty!! It is a blessing to know he never left us and no matter if we make a wrong turn or have trouble remember who is in charge he is still there to pick us up and carry us, and was all along. If you look deep enough you will see all he did even in the hard times.
Please enjoy this video, listen to the words and remember to Praise God!!!

Uplifting

2008-07-07T12:42:00.003-04:00

Over at Mel's World http://melissamashburn.blogspot.com/ you can always find some inspiration today this is one of the verses she shared so I thought I would share it with all of my readers as well since it really is encouraging.

The first is a prayer from David and the following is what we can cling to in our uncertainties

Psalm 86:1-7
1 Hear, O LORD, and answer me,
for I am poor and needy.
2 Guard my life, for I am devoted to you.
You are my God; save your servant
who trusts in you.
3 Have mercy on me, O Lord,
for I call to you all day long.
4 Bring joy to your servant,
for to you, O Lord,
I lift up my soul.
5 You are forgiving and good, O Lord,
abounding in love to all who call to you.
6 Hear my prayer, O LORD;
listen to my cry for mercy.
7 In the day of my trouble I will call to you,
for you will answer me.

Psalm 92:4-14
4 He will cover you with his feathers.
He will shelter you with his wings.
His faithful promises are your armor and protection.
5 Do not be afraid of the terrors of the night,
nor the arrow that flies in the day.
6 Do not dread the disease that stalks in darkness,
nor the disaster that strikes at midday.
7 Though a thousand fall at your side,
though ten thousand are dying around you,
these evils will not touch you.
8 Just open your eyes,
and see how the wicked are punished.
9 If you make the Lord your refuge,
if you make the Most High your shelter,
10 no evil will conquer you;
no plague will come near your home.
11 For he will order his angels
to protect you wherever you go.
12 They will hold you up with their hands
so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone.
13 You will trample upon lions and cobras;
you will crush fierce lions and serpents under your feet!
14 The Lord says, “I will rescue those who love me.
I will protect those who trust in my name.

A bit of inspiration.....

2008-06-25T14:04:00.001-04:00

When things go wrong as they sometimes will;
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill;
When the funds are low, and the debts are high
And you want to smile, but have to sigh;
When care is pressing you down a bit-
Rest if you must, but do not quit.

Success is failure turned inside out;
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt;
And you can never tell how close you are
It may be near when it seems so far;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit-
It's when things go wrong that you must not quit.

Dont Quit Author Unknown

Cherished Moments

2008-06-20T12:01:00.003-04:00

Its been awhile since my last post, I apologize. Its been crazy busy lately. Fathers day was wonderful we got a wonderful 3 foot glow in the dark puzzle and put it together while watching the nascar race. Watched movies and just enjoyed time together with Joe. And as a belated fathers day gift we are going down to Key Largo to snorkel well Joe and the boys, Im taking pictues and reading. Joe has been thrilled to show the boys snorkeling and they have cherished every minute together, and now he wants to get them ceritified to dive so they can go with him and experience that too. They even took our underwater camera out which is 18 years old and took some pictures they came out good and if you can get the camera away from Josh then someone else can take a few too LOL.
Remember to cherish the moments as they are what make our heart sing.
Blessings
Jennie

Amazing song......

2008-05-29T13:14:00.000-04:00

This song has been a favorite of mine and brings tears to my eyes. After all we have been
through lately this song couldnt be more true. Blessings and hugs to those that have been there for us.

Time goes quick and

2008-05-21T22:08:00.000-04:00

I think its time to take this blog in more of a scrapbooking/cardmaking blog, with a mix of family happenings.
I have blogged about me and my family, though admittedly I tend to have long lulls in them(due to being a lil shy with the blogging still) Im hoping the crafting will give me something extra to blog about and its something I love to do.
It will probably be slow going on the papercrafts at least until we get all of our stuff out of storage in Ohio. But I will be doing a few in the mean time.
If you have any layouts, cards or any papercrafting items you would like to share please feel free to let me know so I can go check them out.
Blessings
Jennie

Check this blog out....

2008-03-02T18:23:00.000-05:00

A fellow cricut messageboard member has a great lil blog with her wonderful creations.
Take a minute and go browse over at http://bellaaideesmom.blogspot.com/
Be sure to leave a comment.
Blessings
Jennie

Differences

2008-02-19T12:44:00.000-05:00

Today we had a full day back to normal routing of homeschooling.This was a huge relief after all we have been through with moving/relocating, out of work, and just a lot of life changing/eye opening events. Through this we have all become stronger individuals, and with the grace of God things will start to look up. We have always been a close family however the past four months have brought us even closer-I honestly didnt think we could get any closer but here we are.
We have spent way more quality time together, worked together to get through the tough spots and just been there for each other to lean on. I thank God everyday for this.

Last night as I laid in bed thinking and unwinding I was realizing the differences in our life now to four months ago. There are some times I wish we were still in the Carolinas and things hadn't changed. But then I see how far in strength we have come and the joy the simple things in life have brought us. We have realized what you can do without, and how blessed you are to have the things you do have. Our life is in storage and yet we are surviving with minimal items and I do mean minimal. We look forward to getting on our feet and getting our possesions out of storage.
I thank God and pray to God daily for things to turn around yet to always let me remember what I have learned.

Im sorry if this seems rambling but I have lots of thoughts right now and I thank my readers/friends for taking the time to read and email me there encouraging words and prayers.
Hugs to you all and Blessings,
Jennie

Feelings of Limbo

2008-02-08T14:08:00.000-05:00

Is all I can think of to say how I feel. Some of my readers are aware of the chaos our life has been in, and we are at the point where we feeling like things are trying to take a turn for the better but yet we feel like we are trapped in the middle of falling and climbing back out.
On top of all this I had to visit the emergency room as my blood pressure was extremely high and they couldnt get it to come down and stay down. So finally when all was calmed down, they sent me home with new bloodpressure meds and some pain meds for the migraines. To say the least this has been an interesting few days being drowsy and getting headaches from the new meds,however they seem to have subsided thankfully.
So all in all today feels like a good day, the sun is gorgeous, the weather is beautiful and we have taken a few more steps back to a normal life.
Well Im off for the day to finish homeschooling and enjoy the weather.
Blessings

Life is still on hold

2008-02-06T14:11:00.000-05:00

or so it seems. Hubby is still looking for a job, thankfully he has had a few minor side jobs with his handyman business so that is starting to get going. Iam of course anxious to get his work going and get in our own place. Though through this all I have learned many things which I will touch on here and there im sure. One thing is enjoying the free things in life much more, we always enjoyed each others company however we have made it a point to go to a park or the beach and just talk and be. Im so blessed to have my hubby and kids they keep me strong.
As I sit here typing Joe(hubby) just got another call to go price a small job yeah for hubby!!!
Well the weather is beautifully sunny and breezy at 81, so we are going to take a drive before the appointment.
Take time to enjoy your day.
Blessings
Jennie

American Idol and Me time

2008-01-22T20:37:00.001-05:00

Well it has been an emotional day for some reason. Alot of crying and just alot of emotions flying around. And now that everyone is fed and the kitchen is clean it is time fore "me" time.
So I have gotten comfortable in the wonderful recliner on the couch, with my laptop, a diet caffeine free pepsi, and watching http://www.americanidol.com/ I love this show!!!! So that is it may not be exciting to some but for me it is making me feel calm and I need that today.
My friend at http://www.ragtagbeliever.com/ shared a wonderful video today that I really wanted to share with my readers as well however I was having trouble posting so Im adding the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZI2gOBvBHk please take the time to enjoy!
Blessings

Menu Plan Monday

2008-01-21T19:08:00.000-05:00

This is something my good friend melinda over at http://www.ragtagbeliever.com/ shared with everyone.
Be sure to visit http://orgjunkie.com/
Im going to enjoy browsing the site and trying to keep up the menu plan monday as well as other tips.
Here is ours for this week: not to fancy we are currently staying with my brother and it is hard with so many different tastes :)
Monday: 16 bean soup
Tuesday: Beef stew
Wednesday: Hamburgers on the grill, fries, and salad
Thursday: Pizza
Friday: Grilled cheese sandwiches, and soup
Saturday: I have to be honest im not sure for sat. or sun. hope to fill this in soon.
Sunday:

Thanks Melinda

2008-01-21T19:05:00.000-05:00

This is a post to thank my good friend over at http://www.ragtagbeliever.com/ for being such a dear friend and encouraging me to get blogging and guiding me on tips and such for getting started.
Make sure to check out her blog as she has lots of good places to share. In my next post I will share one that she shared on her blog and Im enjoying.
See you soon!!!

We have arrived!!!!

2008-01-21T18:50:00.001-05:00

Well I have started my hand at blogging by starting new. Life has taken a turn for the worse and I will be talking and sharing the road to our recovery, and just life in general.
As life continues on its crazy course. The Lord is in control.
Life has taken us to Florida, we are looking for work and trying to get an idea of where we want to settle in. For now we are staying with my dear brother whom i totally admire and Love dearly.
The weather is absolutely beautiful here and I feel we are on the path that will soon lead us to the road to recovery.
Blessings to all.