Our 10th Anniversary...

Today is our wedding anniversary, so, I put together a short video that highlights our past 10 years together.


10th Wedding Anniversary

Chad... I love you very much and look forward to many more years together serving God faithfully!
Amanda
"His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend..." ~ Song of Solomon 5:16

To My Best Friend...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Today is my husband's 28th birthday... he is a wonderful husband and definitely my best friend! I love him very much and am thankful that God has allowed us to be together. Just a week and a half ago we celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary (while we were at camp) and it has been a GOOD 8 years!

We spent the whole weekend together at home...it was very nice, even if we were working on some papers for his class almost the whole time - him writing and me proof reading :)  I loved just being with him!

So, again, Happy Birthday Chad... and Happy Anniversary, Love you!

And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, 

or return from following after thee: 

for wither thou goest, I will go;

 and where thou lodgest, I will lodge:

 thy people shall be my people, 

and thy God my God:

Ruth 1:16

Catching up...

So before leaving for camp all the laundry was done...now there is a HUGE pile in the laundry room (and I've already done a bunch!)...

I was hoping to do a little sewing today but not much of anything is being accomplished. It's hot and we have no air conditioning... so some days are unproductive!

However, I hope to post a WIP update tomorrow...even though little has been done!

The picture video is not uploading and is causing some issues...so I'll try to get something put together that I can post later so you can see the great fun we had!

And last night for our anniversary, Chad and I went for a hike and ice cream!

So, a picture of us together!

and our ice cream...next time we only need to share the specialty boat...(and skip the extra sundae) just maybe have the peanut butter added to the chocolate explosion boat!

We couldn't finish it all!

But seek ye first the kingdom of God,

and his righteousness:

and all these things shall be added unto you.

Matthew 6:33

This verse was the main text for the last message at camp last week. Pastor Krohn spoke about making sure to put our priorities in order, then we will have all the fun things (not sinful) added to our lives and we will be living a joy filled life. I really liked his message and today I made mini replicas of the props he used to help the kids visualize what he was talking about.

 (The props used during the message.)

(My reminder 'mini' rocks.)

May we remember to put the right things first... Church, Bible reading, Prayer, Ministry, and School/Work...we will be blessed and we can really enjoy the fun things!

Amanda

Happy Anniversary...

Seven years ago, I married my husband. He is great and has become my very best friend. He is definitely my most favorite person! Happy Anniversary Chad!

Our wedding was planned in a couple of months and had a tropical theme. We got married during summer break while in college. I'd like to share a few pictures...

 A great picture of our rings...which happen to be the same size!

 The cake had the basket weave around it and was then decorated with flowers... Perfect!

A place setting at the reception.

I love this outside picture behind the church.

Our above wedding photos were taken

by Dennis Burchard.



And now we've been married for seven years and have two beautiful little girls...

and have very few recent pictures of us together...

so instead, pictures of us at camp last week. We took the Juniors (ages 8-12) from church.

I have a video of the weeks pictures that I put together for church.

(OK...so my video is not uploading...so I'll try uploading it again later on a new post! They are some great pictures!)

We go to Commonground Baptist Camp, which is ran by Southeast Bible Baptist Church. We just love this camp!

Being then made free from sin,

ye became the servants of righteousness.

Romans 6:18

Once we get saved, we are no longer under the weight of sin...but now we are to allow ourselves to be used of God. To be a servant to His will for our lives, in doing this we will find the greatest joy.

Amanda