Patch Girls Sleepover

On Friday night, Jennifer and I planned a sleepover with the girls in her class at her house, complete with a visit to M&T Nails for pedicures for everyone. Woohoo!

This was our entire group for the night except for Amy she joined us later at Jenn's house. From left to right: In front is Madison, Kailyn and Callie and In back is Ally, Chey and Nicole.

This is Kailyn....her and her family are new to our church! She is a sweetie!

Jenn smiling sweetly!

Jenn was really relaxing here and I'm not sure what Chey was doing!! lol

This is Jenn, Chey, Nicole, and Callie waiting for their toes to dry.

This is Ally waiting for her toes to dry.

The girls all had a really good time at the nail salon. None of them had gotten a pedicure before, so it was a treat for them. Afterwards we stopped by Little Caesar's for pizza and breadsticks and headed to Jennifers house to settle in for the night. The night went well.......all the girls got along really well and seemed happy to be together and fellowshipping with one another. They played games and watched a couple of DVD movies. Then.............. someone starting beating on the door and scratching on the window! All the girls were scared and screaming. Jennifer and I told them to calm down that it would be ok. Then from the kitchen appeared Johnathan with a loud roar! He came in the back door. The girls all laughed and took a sigh of relief! lol

It was about 4:15 am before all the girls finally fell asleep. Needless to say I was exhausted the next day, but had fun too!

Dinner Blessing

One of our oldest and dearest friends gave Mike and I a gift card to any of the Darden Restaurants, which includes Red Lobster, Olive Garden. (Yum O my fave), Longhorn Steakhouse, and Bahama Breeze (I know I've never heard of it either).

So Mike and I decided to go Thursday night and kinda make it a date night just for us. We dropped the girls off at Granny's house and headed to Olive Garden in Spartanburg. We had a great time together and hope to be able to do it more often. We didn't use all the money on the gift card, so maybe we will get another date night out of this wonderful gift. Thanks so much for the gift......you know who you are. Hehe!!!!!

During the last year, the Lord has been working on me and showing me that I needed to allow my husband to be my best friend and to tell him everything I am feeling and thinking. With the Lord's help I have been doing this a lot in the past six months or so and am really glad I allowed the Lord to work in me. As a result, we have grown closer together and Mike is even coming to Church with me now....and on a pretty regular basis. Hallelujah for that! Many of you know that Mike is not saved and doesn't profess to be. He is a very honest and straight forward person. The first step is salvation is to know you are lost and he does!! He is a good man and a good father to our girls. He just needs salvation, but I believe in my heart and have hope that the Lord is going to save him, but not in my time...in God's time. The Lord also helped me to realize that he isn't saved and I can't make him do the things I think he should be doing. Since I have backed off and allowed him to make more his own choices and not badgered him about various things, we have really grown a lot closer. I also have tried to be a submissive wife to him even though he isn't saved.

The Bible says in Ephesians 5:22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. The Bible also says in Colossians 3:18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord..........and Mike is my husband and I will submit to his authority in our home.

I won't however do anything that is against the word of God and I don't think he would ask me to anyway. I was a little unsure about the issue of submission because Mike isn't saved, but a good friend helped give me some Godly advise and I want to say Thank You to her....she knows who she is.

Although women were not made to be the spiritual leader in the home, when your husband isn't saved you must be that leader in your home. I just want to be the Godly wife and example that the Lord would have me to be to my husband.

Well I said all that to say this.....spend alone time with your spouse as it is very important for your relationship. Just like you spend alone time with God in his word and when you do that you grow closer to him. We should do the same with our spouses. Invest your time in the Lord first then invest time in your spouses.

Mike and I have been married for 18 years and I looking forward to many more.

Have a blessed weekend!!! See ya'll Sunday.

Kimberly

I Finally Did It

For the first time since Taylor and Cassie created this blog for me....I actually changed the background by myself and figured out how to change some things on my blog as well. So what do ya'll think? I am actually quite proud of myself. lol

Just wanted to share that with ya'll.

Kimberly

Madison's Doctor Visit

Yesterday Madison had an appointment with her orthopaedist, Dr. Harakas. When we arrived at the office and were placed in a room, they then took her to X-ray and took two different views of her arm. A few minutes later the nurse came back into the room with the X-rays. Wow they sure can do that fast now!!

We waited for a few more minutes and then the doctor came in and talked to Madison about her progress for a few minutes. Then he looked at the X-rays and told us everything was healing as it should and to come back in 3 weeks. At that time he will cut her cast off and red0 the X-rays and if all looks good, she will be cast free. Yipee! Thank you Lord for answered prayers!

Thanks to everyone who prayed for her recovery!

Here are a couple of pics! Have a great week!

He's Coming Back!!!!

Why did Jesus fold the linen burial cloth after His resurrection? Do you know why?

The Gospel of John tells us in Chapter 20 The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. 2Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the LORD out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him. 3Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre. 4So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre. 5And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in. 6Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, 7And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.

It tells us that the napkin that was placed over the face of Jesus, was not just thrown aside like the grave clothes. The Bible takes an entire verse to tell us that the napkin was neatly folded, and was placed at the head of that stony coffin . Early Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. She ran and found Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. She said, 'They have taken the Lord's body out of the tomb, and I don't know where they have put him!' Peter and the other disciple ran to the tomb to see. The other disciple out ran Peter and got there first. He stooped and looked in and saw the linen cloth lying there, but he didn't go in. Then Simon Peter arrived and went inside. He also noticed the linen wrappings lying there, while the cloth that had covered Jesus' head was folded up and lying to the side. Is that important? Absolutely! Is it really significant? Yes!

In order to understand the significance of the folded napkin, you have to understand a little bit about Hebrew tradition of that day. The folded napkin had to do with the Master and Servant, and every Jewish boy knew this tradition. When the servant set the dinner table for the master, he made sure that it was exactly the way the master wanted it. The table was furnished perfectly, and then the servant would wait, just out of sight, until the master had finished eating, and the servant would not dare touch that table, until the master was finished. Now if the master was done eating, he would rise from the table, wipe his fingers, his mouth, and clean his beard, and would wad up that napkin and toss it onto the table. The servant would then know to clear the table. For in those days, the wadded napkin meant, 'I'm done'. But if the master got up from the table, and folded his napkin, and laid it beside his plate, the servant would not dare touch the table, because.............. The folded napkin meant, I'M COMING BACK!!! Praise the Lord he is coming back!! Amen!