Hello Again ...

I realize that it has been a very long time since my last blog post.  I do apologize for that.  Life took an interesting turn when my husband and I decided that God was leading us back to WI.  Let me fill you in on a few small details you may have missed.

1.  We moved to WI!!! After almost 2 years in the beautiful city of Las Vegas, and several nights praying together about our future, we knew we were suppose to root ourselves back in the small town of Rice Lake, WI.  Several things played into our decision. We missed our church family and friends dearly.  We want to start a family and raise them in a good area and in a good church.  God said GO, which in the end is the most important reason.

2.  No, I am not preggo yet.  A few people have thought I was after mentioning a reason to move is to start our family.  We, as any normal married couple have been practicing for a little over 3 years now, and will officially start trying to get preggo this fall.  If you are a praying person, please pray we do not have to wait long to have our first baby (9mo of course but not too much longer). Thank you!

3.  We are still waiting on our beloved household items to arrive!! This has caused a bit of stress from the day of loading as we encountered some things about our moving company that did not make us happy.  Hoping our things arrive soon and until then are so grateful for church family who have loaned us a futon, dishes, eating utensils, TV, and chairs to at least feel somewhat comfy til our things do arrive.

All in all, we are currently laughing in the face of the enemy as he tries to get us down and make us feel like we made the wrong choice.  We know, beyond all things that our decision was a right one and everything God has planned is falling into place quite nicely for us.  We continue to have faith in Gods plan for us and know that as we follow Him every need will be met and we will continue to grow. Moving is a challenge but having faith and a church family there for support makes the challenge a bit easier, and for that I am blessed and so grateful for!!

Creative Juices ...

Today I signed up for a creativity movement called Mosaic.

My friend created a song writing 5in5, 5 songs in 5 days, and is now challenging us further into the depths of our creative minds.  I stole the following from his blog about the Mosaic Project to explain the process to you.  Several of my long time friends are joining this movement and I look forward to seeing the beautiful picture that our minds bring together from all walks in life and all parts of the world, as well as getting my creative juices flowing a bit too!! Its going to be a beautiful adventure!!


 "Welcome to the M O S A I C project. I am sure most of you have seen a mosaic before (if not just click on the picture above. It is a mosaic of the world made out of apps). Most mosaics are formed by overlapping various broken materials. I like the phrase various broken materials because it is a good description of us all. We are all broken in some way. We all have hurts and imperfections, but when we are in community and share our lives with each other we begin to see a bigger picture take form. We begin to see a *work of beauty under the artful hands of God."

http://danieljohnmusic.com/the-m-o-s-a-i-c-project/


I will be posting on this creative process as it comes about.  The deadline is this coming Wednesday and my final project will be posted in my blog as well as on the link above with the rest of the beautiful works of art that are put together to make ONE bigger picture.

God's Canvas

There is absolutely nothing like being on the back of my husbands motorcycle with the wind in my face and the smell of nature swirling around you.  Last Monday, we got up early on my husbands day off, dressed for a chilly morning, with cooler clothes packed away for later, put on our gloves, glasses and helmets, and took off for a day of adventure.

When you are on a bike, your senses come alive! You see things you don't normally see in an enclosed vehicle, you smell the city for the first time and you hear everything around you in a very clear way.  It is important to be super alert on a bike.  This way, you are ready for anything that may happen, and thankfully we are always prayed up before a ride and have never encountered accidents or even close accidents.


 On our ride this day, I saw the Las Vegas Speedway for the first time, it is monstrous, the Nellis Air force Base, which is also monstrous,  had 2 jets taking off right in front of us for their morning run.  The smell of breakfast was in the air, and by the time we got to our meeting spot, I was starving and ready to "fill up" for the ride.  We are always early for everything, our friends are always late, lucky for me, everyone was on time today and my breakfast tasted amazing.

  Tummies full. Bikes full. Its time to RIDE!! 

Destination of the day: The Valley of Fire

As we slowed down to approach the entrance of the park, I was in awe.  I have never seen anything so beautiful and its magnitude is like that of the Grand Canyon, in my opinion.  Seeing the reason for its name right away, the mountains are FIRE red, orange and yellow.  They have been there a very long time so some of the walls have been hallowed out by the wind or have been left with a sort of honeycomb look, small holes going in and out of the mountains walls.  One had ancient writings you could climb up to see,  one mountain in front of us looked like a wave about to come crashing down, it swooped over and over.  The farther into the park we got, the more breath taking it became.  With red all around you, the sun shining high and the desert glowing, how can one not see the beauty of God and know how amazing He truly is? 

The experience of the ride to The Valley of Fire was simply amazing, unlike any other ride we have ever been on.  I wish I had the words to describe to you how these magnificent, breath taking, beauty, and strength filled mountains really made me feel.  There really are no words.  All I can say, is that they made me feel closer to God in some way, knowing how He formed each rock and the colour as if He painted His daily masterpiece right into these rocks.  The desert of Nevada truly is a most amazing place, even if the day after I have to suffer with allergy sniffles and puffy eyes, God's wonder was seen by this rider in His canvas called The Valley of Fire.