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Don't miss the fun at Scrap-Friendzy as we prepare for the upcoming Holidays!! There will be tons of challenges to get you in the Holiday mood, not to mention fun games, chatter and lots of prizes!!! Don't miss it! bring your friendz!!

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month....

It's so wonderful to be where I am now istead of where I was this time last year! God is so good!

Destiny

It is very important that we as parents, do all we can to instill a sense of destiny in our children. They face a lot of peer pressure, so they need to understand it is o.k. to be who they are, and that they do not have to be or do what everybody else is or does. Each of us are fearfully & wonderfully made, according to the Word of God. We are individuals, not copies! There is always more value placed on an original than a copy, right?

When our children feel secure in who they are, they will not try to be a copy of everyone else. They will take a stand and be different when they need to be. That doesn't mean that they have to be the kid that nobody wants to be around, but instead they can be the kid that others are wanting to be like!

Make your children feel as if they are special by the words you speak to them. Don't worry about “giving them the big head”, there will be plenty of people in their world that will try to tear them down. Encourage them to be who God has created them to be!

Let them know that they can become anything they want to become. Teach them that God will lead them to a great destiny and that there is not enough darkness in the world to put out the light God has placed in them!

SF B-day Blog Hop #2

Welcome to our Birthday Blog Hop & challenge #2!!! I am so glad that you have joined us to help celebrate our 2nd birthday here at SCRAP-FRIENDZY!!!

Here is the scoop on our Birthday Bash:

-Our Hop will last for 10 Days!! {October 1st-10th}

-Each evening, you will check in on our SF BLOG. You will find a link to 'hop' to that day's blog!

-All you have to do is leave a comment on each blog that you hop to! Every time you leave a comment you will be put in a drawing to win a scrappy prize!

-Also... each blog you hop to will offer a challenge to you. Each challenge will have a Friendz Pointz value. Complete the challenge, upload your project into the SF gallery and link it in the appropriate thread in the forum to earn your FPZ! (Remember, the girlfriend that earns the most FPZ in October will win a prize package AND be featured as our Girlfriend Of The Month!!)

No problem if you didn't get in on the first day. You have until Oct. 31st to get the challenges in for fptz.

If you have any questions concerning our Blog Hop, feel free email me here!

I am excited to offer my challenge which will be worth 25 friendzpointz! One of the biggest things about birthday parties is shopping for the perfect gift! So I am offering an AD TITLE CHALLENGE!!

Recently, I was watching t.v. & saw a commercial. I had the thought that the slogan would make a great title for a scrap page. So my ears perked up! I started noticing commercials more & even looked at the ads in a couple of magazines. Quickly, I came up with a list of 10 possible LO titles.

Here they are:

Dare.Dream.Do (Target)
Play well, live well (Milk)
Every Day Matters (J.C.Penney)
Flaunt Your Style (Lee Jeans)
Love The Skin Your In (Olay Regenerist)
Value Every Moment (Children's Place)
Simple. Natural. Downright Perfect (Simply Lemonade)
This Is Love (Bryers)
There's Only One Word For This, "It's Bliss" (Bliss Candy)
You're Fabulous (Dr. Scholls)

You can either choose one of these titles or come up with your own. Just list what the AD is where you got your title from in the forum when you upload your LO. Everything else on the LO is up to you. Remember to upload your creations in the SF Gallery & in the appropriate post in the forum & award yourself 25 fptz.

I kinda went crazy on this because I just loved all the titles! Sooooo I have already created 4 example LO's!!

Here they are:

Value Every Moment (Children's Place)


Flaunt Your Style (Lee Jeans)


Play well- Live well (Milk)


Simple.Natural.Perfect (Simply Lemonade)


Have a great time scrappin' girlfriendz & don't forget to go to the SF blog again tomorrow & see what blog you need to hop to!

Family Matters Article

I believe that God has a Divine destiny for each of us. One of our main jobs as parents is to train our children up in a way that they desire to fulfill God's will for their life. Understanding that God has a plan for them will give a child a sense of purpose. Statistics from philosophers have told us that life's most important question is, “Why am I here?”

Children need to feel that they are important to God, to you & to other people in their life. I recently read an article by Larry Fowler and this is what he says a sense of destiny will do for our children:

*A sense of destiny gives direction in the major decisions of life. The young person who believes God is calling him or her to serve Him will consider that when deciding what college to attend, who to marry, and what to do for a career.

*A sense of destiny gives meaning to life’s opportunities. If I believe God might use me to influence children as an elementary school teacher, I’ll seek opportunities that contribute to that direction.

*A sense of destiny provides strength in hard times. If I understand that God may need to knock off some rough corners in order to best use me, difficult times can be understood and endured.

As parents, we can help them to have a sense of destiny by teaching them that God has a plan for them individually, by teaching them to desire God's will for their life, and by encouraging them that they CAN do what God has called them to do.

New Projects!

Some of these are for either Gracie's or Kenady's books. One more page for Kenady's book & I will finally be caught up on them!

This one won LOTW at M2R!

Love this pic of Beth & Kenady!!Just had to scrap it for my book. It was last Easter.


Our new MCC Women's ministry!Check out the blog here:Faith Chicks



"June Bug" pp from Basic Grey:

This was created by a challenge at SF to use the same photo on one page!

This one was a "lift" from one of Amy's awesome LO's! When I saw this pic I new immediately what the title would be!

I didn't know...

I found this picture of me which was taken a few weeks before diagnosis. My thought was, "I didn't know what I had ahead of me!" So out of that thought came this page!
My how wonderful the Lord has been to me!
He always knows what we have ahead & will give us the strength & ability to come through victorious when we stand on HIS WORD!

More LO's!

This one is for my '09 book!
This was for a SF challenge by Brandi to use chipboard, brads & a clock! My how these sweet baby girls have grown!

These 2 are for Gracie's 3 yr. book!The first one was for a challenge to use NO pp!

Scrappy Fun!!!

Remember we are looking for some more Design Team Members at Scrap-Friendzy!
Check it out here: http://www.scrap-friendzy.blogspot.com/
Here are a few more pages!

Decisions, Decisions!!!

Everything in life begins with a decision! Our decisions are what determines our destiny. This is why it is very important for us to make the right ones. The main decision we need to make is to have God to be a part of our lives. God told Joshua, “Choose you this day whom you will serve.” We have that same choice to make everyday of our lives.

Will we allow God to be a part of our decisions? Will we make choices based on HIS Word rather than our own feelings and circumstances? Will we choose to seek Him even when things are not going our way?

If we choose to allow Him to be involved in our life, we can be assured that we are never alone! We can be assured that He will direct our steps and help us to make wise decisions in life.!We can be assured that no matter what others may do or say to hurt us that He is there for us! He will strengthen us and help us to be the spouses, parents, and Christians that we need to be.

I don't know about you but, I NEED God in my life everyday! Things happen to discourage me and hurt me but, I can know for sure that He has the answers for me to come out in victory! He is a good God and is wanting each of us to involve Him in our decisions.

I finally finished Landry's 1st grade book!!! (She just started 3rd!LOL!) Here are the last few pages except for one that I am holding back for a challenge.

This one won LOTD on a couple of sites:

Scrap-friendzy is looking for new DT girlz!!!

Check it out here: http://www.scrap-friendzy.blogspot.com/

PRAISE THE LORD!!!

I am so thankful to God! Spent all day at MD Anderson yesterday & all tests came back good!! Just had to share!

Scrap-Friendzy "Fun In The Sun" Kit Now available

This is one AWESOME kit, just perfect for any of your summer pics! You can check it out here:
www.shop-friendzy.blogspot.com
Here are the projects I completed with this kit:

3 Hour Challenge @ SF

Here is one I did tonight for our final challenge of the Scrap-cation at Scrap-friendzy!! We had 3 hours to create it from a great sketch by Amy!

More Scrappiness!

These are all for Landry's first grade book except for the one of Beth and the one of Kenady!

37th Anniversary

July 28th, was our 37th wedding anniversary! I would like to take this time to thank my husband for being a Godly, loving man! He has been a wonderful father and husband and loves God and his family greatly.
We have had our share of problems through the years, but we have stuck it out and, are both so very thankful that we did. Without God in our lives, that might not have been the case. For many years, God has been our common bond. We have both desired to serve Him and be all that He desires for us to be. I
will have to say that God has definitely been the glue that has held us together. We have even gotten closer and stronger through the years.
The problems in relationships and families can very easily take over in our lives if we do not take them to God and ask for His help and strength.
Look at what Ephesians 4:2-3 says, “...Be patient with each other, making allowances for each other's faults because of your love. Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together in peace.” (NLT) I also like how the Message Bible says it, “...be quick at mending fences.”
So, I have to say, we have had a few fences to mend along the way, but God is good, and we are looking forward to many more years of serving Him together. I pray the same for each of you!!

We are having a blast this summer!!!

We have been celebrating all summer long!! Here are some pics from NRH2o last week!

More summer fun!

Here are pics from our girls trip ! Me, my mom, my sister-in-law, my niece & all my girls went for an overnight trip. We shopped, ate, went swimming,& went to Sweet & Sassy. The girls got their nails done, had their hair & makeup done & of course got to shop there. Gracie even got her ears pierced! (She had tried before but just couldn't go through with it)But I guess she got caught up in the moment & went for it!!

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