God Gives Us a Family

Joseph settles his family in Egypt. (Genesis 45:16 -47:27)

"For you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus." (Galatians 3:26)

A good way to wrap up the week:)

The Princess

Thanks Group.

God Gives Us Forgiveness

Joseph forgave his brothers. Something so many of us couldn't do. (Genesis 42:6-45:15)

"But you are a God of forgiveness, gracious and merciful, slow to become angry, and rich in unfailing love." Nehemiah 9:17

Go. Read. Now.

The Princess

Gracias Group.

God Gives Us Wisdom

Genesis 41:41 - 42:5 shows us how Joseph leads Egypt through famine. Wink, wink:)

The key verse is James 1:5.

"If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you."

It's funny. This is something very easy, but we, the crazy people of the world, can't seem to ever be able to do it. Weird, huh? It is the fact that we have so much pride and we think we can do everything, all by ourselves.

The Princess

Thanks Group.

God Gives Us Special Abilities

Genesis 41:1-40 explains to us how Pharaoh put Joseph in charge. Go look it up.

Remember The Ballad of Little Joe? It's that story.

Our memory verse tonight is Romans 12:6.

"In His grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well."

We are supposed to use our gifts to spread His Word.

So... go. Now:) You know what I mean.

The Princess

Thanks to Group for this awesome VBS.

God Gives Us Hope

Genesis 40:1-23 explains to us that Joseph interpreted dreams in prison. You have to go read it to find out the rest of it:)

Our Bible verse tonight is Jeremiah 29:11.

" 'For I know the plans I have for you,' says the Lord. 'They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.' "

One of my fave verses ever.

Did you know that Joseph is the first prisoner mentioned in the Bible? Huh...

GTG. Go look that scripture up. Now. Go get your Bible. Don't tell yourself you will do it later. I have been there, forgotten that.

The Princess

Thanks to Group for this amazing VBS.

Oh VBS...

I know it is to teach kids about God. I know that. But that doesn't mean it isn't one of the longest weeks ever.

This year we are in Egypt. This is my first year to be a helper. To be honest, I am a little excited.

I will be an assistant to Miss R (a really cool girl in her '20s who is just like me:) (she's single -wink, wink:). Our group is called the Asyuts. Pronounced As-YUU-ts. That is what the book said at least.

I am going to try to set it up where every night this week I post what we learned. I didn't explain it will, but you'll see:)

Tuesday I have to teach part of it because Miss R has something to go to. Scary!! I went over the lesson yesterday. It isn't too bad.

It will just be hard to make the to-be 6th graders to obey me. They are pretty much all boys and just a "teensy" bit wild. Who am I kidding?!?! They run around screaming like monkeys. Except one of the boys, B, is one of my best friends, so he doesn't count as a monkey. As long as he obeys me. MWA HA HA HA!!

~ Side-note: I don't like using real people's names, so I just use the first letter of their first names. ~

K. GTG set up this week's blog posts. Adios.

The Princess

Snow Cone Machine :)

This is what I have been eating all week. :)

We got a mini snow cone machine at Wal-Mart this week for $20. It rocks and works really well. We got the flavors Blue Raspberry and "Bug Juice", a.k.a. Strawberry Banana. I mix them:)

My mom just uses the ice to make "Diet Mountain Dew Slushies"...

Today my friend-who I shall call "K"- is coming over. I plan to get in our bathing suits and use a hose and the trampoline... let your mind wander...ooo000OOO000ooo.

G2G. Adios.

The Princess

Chinese 101

I don't know why, but I have fallen in love with writing Chinese. I just Google "Chinese symbol for _____" and then I draw it. I am running out of black marker fast.

Here's the symbol for Princess:

I drew it yesterday.

Does anyone watch Wizards of Waverly Place? I am watching an episode right now. The one about the Smarty Pants. I love this part:

Mr. Principal (just went blank on his name): "Remember, there are no losers. Just winners and the people that aren't them."

:)

The Princess

Eleven

Eleven

by Lauren Myracle

This book was very good. She deals with the "fun" of friends, middle school, and an older sister. She also realizes what a true friend is.

This book is in a series called The Winnie Years. I have the next book in the series on hold at the library. My mom told me it was in last night! Woo!

The only disappointments I had about this book was that it used God's name in vain several times and at one point her older sister, Sandra, yelled the he** word, which Winnie pointed out.

I am fixing to start reading The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan. I'm really excited about it. Adios amigos.

The Princess

Pets 101: Rory, Guster, Heidi, and Ruby

Meet Rory.

Age: Around 9 months... we think...

Nicknames: Roe, Roe-Roe, Roey.

Story: While building our house, the workers had a dumpster. One day in mid-September they moved it. Out ran the mother and left her three kittens there stranded:( When we found them we immediately fell in love with them. This was the only girl. She has two brothers-one which we gave away (Chuck), and one which you will see in a minute.

She is my model, as you can see from above. She is very needy and very sweet.

Meet her brother, Guster.

Age: Same as Rory

Nicknames: Gus, Goose, Goose-Goose, Gooser, Gus-Gus.

Story: Same

He is not my model, again, as you can see from above. He also thinks I am his mother. Literally. Not even kidding.

Meet Heidi.

Age: Around 9... we think.

Nickname: Heidi-Loo, Girlie.

Story. If you or your mom reads my mom's blog, you/she will know about Heidi and her illness. (My mom is an amazing writer, so if no one in your fam reads it... well... you should.)

I love her soooo much. When I was younger I was pretty sure that she was this gorgeous scientist performing an experiment gone wrong and she turned into a dog. She's that smart.

Meet Ruby.

Age: 4

Nickname: Ruby-Cube, Cube, Cube-ella (Don't ask me. Mom came up with it.), Rube.

Story. This dog is very dumb. So dumb, that you have to love her:)

Ta Da! Finally. It is done. Oh, and for those of you wondering about Chester and Fat (Oliver)... my parents put them on Craigslist... without telling me... and they are gone... and I never noticed they were gone... until they told me about two days later... yeah. I figured they were just napping a lot or something, plus they weren't very social. You are not allowed to get mad at me.

Chester:

Fat (Oliver):

The Princess

My Button!

I made a button!!! Woo!

To get my button (for users of Blogger):

1. Right click on the picture

2. Scroll to "Save Picture As..." Save it somewhere you will remember.

3. Go to where you edit the way your blog looks.

4. Click "Add Gadget"

5. Got to Basics and scroll down to "Picture". Click on it.

6. Title it whatever you want, link it to my homepage, and click "Choose File"

7. Go to whatever you saved it as, and click on it. Then click Save.

It should then be on your blog.

I would love it if you would put it on your blog!

Oh The Cuteness

American Eagle:) Oh, American Eagle.

My fave store ever.

I want this necklace soooo bad. (American Eagle Washer Necklace)

I own this cute dress. (American Eagle Paisley Sweetheart Dress)

I NEED this:) I am a small ;) (American Eagle Boho Flutter T)

All photos are from American Eagle.

GTG! Adios!

Please Forgive Me

I am sorry my friends. I haven't posted in over a year. Wow. So sad.

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I am officially a 7th grader. Woo!

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OMGosh, Caroline. Yes, Silly Bandz has hit my school BIG TIME! For that matter, it has hit my whole entire life.

Above are only a few in my collection:)

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Percy Jackson Fans: Rick Riordan is coming out with a companion series October 12, 2010. I am pumped:)

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K... well... I will try to post more later.