blue & orange

You can't tell in these pictures but my hair is blue and orange. Tonight it will be purple and green! Last night of VBS and we have a big surprise for the kids. The band is playing tonight!!!

Red team won!

Josiah is on the red team! I was very excited his team won last night! The kids loved the red and Ezekiel got sprayed too! (We've both had showers tonight and the red came out instantly! Thank goodness!) Blue and Orange team BOTH won tonight so I guess you know what's coming next!

the baby

The one most like me. :) He looks like me, acts like me and loves me! He's my baby forever!

The Ride Of Your Life

My very close friend and neighbor, Becky! Oh how I love her! And isn't she beautiful!?

So the kids kept telling my hair looked green but the can said neon-yellow with glitter! And Mom don't worry, it washed right out! I could not believe how excited the kids were about my hair changing colors for the team that won. The parents walking in even told me how the kids could not stop talking about "Miss Amanda's" Hair. If only we could get adults to worship like these kids, I would spray paint my hair! Wow! I have been sooooooooo blessed by this and it's only Wednesday! These kids I don't know very well except those that belong to friends of mine. But they see me in the hall and scream my name or RUN to hug me. They TOTALLY speak to my top three relational needs (I completed the test during our marriage study). Acceptance, Affirmation and Affection! After a very hard week last week, THIS has been just what God KNEW I needed.

Tonight the hair will be red! :)

Talk, Talk

Okay, I have to show these because see my friend Julia with the sunglasses? Well, this woman can dance! She knows ALL the moves! ALL of them! And most of the time I am looking at the big screen on the wall in the back at the words and the dance moves (there is a video playing for us AND the kids. one in front, one in back). If I could get up there and just talk to the kids and sing a little, I would be fine. But, I have to dance, sing and get them pumped up and Monday night I was sooooooooooo nervous that I truly thought I was going to throw up! So in these pictures we are singing "TALK, TALK" and you will notice how my eyes are glued to the back wall! :) So thankful for Julia!

She inspires me

My best friend, Kelly Ann, has been a rock in my life for many years. We go way back, as I always mention when I speak about her. We've been friends since 8th grade and not only were we in the same grade, same school and so on, we also were in the same youth group all through junior high and high school. We grew into Godly women together.

The thing I absolutely love about her is how she constantly looks for God. She inspires me to always be on the "lookout" because he is always waiting to show up and surprise us with incredible blessings. She amazes me as a wife, mother and friend. I want to be more like her on so many levels. God has used her over and over again to remind me how important prayer is. I do not know another woman like her. She is also a very dedicated, loyal and hard working friend. She works hard at our friendship even when I am not doing much work to keep it up. She never misses anything in my life when I have often been unable to be there for her. She always finds a way and the gas money to drive to Central Texas and support me in whatever I do. (Kelly, please forgive me for missing Friday night. I'm still sick about it.)

So head on over to her blog and see what God is up to! I am hoping she will continue to reveal all the incredible things God is doing in her life!

It's VBS!

The fohawk is not what I wear anymore but I did it for the kids tonight! Starting tomorrow night, the tips will be sprayed a color representing the winning team! Our teams are divided by colors so whichever team sings the loudest and dances the most wins! Tonight Yellow won! I'm hoping Red wins next! :) Oh how I wish there was a hot pink team! Ava Beth and her friend Andersen are too young so they followed Monica around while she took pictures. Josiah had a blast tonight and went to bed singing the songs. I could not believe how many kids we had! Very exciting!