Girls Movie Nite

Sometimes we are all so busy with our lives and at church that we dont take the time to get to know some of the people we see every week. We had a girls movie nite that was hosted by Michelle Fields this past friday nite. It was an awesome nite for me cause I got to talk to and get to know a few of the ladies that I dont normally get to speak to except in passing. We enjoyed coffee, yummy desserts, good conversation, and alot of laughter. We then went to see the movie "He's just not that into you". We had a chauffer for the nite...Bobby....it was a sight to see all of us rolling up in the NVMC bus at the movie theater. It was fun and we all enjoyed the movie. We got shooooshed a few times cause we were laughing louder than the other people in the theater, but thats what happens when u get 20+ women together. Ladies I had a wonderful time and hope that we can do things like that more often to get to know one another better and just to unwind and be ourselves. Here are a of my favorite pics from the nite.

An Awesome Nite At Practice

Tonites dance practice was awesome. I am not usually the kind of person who can watch a video or anything to learn something. I generally have to see someone do it and break it down in baby steps to me. I was very proud of myself for being able to do that tonite. Its first time I have ever done that. Donna also helped me once I knew what the steps were to refine them a bit. I am excited about getting this new dance done so that we can minister it at church. All of the ladies are doing an awesome job. Practices have been going really well lately and we have accomplished alot, but we also have fun doing it too.

Another thing I was proud of was seeing my daughter, Natalie, do her first mime with Anna and Eric. They were backing Anna up on the song "Yes" and they did a great job on it. There makeup looked good and the more they do the better it will be. I know she loved doing it. She is almost an adult and sometimes its hard for us as parents to want to let the little kid go and let them step into adult hood but I have raised her the best I know to do with gods help and I pray that she will be an awesome woman for god. She has alot of talent and loves god with all her heart and I know that he will use her in ways that she can't imagine. Here are a few pics from them tonite.

Never Done It Before

I am doing something that I have never done before. I am going to be in the mini marathon in april. I know that I can walk the 13 miles, but I want to try to jog some of it if I can. It is going to take alot of work for me to get into shape to be able to do that. I have been going to the gym trying to build up some endurance and to just get myself into shape in general. Believe it or not I used to run when I was younger. I stopped running when my oldest daughter turned 3 or 4 she is now 17. Yeah so I have alot of work to do to condition myself to even think of just jogging any of it. I know I can do and I have the support of my whole family and some very close friends that are motivating me.

My sis and I were talking and I wished that she could do it with me but health issues are keeping her from being able to. So she will be there waiting for me at the finish line.

Monday Nite Hangout

Monday nites is when we have our practice for W.O.W. After practice some of us get together and go to steak n shake to eat and just to hang out. It allows us to have time for us to get to know each other better and just to have fun. This nite was a special one for me because my daughter Natalie who has now joined "Called to Silence" which is the mime ministry came with us. Well this Monday nite was a lil different than the others. Natalie and I had eaten before we went to practice so she ordered a shake and I got the brownie sundae. Well everyones food came to the table and we were all talking and I had taken a few bites of my sundae while talking. You all know how ice cream sometimes can have a lil ice on it. Well I thought that is what was on my ice cream and I didn't pay close attention to it and put it in my mouth. I immediately new it wasn't ice. I pull it out of my mouth and it was a piece of glass close to two inches long. It didn't cut me or anything. Everyone was a lil freaked out about it. I was just speechless really, which is very unusual for me, not sure what to say. Anna got up and went and got the manager and the waitress and they came to the table. They were apologizing and asking if I wanted anything. I said UHM NO! They left the table and took our bill and they didn't make any of us pay for our bill. Which was a good thing. I am just glad that no one else found it and I did. I am not sure that anyone else would have noticed it and probably would have bit down on it and possibly cut themselves. I think we will have to find a new Monday nite hangout....LOL! I didn't think about it til after they took away the plate or I would have taken a picture of it with my camera phone. A word of advise to all who eat out at restaurants try to be aware of what you are eating and don't be too eager to bite down so fast on something.

W.O.W. Christmas Dinner

Instead of having our normal practice tonite we had our christmas dinner at O'Charley's. We had alot of fun and laughed so much. Here a few pictures from tonite. If you want to see the rest check out my myspace there is a slideshow on there of them.

Washing Away The Residue

This entire year for me has been a new beginning for me. I have been through alot this year due to the choices and decisions I have made in the past and this was a year of healing for me.

This January will be 30 years ago I accepted Christ in to my life. I wish that I could say that I always did what I should have. I spent alot of years running from the call of god on my life. I was a one of those people who could put on a mask and you would never see the things I was going through behind closed doors.

Many of you have read my blog and know me and so you know that the relationship I ended last year left alot of baggage that I had to deal with. It has not been easy but I know that it was the right decision. God has mended my wounds and helped me change my way of thinking and seeing things.

Yesterday at church was a special day for me. I was baptized as a child and I knew the meaning of it then, but I kept feeling the lord leading me to be baptized again. It was a symbol of washing away the past mistakes and the residue of the hurt and pain. Also God has been requiring more of our group and especially of me. Its been a long journey and still more to come. I wanted all the ladies from W.O.W. there with me cause they played a major role in my healing. Each and everyone of them has impacted my life and been such a blessing to me. We not only minister together we are there for each other when we need one another. I was so overwhelmed I couldn't hardly say what I wanted and not sure if it came out the way I wanted to say it, but even if no one understood what I meant the ladies did cause they have seen me go through it all and been there with me all the way. Like I said yesterday we don't just get up in front of the church and wave some flags around and dance to be seen. We do it cause we all have a heart of worship and were called to be there. We live what we do each and everyday of our lives.

Thank you everyone who gave me encouraging words yesterday it really blessed me.

Family

Many of you know by reading my blog or my myspace that I am a part of the wings of worship dance ministry. They are like my sisters and when something happens to one of them it affects me. Just like if something good happens I rejoice with them. They are my family. This past thursday morning a memeber of the group Bo was in a car accident with her mother. Her mother was killed in the accident and she suffered some injuries. When Tammy called me and told me that Bo had been in an accident and her mother was killed I was in shock. After I hung the phone up I cried for almost an hour. I was sad to know that her mother was killed but i know she is with the father right now and at that time Bo was in critical condition. She has been released from the hospital and starting her recovery. When things like this happen we dont always know what to say or what to think. I know my heart went out to Bo because I know she was very close to her mother. Her mother was her rock and her covering. I know it will be very difficult for her but she knows that she has all her sisters by her side and surrounding her to help her through this time. I know that god will comfort her and take her to a place of peace. My prayers are with Bo and her family.