2 Corinthians 13:11 Be cheerful. Keep things in good repair. Keep your spirits up. Think in harmony. Be agreeable. Do all that, and the God of love & peace will be with you for sure.
Some days its hard to be cheerful, the demands of this world increase & our energy sags, we feel less like cheering up and more like tearing up. But even in our darkest hour we can turn to God & he will give us comfort. Few things are more sad or absurd than a grumpy Christian. Christ promises us lives of abundance & joy, but he does not force His joy upon us. We must claim His joy for ourselves, and when we do, Jesus in turn, fills our spirits with His power and His love. We receive from Christ the joy this is ours is by giving him what is rightfully His; our hearts & souls.
When we earnestly commit ourselves to the Savior of mankind, when we place Jesus at the center of our lives and trust Him as our personal Savior, He will transform us, not just for today, but for all eternity. Then we, as God's children, can share Christs joy & His message with a world that needs both.
We may run, walk, stumble, drive or fly but let us never lose sight of the reason for the journey, or miss a chance to see a rainbow on the way--Gloria Gaither
Make each day useful and cheerful and prove that you know the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be happy, old age without regret, and life a beautiful success- Louisa May Alcott
When we bring sunshine into the lives of others, we're warmed by it ourselves. When we spill a little happiness, it splashes on us- Barbara Johnson
Prayer
Dear Lord, You have given me so many reasons to celebrate. Today let me choose an attitude of cheerfulness. Let me be a joyful Christian, Lord quick to smile and slow to anger. And let me share Your goodness with all whom I meet so that Your love might shine in me & through me. Amen
I have not been very "cheerful" & I realize partly because I dont put Christ as the center of my life, Christ is a big part of my life but can I truly say I trust Him completely or that I put Him 1st in all areas of my life , no I dont. This is an area I am continually growing & working on, GOd is defiantely refining me, Im a work in progress...:)
Aunt NAtalie feeding me after a long hard day of house hunting & photo shoot 
Im a cute bunny :) 
I love my clothes off that is when Im the happiest 
look at me holding my head up I tried to hop well scoot.. :) 
I love my grandpa, he is funny 
Im a cow girl 
and a princess 
playing with the bunny I got from Nana 
uh ohhhh 
A Book I made to put some of Taylors pictures in, each letter is a page. I need to decorate it & punch holes to bind it, should be cute all fixed up with ribbon & pattern paper & of course photos of beautiful Taylor
some paper piecings I made, the graduate I need to add a little scroll for the diploma & I realized she is missing a hand. I will make a card for Brittany using this cute graduate.. And of course the mailman, I have patterns to make the mail truck & mailboxes, It will make a cute page of photos of Chuck on the job.. Isnt the little bird bath cute?I used my cricut machine & the new software program Chuck gave me for Christmas, its so AWESOME, I really havent played much with it cuz I didnt know how to use it & a friend came this week to show me, now I cant stop.LOL
pie & ice cream for Chucks birthday
the birthday boy
Finally I surprised Chuck on his birthday, he totally didnt know I was getting him anything. He LOVES his Taylor coffee mug
upclose with Taylor
Nat stopped by to wish her dad a happy Birthday
My other great surprise was a rolling golf cart. I think I did good this year...
putting together his new cart
Brittany crocheting her school project, she keeps calling it knitting...:)
little swim suits I picked up for Taylor this summer
