i LOVE updates!

I haven't posted in a while, so I thought I'd update everyone on my life thus far!

First of all...holy cow..Christmas is this NEXT WEEK! It feels like yesterday at this time I was finishing student teaching and Biola and preparing to be a substitute teacher! Craazy!

Ok...I'm not gonna lie...I am totally, undeniably, loving Twilight. Now, I should give you some background. I told myself there is no way I would like this vampire stuff...sci fi is so not my thing. My mom saw the movie and said it was good. I was a little doubtful but her taste in things is pretty similar to mine, so I said to myself, what the heck. I started slow and watched The Vampire Diaries on the CW...and it quickly became my secret obsession. So...I watch Twilight and instantly fell in love. So, swallowing my pride, I borrowed the books and am reading them. I'm only on book 1 but am liking it so much more than the movie!

Moving on...my 24th birthday has come and gone!! Sadly...24 is no different that 23..but I am SO thankful for another year! Joel, being the romantic guy that he is, planned a little get-a-way for us. We had to stay local b/c of a Christmas party, but he took me to the Embassy Suites in Anaheim for the weekend. We had happy hour every night...went to downtown Disney..and relaxed! It was so nice to get away for a little bit :)


We are VERY excited for this Christmas season...not only for Christmas, family, Jesus, and parties....but for the cruise we are going on!!! Our family leave the 27th for a 7 day cruise to Mexico for my Grandparent's 50th Wedding Anniversary! We are looking forward to celebrating with our family and having a great time!

I think that's it for the updates...except I have to share the CUTEST pic of my niece. She just started smiling this past week and she is the cutest thing ever :)

Hopefully my updates will be more frequent! Until then, make it a great day or not, the choice is yours!

Only what the eye can see...

Sadness

Our sermon two weeks ago was about sadness. It really stuck out to me because in this economy and in this season of life, many people are dealing with sadness. Thankfully as Christians we have HOPE!

Here is the outline of the sermon
1. Know that God is aware of our sadness.

In this day and age...we start to have an "All or nothing" attitude.
For example “I NEVER get what I want.” Really. NEVER?
Or how about this one…
“We never have ANY money” ok now...really?
Why do we always seem to call out the bad, but never remember the good that we do have?
I see how easily we can get caught in this “all or nothing” type mindset.

2. Meditate on the graciousness of God.

Romans 8:28 “For we know that all things work together for the good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose”
God knows our heart…our inner most thoughts. He knows we are hurting.

3. Glorify God to others because He is our hope.

Job 13:15 “Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face.”
If you guys don’t know the story of Job, then I suggest you read up on him! I took a whole class dedicated to him at Biola.

Job was a man dedicated to God. The devil told God that Job was only dedicated to him because Job had everything, he didn’t suffer. God was sure that even if Job were suffering, that job would remain faithful. God killed all of Jobs kids, took away all of jobs Money and land, and made him sick. His friends and his wife thought for sure that Job had sinned...but did he? No. Through all of his hardships, Job remained faithful and never cursed God.

If Job could do it, can’t we?

If we truly step back and look at all the things in our life, we will find that we are truly blessed. So things aren’t going our way right now, Gods timing is perfect.

Here are some pics!!!

I've been slacking on updated ya'll with pics!!! So here we go~

80's prom partyNow some of the pumpkin patch and Halloween/Truck or Treat with my nephews!!!!
And now..some of Joel's 25th birthday!!!

It wouldn't be a party with out coors light and the captain! :) lol

Here is a small clip at 1:00am @ Joels bday party...we had to bust out the karaoke machine :)
p.s. excuse my singing...I now know that when I'm taking video I need to be quiet!!! Aaron rocked it :)

New song!!!

Sweet Memory

Driving down this ole highway
Collecting my thoughts, dreaming all day
Wishin’ you were here with me
Excuses from you, wish’ you’d let me be free

Free from the pain
Free from your lies
My heart won’t let me say goodbye

The yellow lines keep swervin’
The tears on my face keep streamin’
This lonely road wont’ let me be
All I have is this sweet memory

All I wanted was to be happy and sing
My heart broke in two when you gave her that ring
Now I’m here all alone with nobody to see
Damn you sweet love for sweeping me off my feet.
But I’m back on the ground, back to reality
This long winding road is my destiny

The yellow lines keep swervin’
The tears on my face keep streamin’
This lonely road wont’ let me be
All I have is this sweet memory

I know someday I”ll be fine
But until then you’ll be on my mind...

The yellow lines keep swervin’
The tears on my face keep streamin’
This lonely road wont’ let me be
All I have is this sweet memory

Driving down this ole highway
Collecting my thoughts, dreaming all day

By: Jenalee Bomgaars

Brooke Andrea!!!!!

She is FINALLY here!!!! Brooke Andrea made her grand entrance today at 3:31pm and she was 7lbs 3oz and was 19.5inch long!!!

She sure is adorable! Her and her mom are both doing great, but are super tired!!!!!!

Back to the basics...

Well people, I am very excited because I have been writing A LOT lately!

For those of you who don't know, I used to write and sing my music. I took a 2 week road trip from Cali to Nashville two summers ago. It was amazing. Ever since then, I focused on finishing school and getting a job.

Ive really missed writing and was feeling kinda down about it. However, recently new lyrics have been flowin' through my head and I've got them down on paper!

I'll be posting some soon, just a heads up :)