Where has the time gone?

Wow..It is end of March already! I can't believe how fast the time is going these days..just yesterday I married the man of my dreams, and here we are almost 8 months later! Our busy lives seem to only get busier, but it has been a growing time for me because I don't do busy super well. (LOL) I dont know what I would do without Colston by my side..he is always so calm and level-minded. God sure knew what He was doing when He crossed our paths!
Anyways, this past week we had two of our very good friends in town on their Spring Break. Caleb and Kathryn! We hung out with them everyday and had a great time. I wanted to post some pictures from our night at TBN where we saw Kirk Cameron and Francis Chan (COlston was soo excited to meet Francis!) They also were there to help us with our big Scarf and Barf activity. The activity sounds like a nightmare (who wants to watch kids eat until they puke? I certainly did not!) But it ended up being alot of fun and the kids loved it!
God has blessed us with wonderful friends, and a ministry that has been changing our lives and shaping up my character (Slowly but surely!)
We are looking forward to a trip to BBC in SPringfield in May and then Summer vacation! It will be here before we know it...

Spring Chic!

I was looking at my friend Erin's blog and saw this really cool website called Polyvore. You can go on there and pic out a bunch of fashion items and come up with your own spread. So fun! Thought I would post my first creation. haha. This IS addicting Erin!! =)


Spring Chic! - by emilycopeland on Polyvore.com

All it takes is a little MotiVaTion!

Colston and I went shopping today out in Elsinore, which is a little bit south of Corona. They have a bunch of Outlets out there and Shannon Moore was telling me about the great deals that they got at the Nike outlet. Colston and I thought we'd check it out, and boy did we find some deals!! We have been getting back into the gym, but new workout clothes always give you a little more motivation.. hehe. I thought that I would post showing our new clothes, and I couldn't resist showing off my new shoes (they are EXTREMELY comfortable!! Don'tmind the extremely cheezy pose!)

P.S- it was a BEAUTIFUl day today..No one can deny a Creator God here! His artwork is all around us. I don't mind sunny 65 degree weather at all...:)

A walk down Memory Lane

It is incredible how fast time has flown...I was looking through our pictures on the computer and found an album from a trip to Nashville. Colston and I had just started talking seriously about dating while I was in my second semester at Liberty and he was at BBC. We thought it would be fun to grab a couple friends and meet up halfway between our two schools. Lucky for us, it was Nashville! Colston's friend backed out, so it ended up being Colston, my friend Audrey and me. We had a GREAT time, and my crush on Colston grew! :) Looking back, it has already been 2 years since then. I am so thankful that I had the chance to travel to some pretty cool places (CA more than anywhere) while Colston and I dated. God worked it all out, and here we are today! So happily married and watching God move mountains. Here are a few pictures from our Nashville trip...I will post current pictures as soon as we take them!

Do a little Dance!

Today has been pretty exciting for me. I signed up on Twitter because Colston was using it, so I thought I'd try it too. It is actually a really cool site that keeps you posted, Literally, by text message. When a person you are following updates their Twitter by sending a text message to it, you instantly get a text with the update they sent. Anyways, Chalene Johnson, who is a hero of mine, is also on Twitter. (She is the founder and ball of energy of Turbojam. It is a style of workout that is martial arts, kickboxing and dancing. SO EXTREMELY FUN!) I have loved her since my first turbojam experience about 3 or 4 years ago. Well, I sent her a message on twitter...and she responded!!! It TRUELY made my day! I know it is silly, but I admire her for her work ethic and enthusiasm about changing peoples lives. I will soon begin my journey of getting my bachelors in nutrition and fitness and I can't wait! There is a chance that I will take a Turbojam certification class sometime in the future to be able to teach turbojam...but we will see!!! God has placed this desire and passion in my heart to help people become healthy, and have fun doing it! I want Him to use me to help uplift people and serve Him doing it! I can't wait.:) It is time to go now...American Idol begins in a couple minutes!! Stay Posi.

I'm a Stresser!

So it has recently occured to me, that the way my mind works is the way that my body follows. Let me explain. I am a "Worry-er". I can think of something and next thing I know, it is coming true. I think I might be sick, and then I am. I am worried that something won't work out, and it doesn't. I worry about life and all the little things, and then I wonder why I have stomache problems. It is pretty much a disease of the mind. For the past five or six years this has occured over and over and I believe that I am now figuring out how much of a mind game it really is! I have already been to the doctor 3 times in the past couple months for different "odd" stress -related issues. What's wrong with this picture?? Well, I have started in prayer, and in breaking down my schedule and what stresses me out. A BIG problem is that I have not yet learned to say NO. I believe that once I am able to say this beautiful two letter word, I will have a little freedom to make sure my mind is not controlling my health and my well-being. I am now going to try to simplify things and do ONLY what I know I can do until I learn to not stress, but give my life and everything I do to the Lord, and let HIM work things out. It has been a learning experience and kinda tough to realize that I am carrying stress and worry with me when I have a God who wants to take that burden from me!! I am first on His list of priorities, yet I try to handle all of my priorities without His help.
It is time to GET A GRIP! Life is wonderful and the Lord has blessed me beyond measure.. One day we will all be free of life's pain and heartache and we will be able to worship Our God and sit at His feet!!

Matthew 6:25-29
Do Not Worry 25"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
28"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.