Sunday School & Memphis

Gotta tell you a funny.  Today in Sunday School one of the teachers was talking with her kids and the conversation turned to a family who is moving to Memphis in the next few weeks.  She asked them to guess the most famous person who was from Memphis. 

They couldn't figure it out, and finally a little girl guessed.  Are you ready for this?

Miley Cyrus' father! 

Haha!  I love kids!

You May Not Know This About Me...

but I LOVE the circus!  Seriously.  I don't know why, can't remember when it started, but I love the circus!  It was always so fun every year when the circus came to town. 

So we were driving home from dinner tonight and passed the arena and I saw a sign like this on the marquee:

Immediately I let out a big "woohoo" because advertising has already begun for the summer run of the circus.  But my excitement was not shared by my family. 

They do not love the circus.

They do not love going to see the animals unloading from the train and led through town. 

They do not love watching the elephants get washed. 

They do not love the flying trapeze,

the car with 15 thousand clowns,

eating cotton candy

or my favorite part...

The Ringmaster!  Or more specifically, when the Ringmaster says these famous words as the evening begins:

"Ladies and gentlemen,

boys and girls,

children of all ages,

welcome to the greatest show on earth."

and the words that some people miss at the end because they leave too early:

"...and may all your days be circus days."

Corny, I know...but I love it! 

Maybe I love it because there's something for everyone: wild animals, silly clowns, displays of bravery and athleticism, junk food.

Maybe because of the mystery that surrounds circus people.  I mean really, who would choose a life like theirs?  It seems to be a family business though. 

Maybe I love it because you see people (you know, children of all ages) laughing, clapping, smiling and having fun together! 

That must be it, the children of all ages part. After all, that's what scripture directs us to do...to come to the father as a child, no matter what our age.  I love the word picture here...of coming to God in the most simple way we know...as a child.  Takes the pressure off!  I'm thankful for that!

So, I'll just keep enjoying the circus (sans my family), treasuring the memories of my own childhood, and making all my day circus days! (Cause my life is so crazy it really is a circus!)

Five Random Pics #1

I love looking at pictures, so in that spirit, I thought I'd post 5 random pics from my phone.  They don't go together at all, but I like them and thought I'd share with you!  I'd like to see the randomness of your life!  I hope you'll post 5 of your own.

Andre is one of the teachers on Wednesday nights at my church.  He and his wife Michele are so creative and LOVE kids so much!  I always want to peek into their classroom to see what fun things they are doing with their kids!

Remember skating on Friday nights?  All-skate, frito pie right out of the bag of fritos and trying to go to the bathroom with skates on?   We had a skating party at this old school skating rink, it was so fun. 

Michele and Missy at the rental car place at the airport in Nashville.  I love these silly girls!

The youth group had a garage sale, and Tyler and I decided we'd take silly pictures.  She'll do anything!

I love back pictures!  This is Landry and his friend Nic.

Ok-so there's my 5, post 5 of your own!

The Mom with the Drummer Boy

You know, I've said that I always thought it would fun to be a groupie & run away with a band, but I was thinking Bon Jovi or Aerosmith!  Not the marching band!  Life's funny like that!

All the band parents have to get to help the band set up before the halftime show.  It's funny what they ask you to do.  Landry's freshman year, my job during the show was to stand on the cord that connected the sound system to the outlet in the wall of the stadium.  Seriously.  That was a job! Until I got replaced by a generator. Sigh.  So then they found other things for me to do.

So here's me... I'm just the band mom, with the drummer boy.
I'm the prop mover, he's breaking his sticks.
I'm the gong pusher, he's keeping the beat.
I'm the uniform inspector, he's looking cool on the drumline.

I love it!  (and in case you're wondering, in the picture above...they have to hold the strap of their hat in their mouths so that if their hat falls off their head during the show when they're moving around, it won't fall into the drum head.)

I'm Glad I'm a Mother

My son, Landry, is 15. He's the coolest kid I know. I've loved every age he's been. Now we're at the age of him not wanting us to embarrass him. So sometimes I like to play with him and tell him that I'm going to burst out into song in front of his friends, or wear a t-shirt with his picture on it to the football game, or tell stories of him a a baby.

I love to be silly with him and try to make him laugh, and remind him that God thought that I was the best mother for him!  He matched us up, and I am the best that God could do! He rolls his eyes and says, "thanks, a lot." He has fun with me right back!

So this week I want to post some of my favorite pics of the little guy that made me a mother. 

In this pic he's saying, "I'll be your bu-ud."  Which he would say to me when he wanted me to do something. 

What a Kick!

Yesterday in children's church we had a first!  We got to skype with Jenny, our missionary friend who is currently in Thailand!  It was a 12 hr difference, so at 10:30a in Dallas, we logged on and were connected to her in Thailand at 10:30p.  (She's a young-un so it wasn't late for her!)

It was awesome!  The kids asked great questions, she kept their attention with details about her life there, and then at the end, she was very transparent and let them know how we can support her through prayer.

The best part for me was using technology in the church for good!  I get so weary of hearing all the bad things that happen/can happen on the internet.  It's just like Satan to take something and try to put fear in people where they won't use tools around us for the glory of the Lord!  (Now, don't get me wrong, I know that the dangers on the internet are real!)

So yesterday, we got to redeem the technology that we so enjoy today! For God's glory!  For his purpose!  And when we do that, we need to tell others about it!  What a kick it is to get to give "what for" to the enemy!

Here's the link if you want to watch a little!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BP5bW1otS0

Mother's Day Flowers

The Mother's Day luncheon yesterday was completely fun!  Here are some pics of the tables!  They are all so different and creative!

You know they say "it's all in the details", and our table hostesses did a great job of making sure all the details were over the top!

So here's mine.  I kind of took ideas from all those that I'd found and posted before and made up something.  I put a big vase in the center with a hydrangea, and then little vases all around with different flowers all in pinks.

Flowers are so beautiful!  Our Father in heaven created so many different ones for us to enjoy!  Imagine the beauty we'll see in heaven if this is what he did for us on earth!