Pinterest Projects and Attempts

 I have always wanted to make cookie bowls. Basically, you take cookie dough and a muffin pan and then you turn the pan upside down. Now, spread the cookie dough on it. Make sure you use A LOT of spray!!! Then you bake it for however long. After it cools for a little you take the cookies off of the pan. Now you have a bowl that you can eat and put ice cream in! Well, that's how it is supposed to turn out . . . I didn't put enough spray, didn't use very good cookie dough, and put too much dough on the pan. As you can see, mine broke when I tried taking them off. We put them on the bottom of ice cream bowls and made yummy ice cream sundaes anyways!

The next day I had a few friends over and we decided to bake something. We looked on Pinterest and one of my friends found a sunflower cake made out of chocolate icing, peeps, and chocolate chips. We made the cake and then spread the icing on. Then, we placed the bunny peeps (the only ones we could find) a long the outside edges. After that, we sprinkled chocolate chips in the inside. Last but not least, we ate it! This project thankfully turned out REALLY GOOD!

Disciple Now 2013

Hey guys! So we just finished Disciple Now! The theme was Exchange. Exchanging our old life, our sinful ways, for a new life in Christ! It was an amazing reminder of the greatness of our God and our complete surrender to Him!
And... we  also got to Skype Abby, my sisterchick in Africa! All of the girls in our group absolutely loved getting to talk to her! Thank-you so much Abby!

Here the lyrics to a song that we sang that is one of my new favorites:

Christ alone, Cornerstone

Weak made strong, in the Savior's love

Through the storm, He is Lord

Lord of all.

Here is a picture of all the youth dancing during the worship services:

It was a great weekend and we are sad it is over, but now, our job is to carry what we learned and the changes that were made into our day-to-day life!

Hey guys!

We are tracked out!! Yay! Spring break is my absolute favorite! This week though, I have drivers ed . . . It's interesting, boring, exciting, and a little frightening all at the same time. Well, in the end it will be worth it. And, this weekend, we have Disciple Now, an in town youth retreat at my church, it is absolutely amazing! I can't wait to see what God has in store! yay! At DNow we are going to have worship services, a food scavenger hunt for our church's food pantry, and we are going to Skype one of the most amazing people ever, Abby! Can't wait! I'll talk more about it afterwards, but in the mean time, have a great week!

"Go making disciples of all nations..." including your own!

"Go, making disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Matthew 28:19-20

Often times when we think about telling others about the wonderful news of our sweet Savior, we think about mission trips and oversees. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying this bad. It is amazing! I'm going on a mission trip this summer, one of my very best friends and her family are missionaries overseas, and I want to be a missionary! The problem is though, we don't usually associate our schools, our sports teams, our friends, etc. with the mission field. But this is the greatest and hardest mission field of our lives!

I definitely struggle with this. I get restless and wish I could be doing something greater. I want to go on another mission trip. I want to go overseas. I feel more comfortable sharing Jesus with somebody I don't know. But the greatest thing that I can do is right now, and that is reaching out to the people all around me. I have to remember that the mission field that God has given me right now is my high school, my dance studio, my neighborhood, my church, and even my own home. And it is a big mission field. Everyone has their very own mission field. This means that I am a missionary and so are you!

So don't forget, God tells us to make disciples of all nations... even your own!

Lately we've been...

running 5k's in the snow . . . freezing!

making snowmen

going to National Dance Honors Society inductions

hanging out with family

getting gifts from Africa . . . the best kind! Thanks Abby!

and celebrating birthdays!!

My Cousin's Blog

Hey guys! My cousin started a blog where she puts devotions, Bible verses, and talks about her walk with Christ! It is really neat and encouraging! You should all check it out! Click here: dailydevotionstojesus.blogspot.com . I hope this will be an encouragement and a good reminder to you! Enjoy!

New Years!

Happy 2013 (even though Im kinda late...)! I am excited for this coming year for lots and lots of reasons:

I AM GOING TO COSTA RICA ON MY FIRST INTERNATIONAL MISSION TRIP IN AUGUST!!!!!

I can't believe it!! And, my dad is going with me! I am SO excited!

I also get to take driver's ed and get my permit!

I can't wait to see all that God has in store for 2013!

I hope that you guys all have a fabulous and blessed year!!

Pinterest Project #3

A few weeks ago, well, more like a couple months a go, I did my 3rd Pinterest Project. Except, this one was a major one! I made a world map on a canvas.

First, you need a map. The one I got was from Barnes & Noble. Then you need:

Materials which include Modge Podge, brushes, a yard stick, an Xacto knife, and ribbon (which isn't in the picture and is optional). You also need a 3 canvases:

You need two different size canvases and the sizes will be according to the size of the map.
When choosing the canvas, you will have to decide between two different ways that you can put the map on the canvas. You can either wrap the map around the edges of the canvas (if you do this, you won't need ribbon) or you can have the map just on top.

Measure the canvas and mark the parts of the map hat you are going to remove.

Then, you cut the map according to canvas sizes using the Xacto knife. You will cut the map into 3 different pieces. Also, if the map is larger than the canvas, you can trim any extra parts off.

Next, you modge podge the canvas.

Then, you modge podge over the map and let it dry :)

When it is dry, if you want, you can glue ribbon around the edges. I glued pink ribbon on mine!

Ta da!!! 

The finished product!

On my board, I have pink pins for places that I have been and. . .

blue pins for the places that I want to go!

Quote

Here is a quote that I found today that I really like! :

"Everybody can be great. Because everybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve... You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love."

- Martin Luther King Jr.

Kings and Queens- Audio Adrenaline

I just heard this song for the first time and it has an amazing message!!!

Pinterest Project #2

So, a couple of weeks ago I did a my second "Pinterest Project". I just haven't gotten around to posting it until now because I have been so busy with school, activities, and such. 

On Pinterest I saw a ridiculously easy breakfast. It doesn't have to be for breakfast though. You can eat it anytime of day! I made it for lunch. It takes just a couple of seconds to make. All you need is a pan, eggs, and a bell pepper or two (depending on how many you want to make). Each bell pepper made on average about 4 when I did it. You simply slice the bell pepper into circle slices and put them in a frying pan. Then, pour an egg in. Whala! You have a colorful and healthy breakfast!

*Warning: The egg will probably spill over and under the edges of the bell pepper while cooking so you want to make slices as flat and even as possible!

Here is a picture: (It might not look very pretty in my picture but it is very yummy!)

School...

Hi guys! Right now my friend and I decided to blog while we are waiting for our 0 period dance class to start!! Have a good day!

Camping Trip

A couple weeks ago, during track-out, my family and I went camping! Here are some pictures of some of the fun things that we did:

   

This is the house that the show the Waltons was filmed at! I haven't watched much of this show but it was still fun to see.

A beautiful view of the mountains!! It is amazing to see so much of God's beautiful creation all at once!

One day we visited the Monticello which was the home of our 3rd president, Thomas Jefferson. It was neat how he built his house and fun little details that he put in. . . accidentally or on purpose. One fun thing was that he had a clock that not only showed the time, but also the days of the week. The problem was though, that it didn't fit in the house so he had to cut holes in the floor for it.

These two pictures were taken at an apple orchard high up in a mountain. We got to pick apples and they were HUGE and DELICIOUS and THE BEST apples that I have EVER had!

Pinterest Project #1

So a couple posts ago I said that I was going to try a bunch of different things that I found on Pinterest this track-out. . . Well, it is now 4 days until the start of school. Time has flown by so fast! I have had a productive, busy, and very fun break but I didn't realize until a couple days ago that I really need to get going on my "project". 

The one thing that I did try was making pictures into different shapes. You do this by cutting out a circle the size of your camera lens with a sheet of paper. . . any paper. Then you cut out a shape in the middle. It can be WHATEVER shape you desire! :) I chose a heart because that is what it showed in the picture on Pinterest. Then you tape the paper to the camera. This is what I came out with:

*Tip: If you ever try this, make sure to keep the flash on*

I'm going to extend my "Pinterest Project" so whenever I try something in the future, I will post about it! :)

On her Toes

One of my friends just re-started her blog. It is going to be a about dancing! It is: http://audra-c.blogspot.com. You guys should check it out!