Jenny's Heart

My mom has taught me so much, I can not express in words what she means to me. I have great parents who love us and love The Lord and are great examples to us all.  This is something my mom recently wrote and I want to share it with you, it's a bit long so be ready to read, but it was just to good not to share. I love you mom. The power of words. “ In God We Trust ” and “ One Nation under God ” set forth the ideals, purpose and beliefs of the founding fathers in creating this nation.  “ I do. ” makes a lifelong commitment to love and honor another and creates a covenant relationship. “ Father forgive them ” showed the greatest compassion and love the world has ever known. “ It is written ” defeated (and still defeats) the devil. “ Let there be light ” spoke the world into existence. “ Thy will be done ” showed submission to the will of the Father. Our prayers open the floodgates of Heaven and send angels out to do warfare on our behalf. They also do the work of satan,...

Oh I know she looks a bit rough right now, but she has been empty for 4 years and is 59 years old. This was my grandparents house. Their house was the center of family life FOR YEARS. The city purchased it from my parents and aunt and it will be torn down soon. It is bittersweet, since it has been empty the termites have all but destroyed it and it has a lot of external problems, but the foundation is rock solid. My grandaddy built a strong house. It reminds me of some of the lessons that God has been teaching me the last few years. 1.Everything ends. Good and Bad things all eventually come to an end. 2.Some times things have to be torn down, to be built anew;  there is a time and season for everything. 3.He is always there. ALWAYS. 4.The foundation of Faith, Lord Jesus is as strong as ever, He never crumbles or fails He is my strength. I am learning new lessons everyday. I am still struggling with lots of things, but I know that leaning on Jesus I will never fall.

Hey There all my Pinkie Pals, Thank You Beverly for hooking us all together! I was not online at all yesterday so today I am catching up. I posted earlier in the week about the great package of scrappy goodness my dear friend Aymee sent, all that paper made me want to scrap! I had a couple of Birthday cards to make anyway so I used some of the stuff Aymee sent Then when I got done with those I was still in a scrappy mood so I did a couple of layouts the first one is of Shelby featuring her photos from her 4th birthday photo shoot I LOVE this girl to bits!!! And this one is Colby and I writing his Christmas list together after Thanksgiving dinner it's something he and I have done together the past few years. We go through the ads and I write or I flip the pages and he writes, I Love that special time just with him. So that's what I did this week. Thanks for stopping in and YES I am still playing with this camera trying to find the best settings,flash,lighting etc...still ...

Last week I got the most WONDERFUL package in the mail. I have a sweet friend in Pennsylvania her name is Aymee you can find her at her sweet blog   A SCRAP HAPPY SOUTHERN BELLE . She is such a talented papercrafter, I cannot even begin to tell ya, you will have to go see her for yourself. Not only is she super talented, she is a sweetheart and a displaced southerner! She is from Alabama and living for now in PA. ANY HOW she was purging her crafting supplies and asked me if I was interested in any of it. Well after only a second of thought (thinking of the crafty budget...which is $0) I said OF COURSE! She packed a flat rate box and when I say packed I mean PACKED! She spoiled me rotten. Here is a view of what she sent to me.                               Goodies Galore! Tons of Embellishments       ...

Hey there fellow Pinkies, How are you this Saturday? It's another rainy/cloudy day here in Virginia. Today we are celebrating my nephew's 7th birthday, I love that boy so much and he has such a heart for God. I was the first member of the family to hold him (after his parents of course) 23 minutes after he was born he was in my arms;  he brings me so much joy! He is also a goofball and even though there is not any pink in these photos of him, I just had to share them in celebration of his birthday, these photos are from Mother's day last week.                                           posing on the dance floor dancing with his mom on mother's day Happy Birthday Squirt! I LOVE YOU!

Do you ever just want to curl into a ball and hide from life? Oh I know that is not the answer to anything, but it's definately how I am feeling lately.

Hey Y'all, How are ya this wet Wednesday? This is the view from my front porch this morning,  it's raining and cool (I love it!) there was a bit of thunder earlier and let me tell ya I love a good thunderstorm, my front door is propped open (since I don't have a screen door)  and I am enjoying the rain and cool air and Jello salad for breakfast. I remember when I was a kid in the 70's every party or picnic we went to there was some form of a jello salad, then in the 80's not as much, in the 90's... Perish the thought of something so old fashioned! Now a days it's ...a jello what?... well my grandma gave me her Tupperware Jell-O Mold when I got married nearly 15 years ago and I have never used it. Last month I got the urge to try and make a jello mold so I got it out cleaned it up and tried it out. I got 2 boxes of Black Cherry (our favorite) Jello and a big can of fruit cocktail and made my first one. This one here is my 3rd! THEY ARE SO YUMMY~ cheap ...