Market Day Pies

Emma's classroom is having a contest to win a pizza party. They need to sell as many market day pies as possibly by Nov. 6th. I know it's short notice, but please let me know if you want to place a pie order sometime this coming week.

See the link below for a list of pies. Please only order if you live in Michigan and/or will see us within a week of delivery (Nov. 15th, I believe), as we don't have the freezer space for a lengthy hold.

Thanks for your support!




https://www.marketday.com/shopping/products.aspx?sk=2&id=nov-4

Never Promised You

I did not write this, I'm just passing along the message. Mostly because I need to be reminded of this most at times.

And for the atheist people in my life who think they're owed things or that God doesn't exist simply because their life isn't working out as they hoped...

 

God Never Promised It Would Be Easy

June 20, 2011 at 9:18pm

God never promised our lives would be easy.
He never promised you’d be happy.
He never promised that you’d find success at work or school.
He never promised you’d find a college or job after graduation.
He never promised you’d make the sale if you worked really hard.
He never promised your family would stick together.

Many people just assume they will enjoy success, health, and happiness. In fact, nobody looks forward to tough times or would willingly take a step down a painful road. But God can use all circumstances to train us—to discipline us—to make us better, to become more like him. Here’s what he HAS promised:

You will face discipline: "Endure trials for the sake of discipline. God is treating you as children; for what child is there whom a parent does not discipline?" (Hebrews 12:7, NRSV)

You will face difficulties:     “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33, NIV)

He knows the answer to the “whys” and knows what the end results will be: “He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” (Philip. 1:6, NIV)

God never promised life would be easy. But he did promise to discipline us, to refine us, to grow us in our faith. And while we don’t know what the end result looks like, we know God is ultimately good and has our best in mind.  Do you want to know God’s will for your life? It's pretty simple. Jesus didn’t die to make you good, happy, or successful in this world. He died to make you more like him:

1 Thessalonians 4:3 “For this is the will of God, your sanctification” (NRSV)

by Christopher Hudson
(c) www.TheBiblePeople.com

Kindergarten

As someone so KINDLY let me know just how long it's been since my last post, I will update you all.

Emma started Kindergarten. While it's been a slight struggle getting used to and Emma still adjusting and learning her boundaries with new people..... she loves Kindergarten!

Here are some pictures....

Yes, a Pinterest project. Every year we'll watch her grow into this shirt... for the next 13 years.

The end of Emma's first tee ball season

Emma just had her last tee-ball game. She received a trophy and her team pictures! If anyone wants a copy of her picture, I can scan it in and make copies, just let me know.

Birthday Party

Here are some pictures from Emma's birthday party.

Couple more pictures

The start of her 6th year at life.

Emma's 5th birthday photo shoot!  More to comes as soon as it stop raining!