Sorry...

     I apologize for NOT writing on here since January - UGH!!  SO much has happened and I have SO much to share!  I am not sure that I have pictures of my Easter Traditions calendar - but I will TOTALLY post on here next time - LOVE IT and all the traditions sweet Tammie has shared with me! 
     You'll be happy to know I am PAR for keeping up with Bible in a year - YAHOO:)!!  I must admit, some days I am like, "OH NO I HAVE TO DO THIS."  But most days, truly I open my app up and read my chapters for the night - it has become a nightly ritual that I really do LOVE:)! 
     On a totally RANDOM note - a girlfriend and I are JUST finished up our training for the Fargo Marathon!  Only had 12 this weekend - and she left for Paris today (SO JEALOUS!), so we got up at 4:30am and got her done;)!!  SUPER glad - only 8 to go next weekend and then the marathon in two week - YAHOO:)!! 
   I will double check my photos for Easter things and post again soon!
Happy day all,
Holly:)

Bible in a Year

  New Year's Resolution - READ THE BIBLE THIS YEAR:)!  I found a really nice app called Reading Plan that gives you daily readings in the Bible to complete this task in a year.  I am SO thankful for this.  My friend, Amy, uses it and suggested it - so I took her advice and downloaded it - THANK YOU DARLING:)!!  It gives you an Old Testament, Psalm and New Testament reading each day - NOT overwhelming - REALISTIC and DOABLE:)!  I am excited to encounter this great way to connect with God each and every day while also maintaining the activities and busyness that we all feel each and every day!  If you want to follow me -  just find me on Facebook as I post each day's reading as I have others that have wanted to follow this journey with me!!:)  Praise God for these women and the chance to finally accomplish this Bucket List item:)!!

Happy Friday
Holly:)

Our "Meaningful Christmas" Get Together

     I had talked a little while ago about a devotional called A Meaningful Christmas.  It is SUCH a wonderful idea - but I put in too late for it!  SO, my Bible Study friend, Tammie, and I decided that we would be able to write one ourselves.  Tammie did/does SO many great things with her family and the "TRUE" Christian life, so she was the one that really knew the Bible and how to kind of go about this.  She came over one night and we were able to come up with 24 days - one for each in December - to read a devotional verse with your kids and a "symbol" to go with each day.  I talked with our Bible Study ladies about it and they wanted to participate in it - and before we knew it we had 24 beautiful, Christian women to participate.  Each woman was assigned a day and a symbol that they had to incorporate into an ornament.  They were responsible for making 24 of these that we would then exchange with one another so we have all 24 days!  I created a box for each family to store their Advent ornaments and devotionals in, and I also gave each family a Christmas Nail to put in the center of their family tree:)!
   Here are what the boxes and devotionals looked like:

Here are the ornaments that these DARLING ladies came up with:)

And here are the ladies CRAMMED in my living room to go through their box of ornaments and a little devotional time together!

What a PRECIOUS night and our family sure loved it!!! What a WONDERFUL thing to do each and every Christmas to always help remind my boys of the Love God had for us to send us Jesus!!!

Good Night
Holly:)