Faith Of A Child...

I helped out at church tonight back in Team Kid with the 5 year olds. Their prayer time was one of the sweetest things that I think I have ever witnessed! These precious babies were pouring their hearts out to God and didn't care who heard them. They weren't trying to speak with eloquent words for others to hear in a big fancy prayer...they were simply talking to their Father God the way they would their daddy. I heard everything from prayers about a filling at the dentist today, prayers for a little girl hurt at ballet class and even one little girl begging for her grandpa to be saved so he could go to heaven because she didn't want him to go to hell...5 year olds!! And every one of them believe that God will answer their prayer no matter how silly or small they may have seemed to us. We should all pray that God would fill us with the wonder of a child...the complete joy of a child...the faith of a child.

Faith shines brightest in a childlike heart.

Trying

"Trying is lying. There is no such thing as trying. You do it or you don't. You get results in life or you have excuses why you didn't. When people say, 'I'll try', they usually mean, 'I'm not going to do it now.'"— Dick Sutphen

PreTeen Sunburst Queen!

On March 14th, Darian participated in the Sunburst Pageant at the fairgrounds. She did a great job! I was very proud of the way she presented herself. She won her division (PreTeen) for Beauty and Casual Wear and she also received the Photogenic award. She is deciding now whether or not she is going to participate in the State Pageant in May. So, possibly more to come!...

Bradford County Fair 2009

Well, the 2009 Bradford County Fair has now come and gone. I don't know how you feel, but for me, the fair just isn't what it used to be. Maybe I'm just getting too old...who knows! :) I know that I definitely cannot ride all of the rides like I used to. I was doing just fine until I got on the Rock N Roll...that pretty much did me in for the day. I think my stomach must grow weaker with age. I guess we really go for the kids now anyway. The kids had a great time. So here are a couple of pictures from our fun day.

Strawberry Pageant

The Strawberry Pageant has come and gone. My baby girl was beautiful! She did a great job for her very first pageant and most important she had a lot of fun and made some new friends. She can't wait to do it again next year! She was named the 2009 Bradford-Union Jean Queen for collecting the most jeans (128 pair) to be given to women and children in need and she received an Ad award. She had so much fun participating in the pageant that she wants to participate in some other pageants. Does that mean I'm a "Pageant Mom"? lol She will be in the Sunburst Pageant this weekend at the fairgrounds. It will give her some more experience and we'll see what happens! :)

Strawberry Princess

Well, Saturday night is the 47th Annual Bradford-Union Strawberry Pageant. I just wanted to take a minute to say how proud I am of my daughter for participating in this. She is in the running for Strawberry Princess. I don't think people on the outside looking in realize how much work goes into this. I know I didn't until now. It takes a lot of work and a lot of courage. So, I just wanted to say how very proud I am of my beautiful daughter. I can not wait to see her shine!