Christmas Time!!!

every good and

perfect gift is from above.

james 1:17 NIV

christmas is finally here and has already gone and past :( christmas eve we went to my mom's mom for lunch... we had chicken sandwhiches.... then we opened presents... christmas day... opened presents at home... went to dad's moms house to open presents there... we ate spaghetti for lunch... after napping and reading we went to my dad's aunts house... we ate dinner there and played with the rest of the kids there... december 26th we went to mexico(NY) and celebrated christmas with my poppa's family.... on sunday we are planning to go to albany for a chinnese auction... and what is the real meaning of christmas????

For many people, Christmas is a time of sorrow. They don't have the extra money to buy presents for their children, family, and friends. Many are saddened at Christmastime when they think of their loved ones who will not be able to come home for various reasons. Turkey dinners may be only a wish and not a reality for some.

Yet, Christmas can be a season of great joy. It is a time of God showing His great love for us. It can be a time of healing and renewed strength. You see, Christmas is when we celebrate the birth of the Christ child. God sent His Son, Jesus, into the world to be born. His birth brought great joy to the world. Shepherds, wise men, and angels all shared in the excitement of knowing about this great event. They knew this was no ordinary baby. The prophets had told of His coming hundreds of years before. The star stopped over Bethlehem just to mark the way for those who were looking for this special child.

Luke 2: 4-19 says:
"So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn."

And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.

This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger." Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests."

When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about." So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart."

Why did He come? Why did God send His son to this sometimes cruel and hard world? He sent Jesus to us so that one day, He would grow up to become a very important part of history. His story (history) is one of truth, love, and hope. It brought salvation to all of us. Without Jesus, we would all die in our sins.

Jesus was born so one day the price could be paid for the things we have done that are wrong. The Bible says that all have sinned. We are all born with a sin nature. We do things that do not please God. Through the sins of Adam and Eve, we have all inherited that sin nature. We need to have that removed. The only way is through Jesus. Jesus came so He could die on the cross for ALL of our sins. If we believe that Jesus died for our sins, we can ask Him to come into our hearts and forgive us. Then, we are clean and made whole. We can know that heaven is a place where we can go to when this life is over.

"But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong." I John 1:9

We can truly be happy at Christmas! No matter what may be happening, we can know that we are His children. We then become sons and daughters of God. Heaven will be our home one day.
Look at Christmas in a new way this year. This is the year to invite Jesus into your heart. You will then have a "Merry Christmas." The joy and peace you will receive will last all year as you look to God for all your needs to be met.

Jesus Is The Reason For The Season! Rejoice!

Music Video

His Favorite Christmas Story-Capital Lights


"Capital Lights - His Favorite Christmas Story"
He met her up in Delaware in 1937
She was wearing red lipstick to match her pretty dress
December 24th at a quarter till eleven is when he finally
gained the courage to ask her to dance

It was the night before Christmas, it was love at first sight
The carolers sang as they danced through the night
She was a small town girl, he was a traveling guy
He never caught her name before they said their goodbyes

A couple years later he was out on the road
Having Christmas dinner in a diner alone
When he saw a young waitress with a gleam in her eye
Her favorite day of the year she showed her spirits were high
She said sir can you shed a little hardy cheer
A simple Christmas story was all she wanted to hear
He looked prepared with a smile as he started to say here's my favorite
Christmas story about a girl with no name

He said I met her up in Delaware in 1937
She was wearing red lipstick to match her pretty dress
December 24th at a quarter till eleven is when I finally
gained the courage to ask her to dance

Every holiday season as he traveled he'd tell about his
Christmas dance partner that he never knew well
He'd share his favorite story with the locals he met
He was called the Christmas story tellin traveling man

By age 53 he had done settled down
All the neighborhood kids liked to gather around
Just to listen to his stories about his life on the road
All he had now were these children he told
And every Christmas eve they showed up before dark
He'd tell them all the story but they knew it by heart
They could quote it word for word, he always told it the same
It was his favorite Christmas story called the girl with no name

He said I met her up in Delaware in 1937
She was wearing red lipstick to match her pretty dress
December 24th at a quarter till eleven is when I finally
gained the courage to ask her to dance

Twenty years later as he took his last breath
It was on a cold Christmas morning on a hospital bed
The children were grown, he had nobody left
Except the little old nurse who was holding his hand
He said Ma'am can you share a little hardy cheer
A simple Christmas story was all he wanted to hear
But his eyes filled with tears at the words that she spoke
Because his favorite Christmas story was the one that she told

She said I met him up in Delaware in 1937
Though I never caught his name he was a traveling man
December 24th at a quarter till eleven
I'm so glad he got the courage to ask me to dance

*Happy Christmas Eve*

DECEMBER

It is finally December!!! i love this month... it is filled with warm feelings and great joy... i love drinking a warm glass of hot chocolate or some of that wonderfull egg nog... i also like having an extra day off from school because of the snow... i really enjoy just whatching the snow fall... the best part of december is christmas... getting prensents for others... and recieving presents... celebrating jesus' birth... getting together with family... and having beautiful decorations including christmas trees lights nativity's and more... we usually go to a tree farm and cut down our own christmas tree but i am not sure we are going to do the same... and remember there is only 24 short days till christmas :)

Music Video

Natalie Grant "I Believe"
In a land far away
Time stood stillLong ago
There were shepherds in fields
Or at least this is how
The story goes
The story goes
Woman withchild
And a man with no room
Born in a manger
For telling it too
This is how
The story goes
But it is more than a fable
And it’s more than a fairytale
And more than my mind can conceive

I believe
The Wiseman saw
The baby born the angels called the son of God Heaven’s child
The great I am
Born to take away my sins through nailed pierced hands
Emmanuel has come

I believe
Two thousand years
Still the story lives on
God’s gift to us
Sent to earth
Wrapped in flesh
His only son
His only son
And the heartbeat of heaven
Confounded our wisdom
But it’s still the simple truth
That sets me free

I believe
The Wiseman saw
The baby born that the angels called the son of God Heaven’s child
The great I am
Born to take away my sins through nailed pierced hands
Emmanuel has come

And I believe
Precious child
How can it be that God’s great plan
For his story
Would send you to
The lonely tree
That you would come
For one like me

I believe
In a cross
I believe he came for one, he came for all Heavens child became a plan
Gave his life for me
In spite of all I am
I believe
I believe
Oh I believe
Christmas lives in me
I believe

Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!! Today many americans are getting together with family and friends to celebrate thanksgiving... but does everyone know why they the story of why we celebrate... just to get together with the people you love and enjoy to be with.... well the real story is......
William Bradford was the governor of the original Pilgrim colony, founded at Plymouth in 1621. The colony was first organized on a communal basis, as their financiers required. Land was owned in common. The Pilgrims farmed communally, too, following the "from each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs" precept.
The results were disastrous. Communism didn't work any better 400 years ago than it does today. By 1623, the colony had suffered serious losses. Starvation was imminent.
Bradford realized that the communal system encouraged and rewarded waste and laziness and inefficiency, and destroyed individual initiative. Desperate, he abolished it. He distributed private plots of land among the surviving Pilgrims, encouraging them to plant early and farm as individuals, not collectively.
The results: a bountiful early harvest that saved the colonies. After the harvest, the Pilgrims celebrated with a day of Thanksgiving -- on August 9th.
Unfortunately, William Bradford's diaries -- in which he recorded the failure of the collectivist system and the triumph of private enterprise -- were lost for many years. When Thanksgiving was later made a national holiday, the present November date was chosen. And the lesson the Pilgrims so painfully learned was, alas, not made a part of the holiday.
Happily, Bradford's diaries were later rediscovered. They're available today in paperback. They tell the real story of Thanksgiving -- how private property and individual initiiative saved the Pilgrims.....

and that is the real story of thanksgiving...what are you thankfull for???

i made this apron month back and never posted it so here you go...

haircut

yesterday i decided i wanted to get my hair cut short... here are some pictures i took today of myself...

blog name???

i have no idea what i should name my blog... it was daisy daisy at first but that has nothing to do withme or my blog...now it is in her shoes which is o.k. i guess... but i was just wondering if there were any thoughts about what it should be... if you want you can leave a comment with your ideas...thanks

VOTE

today, nation wide american citizens are going to the polls to cast there vote. starbucks gives citizens a free cup of coffee when they come in and say they have voted.

slacker.

i know...i haven't been keeping my blog updated....iam such a slacker...i always have something to blog about...but never have enough time to blog....i will try harder to keep you up to date...i am going to have a music corner every week or so....with a music video....nothing more i have to say....BYE <><

how to through a boomerang 101

my brother's birthday was on the thirty-first of august

we went out to eat at zebb's

a lot of our family was there including aunt uncle cousins parents brothers sister(thats me!!) and

grandparents and simon

simon was staying at my grandparents bed and breakfast...so he tagged along

after some scruptious food we went to our local park and simon taught us how to throw a

boomerang(he is from australia...and this is his first time in the U.S.)

we had a ton of fun!!!!!

State Fair

~STATE FAIR 2008~

on the 27th of August....

we went to the New York State Fair...

we.....

saw my brother sing in a contest...

watched people carve a sand sculpture...

saw cows, butter and real...

watched fish of many kinds....

ate some good food!!!!

Packing

I am going to the Outer Banks today in North Carolina.... we are stoping in Deleware to spend the night..... most everyone one my mom's side of the family is coming to stay the whole week in a eight bedroom house with (4)four floors an elevator a pool and a path leading to the beach!!! I AM SO EXCITED!!!

My Birthday!!

Today is my BIRTHDAY!!! My mom and I went to Water Safari today with two of my friends, Caroine and Cora.... we had a great time but it started to thunder at 11:30a.m... and all rides closed.... so we got a rain pass so that we could come again with no charge..... but, we got some pictures in the "Enchanted Forest" :)





















Thanks for all the gifts:)