Wordless Wednesday

Our Last Night in Gulf Shores, AL we played putt putt. Which Caroline (who is 6 going on 21) called "Puck Puck" then "Put Poke." She finally got it right. We had fun playing, but I think we had more fun taking pictures!

Let It Shine!

Today's Blog Hop is Words of Encouragement. Now, I don't know about you, but all my words of encouragement come from the Bible.

I would like to encourage myself, and all other Christians out there to Let God's Light shine through you, no matter what Life throws at you! Be an example of a good Christian and never let your light burn out in times of darkness.

I came across a neat little quote from Elizabeth Kubler Ross:

"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the
sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed
only if there is a light from within."

In John 8:12 Jesus says that He is the Light to the World, and if you follow him you will never be in the dark, but always have Light.

In your times of darkness, let Christ shine within you, and people will see how beautiful HE is. Psalms 21:1 says "the LORD is my light and my salvation--whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life--of whom shall I be afraid?" You have nothing to fear in times of Darkness if the Lord is your light!

"In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good
deeds and praise your Father in Heaven." Matthew 5:15

I hope you will Pray for Strength to keep your Light within shining at all times, even when things are a little bit Dark! I'll be praying for you!

Mascara

OK Blog World (a.k.a. the five people that read my blog) Help me out here. I'm about out of Mascara and I'm dead set on finding a mascara that doesn't make me look like a raccoon at the end of the day. I've tried every different mascara possible and they all rub of onto my skin giving me the raccoon effect.

Do you have any suggestions! What works for you?? Please keep in mind here that I'm on a limited budget and don't need to spend much.

Here are the ones I've used in the past year that rub off, and they are all waterproof! (supposedly) The one I am currently using probably smudges more the than rest though. It's the Volum' express. I've also tried Clinique Mascara and it smears pretty bad too.

Here are a few Mascara Tips I found while looking for some new mascara on the web.

1. Apply Mascara to the bottom of the last near the roots first and wiggle the wand from left to right as you pull the wand up through the lashes
2. To reduce clumps, wipe the excess mascara from the brush by wiping it on a tissue before you apply to lash.
3. Add extra coats to your lashes by blinking into your brush. Make sure the first coat is dry before applying the second!
4. Powder your eyes before applying the mascara. Sometimes mascara is attracted to oily base makeup (HEY! That may be my problem with the raccoon eyes, I have oily eyes!)
5. For a dramatic look, apply mascara only to the top lashes. To make eyes look wider apply to the bottom also.
6. Do NOT pump in and out of the tube. This forces air into the tube and makes the mascara dry out faster. (I'm so guilty of this!)
7. Don't Blink for at least five seconds after applying mascara!

So what do you wear?? What works for you? Have any tips?? Help me please, before anyone else sees me and my raccoon eyes!! Thanks a million!

LuLu's and "Afessionals"

Well We had a great time at the beach yesterday and today, I'm sad to go home!

Leah, Melissa, and Avery has us take 4million pictures until we finally caught them at the exact moment in the air...I was pretty annoyed having to watch them jump in the air so many times, but I'll have to admit this picture turned out pretty cool. I would've joined them but my Love Handles wouldn't let me jump up that far.


We ate dinner at LuLu's last night. If you are ever in Gulf Shores, AL and want a place to go that is great for parents and kids, go to LuLu's! It's Jimmy Buffett's Sister's Restaurant. They have live music every night, three different bars, and a sand/recreation area/beach for the kids to play at. Our wait was two hours...yeah, I said two hours, but flew by so fast. We listened to a band, had drinks, played bean bag toss (Baggo) and shopped at LuLu's souvenir shop. It was really fun!
Here's me and Leah at LuLu's..

It came a monsoon last night and today was pretty cloudy until about lunch. Caroline, the little one, is Six going on 21. She informed me this morning that the waves were so bad that the only people that could surf would be the "afessionals" and she actually did the air quotes. It took me a second before I realized she meant "professionals." Then she informed me that she preferred going to her GiGi's to play rather than her MiMi's because MiMi had ugly Barbies. She also asked me if I was pregnant...I'm pretty sure that means it's time for me to loose weight. Here's Me and Caroline at LuLu's. I had to wipe off my lap after she sat in it because she had made a slide out of a sand pile in the beach area before we ate and still had a little sand on her bottom.

We took family pictures tonight on the beach...I'm pretty sickened by how fat I look next to all the skinny mini's in the bunch. Look! Gretchen made the Picture!!
We played putt putt tonight, I'll show pictures of it later. This has been a great extended weekend at Gulf Shores with the girls. I hope we can make this a yearly trip. One day when we're all grown up with kids of our own, maybe we'll still be making the yearly trip to Gulf Shores without the husbands... Now all that's left to do is drive home! Hope we make it in under 12 hours this time!!