Who knew a purse could be so interesting....

I have been noticing lately that when I go to get something out of my purse I have a hard time finding anything. So I thought I would share with you a list of everything that is in my purse at the current time.

• lots of receipts
• a letter from my mom telling me what to bring for Thanksgiving
• my mortgage statement
• a thank you note from my Aunt Betty
• after school tutoring schedule
• my marriage license (are you kidding me)
• extra car insurance card
• an empty accessory city bag
• my new social security card in the envelope it came me (again are you kidding me)
• an anniversary card that I never gave my husband
• credit card statement
• hair pictures from when I was getting my hair cut before Thanksgiving
• Internet bill (paid)
• invitation to a girls night out at Kristin Todd
• chick-fil-a coupon (expired)
• weight watchers pocket guide for the one meeting i went to last year
• pocket calendar
• water bill (paid)
• cd 1 of my wedding pictures
• straw wrappers
• gloves
• hat
• bottle cap
• sunglasses
• folic acid
• 2 prescription meds
• lip gloss
• candy wrapper
• a glass that goes with my mom's punch bowl (are you serious)
• napkin
• icebreakers
• a footie for trying on shoes
• keys
• wallet
• clear nail polish
• the ring from my bachelorette party
• 9 pens various colors
• 10 pencils (i had bunko)
• lip liner from my wedding
• 1 green marker
• some extra tamps.

Wow! We really can store a lot of stuff in one purse. What is in your purse???

I will cast all my cares upon You....

Isn't it the best feeling to know that when are going through something that we don't have to do it alone? No matter how alone we feel or how burdened we might feel God is there. He promises us this...it just makes me feel good inside knowing that He knows my heart and my thoughts even better than I do and when I cry he cries with me. I found 2 verses today that I know He wanted me to see

Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7

So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy. John 16:22

And if you haven't listened to Kari Jobe lately you are missing out...get on your ipod and turn it on now. Her songs are so uplifting!

New Years Eve 2010!

We had so much fun this New Years Eve! We didn't want to go and and spend a bunch of money so we just had a few couples over! We played the game Left, Right, Center! It is so much fun and you get to win money. Kevin and I didn't win, but it was still lots of fun. Tomorrow school starts back and I would like to say that I am super excited, but that is really not the case. I am ready to get back to the kids, but not ready to get up early and stay late to tutor. Right now I am watching Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea (a personal favorite). I love how they talk in the movie and I wish that I could talk like them and not sound silly. I think if I started calling my friends Bosom Friends people might think I am crazy. I think I will start using better adjectives because the way she describes things makes them sound wonderful or should I say simply delightful!

Christmas has come and gone....

Me and my parents of Christmas morning! Kevin with his Granny and Mom

My parents (aren't they cute) Kevin and Mama A My Mama A and Granddaddy I got a new camera for Christmas so hopefully this will help with my blogging. I can't wait to take some cute pictures of my kids at school. I thought I would share some pic of us this Christmas season.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.....

I know all my followers have been wondering where I have been!! (all 3 of you) I have just been in a blogging rut and I am hoping to get out of it soon. Kevin and I celebrated 1 year of marriage on November 15th! We took a delayed anniversary trip to Branson this past weekend with some friends. It was so much fun. I love going to shows and shopping. I got a lot of Christmas shopping done. We put up our tree the day after Thanksgiving! This is our new tradition at the Strom house. I am so proud of all my ornaments....I didn't have very many, so my mom took me to Hob Lob to get some. Kev and I give each other one every year. I also have a few homemade ones from friends that I cherish.

I love this time of year and I always try to make it go as slow as possible. I hope that it will go slow this year. At school we have been making some pretty cute Christmas crafts. I told the kids that I make daily reports to Santa, so hopefully they will have some good behavior! We will see!!!

1 little, 2 litte, 3 little pumpkins....

I took my kids to Motley's Pumpkin Patch in October! It was so much fun. I wish we could take a field trip once a week. I think it is such a wonderful learning experience. As you can see from the pictures we had so much fun. I had my kids draw pictures about their favorite part of the field trip. By far they loved riding the school bus (they are not allowed to ride the bus to school) and the pig races. The pig named "Jimmy Dean" won all 3 races this year. We got to have pumpkin juice and pretzels while we watched the races. I felt like I was at Nascar! I was also so thrilled to have about 15 parents go with us. If you are a teacher you know that good parent support makes for a successful year. I can't wait till next year!

Operation Christmas Child!

Operation Christmas Child is something that I found out about at my church several years ago. It is project that Samaritan's Purse does every year that allows people to make shoe boxes full of goodies for children in other countries for Christmas. My parents and I have always gotten involved because it is something that is very important and it is so easy to do. I watched a video at church on Sunday about a girl that is now in her 30's from Bosnia that received a shoebox when she was 11 years old that changed her life forever. She was very poor and was embarrassed to go to school because her shoes were so old and torn up. She tried running away the very day that the shoe boxes came, she saw a commotion and went to see what it was...low and behold a man said come and take a shoebox and what do you think her box had in it? You guessed it a brand new pair of shoes. She prayed to receive Christ that very day and now works for the organization and delivers boxes herself to children....now tell me God didn't have a purpose for that little 11 year old. I thought this story was so overwhelming I just sat with tears in my eyes. You see not all the shoebox have shoes in fact most of them don't they are filled with toys and games and socks! God knew that she needed shoes and that is exactly which box she received. My church will be stuffing 1000 boxes on November 22! If you feel like you would like to do a box please do it is such a blessing!