Dress Up!!

I love that, right now, Isabel is a girly girl. I pulled out the dress up clothes for the first time today. Thank goodness for older, girly cousins! She loves wearing her tutus, and have I mentioned that this girl loves shoes? She exclaimed, "Pink shoes!" when I brought out the Sleeping Beauty princess shoes. She now calls them "fancy".
Cute little chubby feet in her "fancy" shoes.

Definitely a fancy girl.
Just a little video of my cute girl in her dress ups. I love how she says, "ballerina". :)

In Christ Alone

Here I go, sharing some more music with you all! I shared this with my Facebook friends, and I'm sure most of you are on there with me, but I wanted to post it here as well. We sang this song in church this morning, and we've sung it a dozen times before, but it is one of those that always hits me like a ton of bricks. The words to this song paint such a vivid picture for me, of the sacrifice that was made for me, for all of us, so that we do not need to die, but that we can live, "Bought with the precious blood of Christ."

"If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.” For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”" Romans 10:9-13

It is only through Christ that we can "live", and once we are His, nothing can "pluck us from His hand."

"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." Ephesians 2:8-9

"For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 8:38-39

In Christ Alone
In Christ alone my hope is found,
He is my light, my strength, my song;
this Cornerstone, this solid Ground,
firm through the fiercest drought and storm.
What heights of love, what depths of peace,
when fears are stilled, when strivings cease!
My Comforter, my All in All,
here in the love of Christ I stand.

In Christ alone! who took on flesh
Fulness of God in helpless babe!
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones he came to save:
Till on that cross as Jesus died,
The wrath of God was satisfied -
For every sin on Him was laid;
Here in the death of Christ I live.

There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain:
Then bursting forth in glorious Day
Up from the grave he rose again!
And as He stands in victory
Sin's curse has lost its grip on me,
For I am His and He is mine -
Bought with the precious blood of Christ.

No guilt in life, no fear in death,
This is the power of Christ in me;
From life's first cry to final breath.
Jesus commands my destiny.
No power of hell, no scheme of man,
Can ever pluck me from His hand;
Till He returns or calls me home,
Here in the power of Christ I'll stand.

It's A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood...

I love Colorado weather. Wintertime brings with it snowing, cold days, followed by a few of these beautiful, 65 degree days. The kids have loved playing outside, going for walks and playing on their cousin's swingset without having to freeze their little derriere's off! I've only documented one of those days, but we are relishing the nice weather since Colorado, is once again, calling for snow!

Happy Pancake Day!

In honor of National Pancake Day, we had pancakes for dinner. I actually wasn't really thinking about it, and was trying to decide what to make for dinner, when my friend, Alyson, turned me on to this blog. They had a post today on pancakes! And not just any pancakes, but a plethora of pancake recipes from your every day "fluffiest" pancakes to some pretty gourmet-sounding pancakes. They all looked and sounded delicious!! I decided we would try the cinnamon bun pancakes with icing "syrup". They were pretty darned tasty. I didn't take a picture as I was too involved in the making of this sweet dinner, and the serving of it to my hungry children. Just check out The Pioneer Woman's Tasty Kitchen Pancakes blog post, and you will see all of the mouth-watering pictures there!