I Mustache You a Question...

Do you remember my talking about Conscious Box? Well if you don't then let me fill you in on what it's all about...

Conscious Box is a monthly subscription box filled with amazing samples of earth friendly, all natural products for you to try! I recently got my first one and I was amazed at the amount of products they fit in that box, not to mention how much I fell in love with some of the goodies I got! I love this box so much that when I got an email from the founder, letting me offer up a free box to you, I just had to share!! 
Here's the low down.. Conscious Box just made a video built of some of their favorite box reviews, (you can watch it here) and are now offering up a feature to their blogger team! That's right, I could be in a Conscious Box video! But I need your help!
What you need to do is simple.. Go to the Conscious Box website. Put a months subscription in your cart (any of the choice boxes). And at check out enter the code 'FIRSTBOXFREE'. That's it! *Please note that you will have to pay $7.95 for shipping.
Whichever 10 bloggers have the most signups with this code will be featured in the next video! Cool right? I sure think it is! So do me a favor and try them out! Believe me, you'll love it! I hope you have a great day! (: God Bless!

In the Midst..

Recently I haven't been totally and completely "here". Yes I can function in some ways but my body and mind have just felt empty and confused on most days. Many of you know that I suffer from major depression and anxiety.You also know that because of this I have struggled for years trying to figure out why God has wired me this way. Why I have to constantly be worried  about everything but not have the motivation to pick myself up.
Well this all has come back around to the question I was asking in my recent post, I am a Christian.. Why do we suffer? Why do some of us feel that we can never quite get bucked off the raging bull when others can go day to day feeling perfectly fine and content with what God has given us in life.  Okay, so maybe there really isn't a person in the world that is perfectly content, that's asking for a lot but sometimes I feel as if I was handed a pretty crappy card. 
Since I have been headed back into my dark place over the past week or so I really couldn't even pray about it for some reason. I was trying to be this strong little girl who doesn't cry and just push through the pain that I was experiencing. I guess you could say that I didn't want to "burden" God with nonsense anymore since I can't even explain why I feel the way I do. But I pushed myself to get out of my house on Sunday and worship even though I was feeling like I wanted to crawl under a rock. And that in itself was a big step towards the right direction, because our pastor was preaching about the anxiety in his life and many others. How he was feeling the exact way that I was in not wanting to run and fall into Christ with his "problems". But that is what God is there for!! He gave his only son on that  cross to carry all of our pains, everything! To be able to save us from them so we can life a happy life and be forgiven. And that's all because he loves us and cherishes us.
So my friends, in the midst of your trials run to him. Let him hold your hand and just talk with him. Let him teach you why this is happening so it can mold you into the person that you need to be so when this life is over you can party with Jesus and be eternally happy.
I ask that you include me in your prayers this week. I know that there is a lot of devastation in Oklahoma that deserves the power of prayer more than I do, but if you could please just include me in your talks with Christ I would appreciate it tremendously!
If you would like to listen to the sermon from this week or prior, click here.
God Bless!

My Mind is Blown!

Well we've had our caterpillar "babies" for 3 days now and let me just tell you how amazed I already am. Look at the difference in size already!!!

Day 1                                                               Day 3 You see, last year we did our butterfly raise and release with a group of ladies up in Oak Harbor and since the caterpillars we all sent to one persons house (which wasn't mine) ours were already pretty large. So as you can see this was something new and exciting for Bentley and I to experience! (:  Is anyone else raising butterflies? I'd love to hear about your adventures! God Bless!

The "Babies" Are Here!

Looked what showed up on my door step this morning!!!

If you don't remember us raising butterflies last year, then I'd love for you to follow along with us this year while we enjoy our favorite spring tradition! 

This year was pretty cool, because we actually received a live insect certificate to get 5 caterpillars for free since we lost so many last year. So of course when it started to warm up outside I couldn't wait to send it in and get started!!! 

Now if you want to start doing this with your family, your first package will look a little different. Since this isn't our first time and we already had the Butterfly Garden, we just got a little refill kit that included our caterpillars, a feeding dropper, and instructions. 

Right after I opened up the box I let Bentley hold onto the cup and see his new little friends. He immediately started to call them his "babies" and kiss the cup! It was one of the cutest things I've ever seen and why I love doing these kind of family traditions. Kids seem to have a different perspective on the activity each year as they get older.

I hope that you'll stay tuned with us as our little guys grow and change. It really is an amazing thing to watch and share! 

If you want to raise your own butterflies, head on over to Insect Lore! There's still time to get your hands on some caterpillars or even some other fun insects such as ants, ladybugs, and even frogs!

God Bless!

I'm Proud..

... to be able to say that I am able to be a part of such an amazing and loving church, Coram Deo. 

In the 19 years that I have been alive and known about faith, this is honestly the first time that I have been able to lift my hands up, sing, and be myself as I worshiped. 

Right as I waked into those doors I was greeted with open arms and loving gestures. I knew that it was the place for me and my family.

Now I know that it is already May (wow) and Easter was in March, but since I have been off the blogging radar for some time I thought I would share these amazing videos that portray what my church did during Holy Week! Sadly I wasn't able to go to the Good Saturday event but I am so proud of how much food was raised. Watch this short video to find out exactly how much...

On Sunday however, I got baptized!!!! I wasn't really planning on doing it since I was baptized as a baby and didn't know if it was the right time since I just started worshiping at this church, but as songs were sung and arms were raised I found myself walking towards that stage and stepping into the water to start my life over with God. It was the greatest experience and has opened up so many doors in my faith! I am so grateful that I was able to do it!  Watch this video to get the low down on what Easter at Coram Deo was all about.. You can even see me going into the water and getting emotional.. Enjoy! :) So what do you think? Pretty amazing isn't it!
I promise that I will get caught up and on track with writing posts on more current events. Just hang in there with me so I can fully explain how I've come to my new relationship with the Lord.  God Bless!