Just a little inspiration (actually a whole lotta inspiration)!!

http://www.maniacworld.com/are-you-going-to-finish-strong.html

"My name is Nick Vujicic and I'm 25 years old. I was born without arms or legs and given no medical reason for this condition. Faced with countless challenges and obstacles, God has given me the strength to surmount what others might call impossible. Along with that, the Lord has placed within me an unquenchable passion to share this same hope and genuine love that I’ve personally experienced with more than two million people all over the globe. Traveling extensively to over 19 nations, I've been extremely humbled by the continuous opportunities that the Lord has given me to share my testimony along with the hope that I have in Jesus with people in so many nations and situations. My greatest joy in this life is to introduce Jesus to those I meet and tell them of His great desire to get to know them personally by allowing Him to become their Lord and Savior. One of my favorite scriptures from the Bible is Psalm 139:17-18 that says, "How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand.” God has used me to let people know in countless schools, churches, prisons, orphanages, hospitals, stadiums and in face-to-face encounters with individuals how very precious they are to God. Secondly, it’s my pleasure to assure them that God does have a plan for their lives that is purposeful. For God took my life, one that others might disregard as having any significance and filled me with His purpose and showed me His plans to move hearts and lives toward Him. Understanding this, though faced with struggles, you can overcome too. Be encouraged today as you read this promise from the Lord found in Jeremiah 29:11 of the Bible, "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

A beautiful e-mail was sent to Nick saying, "You may not have limbs, but I am certain that, while in your presence, those you come in contact with are being embraced in a manner much more powerful than any arms on earth could hope to accomplish." She went on to say, "...I am positive that you have touched more people in more meaningful and comforting ways than anyone with hands ever could. Thank you again. Your purpose is a strong one and God chose a mighty warrior to overcome the battle of the 'I Can't Do It's'". You are much stronger than any weightlifter I know of. Thank you for taking hold with your faith and love and doing what others could not. It would seem that we with whole bodies have lacking spirits and little faith. You, on the other hand, have a whole spirit!..." - Lisa W "...in all these things, we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us." (Rom. 8:37b) "

http://www.lifewithoutlimbs.org/

A lady I work with sent this out and I did a little more research and thought I would pass some of what I found on to all of you. The first link is to the inspirational clip of Nick, and the second is to his website. It made me wonder what I could accomplish if God was my guide and 'can't' wasn't in my vocabulary. This gave me great insight and inspiration! I hope you all watch this and have time to reflect...

Willing and able bodies to all my friends!

Liz

Scrappy Saturday

I spent this weekend scrapbooking-lots! There was a challenge on one of the scrapbooking sites I like, (http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/) to do 20 pages in January and then you'd get 20 bucks in free products. I was excited to finish 22 projects by the 31st :0). It took longer than usual because I had to post them all (which I had never done) and also had to use only products that they carry (which is a lot). It was a really great incentive to get me a jump on my scrapbooking (which I have neglected for awhile), and a great way to get free products! I will admit that on Saturday I didn't even get dressed, or eat after breakfast-I was pretty in the zone, and I definitely needed to have a day to myself after this last week. I have been feeling pretty stressed and down, so it was a good pick-me-up. I hope everyone has been having a great new year!!! Love to you all!!
Happy hobby making to all my friends!!
Liz

Busy Busy Busy

Rival Game

The middle of my 3-now it's brown with blue and white stems

Freshman tourney

Spa Night fun

Green River Trip

We've had a busy past couple of weeks! First of all I have been working on a painting for our bedroom. This is part of the three I will be doing to put above our new bed set, but in this picture it hasn't been painted yet. Pinedale Freshman also had a tournament in which the girls won first, and the boys (although they worked hard) walked away with lots of experience. Last weekend I had a spa party for some of my girlfriends so we could all have a night out! We had lots of food and lots of fun!! Then Eric and I went to visit our fabulous friends in Green River. Travis coaches at a JU-CO there, so we had the opportunity to go and watch his team play. They played a really good team and held there own until the very end. We had a great time seeing them and their beautiful kids. We also got to see Brad and Sally and their two beautiful kiddos. We hope to be able to see them all more this summer when all the coaching is over :0). Finally, Eric's freshman team played their big rivals tonight at their place and we won!! It took awhile for them to get going, but they pulled it out in the end-great job boys!!

Full and Happy days for all my friends!!

Liz

By the way...I haven't posted Christmas because I can't find it :0(
Also...thanks for all your concerns on my eye, it stopped after 8 days-and hasn't come back yet!!

Crazy Eye

Soo...my eye has now been twitching for 6 days. It kinda freaks me out a bit that is has lasted so long. I looked it up on the internet yesterday and they say not to go see anyone until after the 7th day, so now I wait through sometimes partially blurred vision while my eye has involuntary muscle spasms. I always associated eye twitches with fatigue, stress, or neurological problems (stroke, brain tumor) so it's a little disturbing. I have tried to sleep it off, and I don't really feel stressed so... I am trying to will it away :0). Obviously that isn't working well either. Every time I wake up I think 'oh, it's gone' but to my alarm within a minute or so it's back. Sunday it was about every two minutes at church. By the time we went home my crazy eye was so tired I felt like I had a lazy eye. What's funny is that so many people experience random eye twitching that they have a name for it: blepharospasm. Anyways, I have my painting almost done, my house cleaned up (partially), I found the Christmas and wedding cd's (just have to edit them now), got another calling to enrichment, and I will start my scrapbooking tonight-yea!! I will post Christmas soon-it has taken forever!

Beautiful vision for all my friends!

Liz

My Idahoan Cuties and Idaho Christmas

These are my Idahoan cuties (oh, and my mom and dad)! The top one is my brother's little cute Adelina Jace, and wow does she have a personality!! She makes the stinkin cutest faces ever!! I was so happy that I was one of the people she would go to since I haven't seen her much at all and she's almost a year old!! The other collage is of our Murphy family Christmas. It was really fun to go and see my family and was semi-relaxing (lots of shopping) after all the wedding whirlwind! Mara Jayde (my sisters youngest) has gotten so big since Thanksgiving even-she's a doll and has the stinking cutest chub ever-LOVE IT!! Paige got a makeup set from Great Grandma and Grandpa-hence the wildly painted face. Payden got a ball set from them and a book from us-I thought he would like it since it is about a flea-he really likes bugs. Adelina was quite enamored with the rooster flashlight she got, and Mara loved her winding pop-up music thingy :0) (I'm not sure what they're called). Anyways, we were very happy that we had the opportunity to spend time with both families, and I can't wait to see all my cute nieces and nephew again-we love and think about all of you often!!
By the way, although all the tutu shots I have done have a screaming one-I promise kids do like me and I don't try to purposely make them cry!!
Happy tutu wearing to all my friends :0)!!
Liz

What The !!???

Okay so I am not trying to be gross, but this is just one more reason why not all people should have guns! Yup folks, this is a Lama, but make sure you pay attention to the last picture. For those who do not hunt or are unfamiliar to hunting, that last picture is a tag to hunt Elk. The idiot that shot him thought that this Lama was an Elk. Does this say anything good about some of the caliber of people we have in the United States?? I think that he should have stayed in New York and hunted Lama's there. Some people never cease to amaze me with their stupidity. I mean come on, research what you're hunting if you don't know what it is, and for heavens sake-go to a farm or zoo every now and then to get your animals right. Geesh, he must've never watched The Emperors New Groove-haha!

30-06 rifle with Leupold Scope- $650 dollars

Out of State License -$600 dollars

Gas to drive from New York -$700 dollars

Taking a Trophy Montana Llama- Priceless.......(well really it's just stupid-he'll be facing charges for killing the wrong animal, and for trespassing-and I hope he feels like poo, this is probably someone's pet)

Don't quit your day job to be a guide any time soon, dude!

Happy Animal Searching to all my friends!

Liz

Catching Up

This is my starting of getting caught up since Thanksgiving pictures!! Since then we have started basketball, set up Christmas, had Christmas, New Years, a wedding, seen both families and had lots of fun!!! Down below this post I have some pictures of ISU basketball pictures, Pinedale sports, and Jessica's bridals. I will post more pictures when I can unpack enough stuff to find the wedding and Christmas pictures. I loved loved loved seeing all of my nieces and my nephew-these pictures are only of my sisters-aren't they so cute (can't find the other pictures just yet with my 2 other nieces)! We had a great time for Christmas seeing both families. There was a lot happening between both places, and we are very grateful that we were blessed enough to go everywhere safely and that Eric's family was able to travel safely to us. We were very blessed this year with Eric getting his job, and then me getting mine here as well. Thanks to all of our friends and family for all your love and support! We hope everyone has a wonderful New Year!! Enjoy the pictures and you can also check out my photography blog for a new bitty ones' pictures (cute Claire), and soon to come more of Jessica's bridals and Chad and Jessica's wedding!!!