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Friday Favorites!!!

WOOHOO IT’S FRIDAY!!!  I have been looking forward to this day for weeks (or maybe since the first day of school ๐Ÿ˜œ) because after 3 PM I am out of school until January 3rd!  So that’s going to be my #1 FAVORITE today ๐Ÿ˜Š


 Victoria and I just finished our It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year link up yesterday, and it was so fun to participate in this month!  I really enjoyed getting to know other people through their link up posts and I got some really great ideas along the way.  To read all of my posts, click here.



 So many things have been happened lately that have just reaffirmed that I married the right man.  Yes, he gets on my nerves at least once a day haha but he’s my biggest encourager and my #1 fan.  I don’t tell him enough that I’m thankful for him.



My aunt Bebo and Moy made this gorgeous table runner for my breakfast table and I love it! I love the pops of red and green against the cream color.  They knew exactly what I needed in my house.


My 7th period class brought in almost 500 cans by themselves!  We came in a close second in the canned food drive (three kids brought in over 100 each!!), so I allowed them to have a party on exam day after the exam.  This is the leftover of our food–I allowed myself three sweets and only ate half of each!


I’ll be doing a little Christmas shopping this weekend.  What do you have planned?


Linking up with Erika, Heather, and Amanda

Day Nine: The True Meaning of Christmas

Ever since Victoria and I started planning this Christmas link up, I’ve been really excited about today’s prompt: How do you make Christmas about more than just the gifts and the craziness associated with this time of year?

Well friends, I’m here to tell you that I’m very intentional in how I view this Christmas season.  My favorite thing to do leading up to Christmas (during the advent season) is to do an advent devotional.  In the past I’ve done two different ones–She Reads Truth or ones written by John Piper.  This year John Piper didn’t publish a new one so I am doing the She Reads Truth study.

I love the SRT study this year because it’s going through the different figures of the Old Testament–prophets, priests, kings–and showing how Jesus fulfilled each one and is the perfect prophet, priest, and king.  By focusing on Jesus, I’m able to keep the true meaning of Christmas at the forefront. 

Another thing that I do to remind myself what Christmas is truly about is listening to Christmas carols and really focusing on the words.  When you focus on the meaning of the words instead of rotely singing it, you’d be amazed at how a song takes on a new meaning for you.  My favorite song is O Holy Night:

O holy night!
The stars are brightly shining
It is the night of the dear Savior’s birth!
Long lay the world in sin and error pining
Till he appear’d and the soul felt its worth.
A thrill of hope the weary soul rejoices
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn!

Fall on your knees
Oh hear the angel voices
Oh night divine
Oh night when Christ was born
Oh night divine
Oh night divine

Led by the light of Faith serenely beaming
With glowing hearts by His cradle we stand
So led by light of a star sweetly gleaming
Here come the wise men from Orient land
The King of Kings lay thus in lowly manger
In all our trials born to be our friend

Truly He taught us to love one another
His law is love and His gospel is peace
Chains shall He break for the slave is our brother
And in His name all oppression shall cease
Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we,
Let all within us praise His holy name


If you have children, there are so many things you can do to point children to Christ during this time of year.  One of my friends is doing Truth in the Tinsel this year with her boys.  Each night they have a craft and a story.  Each story shows Christ during this time of year.  Having a nightly devotion with your children is something that I’m looking forward to whenever Dustin and I have kids because yes, Santa Claus is fun but he’s not what this season is about.

Thank you to everyone who participated in our link up this year!  We had so much fun and can’t wait to do it again next year ๐Ÿ™‚

Day Eight: Our Christmas Card

Merry Christmas, friends!
 I thought our Christmas card turned out pretty well this year ๐Ÿ™‚  I can’t wait to check the link up and see everyone’s cards–Christmas cards are such a favorite!


Tomorrow is the last day of the link up.  We’re sharing all about how we make Christmas about more than just the gifts and the craziness associated with this time of year!