Blessed Beyond Measure

Whats the Goings on with the Smiths.

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Well life has been very busy! I nanny for a 4 month old little girl named Maci, and I love it! I work three days a week so I am with her alot! She has grown so much since I started! She is rolling over and holding her head up!! She has the CUTEST smile ever!!! She has blue eyes and brownish redish hair! I will have to take some pics of her and put them on here or facebook. I also baby sit on wednesdays for Miss Ingrid (Dr.Roberts wife). I watch their two little boys, Tommy and Andrew, she is pregnant with their fifth child due in Dec.! She is having a baby girl! :-)

Mom has been working. She still enjoys her job! She has been very busy lately. She got to go to Vegas with the office for a conference class thing to learn the computer program. She already knew how to use it but they needed a nurse to go. She got to see the Lion King show and she said it was amazing! They also went to the Hoover Dam, she said that was awesome! :-)

Chrissie is working with Lilly and stays busy with shoots and editing. They are starting to do new things for the company. She is loving her job! She enjoys taking pictures of all the families and precious little kids!!!

I think that is all that's going on in our neck of the woods. :-) Hope everyone is doing well! I am going to try and start updating more! Key word try! :-P

Experience of a Lifetime!

2009-10-03T16:27:00.000-07:00

Sorry I haven't posted in a long time!!! It has been two months since we returned from the Dominican Republic. We has an amazing time!!! While there we had the privilege of going and serving along side our new friends from the Oasis church there! We went to different communities each day and got to go around and talk with people and share the gospel! We were even privileged enough to see some people come to Christ!!! It was amazing to see the conditions in which they live! There is one place there that the people pf that community live in the sugar cane, they harvest and plant it all year long, since sugar cane is not as popular as it used to be people don't really go out there. So the people who live there are called the lost people because they have been forgotten. They people of the church go out frequently and bring them food, clothes, medicine, Doctors come and set up a clinic, they play games with the kids and give out toys and candy. The people of the Oasis Church are simply amazing!! They don't just do all of this for the people who live in the sugar cane, the do it for all the communities they go to!Whatever that community may need they do their best to get it for them!! The last part of the trip we got to go to their bible camp. It was an experience!!! :-) They had like 21 girls in one room with two toilets (that ended up being one for our group because the other one broke!) and with two showers. One of my favorite thing about the whole trip was every time we worshiped together we worship in english and spanish!!! It was SO amazing to sing one verse in english then the next in spanish!!! My favorite song we sang was Mighty to Save!!! I LOVE that song any way, but singing it in spanish in another country with our new friends who welcomed us in so sweetly was just amazing!!!! I cried every time we sang that song!!! I love and miss all of my new friend that I met while on this trip!!!We all became a family and got to live life together. This is a trip that I will NEVER forget!!! Chrissie really put it in perspective when she said the when she saw the mountains around us and thought of the song Mighty to Save it was amazing to look at them and think God can move the mountains!!! I thought about that and was speechless!!! How great our Go d really is that he can move the mountains!!! Thank you God for the wonderful experience you gave us this summer!!!

*If you want to see more pics, you can see them on Chrissie's facebook.*

Mission:X ~ Dominican Republic~

2009-06-09T12:54:00.001-07:00

I along with Chrissie, Hannah, Ruthie,Stephen, Kristian, and Connor, get to go to the Dominican Republic in 44 days!!! Holy cow!!! In 44 days I will be on my way to the DR with people I know and people I look forward to getting to know!!! Wow!! I can't believe that it is so close!!! I am getting excited and anxious all at the same time!!! I look forward to seeing what God does while we are there!!! We are going to be there for ten days (July 24th- Aug.2nd)...for the first part of our trip we will be doing evangelism, for the other part we will be doing a youth retreat. I cannot wait!!! Please pray for us as we go. Pray that God would use us and that we are not fearful to share with those whom we encounter while there!!! Pray that we have safe travels to and from the DR! Pray that God be glorified in and through us!!! We are going to serve those who are less fortunate!!! Oh man I can't wait!!! this is going to be an amazing trip!!! I can't wait to come back and share with all of you what God does while we are there!!! :-D

The "Pro" Rodeo!

2009-04-17T09:29:00.000-07:00

*ATTENTION* Extremely long post!!

Last Friday we got to go to the "Pro"Rodeo with the amazing Green family! It was SO much fun!!! The bull riding was my favorite! Chrissie took LOTS of pictures of course! Here are a lot of them! NOTE: There are ten post of pictures!! Make sure you see them all!! :-D Hope you enjoy them!

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What happens Results....

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After#1 :-)

After #2

After we realized that we had applied the wrong color.

Before #1

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The pictures didn`t upload in the right order, so you will see the after first, then the before... so here are the results! :-) It is not as bad as we thought it would be! The only thing is that her roots are pretty red, but our amazing friend and hairstylist Tia said that it will most likely fade! So I think Chrissie is going to keep it. This is definately a night we will always remember!! :-D

What happens?

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What happens when you think you get black brown haircoloring and after you have already put it on your hair you realize that it is dark BURGUNDY brown!?!? Results soon to follow..... BTW: No I am not the one coloring my hair, Chrissie is! :-)

Gasp an update! :-)

2009-03-24T08:22:00.000-07:00

Wow it has been a while! :-) We have been pretty busy lately! You can go to Chrissie's blog to see pics from the crazy week we had! It was SO much fun! We had our "Dancey Dancers" Dance and had a blast! I will greatly miss meeting at the Heddons house and learning to dance!! Thank you Joel and Rachel!!!

So It is spring and I am ready to go swimming!!! We went to the beach last Wednesday and it was BEAUTIFUL!!!! I want to go to the beach again!!!! :-) I LOVE living in Crestview!! It is so close to the most beautiful beaches ever!!! It amazes me to look out at the never ending water and think that God created it! I always stand in awe! My favorite part about going to the beach is going over the bridge and seeing the water sparkle like glitter!!! My second favorite part of going to the beach is going with my AMAZINGLY AWESOME friends that God has so graciously placed in my life! I love going and hanging out, playing bocce ball, playing football, and just being with the people of Crossway Community! God is so kind!

I love all of you! Hope you are doing well! Sorry for the randomness! :-)

Cherish

2009-01-27T06:47:00.001-08:00

15 Things I miss about you Cherish are....

1. I miss your face!

2. I miss your laugh!

3. I miss taking pictures with you!

4. I miss watching movies with you!

5. I miss coming over every Sunday to watch the Amazing Race!

6. I miss sitting with you at church!

7. I miss singing really loud and off key with you!!!!

8. I miss having sleepovers with you!

9. I miss staying up late with you!

10. I miss laughing about nothing with you!

11. I miss being with you all the time!

12. I miss riding with you to Basketball games!

13. I miss going to Wendy's every Sunday with you!

14. I miss going to see plays from the Co-op with you!

15. I miss you!!!!!! :-)

Hey Miss Rebecca!

2009-01-12T07:28:00.000-08:00

Hey Miss Rebecca! Hope your doing well! I wanted to update my blog and I thought of you! :-) If you need anything you can call us! We love you!!!!!!!!! =D Here are some pics to brighten up your day!

Merry Christmas

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Merry Christmas everyone!
I hope you all have a great holiday season! I love you all!

What we've been up to...

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Chrissie and I got to babysit for Miss Karla and her husband! Mom works with Karla. They have 6 horses ,5 dogs, 2 rabbits, 2 cats , 2 ponds with fish and 4 kids! We enjoyed the kids SO much! We played ALL day long! We got to babysit them four days last week. We are going to babysit them for three weeks in December! It is SO much fun! Kristen got to come with us two of the days! Her and Maddie hit it off right away! Here are some pictures of all the fun we had!
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I don't know if I'll post vaca pics any time soon but we'll see! ;-)

Rolling down the hill...

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Watch out! :-)

Us with the kids.

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The Dogs! :-)

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Kristen and Maddie

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Maddie

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Trey

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Paris

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Indiana Jones ;-)

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Jumping on the Trampoline!

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Riding the horses!

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Johnathan putting up our lights!

Nick "helping" ;-)

"I want to get on the roof!!!"

Uncle John helped put up our lights but we didn't get a picture of him. :-(
Thanks Boys for putting up our lights! They look SO pretty!

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Be Careful!!!

The finished product! :-D

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When I asked Isaiah to smile he said "No! I'm NOT happy!" :-)

Sweet Brothers!
We had so much fun with the boys when we took them to the park! I can't wait to see them! Btw these are the pictures I promised I would put up after vacation! I'm a little behind! :-D

Park with the boys 2

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How u doin?

Lookin' out the window.

Lookin' at something! :-D

The park with the boys!

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Isaiah

Malicah

Cutie pie!

My Boys! :-D

Hi!

2008-11-11T15:53:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! I am SO sorry that I haven't posted anything! Chrissie and I are watching the Day kids this week and then Friday we are catching a ride with Tia to Orlando to do some more babysitting! =) So it will be a little while longer before I really post anything! Love you all!
BTW: HI LAUREN! :-D

See ya later!

2008-10-14T04:44:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow we leave for Celebration, after that we are going to Orlando! I am so excited! So this is goodbye! I will not be posting for awhile but you can look forward to seeing pictures of "Our boys" and pictures from vacation when I return! Hope y'all are doing well! See ya in two weeks! :-D

HEY MR.SUTTER......

2008-10-02T14:39:00.000-07:00

I MISS YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait to see you in only 17 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love you! :-D

Happy Birthday Chrissie

2008-09-30T07:00:00.000-07:00

Today is Chrissie's 19th birthday! I can't believe my sister is 19!!! I just want to take a moment to honor Chrissie on her special day! :-D

Chrissie,
I LOVE YOU!!! You are an amazing example of biblical womanhood! The way you serve your family and so many others is just another one of the few examples that you are to me!! You are my "other" best friend!! I could not have asked for a better sister! Thank you for being an example and for always being there for me! I love you very much!! I am so thankful for you! I hope you have a wonderful birthday! I can't wait to see what God has in store for you in the years to come!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!

2008-09-22T05:00:00.000-07:00

Today is mom's birthday! I just wanted to take a minute to honor her!

Mom,
Thank you for all that you do! You are an amazing example to me in the way you lay down your life for the Lord! How you serve not only Chrissie and I but also others is amazing! Thank you for leading Chrissie and I so well even though it is hard sometimes you always persevere. I know that it is not easy being the sole provider for our family, and I know that you sacrifice a lot for us! THANK you again! That is all I can say! God has SO blessed me and has given me the best friend someone could ever have!!! I love sharing my life with you and I thank you for always being ready to listen when I am going through something or I just want to talk! I LOVE you SO much! I am so thankful for you and I hope that you have a wonderful birthday! I can't wait to see what God has in store for you in the years to come! Happy Birthday Mom!!! I love you!!!!

Dance Lessons...

2008-09-21T20:37:00.000-07:00

I have the opportunity to take Ball room dance lessons! I am doing it with a bunch of people from church. Joel and Rachel Heddon are teaching us!! Friday was our first lesson and I LOVED it!!!! It was SO much fun!!!! I posted some pictures below! Hope you enjoy them!

Thank you Joel and Rachel for taking the time to teach all of us! We are very grateful!

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pictures

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Five weeks...

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I just wanted to let all of my "Orlando" friends know that I will see you guys in FIVE weeks!!!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKKKKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKK! I CAN'T wait! I love and miss you all like crazy!!! <3 ya!

He is here!

2008-09-12T19:29:00.000-07:00

Tuesday September 9th at 5:24pm "Junior" Barringer came into the world! We got to go see him on Wednesday! He is SO cute! I LOVE him! He is such a little blessing! Please pray for him because he is still in the hospital with jaundice. Julia is doing great and she is out of the hospital. I think Junior is supposed to go home tomorrow God willing! He is just SO precious and I can't wait to hold him again!!! :-D Congratulations Andy and Julia!!!!! I love all three of you dearly! :-)

Pictures ->

2008-09-05T07:24:00.000-07:00

Hey I just wanted to let you all know that I put up some pictures on the side of my blog! Check them out! :-D

Update

2008-09-05T06:54:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone! Sorry I haven't posted in awhile! I know that Heather with be happy! HA! I want to post pictures on here but I need Chrissie's help! Hopefully we can get some on here soon! Life is starting to slow down now! I can't believe that it is September already!! I am very excited though because that means that October is just around the corner!! I can't wait for Celebration and Vaca!!!! EEEKK!!! I am SO excited that we get to come to Orlando for vacation! It is going to be SO much fun!! We are planning on going to Disney with the Lenfestey's one day and I am excited because I haven't been to Disney since I was like seven! Nick and Kristen just couldn't believe that it had been that long since we last went! Nick made me promise him that I would go on ALL the rides with him! He has decided that if we split into groups that I HAVE to be in his so we can full fill that promise! I am also excited to see all of my "old" ;-D friends! I think that we will be able to go to a Deluge meeting and I know that we get to go to a Sunday meeting! I can't wait!! Love and miss you all terribly!

Baby Shower

2008-08-30T12:18:00.000-07:00

Well today we had Julia Barringer's baby shower!! I thought it went really well!! It was SO cute!! I am very excited for Andy and Julia!! I can't wait to meet Jr. :-D

Busyness...

2008-08-25T12:30:00.000-07:00

Well life has been very busy!! We have been babysitting,painting, helping Brandi move, and have been helping plan a baby shower! Wow! Even though we have been really busy we got to celebrate Kristen's 10th birthday on Thursday! We also got to remember our Grandfather's life and how much of a blessing he was to our family! I am hoping to post pictures soon! Hope everyone is doing well!

Welcome!

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Welcome to my blog! I can't wait to share my life with ya'll! Hope you enjoy it! :-D