Forgive me dear readers!

SO I have pretty much have FAILED in the blogging department in the last like 2 weeks!! Its been a very busy 2 weeks! My brothers came home for spring break and they had a great time. I tried to make it through the week so I could get to my spring break. So here we are! I wanted to share a little lesson that I learned from swim lessons. If you know me you are sick and tired of hearing about swim lessons! But just 1 quick story!

The past few times in swim lessons I have made the children journey to the deep end. You would think that I was leading them to their doom. Their little faces are frozen with fear and they come up with every excuse in the book on why we should NOT go to the deep end. When we finally get there I hop in and the first question is always how deep is it today. (Like it changes?) I often come up with different answers but never give them an actual number.

So we get in and they are glued to the wall. I try to coax them off but then they move to the other wall and grip it until their knuckles are white. I pry them off the wall and encourage them to float. One girl claims that "I can't swim in this water I will drown!" I tell her that the deep-end water is the same as the shallow water but she still does not believe me. She tries to float and lets her legs drop to the bottom of the pool then panics.  I grabbed her up and said " your fine I have got you"

I realized then that we are very much like her! When God gives us an opportunity to go deeper with him, or do something out of our comfort zone we often grip to the shallow end. When we finally go a little bit into the deep end-- we lose all of our faith in God. We think that he is going to let us drown with this new bit of freedom. God only wants us to grow and have new experiences  but we would rather stay where its safe.

Friends I am calling you to go the deep-end! The new experiences there will be worth the fear and discomfort!
Till next time, Jenny

P.S. Its my Dad's birthday today! Love you! You are the best dad in the world!

Day 10... A person you do the dumbest things with

Ok so I am skipping day 9 for the moment because its this person's birthday today and I want to do a blog just about her.

I have so many fun memories of this dear girl! Anna Wyse is simply a ball of fun wherever she goes! Never a dull moment!


This was where we went on the dance floor at a military ball and danced our hearts out without shoes and look like complete goobers.



Haha we sat in on a Jewish wedding and watched the ceremony...


Decided to have silly string fight in our front yard!

We thought it would be a great idea to take ice cream all the way from Publix on our bikes to the park...




Girl I love you and we do some pretty crazy things . Yeah our "tie-dying " adventures, and the time we thought it would be a great idea to do a cooking show to music... I have a complete blast with you! Haha there are so many more but these are just a few!

Day 8... A picture that makes you laugh everytime you look at it

Ok so I have a bunch!


Yep we are so special it crazy...


My favorite part of this picture is definitely the fact that it looks like Meems and I are jumping in front of a moving car ( it was parked in case you were wondering).


 Please notice Anna's scarf turban in place of a hat and my purple marshmallow appearance.



We were really trying hard to whip our hair... but alas it was just not going to happen.


Oh and this little jewel..

Day 7 ... A picture of your most treasured thing

Other than my family and my Bible. This if definitely it! I love riding and it literally makes me feel like I am right next to the beach. The best part is it has gears! Yay!

Day 6... A person you would like to trade places with

Copycat of my friend Lily!
But definitely Jane Bennett!


Yep I want a Mr. Bingley!

God is...

Have you ever found your retainer in the washing machine? Yeah didn't think so. SO for the pass 4 days I have been furiously looking for my missing retainer. I had been praying that I would find it and it was just not turning up. When reading my Bible, I started stumbling on all these verses about patience, and mercy. Uhhmmm God was definitely trying to speak to me through my missing retainer.
He extends mercy and second chances to me almost daily.
After goofing something up on my research paper God extended mercy on me through a teacher that was very understanding!
WOW! God is just amazing isnt he? He helped me find my retainer and extended grace to me all in one day!
Something that I have learned through this is that we all goof up and lose things. Everyday walking with God is a new day! Second chances and mercy are just apart of who He is!
Bis dann, ( Goodbye in German)
Jenny
P.S. It was Justin Bieber's birthday yesterday and I missed it so Happy Birthday buddy!

Day 5... A picture of an old memory

Ok so I have a lot of old memories!





One of my favorites is the time we rode to Publix on our bikes and then got ice cream and brought it to the park. It was so much fun and we ate so much ice cream that we almost got sick. Then we played on the playground like we were in kindergarden again and it was the best!

Another fun one was going to the lake with the Summers.


At Mimi's 16th birthday we took all these really fun pictures!


T-Swift concert!



So I have a lot of fun memories! Hope you have enjoyed it!