The Greatest Story Forever Told

Our Easter weekend was amazing. We feel so blessed to be a part of a church that brings God our very best every weekend to worship Christ with thankfulness and reach our city for those that need a Savior.

Today I wanted to post a short recap of the Easter weekend we had at Elevation across 8 locations including our newest in the Greater Toronto Area. As most of you know, Todd is on staff with the Video team and they worked nonstop this past weekend to capture footage and edit the recap all by Monday morning. Whether you go to our church or not, I encourage you just to watch it just to be blessed to see the kingdom at work. It always inspires me to see God at work all over this world and it just fires me up.

Jesus is ALIVE!




We are all about the numbers. Every number represents a life change. Praise God!

Tomorrow, I'll be back to share with you a segment of our teaching message that spoke volumes to me.

Have a great Wednesday!

-Sara

Thanksgiving Update...2 weeks late!

My brain is all over the place these days. We are just about to complete our next to last (woohoo) college semester and as you all know that brings lots of studying, lots of papers and lots of waiting until grades come in. So I thought in the midst of all my Christmas decor chat, why not back track and talk about our Thanksgiving. Seriously, my brain is a jumbled mess right now but I want to cover it before it gets too far gone. Our number one reason for this blog is to document our lives in diary form mainly for us to look back at in the future and I don't mind sharing it publicly for you all. We have some great friends and family that really care to know what the Davis' are up too and I appreciate you all for caring.

I love Thanksgiving. I love the food. I love spending time with family and I love shopping for good deals. Plus it kicks off the Christmas season which is always delightful. This was our first married Thanksgiving and actually spending it together. Although it can be sad to mix up my usual Turkey day routine, I loved making new traditions as a new unit. We are very thankful our parents live close by to one another and we were able to see everyone within the short few days we were home. I loved every moment of holding this sweet girl.

 We made a few purchases too. I cut the cord from my parents and joined Todd's phone plan which meant I got to upgrade to an iPhone. I was always that person that said I would never get one but now I must say, I really like it. It's much smarter than me and comes in handy. We also went out at 10 pm Thanksgiving night to try to get the incredibly good Xbox/Kinect deal. We were fortunate to get one of the last tickets and were home by 10:45 with the loot in our hands.

 Let me just tell ya. The Xbox rocks. I have been dancing my little heart out with Just Dance 3 and have asked for other games for Christmas (what am I, ten again? guess so). In my defense, the "game" I want is a workout program. Anyway, while I was supposed to be helping my parents decorate their tree/house, I found myself doing this...

You know you want to do it too! Come on over and join in on the fun!

Cheers,

Sara

Happy Thanksgiving

We have a million plus one things we could list that we are thankful for but here is our top one today....

Our niece Adeline came home yesterday!! Praise the Lord!!

Hope you all have a wonderful day and remember,

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Cheers,
Sara...and Todd :)

Give Thanks

I can't believe Thanksgiving is literally right around the corner, one week from today! In fact this past week flew by. I seriously don't think I have sat down over the past week and truly rested. After Annlyn's birth and my unexpected middle-of-the-week random visit home for her birth, I had to play catch up the rest of the week to gain my internship hours back and work hours AND do lots of schoolwork. I'm barely doggie paddling over here to keep my head up. Being the typical American that I am, I can fully admit that I'm behind on all my TV shows, blogs (big shocker, I'm so embarassed) and of course anything going on in the world of Facebook (which is actually a blessing).

So what have I been doing? Well, everyone that knows me very well, I'm about to make you fall out of your chair with reason numero uno.

1. I am going strong on the Couch to 5K, in fact the gym is now one of my favorite places to go. It takes time and motivation but I got it and I'm feeeeeeeelin' good.
2. I joined an adult hip hop dance class that meets at a local dance studio. This is the highlight of my week. I was born to dance and have no idea why I ever stopped doing it when I was twelve. Thanks Christi for inviting me and accepting my gangsta dance moves!
3. Praising the Lord more and more! I'm so thankful for all the blessings in my life. My family. My friends. My sweet patient insanely good looking husband.

:)

So speaking of thanks, this is my latest new favorite print that I'm just dying to own. I think I would leave it up (framed of course) all year long on our wall collage as a reminder to give thanks daily and not just the month of November. Isn't it so simple yet charming?

Buy it here on Etsy

Plus, I love Etsy and think everyone should buy more handmade items! Now who wants to buy that for me for Christmas? I kid. I kid. But this would make a cute Christmas gift for someone you know that likes word art.


Thanks for reading and being a follower! Until next time...
-Sara

Thankful Thursday

Sometimes I freak out. I'm human. I'm a girl. Lately mostly it has been small freakouts about the things that marriage brings. More bills. Combined rent. Two checking accounts or one? How to compromise. Will we have enough money? Money, money, money. Why are we like that as humans...

All of which I know are foolish to think about. God always provides. 

But the devil sure does like to mess with me. I'm aware of it so thankfully I beat him off with the power of God. Which brings me to my thankful Thursday. All my life I have been graciously provided for and I owe that to my parents. Money never grew on trees. I watched my parents work (and they still do) very hard to provide for our family and get us what we needed. My parents also taught me to work hard and appreciate whatever life gives me. We were always blessed. Rain or shine. 

As we approach marriage, I'm realizing how incredibly blessed we are to have this mindset already instilled in us. We may just be in college but I'm so amazed at how Todd is determined to work as many jobs as he needs to so that we can just simply live. This summer I too will have to get a job since more than likely my assistantship will not be offered in the summer. Whatever job I get will not equal the pay I get during the school year. Instead of being down in the dumps, I'm grateful that I can be optimistic that I will work hard wherever I go and appreciate whatever I make.

Our parents have taught us one of the most basic but important lesson in life, even if they never realize it.  

God will provide.
Keep the faith.
Our reward is much greater than what this Earth has to offer.

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:19

Sara