Wedding day

"Wedding Day" Casting Crowns

[Verse 1:]
There's a stirring in the throne room
And all creation holds it's breath
Waiting now to see the bride groom
Wondering how the bride will dress
And she wears white
And she knows that she's undeserving
She bears the shame of history
But this worn and weary maiden
Is not the bride that he sees
And she wears white, head to toe
But only he could make it so

[Chorus:]
When someone dries your tears
When someone wins your heart
And says your beautiful
When you don't know you are
And all you've longed to see
Is written on his face
When love has come and finally set you free
On that wedding day
On that wedding day

[Verse 2:]
She has danced in golden castles
And she has crawled through beggar's dust
But today she stands before him
And she wears his righteousness
And she will be who he adores
This is what he made her for

[Chorus]

[Bridge:]
When the hand that bears the only scars
And heaven touch her face
And the last tears she'll ever cry
Are finally wiped away
And the clouds roll back as he takes her hand
And walks her through the gates
Forever we will reign

[Chorus]

I have totally been loving this song lately :) It's exactly how I've been feeling as well.

Karis

It's been awhile and my new life

Okay so I haven't blogged like at all this summer :( I know, I know cone of shame for me. I'm in my corner..................
Anyways it has been quite the summer!!!
Two of my older siblings got married!
My wonderful sister and best friend being one of them :) but she moved like 3-4 hours away! 
I moved into a house in town with a lovely bunch of young ladies and am so far enjoying the experience. I made like 10 different kinds of jam this summer! Haha my roomies probably think I'm a psycho nut! Which I am....but that's besides the point. 
I quite my job at the grocery outlet (after being promoted to the self proclaimed candy dealer. Mwahaha >:D)
However, before I quite I did land a job at the veterans home first working as a CNA(Certified Nurses Assistent) which I am currently taking the training for. The whole plan behind becoming a CNA is that to me it seems like the first step to becoming a nurse. I will have a job that is in the medical field which will make my applying for the nursing program look better, I will have hours that will enable me to work my way through nursing school and in the end I want to be a Registered Nurse and work in like pediatrics or labor and delivery :)
The biggest thing that I think happened was rededicating my life to Christ :) what a miracle it is that this amazing all powerful, just and loving God would look past the stupid things we do and love us the same as if we'd never done it :) 
All in all it has been a crazy summer :)
Hopefully more frequent updates will be coming.
Oh I have also been cooking like a mama with 10 kids! Hehe I will try to share some recipes on here as well.
I shall bid you farewell for now my wonderful readers :) Have a lovely day!
Karis

Something beautiful

Something amazing and beautiful happened today :)

My oldest brother, Kyle married a lovely young woman named Shannon. It was an extremely emotional day as he is the first of nine children to get married and even now I'm having difficulty believing that he is actually married. 
They have been such an inspiration to me. I do not know Shannon very well but I'm sure that will change :) but in the months before they were married I seen Kyle become an amazing Christian man. He truly wanted to be able to love Shannon better and he knew the way to do that was through loving their Savior more. I loved seeing them together! They looked for opportunities to serve one another. It was incredible! It really encouraged me in relationships and in my walk with God :) 
I'm so happy for them :) 
I'll post pictures of the wedding later :)
Karis

French puffs

Made these fabulous muffins for breakfast today :) I'm pretty sure they should be dessert though lol.
Just thought I'd share the recipe :)


French puff muffins


1 egg
3/4 cup milk
1/2 vegetable oil
2 cups all-purpose or whole wheat flour
1/3 cup sugar
3 teaspoons baking powder 
1 teaspoon salt


Heat oven to 400 degrees. Grease muffin cups. Beat egg; stir in milk and oil. Stir in remaining ingredients all at once just until flour is moistened(batter will be lumpy). Fill muffin cups 3/4 full. Bake until golden brown, about 20 minutes*. Immediately remove from pan and roll tops in 1/2 cup melted butter than in mixture of 1/2 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon. 


The recipe said 20 minutes but mine were down in about 14.


Here is the end result :)

Depressing time...over! For now at least

Yay! I am redeemed, loved, blessed, taken care of, strengthened and saved by my risen Savior, Jesus Christ! 
For the last few months I have been going through a extremely rough time. On the outside my life looked good. I don't think many others knew what was going on. On the outside I was fine but on the inside I was an ugly mess. I felt like my sin had put me so far from God that He couldn't hear me even when I was crying out to Him. It came down to a choice. Did I want to choose the direction my life seemed to be headed and disappoint my heavenly Father, my family, friends and myself? Or would I choose an abundant life full of blessings? 
I made my choice :) 

(One of those pictures that the kids borrowed my camera for :) )

My daughter

I love this :)
Father, help me remember this...

Quick update

Hey all
I've been extremely busy these last few months :P With school, work and everything in between I haven't been able to blog. I will give you a quick update though :) I have decided to try to get my nursing degree. I figure it could be very useful and since I might not be getting married for some time I have time. I took a placement test at the college Wednesday and tested higher than I had last time I tested (surprise surprise, considering I haven't done school since I graduated last year) so there are several classes I don't even have to take now! Yay!
I also have been really thinking and praying about moving out. I have some wonderful Christian girlfriends in town that have a room that I can move into. I really feel at peace about the whole situation but my parents aren't feeling the same.
I've been working full time and even get to be the candy stocker (Haha that sounds funny but it sounds better than candy dealer right? Lol)
Things have been rough at home as I am finding there is a lot that I don't agree with my parents about :P

I would appreciate your prayers for things going on in my life right now :)
Will try to give updates more often :)
In His Name,
Karis