Winner!

So for one whole week - well actually it was really over a week! But I have been taking entries so one person can win a copy of Andrea Carter and the long ride home ! ( by Susan K. Marlow ) So I am happy to tell you my winner is............

Thanks everyone who participated!





In my jar of skittels were 140 skittles!


Kathleen Guessed 143!








Again congratulations!





And thank all you who look at my blog!





Blessings ~SMK~

Give away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am very excited to announce my first GIVEAWAY!!!!!!!!!!

* Nearly screams with excitment *

Since I have not posted in what seems to be forever I am going to make it up by giving one lucky winner a ( DRUM ROLL PLEASE ).........

Okay I'll tell you * giggles *

I'm giving one person the first book in the Andrea Carter series!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Never heard of it."

* gasp! *

Well let me start rolling out my story of how I first found out about the series.

My parents were at a homeshcool conference. All us young'uns were at our friends' house. My parents were not going to be home until late.

So all of us kiddo's were sitting around the computer watching a movie

when we heard a car pull into the driveway. " They're here!!!!!!!!" we all screeched

We all ran out to the front porch ( even though we were all in our pj's ) and when my parents came to the porch we all tried to hug them at the same time, ( which did not work out very well...). When they got inside they gave us all our gifts.... And my gift was the first book of the series. It was awesome!

So here's how you enter! ( *smiles broadly *)

see those pictures of skittles up there?

#1 Well you simply have to guess how many skittels are in the jar *hint* ( there are more than there looks )

#2 Then with your guess you enter you name and Email address

#2 1/2 Tell a friend, post on your blog etc, ( if you you decide to post on your blog please link back to my blog )

also go to Amazon and the authors website and look at the rest of the series!

now I can breathe!!!!!!!!!

( This givaway ends september 22 )

Blessings SMK

A baby's thoughts.... maybe

Hello my beloved seven followers!

Today my freakishly adorable brother ( do I have the authority to say freakishly ?) was doing his usual army crawl. So I decided to try it out too! It was really fun until I whacked my knee on the trim and now I have a bruise.

Anyway to the point: WHAT WOULD BE YOUR THOUGHTS IF YOU WERE ELEVEN MONTHS OLD?

Would they be " Wow everything is so big! ", or ..... " big... big.... big....." or maybe, " Hungry.. food... need more "

Feel free to leave a comment to let me know!

Blessings-SMK

Chickens?

Well recently my dad got the idea in his head that we needed chickens. But at the time we had dogs... so bye bye puppies, hello uhh scrambeld eggs... ( personally i'd prefer an omelet ). So the dogs had to go and mom was relieved ( they were really bad they would rip the daipers off the little kids and eat them... GROSS! ). My dad got some books on how to build chicken coops and well..... we're going to have chickens! How exciting! I love chicks but we cant get them 'til the coop is done so... give it 'til next year at this pace. We have to get the garden finished first!

An intresting promise.

This morning my mom showed me that in Genesis chapter 5 there is a genealogy. The names listed are random, it doesn't list all of Adam's sons, etc. So the names had to be chosen for this geneology for a reason. Well it turns out that the name meanings create a promise from God.

Adam - Man

Seth - Appointed

Enosh - Mortal

Kenan - Sorrow

Mahalalel - The blessed God

Jared - Shall come down

Enoch - Teaching

Methuselah - his death shall bring

Lamech - Despairing

Noah - Comfort

Now you see the message

Man is appointed. Mortal sorrow ( which is when man sinned and was seperated from God). The blessed God shall come down teaching ( which is Jesus coming and teaching ). His death shall bring the despairing comfort.
AND THIS IS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT!!!!!!!! It's just one of over 300 Old Testament prophesies that Jesus fulfilled!

Pictures of my apple pie

The finishing touch.... EATING IT! yum

These are the ingrediednts. ( i only used five of the apples ) and those silver cans are flour and sugar.

Apple Pie

So, i decided that i would attempt making the apple pie. So, i got a great recipe from a really good friend and it turned out my appel pie was AMAZING!
Here is the story of the worst cornbread EVER! so long story short i was making cornbread and the recipe said something like " 2 1/2 teaspoons of salt" well i was just learning fractions at the time and thought that it said 2 1/2 cups of salt. Goodness i never want to tast anything like it again. It was terrible! all it tasted like was salt tomorrow i will post pictures of my apple pie and the recipe.