Some great websites...

As of recent I have started couponing and trying to learn how to be more frugal and here are a few great websites that I have found:

www.moneysavingmom.com
www.5dollardinners.com
www.dealseekingmom.com

I have learned a lot about different ways to save money and different saving programs at stores, so get your Sunday paper, cut the coupons out, and check out these websites - if you take the time to do it, you can save a lot of money.

PS: New posts with pictures and recent updates will be coming soon :)
-Sarah

Swagbucks!

A blog that I check pretty regularly is www.moneysavingmom.com, and on it I just recently learned about Swagbucks. It is basically a search engine and every time you use it you gain points that can go towards gift cards and other things. I know you don't earn but a few points a day when you start, but the more you refer people, the more points you get too!
Click here to sign up -->
http://swagbucks.prodege.com/?cmd=sb-register&rb=247111

Here is Money Saving Mom's post about Swagbucks....

"I don't know about you, but I do a lot of searching online. If I need to find the answer to just about anything, Google is my best friend.
So when Lavonne told me about Swagbucks--an online search engine that rewards you for searching online--I was all ears. Especially when she told me she had earned enough in Swagbucks in the last four months to receive hundreds of dollars in gift cards.
I did some investigation and learned that Swagbucks is very simple to sign up for. In fact, it takes all of about one minute. There are no fees, no credit card required, and no phone number or address requested.
After that, you are credited 3 points to your account and then download the toolbar and every day as you're searching online, you earn a few more points. After only 45 points earned, you can get a free Amazon gift card. Or at 50 points, you can get a Starbucks gift card. There are dozens of other prizes, too.
Now, you might be thinking, "What's the big deal if I only earn a $5 gift card every month?" Well, you're right, $5 isn't that exciting. It's something, but that's only the beginning. You see, your earnings will exponentially multiply when you refer others.
Do you know anyone else who searches online? I thought so. Well, tell them about Swagbucks, send them your referral link, and you'll not only instantly earn more points when they sign up, you'll also earn points for the searching they do online.
Tell lots of folks and you're well on your way to funding your entire Christmas budget with free gift cards from Swagbucks. I'm not kidding you, that's exactly what Lavonne did.
For those of you who have blogs, you'll especially want to jump on board with this. It's free, it won't take much of your time to do, and it could generate a nice stream of gift cards in your mailbox."

So if you're always googling things like me, just sign up and earn points when you do!
http://swagbucks.prodege.com/?cmd=sb-register&rb=247111

OMV

Some excited things have been happening at our church recently and I thought I would share a few pictures with you!

Here are some of the kids and adults getting ready to start Awanas.  

These are the kids that Aaron and I get to ministered to - the youth group.  Now I know this doesn't look like a large group, but the Lord has really been blessing us lately with more and more visitors.  When Aaron and I came to OMV 2 years ago we only had 3 kids, and recently we have had 8!  I know this doesn't seem like a big deal, but we are really excited about it.
Here is the most precious 1 year old I know - Nate Conyers!  He gets cuter by the day and cannot stay away from these drums...
We recently had our homecoming and here is the spread
This is at homecoming too, but I just thought this was a cute picture of Michael and Christy.  They are such a sweet couple and they do a wonderful job ministering to our youth as well.
Anyways, the Lord has been bringing a lot of visitors recently to our church and has answered a huge need that we have been praying about for a long time - hopefully everything will work out and I can post an exciting announcement about that soon!

Myrtle Beach!

Over labor day weekend Aaron and I had a blast spending time with my parents and brother in Myrtle Beach, SC.  I haven't been to the beach for a vacation in a long time, so it was a much needed weekend of relaxation.  We stayed at Barefoot Resort in a beautiful condo and spent time relaxing at the pool and the beach and also playing some golf, putt-putt and some shopping. 

What we've been up to lately...

So I know that we have not blogged in a while, but here is a little bit of what we've been up to recently.  

This is my former roommate Lindsey Cain and her new husband Jeffrey Rhea.  Lindsey was my second roommate since I have been here at Southeastern and I am so glad that we were able to live together.  They had a beautiful outdoor wedding in July and here is a picture of them cutting their cake.

Aaron's former roommate, Aaron Rice, also got married this summer.  Aaron was able to be an usher in the wedding.  Here is a picture of Aaron and Lane.
I wasn't able to go to Aaron and Lane's wedding because I was in another wedding of another former roommate in the same weekend.  My friend and former roommate from Campbell, Mandy Hinson was married to Paul Flannery in August.  Please check out www.nasimage.blogspot.com and see some pictures from the wedding.  This is our friend Ashley's website.  She and her husband David are really great photographers and you should definitely check them out.  

We also had our church's Vacation Bible School recently.  We have been reaching out to a neighborhood close by our church in an effort to reach our community, so we decided to have our VBS in the neighborhood park.  We had an amazing turnout, around 50 or so kids from the neighborhood came out every night.  It was great to be able to teach and love these kids that would not have been able to come to a VBS if it was at our church.  It was a great week and we were able to get to know many of the kids and adults in the community and share the gospel with them.  Here is a picture of some of the kids during worship.
Finally, we had a church yard sale last weekend.  We raised almost $500 for the youth to go towards different trips that we will take this year.  The church members donated all sorts of items and the youth helped to price and sell them.  I didn't have a picture to show what we sold, but here is a picture of some of the youth and adults that helped out so much.  Thank you to everyone that could donate items, and or come and help!!

Anyways, I will try and blog more regularly so i can post a few more pictures of some things we've been up to.  We have also started back to classes so our schedules are getting a little more hectic, and Aaron is on the lookout for a part-time job that can still allow him to work at church and take classes, so I'm sure it may be a while.  Have a great week!

Creed Camp

We just got back yesterday from taking our youth group to Creed Camp at Anderson University in South Carolina. This is the first of hopefully many summers that we will be working with other local churches in our area to help put on a biblically solid camp for our youth groups. The Jeff Capps band lead worship, some of the pastors from the participating churches preached, and we had a lot of fun competing in different sports and activities

These were just a few pics from the week...

New updates to come...

I was so excited to hear this week that at least a couple of people read our blog. We have a lot of new updates that we will be posting soon. Aaron just got back from Uganda, our church softball team has started playing, I have been working on a few card-making and sewing projects, and we are getting ready to take our youth to camp. All this to say, there will be a lot of posts coming up and I hope you like our new header design. I was told by a friend to check out a blog of someone they knew and found great grabbie designs. She makes really great blogheaders using digital scrapbooking. Please check out her page at http://greatgrabbiedesigns.blogspot.com/2008/05/welcome.html

Updates will be coming soon!