saturday randoms {well now its sunday}

I didn't finish this post on saturday, SO. just pretend its saturday when you're reading this and we'll be good.

 

obviously i didn't do tumblr Thursday or Friday favorites. fail. that was due to the fact that i wasn't feeling well{big surprise i know} and that if i did feel well i worked on school and then if i did get to blog i wanted to post about a certain song AND our Internet and phone went out yesterday around 3pm. thankfully it was fixed earlier this am around 9am. i didn't realize just how much i use the Internet! but i/we survived. mom mentioned to dad that we felt a bit Amish though ;) hehe.

anywho, here I am. i'm not going to catch up on tumblr thursday or friday favorites though. this post is going to be some random thoughts of mine ;)
First of all, I'm loving this song. loving.

I love the way You love like no other
It's got nothing to do with anything that I do
Time and time again You forgive me
So this time I choose to stay here with You

i desire to be able to not get over Jesus.

Tirzah Photography

--Have you all heard of/been to the blog Boho Baby Bump? no you haven't? well get over there right now. Its a lovely blog by a beautiful momma who loves her sweet family and Jesus, has fabulous taste in style and has such an inspiring outlook and love on life. On wednesday she posted a super sweet video announcing the news that she is pregnant! {read this post and you'll see why this pregnancy is extra special.} I'm SO excited for them! :) 

--I'm showing signs of the fact that I'm watching lots of Monk and Numb3rs episodes. Like the other day my mom said something about Asia maps and i thought she said "Agent Eppes is coming." yeahh and then my mom and I are just taking on some of Monk's traits. such as opening public doors with our sleeves randomly or straightening out signs{my mom was walking by a counter at the library and she fixed a crooked display.} its NOT obsessive and most of the time we do it out of fun but sometimes we do things that Monk would do without even thinking.

--a tweet from Thursday: confession-- i just drooled on my algebra paper. i was looking at pictures of Thor on tumblr. mmhm. ~i have no words.




-- When did it become FEBRUARY? really. my birthday is at the end of this month. and i actually get a real birthday! and i ordered my dad a birthday gift and i *may* of ordered a birthday gift from me to me also ;)

--please read this post- "How does a bar of soap rescue a Child?" Its about the Superbowl and human trafficking. the numbers and statistics are shocking and terrible. we must pray and help raise awareness. {read my post about this from last year here}

i hope you all are having a great weekend!

much love♥

seriously this is CRAZY!!

I'm loving life right now. why?? well one reason is that....  

THE PACKERS WON THE SUPERBOWL!!

It was a great game! The Steelers did well.... but the Packs were on fire! whoop whoop!(Matthews was on his game!)   If you follow me on twitter, i apologize for filing up your twitter box! I couldn't yell and cheer because there was a babe sleeping so I had to do it on twitter ;P
Here was my Packers attire for the night :)

Aaron Rogers through some pretty sweet passes and they were caught beautifully! (most of them ;) and interception!! How sweet was that?! :) but some parts were nail biting. I'm glad that the Steelers did get a few touchdowns, I wanted them to leave with some dignity ;) But the Packers held them for the rest of the game and that lead to victory!! I was sad to see 2 players get injured :( hope they heal soon!  We had a great time with our friends. The parents talked, the kids played and I was basically the only one watching game. but dad did come and ask for updates ;) I'll post some pictures asap.go here to watch highlights from the game :]

 also, I won another giveaway!! I think I'm still in shock. I've never won any giveaways but in the past 4 weeks or so I've won 5 giveaways! but I'm definitely not complaining ;)

I won The Freedom CD from Charity Anne's January Ending Giveaway.

thank you so much Charity Anne! and thank you for making a stand on Human Slavery and Trafficking.
& I won this beautiful picture by BK!

thank you girls!! so much :)

ok on to, Day 7: Five things you couldn't possibly live without- 
I'm gonna exclude God, family, friends, house, food etc. because its obvious I couldn't live without them ;) 

1. music 
2. little kids 
3. braids 
4. blankets
5. mountains 

 What can't you live without??

so, im liking life right now :) Packers winning the SB and winning all these giveaways! its crazyly wonderful ;)
oh yeah and just FYI, I will be celebrating the Packers win all week :D

with love,

Samarah

something is going on right here in the USA and it breaks my heart....

Human Trafficking and Sex Slavery. When I first heard of it, I thought it only happened in other countries, Africa, Mexico, India etc. But its not. Its right here in the United States, the land of the"free". 100,000 to 300,000 people exploited in America every year. Its the fastest growing illegal trade. Its a horrid nightmare that is reality and life for the enslaved women and children. that's right-children. I have 2 younger siblings, 5 y.o. brother and 8 y.o. sister and my heart breaks just thinking about what precious little kids are forced to do. These people are crying out for help and we need to take a stand. We can help to stop it.
Did you know that we can use the Superbowl has a platform to increase awareness of trafficking and slavery and decrease the demand for it?? well neither did I until I watched this video by Natalie Grant and Tenth Avenue North. please take a few mins and watch it. it will open up your eyes and who knows, maybe God will use you to help stop it :) 


Untitled from Deena Graves on Vimeo.

Charity Anne at Footprints in the Sand is having a giveaway to raise awareness of this issue. To read more about how you can help go her blog post here. 

She is giving away The Freedom Cd featuring tobyMac, Natalie Grant, Sara Groves, Jon Foreman and more.The artists united for International Justice Mission.

Click here to enter!

Now if you feel like you can't actively do something right now,pray. pray for the captors, the enslaved people, and those who are working to rescue those people.

with love,

Samarah