Robin Mark!

My friend Laura and I had the opportunity to go to a Robin Mark concert in St Thomas. And it was AMAZING. I don't like calling it a concert cause its more like a worship night. He did a few of my favourite songs and a whole lot of new ones (brand new and some just new to me) but whats awesome is he has the words behind him on the screen so we can worship with him. And the flute player guy, was unbelievably good! Next time Robin Mark comes to Ontario I'm bringing EVERYONE I KNOW cause it was THAT good. Here a couple of his newish songs that I love now!

Smith Family Day!

The Smith family was blessed with the amazing chance to ALL be together for a few hours on Sunday Oct 23rd. Andrew and Nadine came over to join me for church, then Mark, Averil and Evan joined us a couple hours after church, followed by the arrival of Mom, Dad and Kristi coming from Windsor. And an extra specal part of the day was that Michael joined us as well! (The only thing missing was Chewie! lol) We were pretty crowded in my little apartment but it was still a lot of fun. Evan has grown so much! He was saying lots of words, even our names!
Here are some pictures from the fun!

Thanksgiving!

Michael and I had a great time on Sunday in Windsor celebrating Thanksgiving and my mom and dad's birthdays. Mom cooked a turkey which was delicious and Grandma and Grandpa brought a birthday cake. We played some fun games and introduced Michael to the family game of Wizard. And of course we spent some time with Chewie too!
Here are a few photos:

TobyMac Concert!!!

The concert last night was alot of FUN! Dancing and singing. Toby was a pretty awesome performer - very high energy. It's hard to believe the guy is like 47 years old. He did have a couple good words he shared throughout the evening. I was pretty pleased that he sang my 3 favourite songs - Made to Love, Lose My Soul and Get Back Up.

The drive there was pretty brutal - took us about 3 hours and 15 mins. The highway was super slow through Hamilton area, and then the QEW was SO BAD in the mississauga area. But I heard afterwards that the QEW was actually closed for a couple hours due to a bad accident so that is why it was so backed up and slow.

He played a wide variety of songs - couple off his Momentum album (Irene and J Train), a couple from Diverse City (The Slam, Diverse City, Gone, Whoopsi daisy) and a few from Portable Sounds (Boomin, No Ordinary Love, Made to Love, Lose my Soul)and then of course some from his latest cd Tonight (Tonight, Funky Jesus Music, Hold On, Get Back Up, City on our Knees). He also sang Youre the God of this City. And on top of that, the best part was that he sang a couple DC TALK songs!! He sang In the Light acoustically and he finished the show with JESUS FREAK as the encore.

Here are a few photos:

Mom's Visit!

So my mom came and visited me for a couple days and it was AWESOME. She came Wednesday afternoon and stayed until Friday morning. We had a really nice time together. She cooked me 2 great meals and I'm still enjoying the left overs yummmmm roast beef sandwiches!!! And she brought Chewie with her which was an extra treat for me! Chewie loved running around at the Farm during my lunch hour. Here's a picture of me and Chewie at the park playing ball!

Song for October

This is my new song for the upcoming month - I Will Not Be Moved by Natalie Grant




Lyrics:

I have been the wayward child
I have acted out
I have questioned Sovereignty
And had my share of doubt
And though sometimes my prayers feel like
They're bouncing off the sky
The hand I hold won't let me go
And is the reason why...

[Chorus:]
I will stumble
I will fall down
But I will not be moved
I will make mistakes
I will face heartache
But I will not be moved
On Christ the Solid Rock I stand
All other ground is sinking sand
I will not be moved

Bitterness has plagued my heart
Many times before
My life has been like broken glass
And I have kept the score
Of all my shattered dreams and though it seemed
That I was far too gone
My brokenness helped me to see
It's grace I'm standing on

[Chorus]

And the chaos in my life
Has been a badge I've worn
Though I have been torn
I will not be moved

[Chorus]