Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Uplifting Youtube Video that made me CRY!

Hey i found this amazing video that moved me sooo much i just had to share it with all of you this is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjeQQ4fDExo&feature=related 
 
I tried to make it where you could watch it straight from my blog but i'm not a computer person so I couldn't figure i out haha:() Anyway this video contains hopeful and uplifting stories about people being kind to each other!  Comment if you like it!!

Also, I downloaded a good album from Itunes (with the gift card my friend Vic gave me!!! Thanks V!!!!!)anyway, it was by Mercyme(a Christian band) and the album was called The Generous Mr.Lovewell and I lov every single song on that album! The songs have an amazing Christian message and all the song lyrics were amazing! There were a perfect balance of slow songs and fast songs and it was a great buy for just 8 dollars! So, for Christmas ask for an Itunes gift card and do not hesitate to get that album!!!! You will love it (my best Itunes purchase!!!!)

So Have a Great Christmas and remember the CHRIST in Christmas!

You are all amazing friends and make my life a million times better waking up knowing I have people like you in my life thanks for everything everyone!:)

-Ash
Proverbs 3:5-6

Christmas is coming AHHHHHHH!!!!! :)

Hi everyone! I am making a resolution for 2012 to be a better blogger and try to have 3 posts a week but hey its not about quantity its about quality but I promise 2012 will be a great year for my blog being updated all the time! Also, I am going to be very busy over Christmas break you know doing all the Christmas stuff so please forgive me if I don"t post until after Christmas! Please remember that the greatest gift we could ever get for Christmas is Jesus and that he gave us life! So stop thinking about the presents you want to get and focus on the presents you want to GIVE! You do not have to spend a fortune to give someone a Christmas present they will truly enjoy. Get crafty and make duct tape hair bows,pens,homemade jewelry, picture frames,and more! Comment and tell me your Christmas list and favorite Christmas traditions!!!!:)
Love each and everyone of you and if your reading this let me be the first to tell you that you look beautiful today in my eyes and Gods eye!
-Ash

P.S
Also, I wanna shout out to one of my best friends Addie whose brother Aidian (i hope I spelled that right)  has stage one brain cancer and is only 10 years old:( She is a beautiful girl with a good heart who really needs your prayers for her and her brother to get through this and needs you ALL to pray to give her, her brother and her family strength!

Saturday, December 17, 2011

No school!!!

Schools out yayyyyy 3 weeks of no school what will i do wth myself!!?? Go on vacation and spend time with friends and family with no school to get in the way!! This post is gunna be short and sweet but i wanted to wish u a blessed time out of school

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Christian resources :)

Heaven Is for real book


Hey girls I wanted to tell you that I am so sorry for not posting anything this last week I have been really overloaded with homework projects and things to do so please forgive me but here are some lists of ways to make people smile this week and below my favorite Christian books,songs,Ipod apps,and websites so I hope you take a look at these
Week of giving and making people smile

Monday: tell someone (a random person or a friend) that they look beautiful

Tuesday:write someone a note and leave it somewhere special

Wednesday: burn a CD with a friend or family members favorite music

Thursday: send a sweet text or email to a person you haven't seen for a while letting them know what a wonderful person they are (I try to do this like every day)

Friday: Give someone a list with the things that you like/love about them

Saturday: do a favor or chore for somebody else even if they do not ask you to.

Sunday: cut out construction paper hearts and put encouraging messages on them or bible verses such as "God cares for you" and hand them out throughout the week

Christian ipod/iphone apps and websites that have inspired me!

Ipod app- Christian Prayer Journal free (by Wombat Mobile Inc.) on here you type a prayer and you can share it other Christians can click a pray button and pray for your request and they do safe comments on your prayer and you can see how many people prayed for you and you can pray and comment on other peoples!

Ipod app- Give Me Home 2.0
This app has other peoples stories about a kind act someone did for them or for others that gave them hope. These are touching and inspirational stories that makes me want to serve the Lord and love others.
(this is also a website just search Gives me hope on Google and it should be the first one that pops up!)

Ipod app- Daily Verses
Verses for every day that inspire and teach about the Lord.

Radio Station- Air 1(90.1)
A great Christian music radio stations with all Christian songs and messages and NO commercials YAY!!
(also an i pod app so you can listen on your ipod touch)

Christian Books

Heaven Is For Real (picture above)
A story of a boys adventure to heaven and back as he describes true events in the bible things he saw in heaven that he has never heard about or been taught and things that no child could have made up (TRUE STORY!!!! and AMMMAZZZING READ!)

*And this book is also A.R those of you that your school has that program it is a 6. something and 6 or 7 points

Grace for The Moment- By:Max Lucado
Daily devotional messages and verse that I do every morning great way to start your day!

Chicken Soup for the Pre-teen Soul & Chicken Soup for The Girls Soul
Both stories of kids like us that went through tough times and got through it and how God is in their lives and helps them!! I love these books especially the Pre-teen one and the girl one!! Inspiring :)

Christian Music

Move by MercyMe ( I love all MercyMe songs)

Lead Me by Sanctus Real

This is the stuff by Francesca Battistelli

Voice of Truth by Casting Crowns

Beautiful by Christina Aguilara (personally I like the Glee version of this song wayyy better even through I do not watch Glee)

 P.S-Reminder tomorrow is the bible study I am having comment if you want more information and want to go

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Cookie Jars

One of my friends Sydney Lambert is making and selling cookie jars to raise money for Black Buffalo, to help his orphans. Cookies jars include all the dry ingredients for cookies in a jar and all you have to do is add the wet ingredients. The cookie jars are $10 each. The flavors are
oatmeal
apricot jammers
banana snack cake
reese's peanut butter cup
cowboy cookies
chocolate chip
mint surprise browines

 Contact me if you are interested in buying some. They make great gifts!
God bless!!

-Ash & Sydney

Serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul
Deutronomy 10:12

Movies I reccomend (rated PG and PG 13)

Movies I reccomend and their plot summarys

1. Breaking Dawn- PG 13

Good movie for all Twilight fans although there were some graphic scenes.

2. Lovely Bones-PG 13
Murdered by her next door neighbor Mr. Walker at the age of 12, Susie Salmon finds herself in a beautiful land, not quite Heaven, where she can observe and comment on the lives of her family and friends. Her body is never discovered and her parents suffer an unimaginable pain. The strain is far too much and her mother leaves. Her father continues to investigate and over many years maintains contact with the police officer in charge of the investigation. Susie also gets to watch Walker and learns of his long list of victims. She also sees him prepare for his next victim - her younger sister Lindsey

3. Footloose- (old or new)-PG 13
In this lively adolescent-oriented musical, a city kid attempts to adapt to life in an ultra-conservative backwater Midwestern town. Once there, he ends up leading the repressed teenagers into a rebellion against the town fathers, who have outlawed rock & roll and dancing.

4. My Sisters Keeper- PG or PG 13 (should be rated PG)
  In Los Angeles, the eleven year old Anna Fitzgerald seeks the successful lawyer Campbell Alexander trying to hire him to earn medical emancipation from her mother Sara that wants Anna to donate her kidney to her sister. She tells the lawyer the story of her family after the discovery that her older sister Kate has had leukemia; how she was conceived by in vitro fertilization to become a donor; and the medical procedures she has been submitted since she was five years old to donate to her sister. Campbell accepts to work pro bono and the obsessed Sara decides to go to court to force Anna to help her sister.

5.Last Song- PG
Ronnie's (Miley Cyrus) and her younger brother, Jonah's, parents are divorced. They live with their mother until this summer they are sent to live with their father (Greg Kinnear) in a small town on the beach. Ronnie resents her father and has no intention of being friendly or even talking to him for the summer. But after meeting a handsome guy and beginning to fall in love, Ronnie starts rediscovering her love for music, something she shares with her father. Reconnecting with music revives a kinship with her father which proves to be the most important relationship she may ever experience.

6. Just Go With It-PG 13
Danny (Adam Sandler) must engage Katherine (Jennifer Aniston), his faithful assistant, to pretend to be his soon to be ex-wife. Danny must pretend that he is married, because he lied to his dream girl, Palmer (Brooklyn Decker) the most gorgeous woman in the world. To keep the woman he loves, covering up one lie soon turns into many lies

7.Raise Your Voice-PG
 A teenage girl learns that reaching for your dreams isn't always easy in this heartfelt drama with music. Terri Fletcher (Hilary Duff) is a small-town girl with a great love of music and a fine singing voice. Already one of the lead vocalists in her church choir, Terri has also appeared at local nightspots with some help from her older brother. When he tragically dies in an auto accident, Terri becomes all the more determined to make the most of her talent, and she's elated when she's accepted as part of a summer study program at one of California's most prestigious music schools; however, Terri attends over the stern objections of her father

8.Justin Bieber Never Say Never- G
Great movie for JB fans like me :):)
(this movie was filmed when he was CUTE and had the awesome hair)

9. RV-PG
Not a new movie but hilarious and never gets old!
A white-collar workaholic deceptively persuades his family to forgo their much-anticipated Hawaiian vacation for a cross-country road trip in a fully loaded RV, during which they discover the true meaning of family bonding.

10. Grease- PG (rated before they had PG 13 so its probably like PG 13)
A classic!!!
 musical about teens in love in the 50's! It's California, 1959 and greaser Danny Zuko and Australian Sandy Olsson are in love. They spend time at the beach, but when they go back to school, what either of them don't know is that they both now attend Rydell High. Danny's the leader of the T-Birds, a group of black-jacket greasers while Sandy hangs with the Pink Ladies, a group of pink-wearing girls led by Rizzo. When they clash at Rydell's first pep rally, Danny isn't the same Danny at the beach. They try to be like each other so they can be together.

Saturday, November 26, 2011

What we have raised

Hey girls today my wonderful Christian friend Sydney and I had a bake sale! We each made some cookies and brownies and my mom made banana bread and we sold it to raise money for World Vision. We thought we would raise close to $30 but thanks to people generosity we raised $111.20!!!!!!!!
Thanks to those who have promised to donate to World Vision and those who haven't please check the World Vision blog page out!!!
love you and sorry I haven't been posting lately been really busy over thanksgiving break!!! Back to school on Monday:( love you all!!!!

You are beautiful and perfect in Gods eyes

Ashley

Monday, November 21, 2011

More ways to donate

Many people have asked me if you can donate toys and clothing as well as money to World Vision. The answer is sadly no.For World Vision I am only collecting money to buy these kids livestock and sponsor children. But, I found a place that takes canned food and toys right here in Corona. The Corona settlement house takes many donations so if you want to donate to them as well you can check out this website
 
 http://settlementhouse.net/?page_id=106.       

I am not collecting the food and toys for the settlement house,but if you want to you can take it there yourself and donate to them. Thanks girls and remember God loves you no matter what!
-Ash
Proverbs 3:5-6

Say thank you to God

What is Thanksgiving for?  It is not for eating lots of food, it is about being thankful for GOD and his blessings. This Thanksgiving think about this verse 1Thessalonians 5:18  Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.  Use Thanksgiving as an opportunity to say thank you to God together as a family. Thank him for friends,family,food on the table,and the sthings we take for granted such as clean water and a home to live in. Some people in this world don't have those basic things so take the opportunity to thank God that you do!

More verses about being thankful for God:

Philippians 4:6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God


Colossians 4:2 Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.

Colossians 3:15-17 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Do you want to subscribe to my blog but don't know how

Here is how to subscribe to my blog:

At the top of my blog there is a little address bar looking thing. If you type your email in there it will subscribe you to my blog. What that means is that it will email alert you every time I post something new. That may help if you dont want to keep going on to check for new posts. If you can't figure out how to do it but want to subscribe comment and tell me ur email. If your parents will not let you post ur email then send ur email address to mine it is : crumpartyof5@sbcglobal.net and I will subscribe you. Thanks everyone for everything and please check out the World Vision page....if you have any questions about anything my email is crumpartyof5@sbcglobal.net
Proverbs 3:5-6
-Ash

Friday, November 18, 2011

World Vision Charity

Hey God girls!
I found an amazing charity to give back to and I dedicated a whole blog page for it so please check it out at the top of my blog it says World Vision charity so click on that and you can get the scoop on that. Thanks for all of the support  and please continue to pray for my blog to get a lot of views and for me to raise money for the World Vision charity! <3 all of you with all my heart!

Thanks xoxo,
Ash

Thursday, November 17, 2011

WANTED..... YOUR IDEAS!!!!

I have so many ideas that I have been sharing with you in this blog. To me this is my own little space to write what I want and I know that good people are reading  it and hopefully taking some of my advice and listening to my ideas. Now I feel like this is MY blog (don't get me wrong it is my blog) but I feel like you guys are just listening to me. I am just one opinion and one voice and I only have so much ideas so now I am chalenging you guys to give me some of YOUR ideas!! I want ideas about anything and everything but here are some examples

-ways to grow faith
-bible verses
-charitys to give back to
-websites appropriate for tweens (does not have to be a christian website)
-TV or movies shows you reccomend
-Christian books
-Christian music you like
-craft ideas
-what you want me to post about (blog ideas)
-things I should do daily,weekly,or monthly on my blog
- fun poll questions to post (for example this week it was what is your favorite place to shop for clothes?)


Well you get the picture anything and if we get up to 20 comments on this post (1 person can only post up to 2 comments and your comments have to say an actual idea!)  I will............................

hmmm...what should I do if we get up to 20 comments! That can be one of your ideas!!!!
And to those people who will post crazy things NOO! I will not shave my head and all of those other things. Something decent like make a post dedicated to all of you or something....... I dont know please share your ideas and tell alll your friends to go on we want to get to 20 comments so I can do something YOU choose and if I get a great idea on what I can do I will comment and YOU can decide if you like the idea...

Sound good everyone?! Great! Well get your thinking caps on because I need some of your brilliant ideas

xoxo
-Ash

Fantastic Bible Verses

Hey everyone these are some of my all time favorit bible verses (theres 11) and my new bible verse of the week.... I hope you all think about these verses. I have a journal and everytime I find an amazing verse in my Bible or online (search Bible verses about...._______ and they have almost every topic) I write it in my journal and whenever I am feeling sad or whenever I have time I go back and look at those verses. They also have a program through Air 1 (90.1 Christian radio station) where you can go on their website and submit your email so every day they will send you a verse of the day. This is a great way to start your morning and they don't give away your email address and if you ever want to stop it is very easy to get off the list. The Air 1 verse of the day website is http://www.air1.com/Faith/VerseOfTheDay/!!! I love you all!:)
-Ash


John 14:6
I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the father except through me

Ephesians 2:10
For we are his masterpiece created in Christ Jesus for good works.

Ecclesiastes 12:13
Fear God and keep his commandments for this is the only purpose for mankind.

Romans 3:23
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory to God

Psalm 119:10
With my whole heart I have sought you;Oh let me not wander from your commandments

Psalm 33:21
For our hearts shall rejoice him because we have trusted the Lord

Romans 3:26
God justifies only who have faith in Jesus.

Galatians 4:7
So now you are not a slave,you are Gods child and God will give you the blessing he promised because you are his child.

Isaiah 41:10
Do not fear for I am with you, do ont be dismayed for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you,I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Nehemiah 8:10
Do not sorrow for the joy in the Lord is your strength

2 Corinthians 1:4
He comforts us every time we have trouble,so when others have trouble we can comfort them

New Verse of the Week:
Matthew 6:34
Therefore,do not worry about tomorrow for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough troubles of it's own

Remember this verse when you are stressing out about school or anything that you need to trust in the Lord and he makes all things possible so you do not need to worry about them. Of course this isn't an excuse for not studying just don't study to the point where you are anxious and stressing yourself out!

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

God loves you no matter what!!

Today I realized something. Am I really living my life for God fully,or am I living my life to be with God after I die? I realized I was being selfish. I was loving God but I wasn't loving my enemys. That has been a really hard thing for me to do,love my enemys. It is hard to love someone who doesn't love you back but guess what GOD LOVES US NO MATTER WHAT. No matter if we are angry at him,no matter if our faith in him isn't strong enough as it should be,no matter how much we sin,God still loves us.And you know how I know that? Because God sent his one and only son to die for us,helpless sinners. God,the perfect creater of the entire world,with the most power anyone can have chooses to love us,selfish sinners. Isn't that amazing! So next time somebody makes you mad remember to love them as God loves us unconditionally.It is not about your looks,your popularity,boys,or anything else but God. It doesn't matter what other people think of you,it is about what God thinks of you and how much God loves you no matter what you do. God will forgive you no matter what you have done. He forgives anyone with a true God loving attitude and who is willing to love him and love their enemys. Today I made a big change in my life to love even when someone doesn't love me back because that is what God did for me. I hope this impacted you all to to say a prayer and ask God to work in your hearts and love everyone because that is what I did today.

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Website that I think you will like

I found a really awesome website when I was playing around on my computer it is http://www.christianitytoday.com/iyf/ and is an amzing website for Christian pre-teens and teens that gives advice and answers questions about God. I am still looking for an amazing charity to give to so please comment if you know of a good local charity. Thanks everyone! I encourage you to go on that website it has really good topics for girls like us!
-Ash

14 FUN things to do when your bored

Have you ever been like extremely bored and you tell your parents and they name off a million things to do but none of it sounds fun or you just don't feel like taking your parents suggestions... Well here are 14 actually FUN things to do when your bored..! Have fun and please remember that God loves you.....

1. call,email, and write to relatives or friends or even make a pen pal!!!!
2.play/learn a musical instrument
3. learn how to sew and make something
4. read a GOOD book
5.write a story or journal entry
6. ride a bike or skate
7. have a spa day - paint your nails and toes, do at home facials,ect.
8.read the Bible or Bible verses
9.go on my blog or make your own blog
10. make things out of duct tape
11. watch good TV shows (my favorite shows: Toddlers and Tiaras, Dance Moms, Cake Boss, Majors and Minors, Victorious,Good Luck Charlie ect.)
12. Call a friend and hang out! Maybe swim, skate, shop, or just hang at home
13.Work on any homework of school projects
14. Look up inspiring or how to youtube videos that spark your interest

Don't sorrow for the joy in the Lord is your strength
Nehemiah 8:10

-Ash <3 <3 <3

Friday, November 11, 2011

How to make duct tape flower pens!!

Hey girlys this is a really easy and simple to follow video on how to make duct tape flower pens (which is a really cute gift to give for Christmas or to make someones day so watch this...P.S you can get duct tape for like $3-$4 a roll at Home Depot and Target i know Michaels and Staples have some too but i dont know the price and even some dollar stores I've heard have some so check around before buying the $7 rolls

Thanks Girlys please continue to comment..... I really wanna hear your opinion on what I should put and any amazing verses you have heard that wanna share..... also please reccomend my blog to other pre-teen girls. I am checking into finding a charity that we can all work to give back to people in need because I know that is what God would want us to do with this blog. So,  please share if you know of an awesome charity we can give our time and effort into helping this wonderful holiday season

God loves you (and so do I)
-Ash

Funny video starring me and my bro

Hey everyone this is a hilarious video of me and my brother brandon (5) and our friends Gracie  (5) and Troy (8) we are singing and rapping to Baby at the Norco talent show. This is last years talent show but the vid never gets old and I wanted to share it with you!

Amazing Verse

1 Timothy 4:12 NLT

Don't let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you say, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity.
I looovvve this verse this is my verse of the week and hope you love it too!!!!

Thursday, November 10, 2011

My first post:)

Hey everyone! I'm Ashley and I'm 11 and my goal for starting this blog was to inspire and get through the hard journey of being a pre-teen together . I think God is the key to everything and by making this blog we can get through anything.... Please stay updated with my blog.....comment and post when you can. I love u all!!!!
-Ash