Fall

I love God. I love family. I love friends. I love work. I love life. Getting ready for thanksgiving I realize the abundance of things I am thankful for. :)

Here are a few recent photo shoots I have done on the side of teaching!

www.stacyannbristow.com/adams

www.stacyannbristow.com/joseph2010

www.stacyannbristow.com/seamans2010

Check them out.

Happy turkey day! :)

Caved

I have gone to the other side... Herbal Clear deodorant I will try you, but if I smell bad, it is over! :)


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Sunday evotional

Did the wind and waves stop because Jesus said so... Or did it stop because God was honoring the fact that the disciples finally realizes Jesus was what they needed to calm the storm?

Mark 4




There are present sufferings and they will be with us until we die. The glory will be revealed when we die and then become Christ like.

The Christ likeness in every Christian wants to get out.

Romans 8:18-23


What is the hope? Groaning in life wanting to experience the impossible Christ likeness...

What do you do when you are experiencing silence? Slow down, be silence, keep praying.

1. Silence is temporary
2. You may experience silence... But know that God is always faithful.

Romans 8:24-27


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Project

Functional flowers! They are kind of like an El Camino... Car in the front and a truck in the back... Flower on the top and pen underneath. Or maybe like a mullet business in the front party in the back...







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Sunday Evotional

The kingdom of God is here and now. When you become a Christian you join the KOG.

Has Jesus cost you everything yet? If not you are not paying a big enough price. Living for Jesus should consume you. (don't take this the wrong way, it doesn't mean that you have to be a lonely homeless person being a hermit in your cardboard box house to be a Christian.)

Joy- Jesus others you (how to obtain true joy)

Sometimes when you read the Bible... You have to do what it says. (duh)

Question yourself..
Can I do this in the Glory of God?
Does this disappoint others?
Do I have doubt?

Dealing with disappointment

You will have disappointment in your life. If you are a follower of Christ things happen for a reason. Don't let disappointment cause you to be afraid to follow your heart or cause a lack of faith in God's plans for you.

Faith and fear are directly correlated.

Fear= lack of faith?

What are you holding back on because of fear?

Within the book of Philippians joy comes up 17 times. (in a short book written from jail) Paul was faithful and did not fear what was to come, therefore he was able to rejoice always.

I struggle with this because human nature and instinct cause fear. I think there are different kinds of fear. Could it really be that Paul was 100% fearless after committing to Jesus? I believe that he knew that whatever happened was for the Glory of God, but, even knowing that, I think any human would have to have some kind of unavoidable, earthly, instinctive fear of the here and now. Is it the expectation that we live life without fear? Is that even possible?


Daniel= old man
Gina= dance party

When you grasp the grace of God, circumstances no longer matter, no matter how big or small your sin is your mandate is to rejoice in the lord always.

Read Philippians 4





- posted on the go!

I had a wonderful time in Oregon with my family! We stayed very busy and got a good glimpse into the life of my sister. I am so happy I got to spend some time with my precious nephews and wonderful sister and bro-in-law, and my parents! We visited many palces from snow capped mountians, to waterfalls in the gorge, to the peaceful beach. The weather was perfect the whole time we were there. The high in Oregon was cooler than the low in Texas! Shout out to my other sister Trish and bro-in-law Jeremy for keeping Harley for me! :)

Portland trip!

Today my mom and I made the long trip to Oregon! We left Dallas on a very small plane to connect to our flight in Houston. It wasn't too bad though because it was a short flight. I was a little worried when we arrived at Houston because we did not have assigned seats on the plane. As soon as we found our gate we checked in and they gave us our boarding passes, the only seats left were seats in the middle of a 3 seat row, not together. We asked if There was anything we could do and the attendant said no, but told us to check back with her. After checking back a couple of times she decided to give us the exit seats!!! These are the best seats to have because they give a lot of leg room. It was a very nice flight.



When we arrived we had two very handsome gentlemen waiting on us (Roma and Aleks) with some beautiful flowers! We made our way to Jen and Rom's place, had some tea, ice cream, and a nice chat, and then we found our spots to sleep!

Church

Just a few things I got from church today....

God called us to be fishers of men not cleaners of fish.

Ginacooperworship.com rocks!

Greg and Michelle went to the best University in Texas.

Man may know the path of his life but it's the Lord who knows the footsteps.

My God is in a box...stupid box.




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7/10/10

Grilled avocado and cheese sandwich.




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7/7/10

Black bean quesadillas





15 oz black beans
1/4 cup salsa
1/2 cup cheese

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What are you doing on July 24th?

Google wants to know!

July 24th

Google wants you to submit a moment from July 24th for a film they are making for the Sundance festival.

Dinner

Grilled cheese tomato and avocado sandwich.




Ingredients

Bread
2 slices of tomato
Half an avocado
Colby cheese
Butter


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Whole Living

In preparation of my trip to Oregon and with encouragement from my sister Trish, I have decided to start blogging about a change in my lifestyle. I am going to make a strong effort to live healthy. Now, I know I have tried this before and have always reverted back to unhealthy things, but if I don't keep trying I will never succeed.

Does this mean that I am giving up all plastic and will only eat eggs from a farm that gives it's chickens spa treatments, or that I will go to the farm that raises my beef and make sure that my cow is treated okay and thank it in advance for the nutrients I will get from it's life? No, but I can make vow to not eat McDonalds ever again and limit eating out to special occasions and fun with friends. It means that I can make a trip to a grocery store that promotes and inspires healthy living once a week, and try to make healthy foods easily available to myself. It means that I can start a healthy fitness routine. It means a lot.

I will still drink my coffee, watch my favorite shows, use plastic wrap at times, wear deodorant, and even play on my IPhone, but I am not a slave to any of those things. (except the deodorant, Texas summers are brutal)

I have 39 days of summer left and I plan to enjoy them, that means not making plans every day, not volunteering for things that will constrain my time, (don't worry I volunteer for plenty during the school year) just hanging out with friends and family, reading, relaxing, and even doing a little work (believe it or not this is something I enjoy doing).

I have realized that for this to really work I need to do for myself, my way, and in my time. So, if you have other plans for how I should be living my life...delete them. :)






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Prayer

Praying for Xander. Xander has an open heart surgery tomorrow. Praying for peace for Marsha and Ryan, strength for Xander, and wisdom for his doctors. Love that kid!

End of the school year...

It’s the end of the year
Time for end of year buzz
Does this mean what I think?
I’m afraid that it does

7th graders are ferocious
Did you see the food fight?
8th graders are precocious
They always are right…(ha)

The TAKS test is done
The kids think that’s all
Let’s have some fun
They yell down the hall

NO! we reply
We have much more to do
We have lessons on PI
And final tests too!

No way! Not cool!
they say in a fuss
The count down has started
You can’t make us

But they sit in their seats
as the count down goes on
They learn all their lessons
before time is gone.

It’s the end of the year
it’s time that they leave
we have counted the days
it is hard to believe

It’s the end of the year
The bell rings and they go
The halls are all clear
We will miss them you know.

-Stacy Bristow

New year

The new year is here!! A lot has happened since my last blog! I am not going to go into detail, but 2009 was amazing and 2010 is going to be even better!

Summer

It has been a whirlwind of a summer so far! George and Reba, twelve days in Greece, a very short visit with the family, and now some down time. I have a bit of reading to do to get ready for the school year. We are going to be reading these books: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, A Midsummer Night's Dream, That Was Then This is Now, Pygmalion, and a couple of others I can't remember. I have my work cut out for me! I have posted my pictures from Greece here... That's is all for now!

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School is out! What a wonderful feeling! I have decided that summer is not for the students to have a break from the school work, but for the teachers to have time to recover from the craziness!

I have a busy summer ahead of me, it all started last night with the very awesome George Strait and Reba concert. It was at the new Dallas Cowboy's Stadium! We had an awesome time. I have posted some of the pictures from that.

The next thing on my agenda is a little trip to GREECE! I am super excited and ready to go!! When I get back I have a couple of classes to attend, then it is home to spend a VERY short time with Jennifer, Roma, and the Boys before they go back to Portland.

After that I will jump on getting ready for next year. I have a lot of awesome things going on at work! I will be teaching a few Pre-AP 8th grade classes!! t really is a huge compliment for my boss to pick me for this position, it shows that he has great confidence in my teaching ability. I just hope I can do it! I am not sure what else I will be teaching, I have 6 classes total and pre-ap takes up two.

I also have been asked by the district to be a facilitator at the beginning of the year orientation for the district! I will be helping teach teachers some new stuff we will need for the next year!! This was also a huge compliment coming from the head of the language arts department for the district!

Anywho, I have a little summer job tomorrow taking some pictures. So I better get some sleep!

GREECE!!!

The plane tickets have officially been bought!! We are leaving on the 10th and will return on the 22nd!!!! Yay for Greece!

Relay For LIFE!

This weekend I participated in the Wylie Relay for Life. I raised $250 this year! Thank you for donating!!! Next year I want to raise $500, so start saving! The relay is a very rewarding experience. Our team alone raised $3,877. All together Wylie raised over $90,000. We are going for over $100,000 next year. I have embedded a video with my pictures from the night. I walked 14 miles in 12 hours! I have a busy week shaping up this week. Tomorrow night is the finals for our volleyball team we are in fourth place!!!! (only out of five teams :P) This weekend I will be traveling to Graham for cousin's wedding! I am so excited, I feel like I haven't been to Graham in forever!!

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