Women of Faith Review

This past weekend I had the great honor of attending the Women of Faith event in St. Paul, MN. I really was not sure what to expect, but I was very excited for it. I have recently found my faith again, and being picked to review this event just seemed like another way God wanted me to know he was here. I knew right away that I wanted to take my mom as my guest. She has attended this event in the past, and has also always been at my side. So if I was gonna have to face emotional things at this event, my mom was the women I wanted there with me.

 (My mom and me)

Things did not work out for us to attend the Friday day time events, so I can not say for sure what that part was like. We did attend the rest of the weekend and boy was I in for an emotional ride I was not prepared for. First let me give a little back info on me. I always thought I had God in my life, I know now he was there, I just didn't let him in. I had a fairly good upbringing. There was some physical abuse (I want to clarify, neither of my parents), I fell in love with the bad boy a few times and got into trouble. My biggest heartache though, was in March of 2006 when I was 11 weeks pregnant and had to have emergency surgery because it was an ectopic pregnancy. So one day I was happily pregnant and the next day I was not. That part of my life was a dark hole that I never truly dealt with. I never understood why if God loved me and was there for me that he would take my baby from me. I was told after that (and other female complications) that my chances of having children were slim to none. My journey back to God, has come with my TWO healthy and beautiful children. Madison was 9 months of trying to conceive and she was our miracle! We did not think we could possibly be blessed again. I lost a great friend to Leukemia (he was only 36), and one week later I found out I was pregnant with Carter. With two miracles, my eyes and my heart have opened back up to my faith in God.

This was my weekend...

Friday night was so much fun! A few weeks ago while watching the Wendy Williams Show, she had a singing act called Mary, Mary (Multiple GRAMMY awards, Dove, Stellar,MOBO,American Music Awards, and Soul Train Winners.) on her show. I had never heard of them, but I liked them and thought they were fun to watch. Well, I was surprised and excited to find out they would be at the Women of Faith Event all weekend! They preformed Friday night and that was a lot of fun.

 (Mary Mary)

Natalie Grant (4 time GMA Female Vocalist of the year) also preformed on Friday night. I thought that her voice was amazing and I really enjoyed listening to her sing. She told a story about he daughter twirling with Jesus and than sang the song HELD (Orange CD) oh boy did I cry. It was such a beautiful story about her daughter and than the song and her voice was so incredible. 

Max Lucado book review

My daughter got to be the reviewer this time around and she was very happy. She got to review the book Thank you, God, for blessing me  by Max Lucado. I recently just finished up reading Fearless by Max Lucado and I loved it, so I was very excited for her about this book.

The book is great, it is about a caterpillar named Hermie that as he prays goes through out the garden thanking God for all the great things that God has brought into his life. It is a great book teaching children what to be thankful for. Teaching them what God has given them and to feel blessed for those things.

My daughter really likes the book. It is now an official part of bed time. I read and she points out all the things that Hermie is thankful for in the book. It has also been a great conversation starter, as we than discuss what she is thankful for. Being 3 her usual answers are food, juice boxes, her toys and family (in that order too). I am sure that as she gets older that Hermie will help he to understand even more what great blessings she has in her life.

I would recommend this book to any family that wants to help your children learn about what to be thankful for and how to say thank you to God. This would be a great gift too!


I am a member of Book Sneeze and received this book for free in exchange for my review. My daughter and I gave our honest opinions.

Renuzit Fresh Accent air fresheners review

Being a Purex Insider I was given the opportunity to review the NEW Renuzit Fresh Accent air fresheners. They come in the following scents Winter Berry, and Festive snow.

They are very stylish and come in a two sided holiday design. Guess what, they  retail for around $2!! The scents last up to 30 days as well. You do not need to plug them in, no batteries are needed either. Just put the sent in and pick which design you want front or back and set it down! 

 (The picture makes it look purple but is the color of this font, a burgundy color.)

This is my experience with them. I love the Winter Berry. The smell is great and is not over powerful. I get migraines easily, and the holiday season smells are the worst for me. I can not even go into some stores during the holiday season, because they put all the smelly stuff right by the door and it is like walking into an instant migraine. So the Winter Berry is wonderful.  I have had it up for over a week and the pleasant smell is still there.

 (Again this is not the actual color, this font is a closer comparison, a forest green color.)

The Festive Snow, however is not for me. I put that one in the bathroom, and that was way to strong. I than decided that I would try it in the hallway of my apartment building, still way to strong. Although the smell is not horrible, it reminds me of the smells going to cut down the Christmas tree, the smell is too strong for my nose.

I think if I had a bigger home than it may be fine, but for my sniffer I could not handle it. 

These new air fresheners have hit some stores, and will be coming to more stores soon!! Giveaway to come too!!

I am a Purex Insider, and am offered the chance to review products free of charge, in exchange for my honest review. As you can tell from the above post they are my true and honest opinions!