Journey Road Thursdays

So often we create a New Year's resolution, stick to it for a couple of months (if you're really good) and then just forget about it. The most common reason for failure is accountability. Having someone or someones to share your Journey with is important and essential for suceeding. 

I am creating Journey Road Thursdays to be a place where I can talk about my New Year's  resloution's progress. How it works: each week I will post a goal, a question, or an activity (titled: Where to?). In the same post I will talk about how the previous weeks' goal/question/activity went (titled: Destination).

My journey this year is INSPIRATION. I want to explore what/who inspires me, and how to inspire others. Inspiration is something that provokes you in thought or into action. It affects you to an end, and it is that end that I want to discover in myself.

I would love for you to join me on this Journey Road.

Where to?
So the New Year is just around the corner, and now is a great time to reflect on 2011. Was there any event in your life, or just in general that inspired you last year? How did it change you or did it encourage you to do something?

A Family Christmas Project

Wow. I don't know how all the mommy bloggers do it, but writing a post during the Christmas season has been next to impossible. Hubby took the girls for a walk because I was lamenting about not having time to write. Thank you Lord for an amazingly supportive husband.

I have been trying to write this post since Thanksgiving, but time has eluded me. Chistmas is my most favorite time of the year. I love all the beautiful decorations and twinkling lights. Every where I go I am reminded of the beauty that entered the world, Jesus Christ. I wanted this year to really be about him, so I started searching for ideas. I saw some amazing ideas this year for keeping Christ in Christmas. My favorite series was CHRISTmas at I Am Momma-Hear Me Roar and DIY Advent Calendars at  I Heart {Nap} Time. All of the pieces inspired me to create a project for my family to do together and bring the focus back to Jesus.

I designed an 18ft nativity garland for our tree. Since My Girl is only 3 and Lil Bell is 18months, I realized the project couldn't be too dificult. Here is a picture of the designs I drew:

I used felt, craft glue, glitter sticks, pipe cleaners, gems,  xsmall and small white poms, foam and 18ft ribbon. The foam was cut into the same basic shapes as the felt character to give each one more weight and stability.

After I cut all the pieces from the felt, every one help glue and decorate. My Girl had a great time gluing the pieces together and even more fun using the glitter sticks. We used the poms for the hands and to make the sheep look puffy.

We all seemed to have a great time, and our tree looks Beautiful. Our Nativity tree is decorated with our garland and every angel ornament we own. Even the tree skirt is a Nativity. 

Have a Merry Christmas!