Blog - Carey Bailey

12 Dates for You and God.

March 4, 2013

I loved hearing about your very own God dates last week. And I am thrilled to be brainstorming with you. I hope this list inspires you to take God out on a date! Rarely is there money needed for any of the dates. PLEASE tweak them to fit your unique relationship with God. AND I have decided to do top TWELVE so that we have one for every month. I would love to hear about any God dates you go on. 1. Playing with God. Pack up bubbles, side walk chalk, a hula hoop or soccer ball and head to a ...

Dating God

I need to be dating God.

February 27, 2013

Valentines weekend I went on a special date with Mr. Bailey. This past weekend we went on a double date with some of our besties. Friday night I am headed out for a girl’s night to celebrate a friend’s birthday. Each month I make an effort to take each kiddo on a date even if that means I just take one of them with me to Target. We all hear and read how dating is important and valuable to maintaining relationships, right? We date so that we have one on one time with our spouse without ...

Dream Team

1,2,3 Inspire!

February 26, 2013

I am inspired by my awesome besties that I get to watch live out their God-Sized dreams each and every day. First up meet Carrie Fay! Six and half years ago she picked up a camera with the goal of learning how to photograph her new born baby. She was simply dabbling and even played with her new craft at our wedding. After her precious little man was born she starting fall in love with this art form. She began gifting friends with maternity shoots, newborn baby sessions, and then came the ...

Dream Team

Ug! vs. Woo hoo!

February 19, 2013

Years ago at a Children’s Ministry conference Ed Young Jr. said “Change equals growth.” I have hung onto it forever. The growth that comes from change isn’t always the “Woo hoo!” kind of growth. Sometimes growth that comes with change makes us feel like we do when we step on the scale and it has gone WAYYYY up and we think “Ug!”. The only way to get the scale to go down to a happy place is to move…exercise…may wise choices…eat right. My family has a lot of change going on it in right now. ...

Lent/Easter

10 Reasons Why God is Cooler than Social Media.

February 13, 2013

Today we begin our quest to choose God over social media. Today we Pin God 1st! It doesn't matter what time you read the Bible it just matters that you make the choice to check in with God before you update your status, tweet, instagram, pin, etc.... I have tried to make it as easy as possible. There are calendars here and here. If you have a smart phone you can also put Google Cal on your phone and access the schedule that way. As we head out on this adventure I thought a Top Ten list of ...