Crazy Happenings and Why You Should Be Going to the Whatever Girls Live Conference

We have a lot of things going on around here!  A week ago I shared a post over at Whatever Girls that featured Rosalinda as a "Girl of Note" and promoting her new business, Muddy Rose.

That interview turned into an invitation to attend the 2014 Whatever Girls Live conference not only for us as a mother-daughter, but also for Muddy Rose to be a vendor!  They only expense to us being travel!  *Praising the Lord*

Now we're currently looking into opportunities for Rosalinda to showcase her business and earn money to be able to make the 1,799 mile trip and the three nights stay at a hotel.  How amazing is that?!?!  What an opportunity!

Now, we aren't the only ones that should planning this trip.

Do you have a tween/teen daughter?

Do you want your girl to learn who to be through Christ and not their peers?

Do you want your girl to be empowered with truth about purity, self-image, and opposite-sex relationships?

Do you want them to know that they are not alone when it comes to honoring God?

Do you want to bond with them?

Do you, as a mom, want to be empowered to parent intentionally, and not in the heat of the moment?

Do you, as a mom, want to gain hope and encouragement for those times when you are discouraged and overwhelmed?

Do you, as a mom, want to learn how to be free from those negative struggles with shame, fear, and expectation?

Then you should meet us there!!!

And if cost is the only thing holding you back...seek His face and know that money is such a small thing to such a big God!

Also, the conference website lists some fundraising ideas to help you out.

You have 7 months to get it planned and organized.

Don't let this be something you wished you had done with your daughter.

Let it be an experience that neither one of you will forget!

We hope to see you there!

*I received nothing in return for this post.  I simply want everyone to know of this amazing resource and hope to see you all in Spokane, Washington in April, enjoying the girl that God gave you, as I will be!*

Summer Fun...with Modesty

Anyone else have tween or teen daughters that cringe as swimsuit season has arrived?  I have a curvy daughter, that as a tween, is now in adult sizes.  Eeek! 

Our summer tradition usually kicks off with a hunt for the perfect bathing suit.

My rules:

• no midriff showing
• no v cuts or extra padding up top (she's 10 ya'll!)
• needs to cover majority of her back

Rosalinda's rules:

• must be a two piece 
• She doesn't want to have to fight her swimsuit should nature calls.  I can totally understand!
• must be cute
• no bikini bottoms
• I'm so down with this rule!  She has said herself, that she might at well be swimming in panties...so she prefers the boy short cut.

As a child, these are easy to do!  Grab a tankini and boy short bottoms from Target and we're on our way!  However, this is Summer 1 of being out of kid sizes. :(  My baby is growing up!

Her dad got the privilege of having to buy her first suit this summer when he came to visit in May and she needed one to enjoy the hotel pool.  According to Rosalinda, it was a comical, yet frustrating shopping trip.  He didn't understand why she couldn't/shouldn't wear a bikini...um...yeah, we haven't had that talk.  Not only is it a Hirst Household Foul, it also isn't want my daughter likes.  So she pressed and pressed to get something other than a bikini and ended up victorious. She got a rasorback top with pink boy short bottoms from the adult section.  However, there seemed to be some confusion about my "no padding" rule and her dad ended up taking out the liner using hair clippers.  God bless his soul; trying to please Miss Rosalinda and my rules!

The only rule this suit didn't satisfy was my child's definition of cute...so we're on the look out for a replacement.  However, she's not missing any water play with this one on hand.

What are your rules?  

When did you start desiring to wear bikinis?  

How do you handle it with your tween and teen daughters?