Random interests

We passed this car on a trailer today while we were driving. I love old blue cars! This one was so covered in junk but i have a feeling it is an adorable rig when it's cleaned up! Random things likes that make life more fun to observe. Cheers to whoever gets to drive that baby around! I hope it gets a few more years of appreciation...:)

Good old fashioned fun!

A tin bucket, a water hose and bathing suits summed up the entertainment for the kids this afternoon! It's summertime and water is a fine friend to spend the hot days with! Keenan was happy to oblige posing for this shot! :D

P.S. I finally figured out the editing that was giving me trouble on the shell pictures so i changed my blog post to the finished picture...

Sea shell souvenirs

My mom spent some of the day sorting thru the shells she brought back from her beach vacation last week. Once she had them all arranged i enjoyed looking at them! I like how she put all the little delicate ones in the big bulky one. I started playing with my editing but it got too late, so I didn't get the picture for the blog that i wanted but maybe i'll try again tomorrow. :)

Kids and their fun!

I took my brothers and the neighbor girls to the park this evening. The weather is still nice and breezy after the sun sinks from it's high place in the sky so we take every opportunity that we can to enjoy it! One of our favorite things to do is walk on the boardwalk out to the lake! I always get the coolest pictures of the queen anne's lace flowers and the sun between the trees....but those can get to all look the same, so i decided to post one of the all the smiling faces that made the evening what it was! :) What a joy. I pray that God will raise up these young hearts to serve him with the same passion that they display as they run thru life!

Sleeping kitty

As much as cats annoy me i can't help but find them adorable and sweet when they sleep! I had been noticing them napping in the windows all day and thought it looked so picture perfect but when i got out my camera i couldn't find one in the window, on this one lounging in her favorite desk chair. Not much of a backround but a darling pose just the same. It's the little things like this that make me smile.....

By Still Waters

Today started off a pretty normal day with not a lot on the schedule. I ran some errands for my mom this morning and did some thrift store shopping with Keenan. We all drove in to Wintergarden in the late afternoon. I played raquetball for a little while at the gym with Kyle and Mom while the younger kids played at the lake in front of a friend's house. When I came to pick them up I ended up sitting down and relaxing in the sand while they continued to play. The sun was going down and the breeze was picking up so it was a lovely time of day. These shells must have been ones the boys collected and threw up on the shore but i thought they looked so perfectly placed!

I have been blessed by God with a continued stillness of spirit. He is more than enough for me each and every day! :)

A weekend to remember!!

Wow, the Next 2011 conference by Sovereign Grace Ministries was soooo amazing!!! I'm still trying to process and comprehend everything that i experienced! I felt like a sponge soaking it all up! It was such a blessing to be able to be equipped by such godly teachers and to be able to worship God with other young people on fire for God in a transparent and obvious way! His spirit was truly there among us.

Unfortunately i didn't take many pictures during the time because it was hard to carry stuff around and keep track of it, so my camera stayed in the car most of the time. But one of the evening when i was walking out to the parking lot i noticed how pretty the lights were on the outside of the building and i had to take a picture! It will represent and remind me of how beautiful the entire Shingle Creek conference building really was!! It was so elegant and comfortable. I would love to have a big party or wedding there someday! :)

Needless to say i'm running on a high from all this excitement!!! God is good and i'm praying He will carry me thru the everyday mundane that can threaten to take away the joy that i am experiencing right now....His faithfulness is everlasting!

Looking forward to getting back into Project365. We will see what tomorrow brings my way and what creativeness i come up with. :)