Just A Little Photo Shoot

     I have really been into photography lately. A couple months ago I dressed up my little brother, took him outside, and snapped some really cute pictures of him! My mom really liked the pictures, so that got me thinking more about photography. I'm hoping that someday I can get good enough to maybe make some money and start saving.  Anyway......now mom let's me take some of the kid's birthday pictures. I really enjoy it!
     It had been a while since I took some pictures and I was ready to practice again, so Callie was my next poser. (if that's even a word) =D She loved the idea of dressing up so I could take some pics of her. And she loved making a lot of silly faces!
 

                                                  Here's the first.....isn't she a cutie?

                                       (Our driveway makes perfect picture backgrounds)

                                                   I absolutely love her big brown eyes!

                                                     And of course.......silly faces!
                                       

   
            This has to be my favorite. This just sums her up. Her fun, spunky personality. I love it!

                              So what do you think? Someday I'll get better! (I hope) =D

     

An Amazing Sunday

 We have completed the renovations on the church and it looks awesome! The nursery is SO big compared to the old one. The Lord has really blessed this little church! Several families have decided to move up to this area and come to our church. It is so exciting.
  This morning for nursery we had 5 young toddlers. In Junior church we had 8 kids. That's a record! So in total for attendance today we had 50! Isn't that amazing!
 Before church every Sunday my family and I pray for the services that the Lord will really work in each person's  heart. This morning I prayed that the Lord would bring fifty people to church today. God answered my prayer. Isn't He just amazing!
  I can't wait to see what else God will do next with Victory Springs Independent Baptist Church!
 

What's New

   This has been a super busy month for my family. Me and Beth went to camp at Tri-City Baptist Church, we've been doing some renovations on the church, and many guests have come to visit.
   Camp was amazing. Bro. Stagner (a missionary to Wales) was the preacher for the week. His messages were amazing and many teens made some decisions for the Lord. We were able to see several young teens get saved!
   My Grammy came to stay at our house for a week. We had a lot of fun with her and made many new memories! She makes these amazing pattes, so we told her that she needed to make them while she was here. Silas, Callie, and Micah wanted to roll some of the dough and help make the pattes. Let's just say we had a bunch of flour to clean up from the floor.  She had a lot of little helpers! :)
  Next my grandma and grandpa and a couple cousins came to stay for the night on their way back to Fort Myers. Us cousins had so much fun staying up till 1:30 and playing games and laughing. (you never know how wild a person can be until you stay up really late with them!) :)
   This Sunday will make 19 weeks since we had our opening day. Last week we had 41 in services! Isn't that great? Our building that we are in right now is almost full, and the nursery we had was super tiny. So my dad got together with some of the men from the church and built a new nursery in the back garage and extended the auditorium. Now we have a really big nursery and cannot wait till we get a lot of little ones in there!
  Well, that is what we have been doing the last month, so now we can just sit back and relax. Thankfully, we don't have to start school until September 9th so we have the whole month of August off! Yay!

Another Thought For Today

                                             The sweetest time of the day is......
                 When you pray. Why? Because you're talking to the One who loves you most!

            

Happy Birthday Josh!

    Saturday was my brother's 19th birthday. 19! We had sausage, gravy, and biscuits for breakfast (Josh's favorite!)  Then Josh opened his gifts from all of us.

   Silas was so excited when Josh opened the gift from him, sour warheads. Silas made sure that Josh tried them right then. They definitely were sour!!! Good job, Silas!

   Josh had to go to work on his birthday but we surprised him at his work and gave him some cheesecake. We also surprised him by writing on his car. Dad wrote "Honk! It's my birthday!" But somehow when Josh came home the "Honk!" wasn't there anymore. It was somehow wiped off. Hmmm.....I wonder how that happened? :)

Happy Birthday Josh!!! Love you!

Fun Popcorn Visits

  We love living in High Springs, but sometimes its hard not being near grandparents and cousins who are in Fort Myers. But thankfully we have had many visits from family and friends. Recently my grandparents came and stayed for a night, as they went up north for vacation. Then after them my aunt, uncle, and cousins came up to our house to stay for a night too. We had so much fun showing them our mini "farm" and downtown High Springs. 

 
  We got them hooked on a game called Scotland Yard. We played it like 5 times while they were here. They said that they will be looking for it on their vacation!

    Me and Sarah were teasing that they all played games while we slaved in the kitchen. But all we really did was make coleslaw and put the tater tots in the oven. :)

                                                     (Thanks for the photobomb Dad!)

 Silas absolutely loved having a little boy around that was his age. He had so much fun playing basketball, baseball, and soccer with Ty!

                                       Thanks so much Dillehay's for coming to visit us!!!

Meet My Family

So, for this post, I'd like to introduce to my family! In the pic above is my Mom and Dad. They are the best parents ever! July 2 will be their 21 anniversary. They met in High school while my mom was working at Burger King and have been together ever since. My Dad was in the Air Force until he surrendered to be a preacher. They have not missed a day in church and love the Lord very much! I wouldn't trade parents for anything!

 This is my oldest brother Joshua. (And yes, that is his "friend" Tabitha. They have been writing for almost a year now. They met at camp in Port Charlotte at a church called Tri-City.) My brother is 18 years old. Right now he has a job at a hardware store and loves working there!

  This is my older sister (by 16 months) Elisabeth. She is my best friend. She loves horses and has a mare called Sugar Rose.  Next year will be her Senior year. (just to let you know, when  she has her graduation I'm going to ball my eyes out) A couple of days ago I just started crying when mom was talking about Beth getting married in the future. sniff sniff

 This is Silas. He's six. Right now he's at a bee meeting with my mom. They are both really into bees and really like the beehive that we got. (I'm scared of anything that flies, so bees are on that list) Silas loves breakfast and will eat like three bowls of cereal, a granola bar, and pancakes all in one day for breakfast! He's really into telling jokes lately too.

  This is Callie Grace. She just turned 5 in May. She was so excited on her birthday because she doesn't have to take naps anymore, she just has to have a little quiet time! She's loves anything princess and was SO excited when Grandma got her a princess dress for her birthday. Love this girl!

  And this is the baby of the family, Micah! At 3 years old, he is full of energy! I love Micah's  dimple!  He really loves watching the deer outside. Whenever this little kid comes around he makes us all smile. So cute!
                    So this is my family! I'm so thankful the Lord gave me a family like this!