Today is a Saturday... which means that I have and will continue to spend the day doing any or all of the following: sewing, cleaning, laundry, writing, editing pictures, downloading pictures, uploading pictures, computer stuff, dishes, working out, journaling, etc. I believe I have mentioned it before, but I simply love the Saturday-at-home feeling of getting stuff done. Today is no exception and since I have a few moments to spare I thought I would go ahead and give an update of summer activities or events. Honestly, I feel like the summer will be over before it has begun... next week our family is going down to Georgia for a wedding and then I will fly out from there to Washington DC for a week of Photography Institute and then spending a few days with a dear friend. Then when I get back it will be almost August which at this moment looks like it includes a weekend family getaway along with another week of house sitting [and there was much rejoicing]. Then everyone starts to go back to school...
Anyway... between now and September there are several things I must and need to get done. Lord willing, I will be able to get my priorities in line and then be able to make some decisions about this fall. Where has the time gone?
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WARNING: [If you are at all nausated, overwhelmed, faint or even annoyed by photography in any shape size or format please discontinue reading. The Editor assumes no responsibility for smiles, giggles, sighs, laughter or any other emotion including: longing, delight, reminiscing, joy, love, etc. that may result from the observation and viewing of the following images. Thank you for your cooperation. - KM]
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House sitting:
As my readers know, I had two house sitting jobs so far this summer and I enjoyed both of them immensely. Not just because I get to serve and bless friends of mine while they are away on their trip, but also having the time of quiet and peace and hours upon hours to just read, journal, take naps, long walks and watch some movies. I enjoy having the time to think through things and write down what the Lord is teaching me or what my heart is feeling.
Journaling, writing letters and cards, bible time...
Me and Miss. Madison having some bonding time.
Miss. Madison watching for her archenemies [the woodchuck and the cat next door...] *grin*
Photography:
I have had two different photography shoots this summer. Both mother/daughter groups that I have taken pictures for in summers previously: Rosebuds and Kings Daughters. They are so much fun to take pictures of, especially the King's Daughters... a group I was a part of for over 6 years. There is nothing like taking pictures of girls who are all dressed up and dying to pose for you. Sadly, we never have enough time. We had about 45 minutes and we took over 275 pictures! Quite impressive if you ask me, for a group of eleven girls taking "a turn" about the IMA Gardens downtown. I am posting a few of my favorites. More Rosebuds pictures go here. And more Kings Daughters go here.
Little girls are precious gifts, wrapped in love serene. Their dresses tied with sashes and futures tied with dreams.
-- Author Unknown
Little girls are the nicest things that happen to people. - Allan Beck
A daughter may outgrow your lap, but she will never outgrow your heart. ~Author Unknown
Kings Daughters:
Of course one must decide what to wear...
When a girl ceases to blush, she has lost the most powerful charm of her beauty. -Pope Gregory I
A daughter is a little girl who grows up to be a friend. ~Author Unknown
Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb. -Yul Brynner
Where shall we see a better daughter or a kinder sister or a truer friend. - Jane Austen
A sister smiles when one tells one's stories - for she knows where the decoration has been added. ~Chris Montaigne
Independence Day:
Traditionally, over the last six or so years we have gone to Conner Prairie the week of the Fourth. But this year, sadly, we did not go. [To my heart's utter disappointment]. Anyway, we ended up having my adopted-Murray-family over. First we went to the Noblesville parade which Timothy got to ride Faith in for the first time. That was quite an adventure, since Faith was a little unsure about it all and we were running late, and I was trying to get her "hair" done in our limited ten minutes before the parade started. Thankfully, the rain held off and we had a lovely time giggling and commenting about all the random-crazy-interesting things in the parade. Afterwards we had a very nice dinner and then headed downtown to watch fireworks with other friends: the Jones' and the Adams and several others too. It was very nice.
"If America ever passes out as a great nation, we ought to put on our tombstone: America died from a delusion she had Moral Leadership." - Will Rogers
Our State Representative... Kathy Richardson.
"Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong." - James Bryce
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and loose our freedoms, it will be because we destoryed ourselves." - Abraham Lincoln
Me and my girls in red-white-and-blue.
Thus concludes my summery update so far. This week has been rather full and adventurous, life is never dull that is for sure. But God is so good and faithful, even through the pain and difficult times. He amazes me with His love and the way He delights in me, His daughter. It has been wonderful to be a blessing to others around me, as the Lord provides me with continual opportunities to be a minister of His love. This week I was able to meet and bless a Vietnam Veteran who works at our "Y" and thanked him for serving our Nation. We had a great conversation and this morning I was able to bless him with a card and gift which he was pretty near speechless and astounded. He thanked me over and over saying: Thank you Kristi! Thank you! That was the best gift anyone has ever given me. I feel so blessed. Wow, I can't believe it! How sweet of you.
I share this not to say that I am some amazing person or anything like that but it really made me think... it was a small, somewhat simple gesture of thanks that had a huge impact. If we all did something so simple like giving someone a card or note of encouragement or even a smile and a How are you today?, how would the world be impacted for Christ? If we reached out beyond ourselves and thought about others with an enternal perspective of How can I share Christ's love to someone today? How many people would really see a difference in us and Jesus is then glorified through our actions.
Choose to bless. Choose to be Jesus to someone.
Choosing His love,
-KM
Journaling, writing letters and cards, bible time...
Me and Miss. Madison having some bonding time.
Miss. Madison watching for her archenemies [the woodchuck and the cat next door...] *grin*Photography:I have had two different photography shoots this summer. Both mother/daughter groups that I have taken pictures for in summers previously: Rosebuds and Kings Daughters. They are so much fun to take pictures of, especially the King's Daughters... a group I was a part of for over 6 years. There is nothing like taking pictures of girls who are all dressed up and dying to pose for you. Sadly, we never have enough time. We had about 45 minutes and we took over 275 pictures! Quite impressive if you ask me, for a group of eleven girls taking "a turn" about the IMA Gardens downtown. I am posting a few of my favorites. More Rosebuds pictures go here. And more Kings Daughters go here.
Little girls are precious gifts, wrapped in love serene. Their dresses tied with sashes and futures tied with dreams.
A daughter may outgrow your lap, but she will never outgrow your heart. ~Author Unknown
Kings Daughters:Of course one must decide what to wear...
When a girl ceases to blush, she has lost the most powerful charm of her beauty. -Pope Gregory I
Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb. -Yul Brynner
Where shall we see a better daughter or a kinder sister or a truer friend. - Jane Austen
A sister smiles when one tells one's stories - for she knows where the decoration has been added. ~Chris Montaigne
Independence Day:Traditionally, over the last six or so years we have gone to Conner Prairie the week of the Fourth. But this year, sadly, we did not go. [To my heart's utter disappointment]. Anyway, we ended up having my adopted-Murray-family over. First we went to the Noblesville parade which Timothy got to ride Faith in for the first time. That was quite an adventure, since Faith was a little unsure about it all and we were running late, and I was trying to get her "hair" done in our limited ten minutes before the parade started. Thankfully, the rain held off and we had a lovely time giggling and commenting about all the random-crazy-interesting things in the parade. Afterwards we had a very nice dinner and then headed downtown to watch fireworks with other friends: the Jones' and the Adams and several others too. It was very nice."If America ever passes out as a great nation, we ought to put on our tombstone: America died from a delusion she had Moral Leadership." - Will Rogers
Our State Representative... Kathy Richardson.
"Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong." - James Bryce
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and loose our freedoms, it will be because we destoryed ourselves." - Abraham Lincoln
Me and my girls in red-white-and-blue.
Thus concludes my summery update so far. This week has been rather full and adventurous, life is never dull that is for sure. But God is so good and faithful, even through the pain and difficult times. He amazes me with His love and the way He delights in me, His daughter. It has been wonderful to be a blessing to others around me, as the Lord provides me with continual opportunities to be a minister of His love. This week I was able to meet and bless a Vietnam Veteran who works at our "Y" and thanked him for serving our Nation. We had a great conversation and this morning I was able to bless him with a card and gift which he was pretty near speechless and astounded. He thanked me over and over saying: Thank you Kristi! Thank you! That was the best gift anyone has ever given me. I feel so blessed. Wow, I can't believe it! How sweet of you.I share this not to say that I am some amazing person or anything like that but it really made me think... it was a small, somewhat simple gesture of thanks that had a huge impact. If we all did something so simple like giving someone a card or note of encouragement or even a smile and a How are you today?, how would the world be impacted for Christ? If we reached out beyond ourselves and thought about others with an enternal perspective of How can I share Christ's love to someone today? How many people would really see a difference in us and Jesus is then glorified through our actions.Choose to bless. Choose to be Jesus to someone.Choosing His love,-KM
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