Budding Mysteries

 

 For a project in my “Teaching Elementary Science project, I have to find something in my yard and watch it change over the course of a few weeks. .

So this is the first photograph taken one week ago……………..

And this is the same bud taken today… around 11:30 in the morning. You will watch this change as the weeks go by with me…. Enjoy!

(by the way look at the difference between evening light up top, and afternoon light on the bottom. :)

Oh To Grace, How Great a Debtor!!

 If it were not for Grace, then I would not care that this duck was created by God.. I would not have been given eyes to wonder upon this beautiful creature that walks aimlessly around Zaxby’s parking lot looking for food God has provided for the day…… I would not wonder how God knew that a green/turquoise head would be beautiful above orange feet. . . God knew that it would beautiful……

If It were not because of Grace I wouldn’t thank God for the rain that created this fog…..

and how the green grass is barely visible because the thickness of it……

And how he chose that it would make this white church steeple look so beautiful in a random town one hour away…… he created this scene and enjoys it, even if I would have been here at this exact moment in time to take pleasure in it myself…… God knew that it would be beautiful…………. God also poured so rich of grace upon me that the simple sight of this cross would stop me in my tracks and allow me a moment to think about what this means…… God knew that this cross would be beautiful……..  

God so rich and trustworthy poured enough Grace upon these servants to faithfully lead us Sunday after Sunday…. diligent in prayer, and leadership… God knew that this church body would be beautiful…..

  God poured rich grace upon Jeff to have eyes that see and a heart to believe… and then come forth in baptism to publicly profess his faith in Jesus Christ. What a glorious day!

God knew that this would be beautiful…….

So beautiful that it brought this strong pastor of ours to tears…… that is how beautiful……..

  

And God.. so rich in grace has set these people apart to serve, worship, praise, struggle, and of course, eat together in his name alone….

He has given us grace to befriend, help, mentor, guide, and lead each other to himself daily…………

…to laugh and talk together…….

  To share the gospel with others……… and to  parent effectively…………. 

God KNEW that would be beautiful……..

and it all is………….

 

He might be famous…..

 

I have entered my “other man” in a “Cute Pet Contest” and I think he has a good shot of winning… and the best part…..

If I, I mean, uh-hum, Allie wins, I get a brand new camera worth $1,000!! You all know I would LOVE that…..

So… wish us, I mean, him luck on the being the cutest darn cat, ever.

And if you think that you can beat us, then submit your pets cutest picture at cutepets@healthypetmagazine.com and include your name, city, and state. Along with your pets name, breed, and age along with a one-line description of the submitted photograph.

This is what We do...

While he does this………

And I do that……………….

I realize that this is what we do right now. He comes home.. we eat, talk, we argue strongly, we love deeply.. and all the while, I stand with my arms crossed unsatisfied with the blessing of having a husband.. and not just A husband, but MY husband… essentially shaking my fist that my home is not FULL of screaming, dirty mouthed children.

The time is coming, but it is not here…. so while I am waiting I will worship,

and enjoy him doing this…

and me doing that…..

Just a walk around the yard…

 

                 

8 Seconds… Or pretty close…..

 Crystal, Billy, Dennis and I went to the Professional Bull Riding Show on Friday as you saw from the last post. It was so much fun, but was very painful to watch at times. . . On the way there I was taking advantage of the evening light.. so there are some random pictures before we actually reached the Civic Center.

   Once there…. I enjoyed thoroughly the cowboys.. and their lifestyle.. It fascinated me…. These next pictures are painful to look at because there is so much blur…. but I tried hard to get a certain look in these pictures but it just was not working out…… I like this one below….   

This picture below is pretty interesting… I took these pictures in the continuous shooting mode, and I captures this guy in mid air as he was being bucked off, but he is not clear… :( (nathan where are you when it counts??)  

Did you see that??? Go back and look at that previous picture.. this guy got bucked off, and then hit his head on the fence right before this bull got him too… (Again, excuse the blurry nature…)  This guy got knocked out.. and just layed there… and laid there………. and laid there………. and laid there… (all while trying to keep the bull off of him)

And then as he was coming back around… the bull was on his way…..

anyway.. that was all in a matter of a few LONG seconds.. (remember I was continuous shooting..)

 

 

We had a good time…. :)

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Saturday I went to North Carolina to Concord Mills to shop… I HAD A BLAST.. but I did not take pictures.. Hopefully Lisa will have pictures up soon and you can take a look at her blog… ;)