Thanksgiving and Christmas Decorating

Alexandra

Christian


Elisabeth took this one of Josh...



Mr. P.

I don't care what everyone else said. I think that in this picture I look so stupid...

Mr. P., Christian, and Alexandra...


Elisabeth and Alexandra were very reluctant to let me take a picture of them... But aren't they pretty anyway?

*GASP* Mr. Emo-Wanna-be is wearing colors?!?!

Alexandra... I like this picture.... So purty...


The table was so pretty....



Putting together our FAKE Christmas tree. Yes we have a fake tree. But it doesn't shed, so whatever...




This is Raggedy Andy. It has been on our tree for as long as I can remember. It was originally my dad's when he was a kid. (It's gotten thrown away a few times, but it always manages to come back... I wonder how? <-sarcasm)




Most of our Christmas ornaments...

Christian's little shoes...

Meanwhile, Bailey watches....

My ballerina, from when I did ballet back in the day... ugh. that was a LONG time ago.

The finished product...

Carol of the Bells

I know it isnt Christmas time yet, but I had to post these. These are my two favorite versions of the song "Carol of the Bells".

Carol of the Bells
Trans-Siberian Orchestra


Carol of the Bells
Rockapella

Happy 4th of July!

God has been so good to our country. Even when we have turned from Him, he continues to make this country prosperous. And we (I) need to remember, that even in the hard times, even when we have a president that we don't like (okay, really don't like), He is always there and He always will be. God has been faithful to reveal Himself to us. He is a wonderful, all-powerful, awesome, and amazing God.



Here are the Branson pics. It was SOOO hot that the asphalt was melting. We were able to make shoe prints on the ground. We were very grateful for the air conditioned places.

There was a cool blacksmith. He was making a big knife.

A statue of 'The Lion and The Lamb' outside the Sight and Sound Theater


We went and saw 'Noah the Musical' at the Sight and Sound Theater

It was really hard to get a good picture of my Pop. :)

We saw a show in 'Echo Hollow'


Yeah... No comment. :)

what He did, He did for me

Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted

Stricken, smitten, and afflicted,
See Him dying on the tree!
'Tis the Christ by man rejected;
Yes, my soul, 'tis He, 'tis He!
'Tis the long-expected prophet,
David's Son, yet David's Lord;
By His Son, God now has spoken
Tis the true and faithful Word.

Tell me, ye who hear him groaning,
Was there ever grief like his?
Friends thro' fear his cause disowning,
Foes insulting his distress;
Many hands were raised to wound him,
None would interpose to save;
But the deepest stroke that pierced him
Was the stroke that Justice gave.

Ye who think of sin but lightly,
Nor suppose the evil great
Here may view its nature rightly,
Here its guilt may estimate.
Mark the sacrifice appointed,
See who bears the awful load;
'tis the Word, the Lord's Anointed,
Son of Man and Son of God.

Here we have a firm foundation,
Here the refuge of the lost;
Christ's the Rock of our salvation,
His the name of which we boast.
Lamb of God, for sinners wounded,
Sacrifice to cancel guilt!
None shall ever be confounded
Who on him their hope have built.
~Fernado Ortega


Numbers 23:19
God is not man, that he should lie,
or a son of man, that he should change his mind.
Has he said, and will he not do it?
Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?



Isaiah 53:3
He was despised and rejected by men;
a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief;
and as one from whom men hide their faces
he was despised, and we esteemed him not

1 John 3:1
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are.

Romans 8:38-39
For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Finally, Christmas Pictures

Here they are!




Wow! A blank slate!

Reminiscing

Reminiscing... That is a fun thing to do. I have been meaning to post some of these pictures for a long time. So, I present... Camping pictures of '06. (I might post more later... Emphasis on the "MIGHT":)

New Years Eve Night Fun!

Sorry All! I know this is a bit late, but here it is! We went to a friend's house for New Years Eve, and had a wonderful time. Here are some pictures I got...

Alicia


Robert


Alyssa and Emily


Nathan and Joseph playing a game with the younger children...


There were plenty of wrestling matches...


Me watching Emily play...


Twister! There were a few interesting games of this, too!





Emily got a horn in their Care group's Grab-Bag Game.


Nathan trying to blow Emily's horn...



The men trying to gain control over the world in an intense game of Risk.


I thought this was a good picture of Mr. and Mrs. Q.


And to welcome in the New Year, we had a wonderful worship time. Soon, 2007 will only be a distant memory. But, as I look back on last year, I see God's faithfulness, and kindness, and love for me and the people around me. We had a wonderful time. In all the things that happened this past year, there will be times that I will forget, but it is these things, comeing together, worshiping the Lord with all the people that I love, those are the things that I will never forget.