Maddie Jane

A few weeks ago I was able to sneak away with my Maddie-cakes and take some adorable pictures of her!!

She is showing her personality in a few of these: sweet, gentle, loud, and using those eyebrows!

Mara and the Bschnizz

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to capture one of my dear friends, Mara and her son, The Bschnizz. they were a joy to work with, although B hates having his pictures taken...This was for a surprise Father's Day present. Let's just say it's not a surprise anymore!

I hope you all had a blessed Mother's Day!

I will post pictures of our remodled house soon!

"Her children will rise up and call her blessed, and her husband also, who praises her."
- Proverbs 31:28

The Catch-up Post

Hello all! You've missed a lot in the past month or so. Allow me to fill you in...

Family camp/ Youth camp 2012 was amazing! Chad Seabright (enkindleministries.com) was the youth camp speaker this year and spoke on the topic of being an overcomer.

"They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death." Revelation 12:11

He taught us not to dwell on negative thoughts or thoughts from the enemy, but to instead cast them down. If we dwell on positive thoughts and thoughts from Christ, it will only improve the lives we are trying to live FOR Christ. He also taught us about the spiritual blessings we have recieved through Christ if He is our Lord and Saviour.

We are blessed, redeemed, holy, blameless, adopted, loved, forgiven, and chosen by God through Christ (Ephesians 1:3-7 paraphrased). We did not have an altar call on this particular day. Our altar was at the bowling alley that afternoon. If we bowled a gutter ball we were to shout at the top of our lungs, "I am forgiven!". Strikes? "I am redeemed!". 7/10 split? "I am holy!". Front pin hit? "I am chosen!". It was such an awesome way to publicly declare what our God has done for us.

During camp every year is my parents wedding anniversary. Dad chose to celebrate this year on their 25th, by surprising Mom with a renewing of vows in front of the whole camp! So romantic!

Renew Camp 2012 was spent watching six little Warner children. Which turned out to be about three at a time all week because they were dropping like flies due to strep.

Right after Renew, we had family from California and Tennesee at our house. I love my cousins:)
Sara and I are only a month and seven days apart (we even have a song about it).

I also took my cousin Alisha's son's 4 year old pictures. Blaine is an absolute doll baby and its hard to pick just one but here it is:

 

 

I'm now, along with my parents, on a gluten free diet and have a ton of brands, recipes, and no-no's that I could pass along to you if you are in need. If you have any questions about gluten and why going off of it makes you lose weight, I'd be more than willing to help :).

 

Tomorow is my last first day of High School. Bittersweet is how I describe it. Jennie and I have been working all summer on my Senior pictures, attempting to get some in every season. Here is a small sample:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



We've been playing around with colors a lot while editing, let me know what you think.


If that post wasnt random enough for you, I don't know what will be.

Peace out, girl scouts:).

Kids Camp 2012!

This past week was packed full of fun! And exhaustion, children (a whole slew), coughs, tummy aches, camp food, and large trees falling on things that large trees should not fall on. What was this occasion, you may ask?

Kids Camp of course!

It was a week well spent with Jennie, Jessica (La La and/or Becca according to Maddie), the Warner kids, and a load of campers.

I have lost sleep, discovered that Jessica is capable of saving my life (four times), gained memories and some shrapnel in my arm.

Sounds like a fantastice week to me!

On Sunday and Monday I was a counselor for Kids Alive. This was a two day one night mini camp for the first and second graders. We are attempting to prepare the younger kids for a week away from their parents at Kids Camp. I was lucky enough to have Brenda as my co-counselor.

Though blurry, this picture perfectly captures Pastor Paul, the speaker for both camps. He and his wife, Miss Jessica, had an extremely interactive and fun program. I don't think it was possible to get bored in one of his messages!

This is my happy little dinosaur, Maddie. I make this reference to our historic friends because when one lays this small fry down in her crib, the dinosaur noises ensue. It's histerical! She had a bit of a cold this week :(. But sisterooni held through the week better than most of her older counterparts:).

Action Jackson is learning to be a wonderful big brother to Maddie and Sam. He'll be a wonderful daddy someday.

This is probably the only time that Sam was sitting still long enough for me to take a picture. Isn't he so sweet? Inside is a little ball of energy that doesn't understand that kittens don't enjoy being grabbed around the neck. He'll learn:).


I'm missing three of my Warner kids in this post. They were only seen by us adults at meal time and bed time. Bailie was a camper and Rylie and Lillie were galavanting through camp most of the week. They love it there, as do I!

And then there's this lovely lady. Jessica. She and I tag teamed all week as we watched the kids while Jennie tended to her camp manager wife duties:). She serves Jennie well, as her niece and her assistant during camps. 20 days and she'll be at it again (and I may be joining her!).



It's been real. Thank you to all of the behind the scenes workers at camp as well as the directors. You all did a great job!

Peace out, girl scouts.