Innermost Aspirations

Apr 22, 2010

Senior Photo Shoot #1

I had lots of fun taking this young lady's senior pictures.

Chellberg Farm is my favorite picture spot in town, so of course I took some shots there!

The rest of these shots were taken on my church's property...

Apr 19, 2010

How Much Do I Love Thee...

How much do I love thee?

Let me count the ways...

SPRING

New life - a reminder that Jesus rose from the tomb and gives us life everlasting!
More daylight
Planting flowers with my mom
Attending my church's annual Preaching Conference
The Grill-master (a.k.a. my Dad) comes out of hibernation
Fresh cut flowers
Picnics
Late nite walks
Sun tea
Practicing the Graduation Program with the kids at work
Celebrating my lil' sister's birthday
French Vanilla Iced Coffee
Blossoming trees
Jacket weather
Driving with my sun-roof open and windows down
Pulling out the flip-flops
Thunderstorms
Did I mention I now have adorable rain boots to combat those thunderstorms?? :)
Shooting hoops with my sisters
The smell of freshly mowed grass

Linking up to my first Mosaic Monday...

Apr 17, 2010

Photography Practice

I borrowed my sister for an hour and we went to Chellberg Farm where I practiced for some upcoming senior pictures I am taking. I may be bias but I think she is gorgeous!!

More Fun with Science

What I've been doing with my kiddies at work...

Experimenting with color

Yellow, green, red, and blue food coloring put in ice cube trays and frozen

Excellent teaching aid for learning about primary colors and mixing colors...

Place two ice cubes in a plastic baggy and let children

rub the cubes together until they melt to make new colors.

Blue + Yellow = Green

Red + Yellow = Orange

Blue + Red = Purple

Rocket Launch!

Getting ready for take off!

Ingredients:

Film Canister

Water

Antacid Tablet

Paper and tape to cover canister

For directions see here.

10.9.8.7.6.5.4.3.2.1....

Blastoff!!!

Oooh...Aahh...

Sheer amazement...

Apr 13, 2010

Conditioning Circumstances

To get up each morning with a resolve to be happy...is to set our own conditions to the events of each day. To do this is to condition circumstances instead of being conditioned by them.

(Ralph Waldo Trine)

A challenge for you...

The alarm goes off interrupting your peaceful sleep and reminding you that another day of work lies ahead. What do you do? How do you feel?

I am not one to jump out of bed, anxious for another day. Instead sometimes I lie there wishing I could just pull the covers over my head and sleep the day away. Recently though I have been challenged to start my mornings different.

So, here it is shared with you:

1. Say to yourself, "Today is going to be a GREAT day!" (I don't usually advocate the power of positive thinking...but if I can do it so can you!)

2. Jot down two things you are thankful for. ( Some place you will see through out your day)

3. Remind yourself when circumstances start to get you down that "Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it."

What I am Thankful for today...

#1 "It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness." Lamentations 3:22-23

#2 My sisters...people with whom I can be myself! :)

Oh, how I love them both. So different, but loved alike!

"I thank my God upon every remembrance of you." Philippians 1:3

Linking up with Emily to Unwrap my Tuesday...

Apr 12, 2010

Crafts from Blogland!

I have never been one to venture out into craft;, the word craft actually used to scare me... That is, until I was introduced to many fun and easy ones through blogland. Here are a few I have tried.

(PS-they are not perfect, so don't look too closely...)

#1 Tile Coasters

these were fun and pretty easy to make-

they make great gifts and are also inexpensive