"this is what we do at camp"

Taylor does a "vine" video everyday and this is one that we did when messin before we had to get seirous  :D kinda fun and I thought id post it for yall to see!

Ride

A Little Bit of Camp

so... Im not even going to look at the date of my last post. its ridiculous I know! anyway im still here!!! heres a few pictures of what iv been up to lately!

This is Christine. She is one of the wranglers at the camp this year... and I think she's pretty cool!

This is Rick. He's flat out awesome, and he makes my day every day!!! (and he has way to much fun poppin wheelies in that bob cat!)

This is Taylor! She has been at camp in years past, and is majorly incredible at cleaning the barn, and helping us organize! and she's just way fun to have around!

pony'ing horses!!! (some go up to another part of camp)

hangin out in the office!

the beautiful isle of the barn and all the ponys waiting for their breakfast!

I still owe yall a lot more pictures and blog posts! but heres a start!

Senior Portraits

For my photography class assignment this week I had to do a "senior portrait shoot" of a girl and a guy. here are the 8 images that I turned in of each shoot!

Guy

 

 

Girl

 



Pictures That Describe Me.

Last week for my photography assignment I had to take a "self portrait" of me, without taking a picture of "me" so here are the 5 images that I submitted for my class that describe me! tell me what you think!

 

actually 6 pictures! I didnt turn in the one of my boots, but I wanted to stick it on here anyway!

do you think they portray me, and who I am, and what I love?

or maybe if you dont know me, but your stopping by my blog! you know a little bit more about me now!

Beautiful

Isn't Gods creation so incredible? That is one of the reasons why I absolutely love to photograph! But would you believe I almost completely missed out on the beauty in the pictures that I took above? The night before my daddy took us out on a family date and we had lots of fun shooting at an indoor range, then going to village inn for hot chocolate and coffee while we talked and laughed together. It was really late when we got home, and I just wanted to sleep. Trust me, I did not feel like crawling out of bed early Saturday morning! but I quickly changed my mind when I was struck with awe at the "winter wonderland" that enveloped me outside! absolutely everything was covered in a thick crisp frost. It was beautiful to say in the least! I had a blast driving the truck around capturing different scenes of the world around me.

After I got home and thawed out - I began looking through the pictures I had taken, and reflecting once again on how beautiful Gods hand in creation is. I also thought more about - what if I had slept in and missed this? The frost didn't last long after the sun came up, and I was so thankful that I was able to enjoy this unique beauty while it lasted.

Have you ever thought about the things that we may have missed out on? Do we let the busyness of life, and other "priorities" distract us from things that God is trying to do or show us? Its so easy to get caught up in frivolous things, that we miss Gods "still small voice" that is calling, and leading us. I sure don't want to fill my life with meaningless "things" and miss out on the bigger purpose that God has for my life!

Its a choice

A Single's Valentine

Happy Single's Awareness Day!

Have You Thanked God?

have you ever thought about the fact that we should thank God for hard things? yeiks right? that's hard to do. but seriously. are we thankful for Guilt? are we thankful for Un-answered prayers? have we ever even considered thanking God for inconveniences? or hardship and struggles? sounds tough hu? but what if we think about it this way.

without Guilt - how would we ever see ourselves as sinners in need of a savior? how would we know that we've offended a holy and righteous God? and what would prod us to do right, or to get things right with God?

have you ever thought that "Un-answered prayers" might actually have been answered? has it donned on us that God can be working behind the scenes and in front of the scenes? we just may not know it!? and Gods timing is ultimately the best.

what if inconveniences have "occurred" for our benefit, or protection? so you had to turn around and get something that you forgot, and you were already running late. Or the stupid train stopped in front of you. What if God purposefully directed those incidents to protect us from harm?

Hardship and struggles doesn't mean God is trying to beat us down. The trying of our faith is precious to the Lord!     "1Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

I guess thats just been on my mind lately. thanking God for hard things throws a different perspective where we are in life, and how much God has really blessed us!