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!

catch up, life, pictures!

life has a way of spinning ahead of my days, leaving me in a daze. I look at the calender and wonder at how in the world it could be almost NOVEMBER! what happened to my august, and september.... and october! theres a song that says

 "I love this crazy, tragic,
Sometimes almost magic,
Awful, beautful life "

 

that pretty much sums it up! - so im going to try to re-enter blogger land. God always puts so much on my heart, and I want to be sharing it with yall! but right now im going to do a quick snyopsis (btw thats one of my intelligent sounding words that makes me feel intelligent when I use it!) ... any - where was I?? oh yes. I'm going to give you a snyopsis of some of the amazing things that have happened this past few months! (mainly pictures of times with friends!) so enjoy.

 

 

I love remembering good times! *my dear sweet friend* (<*said with a nice southern accent) sharon flew from the land of far far way to visit me! it was so much fun to spend time together! a few highlights include crying out eyes out while making salsa (the onions had an effect on us), we also went horse back riding, had a movie night, spent time with church family, went thrift store shopping, and much more! - memories forever!!! love you sharon!!!

♥ Melmo and I ♥

 

 got my picture taken with trevor brazil! :) um... he's pretty awesome!

 

 Lindsay sears is my all time favorite barrel racer! Im so happy i got my picture taken with her! (and she signed my belt buckle which made me really happy to! :D

 



after the rodeo our group went to village in for a couple hours :)

 

*Lizzy & I went trail riding for a day! we had a BLAST!

 

♥ Kelsi & I ♥ (I love that girl!)

 

even though I dont have a pict of us together :( I have enjoyed spending so much time over the summer with patey and her horse fleeter!!! spending time with friends with horses equals intense happyness!

 

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then most recently - time with Bekah!

 

 

 

 

the major hightlights of time with Bekah would be laughing, crying, photoshoots, riding, training, and racing horses, working cows, treating wounds, shopping, looking through western magazines, doing devotions together, praying, long long long talks, making big huge pancakes and so much more! ... we can really pack a bunch into 2 days!

 

so basically I love love love spending time with friends! God has been so good to bless my life with them, and I love the pictures, and the memories and special times! so I didnt want to not post them!

 

 

 



CoFfEe!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just wanted to do a fun little post on coffee ;) (imagine that! lol)

"Instant human - just add coffee"

"Sleep is a symptom of coffee deprivation

"Latte is italian for "you paid to much""

"Caffeine isnt a drug, its a vitamin!"

Made me LOL

(Brandon, Skylar, and I were sitting around the table trying to decide what we wanted to make for supper)

Koda - "Lets make pancakes, and bacon! bacon sounds sooooo good!!!!!"

Skylar - "naaa... I dont want bacon"

Koda - "WHY!!!????"

Skylar - "I already have a bacon taste in my mouth.......... It came from the cookie dough"

I

Love

My

Little

Bro.

♥

overwhelmed

My heart is so moved. As I set the table and finished preparing supper my brothers had an episode of Oddesey playing. While I was going in and out of the dining room, I caught a few glitches of the story. It was about Connie and Eugene going in the imagine nation station back to the story of Jesus. At the very end 2 statements were made during the story that brought tears to my eyes.

The first statement was made by one of the wise men as they seen baby Jesus he said “is this the one brings hope to the whole world” just imagine! JESUS Christ! Even as a little new born baby—brought hope to the world… He IS the hope of the world!! I am so humbled. I just can’t find words to describe how grateful I am that Jesus has given me hope. Without Him I would be nothing.

The ending statement was simply this “we have a reason to live, that’s worth dying for” wow! The end times have been on my mind often. And honestly sometimes it scares me! Will I be able to stand for Christ like the brave ones who have done so before? Even at the cost of life? But “we have a reason to live, that’s worth dying for” Jesus Christ is so fulfilling! He is everything we need! He is on the throne! Im so thankful that I can completely trust in Him! I am completly overwhelmed with how amazing God is, and how undeserving I am of the hope, love, mercy, grace, and forgiveness that is so freely given me!

Whew. Well I just had to jot that down! My heart is so full! And I have a very limited about of words to try to describe that! Thank You Jesus!

Snow Days

I know! It has been forever since I have posted anything! (except for the video) so im sorry about that! iv actually been kinda outta blog ideas! lol but heres some pictures that we took with us and the horses in the snow! It was fun so enjoy! I'll try to post again soon!

This ^^ is one of my FAVORITES! I totally love it!

and this ^ is like my all time fav picture of sapphire!! ♥

my awesome bro and his georgous amazing horse! :D

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

and of course cowgirl and I!!! :D she is such a sweety!

ridiculous, random, and.... radical? IDK

ok so failed attempt at a great title with bunches of words starting with "R" :/ I dont really have my dads gift for coming up with big intellegent sounding words all starting with the same letter! but no matter, just because I cant ever think of intellegent words doesnt mean that im not intellegent right??? ...okey moving on!

Well I could not come up anything "INCREDIBLE" to post. so this might be a little weird... oh well.

welcome to the random life of KODA

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  Gideon (our new horse) is absoutly wonderful! Brandon is doing a fantastic job training him. with in 5 days of having him I jumped on and rode him. He is doing very well with ground work accepting the saddle, and tarps, and he absoutly adores people!

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  also a friend mentioned that I should tell yall about how the gal is doing, that got hurt in the rodeo. She is ok, I know she was able to go home that night. so praise the Lord!
  


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  The Lord has shown me, that his protection is never ending! when something "should have" been so fatal God is so good! I cant even express my thankfullness for Gods protecting hand!
  


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  I have also been dwelling on the verse "We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted but not forsaken, cast down, but not destroyed" (2 Corinthians 4:8-9) my thoughts are constantly returning to those comforting words! how thankful I am that the Lord put them in the bible for me! and I am incredibly thankful for the Hope that we have in Jesus Christ! PTL
  


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  so for now thats all I have! Im leaving for colorado to enjoy a week full of intense photography learning, and picture taking!!! also... supper dupper excited to meet Jess!!!

unashamed of the gospel

"I am part of the fellowship of the unashamed.
The dye has been cast. The decision has been made.
I have stepped over the line.
I won't look back, let up, slow down, or back away.

My past is redeemed, my present makes sense,
my future, is secure. I'm finished with low living,
sight walking, small planning, smooth knees,
tamed visions, mundane talking, cheap giving and dwarfed goals.

I no longer need pre-eminence, prosperity, position, promotions,
plaudits, or popularity. I don't have to be right,
first, tops, recognized, praised, regarded, or rewarded.
I now live by faith, lean on His presence,
walk with patience, live by prayer and labor with power.

My face is set, my gait is fast my goal is Heaven,
my road is narrow, my way is rough, my companions are few,
my guide is reliable, my mission is clear.
I can not be bought, compromised, detoured, lured away,
turned back, deluded, or delayed. I will not flinch in
the face of sacrifice, hesitate in the presence of the
adversary, negotiate at the table of the enemy, ponder at the
pool of popularity, or meander in the maze of mediocrity.

I won't give up, shut up, let up,
until I have stayed up, stored up, prayed up, paid up,
spoken for the case of Christ. I am a disciple of Jesus Christ.
I must go till He comes, give till I drop, preach till all know,
and work till He stops me.

My banner is clear. I am a part of the fellowship of the unashamed."

I read this and it really encouraged me! I guess it was supposedly written by an African Christian, before he was martyered for the faith. I pray that as Christian- we would truely live like this. forget a life of ease, fitting in, comfort, and worldly pleasures! God is so worth everything that we have! He's worth living for, He's worth dieing for!!!

RODEO!!!!

Rodeo day!!!! it was such an AMAZING day! praise the Lord for no rain so we could do it in the out door arena!!! the horses did fantastic!! im so thankful that Kelsi, Mel, Timo, Abby and theyre cousin Alexis came to watch! also, Cowgirl, Sapphire, and Gizmo were very grateful to kelsi, for picking us up some fly spray!!!!! what in the world would i do with out the martins???????? i have no clue lol! :D

also..... i am EXTREMELY thankful to Melanie Martin for taking some wonderfully AMAZING pictures for me!!! she did a fantastic job!!! thank you melmo!!!!! (yall can check out her blog -- Mels Imagine Nation-- )

im so thankful for the Lords healing hand on Gizmo, and that we had NO problems with his ringbone today!

SOOOOOOO thankful for that big huge ice cream cone!!!! it was G.O.O.D!!!!