Devyn's graduation

A few weeks ago Devyn graduated from preschool :)

I didn't get to be there, but we sent Mom with the camera!

Sitting with Daddy because she was nervous...

Daddy didn't enjoy that at all ;)

Presentation :) Ah, preschool graduations are so fun!
The kids absolutely melt you heart!

I had just went to one a few days earlier and loved it!
:D So cute! What a little ham!
Aww!

Josh and the kids ;)

Very True...

"Enemy-occupied territory is what the world is."
~C. S. Lewis~

Trust Him...

Trust Him when dark doubts assail thee,

Trust Him when thy strength is small,

Trust Him when to simply trust Him

Seems the hardest thing of all.

Trust Him, He is ever faithful,

Trust Him, for His will is best,

Trust Him for the heart of Jesus

Is the only place of rest.

~Anonymous~

Part of a really neat poem...

It's part of an epic style poem so it doesn't rhyme...
But I really liked it, so I thought I'd post part of it.
Here goes!

Henceforth I learn, that to obey is best,
And love with fear the only God, to walk
As in his presence, ever to observe
His providence, and on him sole depend,
Merciful over all his works, with good
Still overcoming evil, and by small
Accomplishing great things, by things deemed weak
Subverting worldly strong, and worldly wise
By simply meek; by suffering for Truth's sake
Is fortitude to highest victory.....

The poem it's from is: Paradise Lost, by John Milton.

Too funny!

So, I'm at Grandpa's tonight, and he makes a comment
about me taking something home and planting it on
"the farm", when I asked which farm he was referring
to he said "Eldena!"
I didn't realize I lived on a "farm"!
You learn something new everyday... =)

Good Thought.

Virtue is praised, but hated. People run from it, for it
is ice-cold and in this world you have to keep your feet warm.
~Denis Diderot~

Someday.

~Philippians 3:20-21~
But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ
lives. And we are eagerly waiting for him to return as our
Savior. He will take these weak mortal bodies of ours and
change them into glorious bodies like his own, using the same
mighty power that he will use to conquer everything, everywhere.

~1 Corinthians 15:42-44~
It is the same way for the resurrection of the dead. Our earthly
bodies, which die and decay will be different when they are
resurrected, for they will never die. Our bodies now disappoint
us, but when they are raised, they will be full of glory. They are
weak now, but when they are raised, they will be full of power.
They are natural human bodies now, but when they are raised,
they will be spiritual bodies. For just as there are natural bodies,
so also there are spiritual bodies.

~1 Cor. 15:54-56~
When this happens - when our perishable earthly bodies have
been transformed into heavenly bodies that will never die - then
at last the Scriptures will come true: "Death is swallowed up in
victory. O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your
sting?"

~2 Cor. 5:1,2,4, & 5.~
For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down,
when we die and leave these bodies, we will have a home in heaven,
an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands.
We grow weary in our present bodies, and we long for the day when
we will put on our heavenly bodies like new clothing. For we will not
be spirits without bodies, but we will put on new heavenly bodies.
Our dying bodies make us groan and sigh, but it's not that we want
to die and have no bodies at all. We want to slip into our new bodies
so that these dying bodies will be swallowed up by everlasting life.
God himself has prepared us for this, and as a guarantee he has given
us his Holy Spirit.

~1 Peter 2:11~
Dear brothers and sisters, you are foreigners and aliens here. So I
warn you to keep away from evil desires because they fight against
your very souls.

~Revelation 21:4~
He will remove all of their sorrows, and there will be no more death
or sorrow or crying or pain. For the old world and its evils are gone
forever.

New Pictures.

Well, what can I say, there are MAJOR perks to having

a sister who uses an awesome camera!

The other day Crystal brought home her work camera

and of course I had to get some pictures...

So I thought my violin was a good subject to photograph :)

And I do so like to mess with the colors and contrast of

really cool pictures, so here are a couple "neat" ones.

The colors in this one remind me of a sci-fi thing =)
Hmm, not much to say about this one...

;) My new facebook profile pic.
Um, OH YEAH! I love this one!!!

And this one reminds me of a *slightly out of focus* display

picture. Did I happen to mention that I really like my violin??

Well, I do.

Anyway.

People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If you do good, people may accuse you of selfish motives.
Do good anyway.
If you are successful, you may win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable.
Be honest and transparent anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.
People who really want help may attack you if you help them.
Help them anyway.
Give the world the best you have and you may get hurt.
Give the world your best anyway.
~Author Unknown~

Good Quote From An Awesome Person!

Life is a hard fight, a struggle, a wrestling with the
principle of evil, hand to hand, foot to foot.
Every inch of the way is disputed.
The night is given us to take breath, to pray, to drink
deep at the fountain of power.
The day, to use the strength which has been given us,
to go forth to work with it till the evening.
~Florence Nightingale~

Meet D. L. GrinGrin

Hahaha! At the beginning of April, Rachel and I got our

Driver's Licences!! (D.L. GrinGrin)

After both passing the driver's test on the first time!!! :D:D

We drove over to pick up Mom (who was having lunch with

friends) and then went to get the red car which we had so

cleverly left at Gpa's house house the day before.

We were quite excited about our first "adult less" drive!

And of course our parents, had to document... :)
We decided to drive to the Z's house to show Zoe...
And then ended up taking her for a drive!

Heeere we go!

Our parents' tearful goodbye... :D Yahoo!!

So, now that its been a month, the newness has worn off of

driving solo... I like driving though (and if I'm solo I can listen

to music as loud as I want...)

Here's to new adventures!!!