10 November 2009
Are you ready for A Homemade Christmas? Last year I started a meme for others to post about what gifts they were making for Christmas. This year will be a little bit different. There will be four two week periods, and they begin next Tuesday, November 17th. This time you can post about gifts and recipes, decorations, and any thing that has to do with giving to others and making the home special for Christmas. Stay tuned for more information!
My aunt Lou made the quilt above for my aunt Glenna. Lou has been making quilts for quite a while, and she made the beautiful quilt here for my momma. Lately she has been working on several knitting projects (as well as her daughter), and has inspired my sister and I to start knitting again.
In the past I have knitted, but after finding out that I was had been doing it wrong (actually backwards) I retired to crocheting (the good ol’ standby). Now that I have picked knitting back up—and am doing it the correct way—I am thoroughly enjoying it! I have began working on a pair of green fingerless gloves.
If you have any left-over home-directed magazines, you might wish to cut the pictures out and make note cards! I received this dear card and envelope from Monica at The Homespun Heart, which gave me an idea as to what to do with the pages I have collected of inspirations from magazines. You may also like decoupaging something special.
And now that Christmas is only forty days away, you can start preparing to have a homemade Christmas . . . and don’t forget to enter your posts in the meme (starting Nov. 17th)!
2 November 2009
Brian and Lindsay were the first (and so far the only) couple who courted that we were able to watch first-hand. Their commitment to remain pure in their relationship was beautiful and that purity manifested itself on their wedding day.
On October 3rd, 2009, they were married. It was a day I will never forget.
The beautiful bride awaiting the moment when she would join the love of her life.
The bride with her bridesmaids (who were her younger sisters).
The ceremony was one that glorified God, both through the message and this dear couple’s commitment to keeping their relationship Christ-centered.
Primo bacio. First kiss.
The very happy couple.
These photos were taken near where Brian proposed to Lindsay four months earlier.
That day was a wonderful day.
It was the beginning of a marriage and the start of a new family
who is dedicated to serving the Lord in all things.
We consider ourselves blessed to have been involved in such a Christ-honoring occasion. Daddy was a groomsman, Momma helped with the food, Breezy played
the piano (and even composed the piece for the bride’s entrance),
and I was privileged to photograph their special day.
1 November 2009
This past summer and the beginning of Autumn have disappeared very quickly! We will never have those months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, or seconds back. Once they are lived they are never to be re-lived. What a reminder to constantly acknowledge the One that grants us life!
Every second, minute, hour, day, week, and month must be devoted to serving our Savior Jesus Christ wholeheartedly! We do not know what tomorrow will bring, but we can live this moment for Christ and the glory of our Creator.
“Do not boast about tomorrow,
For you do not know what a day may bring forth.”
Proverbs 27:1
“Praise the Lord!
How blessed is the man who fears the Lord,
Who greatly delights in His commandments.
His descendants will be mighty on the earth;
The generation of the upright will be blessed.”
Psalm 112:1-2
May you have a wonderfully blessed November!
