Saturday, May 14, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Photo Shoot with the W. Family
A few weeks ago, my friend Maria U. and I went to the W. family's home to do a photo shoot!! They had just had a new baby a week ago, and they named her Hannah Grace. :-) They also have two young children - Samantha, and Ethan. Even though I am far from a professional photographer, I enjoy it and I learned a lot taking their pictures!
My camera is a Canon Rebel XS, and I used both Adobe Photoshop Elements and Picasa to edit the pictures. Enjoy!
My camera is a Canon Rebel XS, and I used both Adobe Photoshop Elements and Picasa to edit the pictures. Enjoy!
Monday, May 2, 2011
2011 North Carolina Trip
I have some pictures up on Picasa Web Albums from my recent trip for anyone who's interested in viewing them. :-) I took a lot, so I decided to put them in an album so those of you who aren't interested don't have to be bored by 186 pictures on my blog. lol :-) Anyway, CLICK HERE to view them!
Here's an overview of what I did each day so you understand the pictures better.
April 15th: The U. family picked me up early that morning. The roads were really icy - their van was fishtailing at 35mph!! Thankfully by the time they got to our place the roads were better. Sadly, we heard later that a young couple in SD (friends of our friends) got in a car accident that same day, and the wife died and the husband nearly died, but he is now on the road to recovery. You can find out more on the CaringBridge site.
We arrived later in the day at the W. family's home (near the twin cities) and really enjoyed getting to know them! We spent the night here, and went to bed late after jamming and doing devotions together!
April 16th: We left super early this morning, and made it to Indiana by early evening. We tented in the 40 degree weather but stayed warm with sleeping bags, sweatshirts, and wool blankets! That was fun!
April 17th: We made it all the way to North Carolina! We stayed at Josh and Olivia's house (Olivia is the U. family's oldest sister/daughter) and it was SO much fun to see their two ADORABLE little boys!! I really enjoyed seeing their cute home and visiting with the family again.
April 18th: On their way to the ocean, the U. family dropped me at my Uncle Tim and Aunt Lauri's home. It was Uncle Tim's birthday that week, and he had NO CLUE I was coming! Of course Aunt Lauri had known for a while. :-) He was SHOCKED to see me - he said his first thought was "You look a lot like Hannah." Of course he knew it really was me, but his brain was telling him I should be in Minnesota, not North Carolina!! lol! :-) We had a nice day of walking, running an errand, and relaxing at home.
April 19th: Uncle Tim and Aunt Lauri took me to the Biltmore Estate! http://www.biltmore.com/. It was SO interesting and a lot of fun! I really enjoyed seeing such a historical place. We drove 2 1/2 hours into the mountains to tour the Biltmore Estate, so the drive was gorgeous! So different compared to how FLAT it is around here! ;-)
April 20th: On this day we visited a large JAARS complex - complete with housing, museums, a daycare, a dentist, airplane hangars and more! The Alphabet museum is one of only two in the world (the other is in Israel) and it was free! The neatest thing about this whole place was that the focus was on spreading the Gospel, and Cameron Townsend (who started Wycliffe Bible Translators) and his wife are buried here. Wow! How inspiring!
April 21th: Aunt Lauri volunteers at the Billy Graham Library once a week, and Uncle Tim also volunteers around Christmas time (when they have lots of beautiful decorations and sleigh rides)! We decided to visit it on our last day together! If you ever visit NC, this Library (really more like a museum) is a MUST - it is completely free, and I believe it brings people to the Lord every day! Each presentation is so professional and well done, and I enjoyed seeing the new things they had put up, along with everything I had already seen when I had visited it in 2009. It's a wonderful, peaceful place, and one of my favorite things was the music playing in the speakers outside scattered throughout the flowers! It was heavenly! :-)
Uncle Tim and Aunt Lauri took me to the airport hangout, and then dropped me off at Josh and Olivia's place. My four days with them were so much fun - we made lots of memories! We did a lot more than just what I wrote here, including eating birthday cake, watching a documentary on Yellowstone National Park, and lots more! My accommodations were super nice, and I had a great time . . . thanks Uncle Tim and Aunt Lauri for EVERYTHING!!
April 22nd: The U. family and I left very early to make it to Missouri. After a few stops and a bad storm, we finally made it to their cousins home that evening! I enjoyed visiting with them and us girls tried to stay up late chatting . . . but we drifted off to sleep one by one. :-)
April 23rd: We left the cousins' home this morning and drove all the way to our home state of Minnesota! I had such a blast talking, laughing, singing, laughing, eating, laughing, listening to music, and laughing with the U. family all the way to NC and back!!! :-) We had so much fun talking in our newly acquired Southern accents! ha!
I am so thankful to the Lord for allowing me the opportunity of going on this trip, and for the safety and overall good health we all experienced! Thank you to everyone who was extremely hospitable and encouraging to me! :-)
Here's an overview of what I did each day so you understand the pictures better.
April 15th: The U. family picked me up early that morning. The roads were really icy - their van was fishtailing at 35mph!! Thankfully by the time they got to our place the roads were better. Sadly, we heard later that a young couple in SD (friends of our friends) got in a car accident that same day, and the wife died and the husband nearly died, but he is now on the road to recovery. You can find out more on the CaringBridge site.
We arrived later in the day at the W. family's home (near the twin cities) and really enjoyed getting to know them! We spent the night here, and went to bed late after jamming and doing devotions together!
April 16th: We left super early this morning, and made it to Indiana by early evening. We tented in the 40 degree weather but stayed warm with sleeping bags, sweatshirts, and wool blankets! That was fun!
April 17th: We made it all the way to North Carolina! We stayed at Josh and Olivia's house (Olivia is the U. family's oldest sister/daughter) and it was SO much fun to see their two ADORABLE little boys!! I really enjoyed seeing their cute home and visiting with the family again.
April 18th: On their way to the ocean, the U. family dropped me at my Uncle Tim and Aunt Lauri's home. It was Uncle Tim's birthday that week, and he had NO CLUE I was coming! Of course Aunt Lauri had known for a while. :-) He was SHOCKED to see me - he said his first thought was "You look a lot like Hannah." Of course he knew it really was me, but his brain was telling him I should be in Minnesota, not North Carolina!! lol! :-) We had a nice day of walking, running an errand, and relaxing at home.
April 19th: Uncle Tim and Aunt Lauri took me to the Biltmore Estate! http://www.biltmore.com/. It was SO interesting and a lot of fun! I really enjoyed seeing such a historical place. We drove 2 1/2 hours into the mountains to tour the Biltmore Estate, so the drive was gorgeous! So different compared to how FLAT it is around here! ;-)
April 20th: On this day we visited a large JAARS complex - complete with housing, museums, a daycare, a dentist, airplane hangars and more! The Alphabet museum is one of only two in the world (the other is in Israel) and it was free! The neatest thing about this whole place was that the focus was on spreading the Gospel, and Cameron Townsend (who started Wycliffe Bible Translators) and his wife are buried here. Wow! How inspiring!
April 21th: Aunt Lauri volunteers at the Billy Graham Library once a week, and Uncle Tim also volunteers around Christmas time (when they have lots of beautiful decorations and sleigh rides)! We decided to visit it on our last day together! If you ever visit NC, this Library (really more like a museum) is a MUST - it is completely free, and I believe it brings people to the Lord every day! Each presentation is so professional and well done, and I enjoyed seeing the new things they had put up, along with everything I had already seen when I had visited it in 2009. It's a wonderful, peaceful place, and one of my favorite things was the music playing in the speakers outside scattered throughout the flowers! It was heavenly! :-)
Uncle Tim and Aunt Lauri took me to the airport hangout, and then dropped me off at Josh and Olivia's place. My four days with them were so much fun - we made lots of memories! We did a lot more than just what I wrote here, including eating birthday cake, watching a documentary on Yellowstone National Park, and lots more! My accommodations were super nice, and I had a great time . . . thanks Uncle Tim and Aunt Lauri for EVERYTHING!!
April 22nd: The U. family and I left very early to make it to Missouri. After a few stops and a bad storm, we finally made it to their cousins home that evening! I enjoyed visiting with them and us girls tried to stay up late chatting . . . but we drifted off to sleep one by one. :-)
April 23rd: We left the cousins' home this morning and drove all the way to our home state of Minnesota! I had such a blast talking, laughing, singing, laughing, eating, laughing, listening to music, and laughing with the U. family all the way to NC and back!!! :-) We had so much fun talking in our newly acquired Southern accents! ha!
I am so thankful to the Lord for allowing me the opportunity of going on this trip, and for the safety and overall good health we all experienced! Thank you to everyone who was extremely hospitable and encouraging to me! :-)
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Update 2
Howdy, y'all! As ya kin maybe till, I've been down south!! :-) On Friday, April 15th, I left with some friends for North Carolina, where they went to visit their sister/daughter, and I went to visit my aunt and uncle (I surprised my uncle for his birthday)!! I have lots of exciting stories and pictures from the trip . . . and they will be coming soon! I am working on editing the pictures and then I hope to put them up on a web album, since there are so many. :-)
I hope y'all had a blessed Easter!
I hope y'all had a blessed Easter!
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Update
Hello, blog readers! I wanted to give a quick update and let you all know I'm sorry I couldn't get the below pictures to work (hopefully I'll be able to fix that later) . . . and also, things are super busy around here the next couple weeks, so you may not hear from me for a little while! :-)
I hope you all have a very blessed Easter remembering our Saviour's death, burial, and resurrection!
I hope you all have a very blessed Easter remembering our Saviour's death, burial, and resurrection!
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Trinity Bible College Reunion
NOTE: The pictures would not come through right, and I tried to upload them again, but that didn't work either, so I will have to post a couple pictures from our weekend in Ellendale another time! I apologize! I'll just leave the words below, even though they may be hard to understand without pictures . . . . hopefully blogger will be working later when I have some time to work on this! :-)
This past weekend our family took an overnight trip to Ellendale, ND, for a Trinity Bible College reunion! My parents met there 26 years ago - Dad went there two years, and mom went there one and received her MRS degree. :-)
This past weekend our family took an overnight trip to Ellendale, ND, for a Trinity Bible College reunion! My parents met there 26 years ago - Dad went there two years, and mom went there one and received her MRS degree. :-)
Of course us kids had no clue who was who, but we enjoyed meeting some of mom and dad's old friends! They knew some really great people. They both enjoyed going to TBC so much! And just think, if the Lord wouldn't have led them each to attend there, I wouldn't be here!!!!! :-)
Mr. Kapelle (below) came with his wife and youngest daughter Kalli (above, with Lydia and Ethan). The two lumps on the left picture is Lydia and Kalli enjoying the warmth under the blanket!! :-)
Dad enjoyed practicing some basketball for an alumni game, and it was great for him to see people he hadn't seen in 15 years!
Mom and Mrs. Kapelle enjoyed just relaxing and visiting. :-)
Here I am, taking the picture below this one . . .
. . . of Ethan and his new friend!!
You'll never guess who was the mascot . . . yep, it was Ethan's new friend! :-) Ethan was so excited to find out who was actually in the lion!! lol :-)
Saturday afternoon, there was a girls' alumni basketball game. Mom was a cheerleader back in the days, but no, she didn't do any cheerleading at this reunion. :-)
Dad probably wouldn't admit it, but he was a STAR basketball player when he attended Trinity (and we still have the trophies to prove it)!!! He really enjoyed playing the alumni men's game! A lot of my pictures turned out blurry, but here are a few of him enjoying the game (and practice beforehand).
Awww . . . aren't they sweet?! They'll be celebrating 25 years of marriage on October 4th this year!Mr. Bob Tatum was dad's basketball and football coach 27 years ago (dad only played two football games as quarterback because he was sacked by a huge guy and broke his arm)! He played a big part in dad's life, and it was great for the two of them to see each other again.
That evening there was a wonderful banquet with a Qudoba buffet, games for the kids, and a nice ceremony. Below is mom and dad with the Kapelles.
In this picture, I told Daniel to lean forward and Ethan to lean backwards . . . and I guess that's what they did! (brothers!!)
Three people (including Mr. Tatum, below with Mrs. Tatum) were inducted into the TBC Hall of Fame. It was a touching evening!
Mr. Tatum with some football players he had coached.
All because two people fell in love at Trinity Bible College . . . . . .
Monday, March 28, 2011
Unreached Peoples
This video (which I found on my friends Rachel's site under statistics) really spoke to me, so I wanted to share it!! :-) Yes, I've thought of this issue a lot before, but what have I DONE about it? I pray that the Lord will help me to be courageous and take action in sharing the Gospel with the lost around me!
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