le happy

"heaven is for real"

no homework

jamie-grace

newborn babies

"morning glory"

hugs from my brother

scented germ-x

a growing truck fund

singing

"captain america"

movie nights

laughing...a lot

beautiful fall colored trees

this picture:

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{Linking up over at Jocee's blog.}

What's making you happy today?

iLove Favorites

Thanks again to everyone who entered!  All your photos were lovely and I really enjoyed looking at them.  Once again, it was difficult to narrow it down, but here are four of my favorites:

Jennoelle from Unoriginal Originality

Emily Grace from Emily Grace Photography

Anna from God's Tomboy

Carli Nicole from Reflections

Which is your favorite?

Again, thank you everybody for participating!  I had fun and hope you all did too.  iLove will be back the first Monday of November. :)

M.O.R.E.

Anybody out there have a cell phone?  Anybody out there enjoy texting?  If you answered yes, then I'd like to share this with you. :)


Several months ago, a friend of mine, KayCee, and I started exchanging scripture verses through text message everyday.  We wanted to encourage one another before we headed off to school.  A couple months ago she shared with me that she had been sending my scripture verses to other people she thought needed it.  I was blown away.  Was a simple text message making a difference in some one's life?


Now, jump back to church camp this year in June.  We learned about "The Beyond Effect".  It's combining your passion, with your burden for the cause of Christ.  After camp, I realized that I wanted to do something.  Something more.  I just didn't know what.  Then God placed an idea in my mind.  Here's a little math equation to explain:

Talking to my friends (my passion...it's something I love doing) + Teens like me who need encouragement (my burden) = My cause for Christ

That's when the idea of M.O.R.E. came to me.  M.O.R.E. = Mobile OutReach Everyday.  A daily scripture verse that you can sign up for...for free.  If you'd like to go ahead and sign up now, here's where you can:

Or you can also go HERE and check out my Broadtexter page and sign up there.


I want to let you know that your phone number will be kept completely private.  No one will be able to see it.


Would you be interested in this?  Maybe some of your friends?  I'd love to know your thoughts. :)

iLove

Hello everybody!  Welcome back to iLove!  I hope you all had fun with the challenge last time.  I know I did. :)  And I hope you all are ready for this week!


Here's my entry:

iLove the beach.  (Betcha didn't see that coming!  Haha!)

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Rules:

• One photo per blog/person
• The photo must be taken by you.
• Please link back to my blog with the button above or a link.
• Keep your photography pleasing to the Lord.
• Have fun! :)

Footsteps in Florida: Saying Good-Bye

We arrived home yesterday afternoon.  But before leaving the sunshine state we had to say our good-byes.

good-bye...house.

good-bye...barefeet in the sand.

good-bye...walking (and running) on the beach.

good-bye...Florida sun.

good-bye...ocean.

'Til next year!

{Note: Photos without my watermark were taken by my daddy.}

Footsteps in Florida: Being a Tourist

We took a couple of afternoons and went out to some outlet malls for one of my favorite things...shopping.  We had a lot of fun!

{Credited to my dad.}

 There were palm trees everywhere.  Even one in our front yard.  Love it!

Cold Stone Creamery...yum!

{Linking up ^this photo in Mary Ann's photo challenge and Allie's photo challenge.}

{Linking up ^this photo in Francesca's photo challenge.}

One of my favorite stores. <3

Lots of fun!

More soon...you all have a great night and weekend!

iLove Favorites

Thank you bunches to everyone who entered this week!  I loved looking through all the pictures and they were great!  Here are some of my favorites:

Lily from Belle Fleur Photography

Jennoelle from Unoriginal Originality

Eve from Essence of Eve

Caitlin from A Stitch In Time

Congratulations everybody!  And thanks so much again to everybody that entered!  Hope to 'see' you all back on Monday! :)


What are your all's favorites?


{Note: By the way, I know the linky was kinda messed up last week.  I'll try and have that back to normal for Monday.}

Footsteps in Florida: Beach Days

We're here in Florida 'til Friday and I plan on making the beach my second home.  I'm absolutely loving it!

Haha!  Buried in the sand. ;)

What's your favorite photo?


{Note: The pictures without my watermark on them were taken by my daddy.}


Hope everybody's having a wonderful fall break! :) 

Footsteps in Florida: Road Trip & First Times

Road trip equals...

ten hours in the car.

napping on the way.

squished in the backseat with my sister.

music.

laughter.

bumpy roads.

books.

PB&J.

Yep that's a road trip. ;)  But we're here!  We arrived at our resort house yesterday afternoon and got settled in.  Then...we took a trip to the beach.  It was the very first time to see the ocean for my siblings and me.

I have fallen in love.  It's absolutely beautiful!


More to come soon... :)

Growth

Emily Grace is having a photo challenge over at her photography blog called Growth.  What you do is find a photo you took last year and re-take it to see how you've improved with your photography.  I thought it sounded fun, so here we go! :)

Here's a photo I took, gosh, not last year but several years ago.  No laughing, ok?

Yes...I did take this.  *blush*  This is me when I was probably 13 or 14.

And here's a photo that I took over the summer...

Definitely a bit of growth there I think. ;)