my toothless angel

…at least, I’m pretty sure he was an angel…

so there we were. my car smoking, my temperature meter reading VERY hot, and no idea what to do.

we wandered into the gas station; one of us on the phone, the other asking for help.

then, my angel appeared.

he was missing his front two teeth, but his heart made up for the lack.

he offered to look at my car, and we more than willingly obliged.

he predicted exactly what was wrong with it, and helped out with a few minor things that needed done.

we drove until Lil started smoking again and then dropped her off at a car repair place. (a Christian one, I might add.. I had no idea they were there)

all is well now, it was just her heat pump/tube thingy that came loose, but as for my angel? i have no idea who he was, and i’m pretty sure i never will. But to him, (and God) I will be forever grateful.

 

  (me, Kandie, and “Lilly-Flagg Cowch” on the day I got “her”)

God’s reasons

the days before my birthday, the forecast was for snow and rain. aka, not driving test weather.

my facebook status the day before was:

If my license test gets canceled tomorrow because of rain or snow, i'm not going to complain. Why? Cause God obviously has a reason.. ♥

and He did have a reason.

It rained Wednesday morning. And snowed. And looked like it would be dreary for the rest of the day.

But it wasn’t. It cleared up. There was a slight breeze, and the sun appeared.

We ended up going that afternoon to the courthouse we weren’t planning on going to. But after getting there, we realized we had the wrong insurance card for my Mom’s vehicle (which I was planning on testing in).

So my Dad drove to the courthouse. The one weren’t planning to go to, but God cleared it up for us to go to. The one very near to my Dad’s work.

I tested in Dad’s truck, passed with no problem (despite not having done a 3-point-turn in his truck before). But I passed.

God had a reason. for the rain, for the snow, for the missing insurance card.

We just had to wait for His timing.

<3

I GOT MY LICENSE!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D

in case you can’t guess,

I GOT MY LICENSE!

it went really well… despite me driving through parking spaces and running into the curb on my 3-point-turn.. haha

but YES.

i’m officially a licensed driver.

happy birthday to myself. :)

<3jen

AHH!! :D

remember that giveaway that I posted about a couple days ago??

WELL, I WON

these adorable coral pink flower hairpin thingies… :D

YAY.

:)

 

just thought I’d share my excitement with you guys.. haha

 

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if you want another giveaway to try, check out this one!

I’m back!!

Sorry for the delay of posting on here.. I’ve been keeping busy on my photography blog. :)

We got snowed in all of last week, but I still didn’t find time to blog. :P Sorry!

BUT here’s a couple pictures that I HAVENT posted on my photography blog. ;)

Have a blessed day.. i’ll finally get around to my multitude monday post soon. :)

GIVEAWAY!! :D

check it out! :)

plus:

WE GOT 7 1/2 INCHES OF SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

pictures to come on my photography blog soon. :))

Hee hee

Well, I finally thought of a name for my photography.

“Breath Captures”

cute, no? I’m pretty excited. ha. i even made a blog. And i’m gonna do the 365 challenge on it in 2011. :)

I went a little crazy yesterday and edited pictures differently than I normally would.. I think I like the way they turned out. ;)

Is it really? Can it be? Is it true?

Wow. Is it really the last day of November?? WHERE DID THIS YEAR GO?!?! This is crazy. Any one else feeling like life is going by way too fast?

My drama play is this next weekend.. if we can pull it off.. haha. just kidding. it’ll go great…… hopefully. :)

If you happen to be near here, check out our play “The Christmas Dilemma.” :)

Anyways, I’m gonna grace you with a few pictures of cast members. :)

<- “Beth” (and I’m gonna do my hair differently for the play.. :) Don’t worry. It’ll look MUCH better)

<- “Charlie” and “Beth”

<- “Anne”

<- “Townspersons”

  <- “Director 2”

<- “Ollie”

  <- “Reverend Hopkins”

<- “Ralph”, “Beth”, and “Alice”

<- “Alice” (<<- all pictures taken by Ashley. YAY!! :D)

 

DISCLAIMER:: Drama people, don’t get mad if I didn’t post a picture of you on here. :P No rhyme or reason, I just posted random pictures.

Fall Retreat

This past weekend, my youth group went on a fall retreat.

We had no theme.

We couldn’t talk on Saturday.

I took a bajillion pictures.

People shared their walks of faith.

and it was AWESOME.

 

 

 

Beautiful..

The weather here the past few days has been beautiful. Cold enough in the morning to snuggle up with a blanket but warm enough in the afternoons to wear shorts and a tank top. And of course, I’ve gotten some gorgeous pictures lately, if I do say so myself. :)

 

:)

This beautiful life photo contest

For the next few days, over at “Polka Dot’s Fashion Blog” is having a “beautiful life” photo contest. Here’s my three entries. All edited, of course. :)

   

Check it out for yourself!

Recent Sunflower pictures

I’m SO behind in posting pictures.. sorry, you guys! haha. So here’s a bajillion sunflower ones to make up for it. :)

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pictures…

…that make my day.

<- photo credit: Ashley V    (please ignore the sickled foot.. ewwwwwww)

<- another photo from my morning shoot. :)

<- these sparkler photos are just fantastic!! ha. :)

<- there’s just something about a picture taken in a field that is AWESOME. :)

  <- messing around with my new tripod and new ballet leotard.. :)

<- sunflower photo-op with my family.. love them!!

<- one of the DOZENS (more like hundreds, but dont want to exaggerate too much) of sunflower pictures I took this year.. :)

<- this chick. is. GORGEOUS. :D

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What photos make you excited? :)