I always wonder how I should start my blog updates...
My life has been great lately. School went great this week.
I have my emotional ups and downs (Tell me who doesn't?)
On Monday Tabitha picked up a cake at our local bakery that I ordered for a surprise for Daddy's birthday the weekend before. Man, was it ever YUMMY!

I got a lens upgrade. :)

Here is a picture my goat Demi. Handsome fellow isn't he? Good breeding blood. Teehee (I said Teehee???! I can't stand when people say that...sounds like immature dumb talk....but yeah I said that. Ooops!)

Our property looks old...wait it is...built before the Constitution was ratified!!

One of my kittens sleeping together (I can't stand inside photography...never turn out correctly...cute enough though!!


Or we can go for this thistle flower....
"Every rose has it's thorns..."

Young Living Essential oils are amazing! :) That's an obvious statement but they are such a blessing for my family! (And other families all around the world!)

I finally got a good amount of letter writing done...only to realize I have a lot more people on my "to write" list!
I always look forward to letters in the mail. So exciting! Always "makes my day"  even better!

Ohh, I got glasses! I am still wondering if I like the look...I look a little older. Hmm, still getting used to it. What do you think?

Just so you know I am stabbing a marshmallow

So, there is an update in a nutshell...or more like through the eyes of a lens! ;)


I hope you all have a blessed Lord Day tomorrow! :)

"The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower." ~Psalm 18:2
If you read my blog please let me know and comment below! I'd love to hear from all of you! :D

"This is why Paul upholds the teaching of the gospel in such a forceful way..." John Calvin

“This is why Paul upholds the teaching of the gospel in such a forceful way ... Seeing such an example and such a picture of man’s great weakness and fickleness, Paul states that the truth of the gospel must supersede anything that we may devise … he is showing us that we ought to know the substance of the doctrine which is brought to us in the name of God, so that our faith can be fully grounded upon it. Then we will not be tossed about with every wind, nor will we wander about aimlessly, changing our opinions a hundred times a day; we will persist in this doctrine until the end. This, in brief, is what we must remember.”
       ~John Calvin, Sermons on Galatians

I hope everyone has a blessed Lord's Day tomorrow.
I plan to write a blog update next week sometime.
Thank you all for reading my blog! :)
Much love to you all!

Affliction (quotes by Puritans)

"To know that nothing hurts the godly, is a matter of comfort; but to be assured that all things which fall out shall co-operate for their good, that their crosses shall be turned into blessings, that showers of affliction water the withering root of their grace and make it flourish more; this may fill their hearts with joy till they run over. " ~Thomas Watson

"God takes away the world, that the heart may cleave more to Him in sincerity."~Thomas Watson

"God sweetens outward pain with inward peace." ~Thomas Watson

"Labour to grow better under all your afflictions, lest your afflictions grow worse, lest God mingle them with more darkness, bitterness and terror." ~John Owen

"The secret formula of the saints: When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord's choicest wines." ~Samuel Rutherford

"He that rides to be crowned, will not think much of a rainy day." ~John Trapp

"No wise man can expect that...God should diet us with a continual feast. It would neither suit with our health, nor the condition of this pilgrimage. Live, therefore, on your peace of conscience as your ordinary diet; when this is wanting, know that God appointeth you a fast for your health; and when you have a feast of high joys, feed on it and be thankful! But when they are taken from you, gape not after them as the disciples did after Christ at His ascension; but return thankfully to your ordinary diet of peace."~Richard Baxter