Monday, July 11, 2011

CHEF conference-2011

I recently returned from a good time in St. Charles!! The 2011 CHEF conference!! www.chef-missouri.com
Well, it was almost a month ago now, but anyway.... :) I got to help Light of Faith set up for the conference, visit with new and old friends, have a photo shoot with a delightful friend, buy a new book from light of faith by Rebekah Morris, :) listen to some godly wonderful speakers, among them being Voddie Bauchum (one of my favorites) and Doug Philips (really enjoyed his history and exploration talks :)), and I also got to see some trailers/extras to some good movies... ("Pendragon" (enjoyed this one a lot :)), and "The Penny")... I have enjoyed the christian movies over the years and they seem to be getting better and better. :) So far the movies I've seen I have enjoyed the stories they tell. I also enjoy the Moore's productions!!! I believe I saw a trailer for an upcoming movie from them too!! :)
I also got to be an extra in a upcoming movie!! The "Sons of Georgia". :) It was my first time and it was fun! All I did was sit in the background of a ball scene they were doing, but it was interesting to watch and listen to the group bring the scene together! :) Though it is a "confederate" movie I was glad to be of some help, and besides I couldn't turn down an opportunity to be an extra, ha ha! :) Anyway...

  Let's see I also got to swim for several hours at the hotel pool!! LOVE swimming!! :-) And last but not least, I got to attend a Civil War Ball!!!!! :-) It was fun!! I danced almost every dance... the dance I wasn't able to dance I got pictures of instead! :-) I danced basically every dance with my little sister, so I was the gentleman most of the time. :) I had one dance that I was the lady in and I had to get used to being the girl and not the guy!! :-) It was all fun! Anywho.... here are some pictures from the conference/curriculum fair and from the Ball (the ones with me in the photo were taken by my dad) :)

Part of the Hotel :)

Me dancing :)

I really liked the Blue and the Green dress, to the right, in this picture :)


Loved the little purple dress! :)

Dancing




Me again



Boys arm wrestling. :)

One of my favorite booths :) Light of Faith





Another fun booth! :)

Singing


Listening to some good talks







My Civil War Dress... my mother helped me finish the dress or it would not of look very good at all! :) It took about four days total to make. I sewed the dress together in two days and than my mother helped me do the lace and ribbon part...I should say I helped her because she did most of the work in that area!!! :-) I am so thankful that she did that for me! I really liked the dress after she finished it!! :) Before she got a hold of it, it was just ok, but after she was done, it was fantastic! :) The hat I put together. I got the hat part from Williamsburg, VA.! I love hats!!! :) My sister's dress was a borrowed one from great friends of ours! They are really good at sewing costumes and let her borrow that one! :-) I think she had a wonderful time!! She really liked dressing up!! :) It was fun to dress up with her and dance with her!! :-)

For more CHEF and Dance photos visit my friends blogs who were also at the conference here....
 Majolaine and Valerie Belley!!

Hope to get camp photos up soon! :) And some more summer photos! :)

Sunday, July 3, 2011

My Beautiful June! :)

My June was full of many events and good times! My garden is growing very well and my Sunflowers are getting Huge!!! :) They are even bigger now!! :) My garden has also attracted different butterflies... :) The zebra stripped butterfly was difficult to get a picture of because it would not keep still. :)






I also had many wonderful nights looking at the beautiful moon and stary nights!! :) Though I was not able to get a picture of the stary nights! :)




We also one night, while watching a movie, had an owl take a break on our swing set, which is right outside our window when watching a movie. :) I was only able to get one picture of him before he flew off...
And last but not least I had lots of great food in June, either a birthday party, or a visit to wonderful brothers, or just a summer evening I was very well feed. :) Here is one of my favorite little cakes I had on my brothers birthday. Chocolate cake, icing and Reese Peanut Butter Cups on top! :) Yummy!!! 


Happy Fourth of July by the way!! :-) I hope all of yours is wonderful!!! 
Mine will be amazing!!!! :) Hope to get some good firework pictures!!! :-)

Purple Flower Card


This is a card I made for my mom and it turned out so well I have decided to put it in my card collection for sale!! :) It comes in any color that flowers come in! :) And of course the white paper inside would not already have something written on it. :) Card and envelope would be eight dollars... :)

Black-n-White Daisy's/Framed and unframed

 I also recently framed a new photo! Here it is.... A Black-n-White daisy! It is for sale!! :-)


Some more Black-n-White daisy's


Saturday, July 2, 2011

Birthday Flowers/Daisy's

I recently had a birthday and I don't know about you but I absolutely LOVE my birthday!! My family always makes me feel soo special!! :) Grateful to my Lord for such a wonderful and very giving family! :) So, as one of my many special gifts that I received, the flowers below were one of my favorites. :) My mother and father purchased them for me on the day of my birthday! Daisy's are my favorite flower and this bouquet has lasted for over a week now!! They still sit in my room today looking beautiful!! :) Here are some pictures that I took of them....


















Okay, so I've been watching (well trying to watch) my calorie intake over the last several months, though June has not been a very good month for few calories, :) but anyway on my birthday I took a huge break from watching what I ate. :) Here is one of the many desserts that I ate that day... (Two-tone brownies).... I also had a cake that my wonderful mother made and quite a bit of ice-cream. :) As a suggestion for any peanut butter lovers out there, Peanut Butter on Chocolate ice-cream is Amazing!! I just spread it on a bowl of chocolate ice-cream and put chocolate syrup on top and it is really good, in my opinion of course! :)