Esther Ruth.....

I am graduating this year! Time is going by fast........      

I have been putting old photos (and came across this picture) up on my computer for a slide show my sister is going to put together!


Those were the good old days when I loved to play dress up! I was 8 years old in this picture!


"Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity." 1 Tim. 4:12

Patricia

Well, Winter is slowly ending...And I am SO glad! I just saw this picture the other day though, and was reminded, I DO like cold weather outfits! Especially boots. I am a total sucker for them...With my newest favorites being, 'Combat Boots'. And that's what the picture is, Mary and I's matching combat boots.


Happy Monday!

xoIcia

Natalya~Just a quick post :)

It's goat kidding season again, so here's a picture from kidding a few years ago! :)
We've all grown up a bit. :)
(from left to right: Logan (back of head), Peace (goat), Kali, Patience (goat) Havilah (back of head) Forget this little guy's name! :(, and Joshua, my brother)

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And here's the kid! Coco! I know I've posted about this birth before, but I didn't have a good picture of the little guy up, so I had to post again. :) (And if this isn't darling, I don't know what is!

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Isa 11:6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

This verse is often misquoted as saying "and the lion shall lay down with the lamb." As you can see this is incorrect, and nowhere else in the Bible is this phrase found. Wolves and sheep are traditional enemies, so it's an even better contrast. Last time I checked there are no sheep in Africa...(well not the normal kind, just the ugly hairy ones (we call them hair-brains, and we unfortunately have some...can't stand them...they can jump at least 5ft! They are impossible to catch...I could go on...but you get the point...)

;P
Natalya

Esther Ruth.....

We went on a trip last weekend to give one of our cousins a wedding shower. On the way home we saw this:

We laughed a ton about this! We think he maybe should of took two trips instead of risking this! Pretty funny, huh?  Have you seen something this crazy recently?!!!

Patricia

Yes, I changed days! :) Esther sweetly offered to trade with me since I have Speech/Debate class on Tuesdays. So, here is my first Monday post:



My Mom showed me how pretty the stamin was even after all the petals fell off, so I took a picture.
Happy Monday!
xox Icia

Esther Ruth.....

It's now offically out!!! I'm so excited!! I hope many of you got to see this in theaters, if not, you should see it now! It is a really good movie!  Just had to post a picture of it!

......Many of you might notice this is not my day for posting but I just got over the stomach bug that I had for a few days and today I felt good enough to continue on with life :). Wasn't fun but I'm glad it's over!

Hope you are all are well and happy!

Natalya~Something you probably didn't know about me...

I'm actually a mermaid. ;P
A PURPLE mermaid. :) (the swimsuit I wear with/under this BRIGHT blue. Dad said I must be an ocean mermaid, since ocean fish are in general more colorful then freshwater fish. Dad was a scuba diver, so I'm sure he knows! (he's also a fishermen, bonus points!) (btw, has anyone noticed how much I ADORE my DAD!?)

So, this is my lovely tail. :) :) It's made with purple swimming suit fabric, and I use mom's scuba diving fins so they're extra long and more aquatic looking.

It actually works. I swim in it for real. There's only one problem...it's REALLY STRETCHY! The material is SO STRETCHY that it actually pulls all of the fluke part down so far that the flippers are in the narrow part where my ankles should be! (grr) You have no idea how much this drags (and therefore SLOWS ME DOWN) unless you try it yourself. ;) (which I don't recommend) I think I have figured out a way to fix it though, and I'll try to post a picture when I do (if it works). I hope it will though, because I LOVE swimming in a tail! It's so cool! I can do lots of flips and tricks. When I don't wear the tail over the flippers (cause it just inherently drags a bit) and I kick (the dolphin kick, with my legs tied together) really fast as I come up from underwater I can actually stay out of the water (straight up, nothing under me but more water) for about 10 seconds, and from waist down is in the water. (kinda like when I dolphin 'walks' across the water, only I don't go anywhere!) :) I hope that made sense...lol ;P

I just LOVE SWIMMING in general, but being a mermaid is FANTASGREAT!

Psa 77:19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.

God rules the world. "The sea, and all that in them is." (KJV) Isn't He magnificent? :)

(and no, I don't think He really created mermaids. Poor women-lonely sailors thought dolphins singing, and seals on the rocks were half woman, half fish...they obviously didn't get out much...)

Natalya
(in case you didn't notice, I'm really happy right now!) lol

P.S. I'm actually on time today! :) :) Yay! (and the film festival was great...but that's for another post!)

Patricia

This is my FAVORITE person in the whole, entire world. My twin, Mary. We do everything together, and a few weeks ago one of friends did a photo shoot of us for our birthday.

I looooove how the pictures turned out, just because we have always wanted to document how much we like each other, and we finally did!

She's the most wonderful person, we get so (slap) happy when were together, and she puts up so nicely with me. Even though I have a tendency to call her 'terms of endearment' that aren't exactly...standard. (right now it's 'muffin'. But there have been waaaaaay odder ones!) All in all, I think everyone should have someone who's always there for them, and who they can tell all their secrets too. She's the best thing God's ever given me. <3

Amour,
Patricia

Esther Ruth.....

Good afternoon all!
It's been a super busy time for me the past few weeks! We went to a wedding shower out of town and then helped with one of our friends wedding. It was a super time, but lots of work!  But it was all totally worth it!  These are some of the beautiful flowers they had at the wedding that we got to bring home!

Isaiah 40:8 says,
"The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever."



By the way, any guesses for the theme last week????

Rebekah Joy ~ Mystery Theme Week

And... drumroll... here's my picture for this week's mystery theme! That's our cat. He has several names: Hunter (haha... that's a good one! He's really lazy... Indicated by this picture, of course), Buff (a mixture of "Big" and "Fluff"), Baloney (Don't ask me how he got that one.), Fat Cat (made up by Your's Truly), Fluffy(obviously), and about a million other names.

~Me