Living for Jesus: Elijah

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Random Pictures...

A road-side view from TN.

Sibling Love

Adorable Michael!

Nehemiah Nissley

Stair-steps... well, we used to be 'stair-steps'... looks like one of us stopped growing -whistles innocently-

MaryVance & Michael

Sweet Brothers!

And last, but certainly not least -- My Fabulous Family!

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Fall Portraits 2010

I know it isn't 2010 anymore... but it didn't work out for me to get all our portraits done last fall/winter, so as long as they are done I guess that's all that matters, right?!

I had so much fun doing these! I mean, who's better to work with, and to fit into your schedule than your own siblings?!

I'm so glad God put each of my siblings in my life. I don't know what I'd do without them. I would have a very boring life, that's for sure! ;-)

Caleb Rains ~ 18

Molly Elizabeth ~ 16

Samuel Locke ~ 14 (he'll be 15 next month)

Luke Anthony ~ 12

MaryVance ~ 10

Elijah Jack ~ 8 (he'll be 9 next month)

Isaac Jonathan ~ 7

Joseph Timothy ~ 4

Nehemiah Nissley ~ 2

"As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man;
so are children of the youth."
Psalm 127:4

Thursday, September 30, 2010

"Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up" (The Princess Bride)

For those of you who don't know, at one time (not too long ago) we owned six large (their weights ranged between 70 and 95 lbs) dogs. Pure-bred mutts. They had their own fenced it area that kept them happy for a good many months. Until they discovered chickens. Long story shorter, they broke out (several different times) and killed a dozen chickens. All you chicken/dog owners know what that means... your dogs either find new homes, or be put down. We decided to try and find new homes. Tipper (the ring-leader) was the first to go. She went to a hog hunter. And soon we found a new home for the rest of them... all except Daisy (who we planned on keeping anyway) and Loper who didn't cause any major problems.

Daddy promised the little boys that we'd buy a small dog to replace the others. We talked about it for a long time and finally decided that a beagle would be best for us. Small, short-haired, and a good family dog. So, we started looked on the internet for beagle puppies for sale for a reasonable price (there are too many "for"s in that sentence!). You'd be amazed at how high some beagles go for! We saw some for twelve hundred dollars! But the average was around $350.

After many, many searches we finally found two beagle puppies for sale for a reasonable price, and they weren't too far away!

We are now the proud owners of Westley and Buttercup! (for those of you who haven't seen the movie titled "The Princess Bride", 'Westley' and 'Buttercup' are the names of the main characters) Westley is 11 weeks old, and Buttercup is 7 weeks old. (We bought two because in the future Sam and I would like to breed them and sell puppies).

So, without further ado... here are some snapshots of them... :-)

Nehemiah and Buttercup!
She has the sweetest face!

Joseph and Buttercup

MaryVance and Westley

Westley and Buttercup playing

My sweet Westley!

(Sam and I bought Westley and Daddy bought Buttercup)

I know this one is a little blurry... but I just love her face!

:-)

Elijah and Buttercup

Sleeping on Joseph...

the first night they stayed in the house, in a kennel in my room, by the time I went to bed they had made a mess in it... anyway, Buttercup ended up sleeping all night in bed with me, and at 2:09 am (exactly) Westley started whining his head off... so I let him up in the bed too... what a night! :-D