The heavens declare the glory of God!

1 John 4:7

This verse (among many others) has really been on my heart lately. The passage goes on to say: "He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another."

1 John 4:7-11 is the passage that my younger siblings have been memorizing lately, so hearing it more has helped me to really listen to what is says. I find myself quoting verse 8 over and over in my head through out the day... "He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love."
It's so hard sometimes to remember to love, to really love one another with the kind of love that God has for us, but I find this passage very helpful in that area. I think it's really neat how God will give us a certain verse or passage to read and think about just at the right time, do you know what I mean? God is so good!

The beauty of fall...

One of my most favorite things about fall is the changing leaves. Here in Florida we don't have many trees that change... but the few that do are definitely worth seeing! (and photographing!)

I stand in awe gazing at this tree thinking "Wow. He made this a a single day?..." His beautiful creation never ceases to amaze me.

"Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.

Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.

Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his;

we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise;

give thanks to him and praise his name.

For the LORD is good and his love endures forever;

his faithfulness continues through all generations."

Sweet little Jochebed...

{precious little feet}
{immense sweetness}
This dress and bonnet set she is wearing is one that Mama made for MaryVance when she was a baby.

Jennifer's 37 week pictures...

Jennifer is due October 31st, so 2 weeks from Sunday...

Oh, I can't wait! :-)

{sweet baby shoes}
Jennifer is so easy to take pictures of!
And she is loads of fun too! :-)

"Sons are a heritage from the LORD,

children a reward from him.
Like arrows in the hands of a

warrior are sons born in one's youth.
Blessed is the man whose

quiver is full of them."

Psalms 127:3-5

Buttercup's first photo-shoot...

Yesterday I (along with my trusty, and extremely helpful assistant, Sam) took Buttercup out for a fun photo-shoot... I (as I mentioned earlier) had so many ideas for props, setups, and so on for the puppies... one that I really wanted to do was to use a pair of Matt's old work boots and put Buttercup in one of them while she chewed on the other... well, I found out yesterday that our cute little puppy obviously has a very big appetite because of her big belly she just wouldn't fit in the boot!! Oh well, maybe I'll try Sam's boots later... :-D

So then I took a basket out to the front porch, placed Buttercup in it, and of course, she jumped right back out! Sigh. By this time I was a little frustrated... I sent Isaac to go get Sam with a kitten... thinking if she had a distraction in the basket she might stay... well, I was right and wrong... she stayed, but was tearing up the kitten in the process! Sam grabbed the kitten and Buttercup was glued! Finally! She sat there staring at the kitten for a good 5 minutes, allowing me to snap quite a few pictures! I must say she makes a very good model! :-)

I also had a blast editing these!

I love her face!

Then I grabbed Joseph, washed all the dirt off of him, dressed him up, and headed out to snap these...

This one is my favorite!!
I have a few more of Joseph and Buttercup, but they are gonna take a little more editing... got to try and get rid of the "hot spots"...

Roses...

These are a bouquet of roses that Matt bought for Jennifer on their second anniversary

last Saturday.

So Jenn and I took them out for a 'photo shoot'...

Genesis 9:16

The rainbow was in the east, and the sunset photo below was taken 3 minutes after, and of course, in the west... :-)

......

This photo is in desperate need of a Bible verse, chorus, or poem...
Does anyone have any ideas??

PS: Also, does anyone know what kind of flower this is?

"Father Lead Me"

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

I had a hard time finding a text style that would show up on this... can y'all read it okay?

Roses...

Recent edited photos...

I really like using the 'Color Replacement' tool on my editing program, and what I've most recently been doing with it is changing the background color in photos to black and white... I think it makes the main focus point stand out more...

What do y'all think?

Well, it's late, and I'm tired... s'pose I'll head to bed now... Night y'all!!