Obadiah's Birthday

Although it is late here is the pictures from Obadiah's 3rd birthday.

He was so exited about blowing out the candles that he did not want to what for the end of the song.Happy 3 Birthday Obadiah.....
Oh, the first present...A gun!!!!!
The big guys liked the gun too. :)Cute monkey....
Airplanes....
Playing and having fun.....
What is it????
We-bul-wob-buls (no idea if that is spelled right, but that is what is sounds like)
We-bul-wob-buls wobble but they don't fall down...
See
A wheelbarrow !!
Love the way this picture turned out.Oh, cool....
I see you.....What is it???Football!!Cool old fashion toyIt petals
See. I thought this picture was a lot of fun too.Big boxA tree house!!!
And last gift is a rocking horse!!Smile
Yes Lydia had to have a turn... :)Mighty knight with a swordRiding hard
He saved his fair....monkey? :)Cowboy!Great picture, cowboy ride off to save the good guys!!!Ride 'em cowboy!!!!Hey! It is dark in here?!It was such a cool find at on of our favorite thrifty store.So long folks, thank you for reading see you next year.~Obadiah
Samantha

Ana Belen's 1,000 Bessings Challenge

A friend of mine who does not have a blog is also doing the Blessing Challenge so I am going to post hers here on my blog. So here is Ana Belen's Blessings...Samantha

Here is my list of blessings.
I did 75 to catch up with you.

1. The wonderful gift of forgiveness and salvation from Jesus Christ


2. His personal, yet public letter to the hearts of all mankind, God's Word, the Holy Bible


3. My Dad


4. My Mom


5. My sister Nicole


6. My brother Kendrick


7. My sister Eden


8. My sister Angelina (G-G)


9. My brother Brandon


10. My sister Felicity (Lissy)


11. My brother Asher


12. Our dog Jedi


13. Our cat princess


14. My old friends


15. My church, Pilgrim Bible Church


16. My new friends that I met at Pilgrim


17. The amazing fellowship with my friends, both old and new


18. Our house, which keeps me warm in the winter and cool in the summer


19. Our cars


20. The gift of Homeschooling


21. The freedom to homeschool


22. My extended family, in the U.S. and Argentina


23. Wonderful neighbors


24. The opportunity to be a witness for Christ to the not-so-wonderful ones


25. My daddy's job which is a great blessing in this economy


26. The mentoring and training from my parents to teach me how to be a godly young lady


27. Modest clothing


28. School books


29. Triple bunk beds


30. Big closets


31. Independence day


32. Summer


33. Our brand-new garden


34. Chocolate


35. Spanish, so I can communicate with my Argentinean family


36. The ability to crochet


37. The ability to knit


38. The ability to sew


39. The ability to learn


40. The ability to teach


41. The ability to cook and bake


42. The wonderful invention called a timer, which reminds me not to burn anything!


43. The ability to play the piano


44. Inspiring songs


45. Beautiful Hymns


46. God teaching me to me teachable


47. Organization


48. The ability to clean unorganized surroundings


49. Learning to cope with brothers and sisters


50. The many lessons God has taught and is teaching me


51. Triumph


52. Disaster


53. Learning to treat the above two imposters just the same


54. The poem "IF" by Rudyard Kipling


55. The daily devotion planner " Daily Light on the Daily Path " by the Baxter family


56. This challenge, which is helping me to remember how blessed I am


57. The friends who inspired me to take this challenge


58. Inspiring and encouraging blogs of other fellow christians


59. Healthy food


60. My healthy body


61. The Holy Spirit, which helps me countless time through out the day.


62. All the days I have been given


63. Today, a new day God has given me


64. All the days that God will please to give me


65. This computer, which makes so many things easier


66. The Reilly's blog, which gives me much joy, encouragement, and even laughter


67. Wonderful books that have uplifted me or brought me joy


68. The cute, little lisped words my sister Felicity says


69. Singing around the campfire


70. Singing anywhere else


71. Games that I can enjoy with friends who enjoy the game also


72. Games that keep little children entertained


73. People who know how to do things I don't


74. My responsibilities, because they teach me to be even more responsible


75. The month of July, which will be our vacation month this year

These are not in order from greatest to least or vice-versa, but are in the order that I come up with them

Ana Belen

Just Some Fun Ranbom Pictures

Just some random pictures I have taken lately. Note I have a new editing program so I have been playing with it so some of these were just for the fun of playing with it. Enjoy......


Added faded look...
Added spot light look


Added ripple look

I liked the colors in this pictures, I don't think I changed it much maybe a little sharpening of the colors but that is all.
Added gentle faded look
Added gentle faded look
Changed the color a little
Samantha