Psalm 119

Me

noreply@blogger.com (Christa) — Thu, 31 May 2007 13:19:00 +0000

New Artist

noreply@blogger.com (Christa) — Mon, 21 May 2007 19:19:00 +0000

Hello my Friends,

I just wanted to give you a head up about a new artist getting ready to hit the waves - radio that is. His name is Jerry Webb and his new album "At Sundown" will be made available very soon. You can check out his tune "Evermore" at www.purevolume.com/jerrytwebb.

You might be wondering if he is any relation to me. Yep, Jerry is my little brother. I'm so proud (dabbing tear).

I'm just doing what I can to get the word out. If you like what you hear, spread the word and give him some feedback.

Envy Issues

noreply@blogger.com (Christa) — Fri, 18 May 2007 14:00:00 +0000

I just found this great article on "Envy". I am not a great composer so I will not waste your time summarizing the content. I encourage you to read it for yourself. It's not very long but very worth reading. I was truely convicted. www.crosswalks.com/spirituallife/women/11540457

How many of you struggle with envy and didn't know it? Or didn't know its erosive power? I had an idea but it didn't encompass what this article revealed. I have found that it is true. The more you pray for those you envy the less likely you are to envy them. How can you think ill of a person you are lifting up to God to assist. It can only do ones heart and soul good as well as deepen your relationship with that person. It is a win/win solution.

Women Who Intimidate Need Men With Backbones

noreply@blogger.com (Christa) — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:20:00 +0000

I don't really have anything to write today but I would like to refer you to an article I read this morning. Enjoy! I agree with the article but I also agree with my title. What do you think?

Women Who Intimdate

The Idiot Report

noreply@blogger.com (Christa) — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:05:00 +0000

Just a little something a friend sent me.

Number One Idiot of 2006

I am a medical student currently doing a rotation in toxicology at the poison control center. Today, this woman called in very upset because she caught her little daughter eating ants. I quickly reassured her that the ants are not harmful and there would be no need to bring her daughter into the hospital. She calmed down and at the end of the conversation happened to mention that she gave her daughter some ant poison to eat in order to kill the ants. I told her that she better bring her daughter into the emergency room right away.

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Number Two Idiot of 2006
Early this year, some Boeing employees on the airfield decided to steal a life raft from one of the 747s. They were successful in getting it out of the plane and home.
Shortly after they took it for a float on the river, they noticed a Coast Guard helicopter coming towards them. It turned out that the chopper was homing in on the emergency locator beacon that activated when the raft was inflated. They are no longer employed at Boeing.

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Number Three Idiot of 2006
A man, wanting to rob a downtown Bank of America, walked into the Branch and wrote this: "Put all your muny in this bag." While standing in line, waiting to give his note to the teller, he began to worry that someone had seen him write the note and might call the police before he reached the teller's window. So he left the Bank of America and crossed the street to the Wells Fargo Bank. After waiting a few minutes in line, he handed his note to the Wells Fargo teller. She read it and, surmising from his spelling errors that he wasn't the brightest light in the harbor, told him that she could not accept his stickup note because it was written on a Bank of America deposit slip and that he would either have to fill out a Wells Fargo deposit slip or go back to Bank of America. Looking somewhat defeated, the man said, "OK" and left. He was arrested a few minutes later, as he was waiting in line back at Bank of America.

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Idiot of 2006
A guy walked into a little corner store with a shotgun and demanded all of the cash from the cash drawer. After the cashier put the cash in a bag, the robber saw a bottle of Scotch that he wanted behind the counter on the shelf. He told the cashier to put it in the bag as well, but the cashier refused and said, "Because I don't believe you are over 21." The robber said he was, but the clerk still refused to give it to him because she didn't believe him. At this point, the robber took his driver's license out of his wallet and gave it to the clerk. The clerk looked it over and agreed that the man was in fact over 21 and she put the Scotch in the bag. The robber then ran from the store with his loot. The cashier promptly called the police and gave the name and address of the robber that he got off the license. They arrested the robber two hours later.

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Idiot of 2006
A pair of Michigan robbers entered a record shop nervously waving revolvers.
The first one shouted, "Nobody move!" When his partner moved, the startled first bandit shot him.

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Idiot of 2006
Arkansas: Seems this guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he'd just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run.
So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head at the window. The cinder block bounced back knocking him unconscious. It seems the liquor store window was made of Plexi-Glass. The whole event was caught on videotape.

(Please note that all of the above people are allowed to vote.)
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IDIOTS IN FOOD SERVICE:
My daughter went to a local Taco Bell and ordered a taco. She asked the person behind the counter for "minimal lettuce." He said he was sorry, but they only had iceberg. He was a Chef? Yep...From Kansas City!
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IDIOT SIGHTING:
At a good-bye luncheon for an old and dear coworker. She was leaving the company due to" downsizing." Our manager commented cheerfully, "This is fun. We should do this more often." Not another word was spoken. We all just looked at each other with that deer-in-the-headlights stare. This was a bunch at Texas Instruments.
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IDIOT SIGHTING:
I work with an individual who plugged her power strip back into itself and for the sake of her own life, couldn't understand why her system would not turn on. A deputy with the Dallas County Sheriffs office no less.
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IDIOT SIGHTING:
When my husband and I arrived at an automobile dealership to pick up our car, we were told the keys had been locked in it. We went to the service department and found a mechanic working feverishly to unlock the drivers side door. As I watched from the passenger side, I instinctively tried the door handle and discovered that it was unlocked. "Hey," I announced to the technician, "its open!" His reply, "I know - I already got that side." This was at the CHEVY dealership in Canton , Mississippi !
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STAY ALERT!
They walk among us, and they REPRODUCE...!!!

You Know You are Living in 2007 When...

noreply@blogger.com (Christa) — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:39:00 +0000

1. You accidentally enter your PIN on the microwave.

2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.

3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three.

4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.

5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don't have e-mail addresses.

6. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries.

7. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen.

8. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn't even have the first
20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it.

10. You get up in the morning and go on line before getting your coffee.

11. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. : )

12. You're reading this and nodding and laughing.

13. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this message.

14. You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on this list.

15. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #9 on this list. AND NOW U R LAUGHING at yourself.

The Divine Rule of Life

noreply@blogger.com (Christa) — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:39:00 +0000

" Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect." Matthew 5:48.

From My Utmost for His Hightest

Our Lord's exhortation in these verses is to be generous in our behaviour to all men. In the spiritual life beware of walking according to natural affinities. Everyone has natural affinities; some people we like and others we do not like. We must never let those likes and dislikes rule in our Christian life. "If we walk in the light as God is in the light," God will give us communion with people for whom we have not natural affinity.

The Example Our Lord gives us is not that of a good man, or even of a good Christian, but of God Himself. "Be ye therefore perfect even as your Father in heaven is perfect", show to the other man what God has shown to you; and God will give us ample opportunities in actual life to prove whether we are perfect as our Father in heaven is perfect. To be a disciple means that we deliberately identify ourselves with God's interests in other people. "That ye love one another; as I have loved you..."

The expression of Christian character is not good doing, but God-likeness. If the Spirit of God has transformed you within, you will exhibit Divine characteristics in your life, not good human characteristics. God's life in us expresses itself as God's life, not as human life trying to be godly. The secret of a Christian is that the supernatural is made natural in him by the grace of God, and the experience of this works out in the practical details of life, not in times of communion with God. When we come in contact with things that create a buzz, we find to our amazement that we have power to keep wonderfully poised in the center of it all.

Amazing to me how this pertains to my life today. I am in awe.

The Heart of the Prodigal Son's Brother

noreply@blogger.com (Christa) — Wed, 03 May 2006 14:11:00 +0000

Lately my Sunday School class has been reading through Luke. This week we are studying Luke 14. The last parable is the parable of "The Prodigal Son". Which has really pricked and humbled my heart. Sometimes in studying this passage we forget about the older son, who stayed with his father and continued to work. He was the good son, right? So we presume. We find out that although he outwardly appeared good his heart was bitter, had ungodly motivations and full of resentment. "But he was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came out and pleaded with him. So he answered and said to his father, 'Lo, these many years I have been serving you; I never transgressed your commandments at any time; and yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends'" For some reason I have felt a little like this son. Expecting to be rewarded for my faithfulness, my studies at seminary, my volunteer work at church, my present job. Don't I deserve a little recognition!?! NO! Ouch!

I know I need to have the mentality of the Prodigal son who "came to his senses" and realized that the servants in his fathers house were being well provided for than he was expecting the world to provide for him. He came to his senses realized his sinnfulness and came humbly to his father expecting nothing but perhaps his father would make him a servant.

Comparing the two brothers two words stick out. The words make and give. The prodigal son came back to his father only expecting to be made a servant. The older son stayed only to get something in return or be recognized by his efforts.

Prayer request: I spoke to my father the other night. He has been in the ministry for over 35 years. At present he is pastoring a small church in Daytona Beach, Fl. I know many of you are probably saying...poor man...tanning for Jesus. Well, its not like that for him, but the leisure mentality has lodged deep in the hearts of those living in the community, even the hearts of the church members. The area in which my father minister's is a hard community. It is full of deadbeat fathers who have adopted the no rules, leisure mentality that caters to the tourists. This leaves mothers with 3 to 4 to 5 children, to fend for themselves. Most of the time they find the means through the bars and stip joints lining the main streets of Daytona. Many of them get hooked on alcohol, drugs, sex..leaving these children and youth wanting for both parents. My father's has been diligent in staying and trying to serve and reach this community for Christ. He and the family has sacrificed much. He has never asked anyting accept people come to and live for Christ. Prayer for his continued obedience. Pray for his soul to be revived and given a fresh desire to serve. May God's glory shine upon my father's countenance and be the lifter of his head.

As a daughter I am proud of my fathers perserverance. As a daughter I want my father to be recognized for his service. As his daughter I have become hard hearted towards the people of Daytona Beach and have struggled over the years fighting the idea of returning and using my talents and the education I have received here, for the cause of Christ in that area...fighting the idea of expecting anything but to be a servant. My father's advice has not helped me much. When I ask him if I should return, he says he doesn't want me to get caught in the middle of things. He wants me to experience a ministry position that reaps results. As a proud father that is only normal. We are both not being realistic.

I realize my selfishness. I sit at home in the comfort of my living room, in the security of my job, in the security of a well staffed church home and find myself being just as complacent in ministry as those in Daytona have become complacent in life.

Father, teach me to be humble. Give me the willingness to forgive so that I may be forgiven. Make my heart tender and compassionate towards those who have become complacent in their walk with the Lord or have not yet come to the renewing power of Jesus Christ. Sometimes I can be unsympathetic to those living in sin. I don't like it. I want to be ever willing to boldly speak and live my faith. Help me to intentionally seek out opportunities and help me to be mentally and spiritually prepared to do so. Not my will be done, but thy will. Amen

There are many different aspects of this parable that can be looked at and applied to life. Especially the Fathers actions. But that is for another blog.

Any comments and scripture passages are welcome.

The Heavens Declare the Glory of God

noreply@blogger.com (Christa) — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 18:10:00 +0000

...in a very real way. Last night as I lay down, I reached for my bible and turned to Psalm 19. It read "The heavens delare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork. Day unto day utters speech, and night unto night reveals knowledge. There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard." Although I focused on the last words of the chapter.."Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer." The chapter became very real to me at about 3:40 a.m this morning. I was suddenly awakened by loud clamps of thunder and illuminating flashes of lightning. Wow! was all I could utter and for the next hour and a half I watched in amazement as the heavens declared the glory of God. The clouds lay ominous blanketing the earth. The winds whipped through the trees bending them to it's will. The birds awoke and chirped in fear or perhaps they were joining in the revelry of the clouds and wind. The lightening was so rapid that at times it looked as if it were mid-day. Slicing through the clouds it struck down the darkness. Intent on watching this majestic display I sunk down into my covers. I felt as if I had been transported back to my childhood. As a little girl, living in Canada, I would watch the summer lightning storms from our front porch. My sister and I would huddle together with our bag of popcorn and watch and count...1 Mississippi...2 Mississippi 3 Missisi..CRACK. We would squeal in delight as the thunder clapped. Then we'd start all over again. Last night was a reminder of how very small I am and how very mighty God is. Last night I could have shuttered in fear and cowered beneath the covers but comfort from the passage I had read earlier brought great comfort and excitement that God would allow me to join with nature to declare his glory. How many times have I forgotten?

Brokenness

noreply@blogger.com (Christa) — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 18:48:00 +0000

I have recently begun reading Nancy Leigh Demoss's book on "Brokenness." Here is a little quote that really got me.

"As wax or clay must be soft and pliable in order to be molded by the artist's hands, so the broken, contrite heart is easily molded by the hand of God and does not harden itself against the circumstances God chooses to mold it."

Have you ever experienced a circumstance you thought you had accepted but you felt anger or bitterness or something to that effect, other than a willingness or peace? Then you haven't experienced true brokenness.

I have to admit that recently I have a had a break through in this area. For sometime I have felt spiritually dry, far from the quenching waters of my Father. Having a desire to read God's word or spend time in prayer with him was there, but something was holding me back. That something was from a deeper desire... a desire to approach God in a way that was not fake or forced. I was tired of approaching God's throne with promises and requests that were not of any subsequent importance. I wanted to get back to a place where I could be absolutely transparent, to come before him with a complete, not half hearted, willingness to serve Him. Last Sunday, during our morning service, came that release. I was truely broken, tired of hardening my heart to what God would have me do.

Each time I humbly submit to His will, my heart softens and he begins to reshape my will to match his. I hunger for his touch, though painful it may be.

Going Home

noreply@blogger.com (Christa) — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:56:00 +0000

Well Friends, Strangers, Countrymen and not so countrymen, it has been waaaaaaay too long since I last blogged. I apologize for the last 5 or so blogs, they have been kinda happazardly thrown for quantity sake, not content.

I suppose I should catch you up to date. Much has gone down in the last four weeks. Mid-February, I went home for a week to help my sister, Brittany, finish preparing for her wedding. I spent the week chauffering her around, shopping for clothing, decorations, going to fittings, setting up the reception hall, and taking care of the intricate details...the finishing touches. And I thought I was a perfectionist. A side-note - During the time I spent with Brit, I realized I am not a perfectionist at all. I do appreciate things being done the right way, and my first reaction to change may display a little bit or anxiousness, but given a good reason to shift gears and do something different...I'm really pretty flexible.

Anyway moving on. The wedding was simple and beautiful. The reception was where things were happening. If you want to see pictures of it you can log on to charityphotos.reflectphotos.com. It really is difficult to explain.

After returning to Louisville, I prepared myself to hear of my grandmothers death. I prefer to say "Home Going", but I will explain that later for those of you who don't get it. Granny was unable to attend the wedding due to her illness and my mom had warned us to be prepared to hear from her. A week went by and last monday my mom called with the news. "She's gone. I was sitting with her. She was sleeping and I was watching her breath. She breathed in and out and that was all. She wasn't in any pain. She was sleeping and then she was gone."

My grandmother (Gloria Stroecker) is Home. She is no longer wandering this world waiting for the Saviors return. She is humbly standing in his presence ministering unto him. She is no longer in agony from her arthritis, slipped disks, broken hips, heart condition, diabetes and so on...these diseases (products of man's disobedience) she had suffered with for over 15 years. She no longer feels like a burden to her children, though I never thought she was. Why can I say she is home? Some of you already know what I'm going to say, but I have to testify to the life my grandmother lead and to the life that lived within her. She lived a life being a witness to the love of God. She was caregiver and nurse for over 40 years. She was the oldest sister of eight siblings who considered her the glue that kept their family together. She was a mother of four, a grandmother to 16 and great grandmother to more than 20 grandchildren. She was 4 feet tall and packed with dynamite. She was always doing something for someone else.

Through her faith in Jesus Christ she endured maladies that caused great physical pain. She was not big on complaining about them. It frustrated her that she was unable to do things for others. But the Lord continued to use her. While I was attending college she allowed me to live with her. We blessed each other. She blessed me with a roof and food. I blessed her by taking her out shopping, Dr. appointments and company. Although she wasn't able to physically do much in her later years there wasn't a day she didn't spend time every morning in her favorite chair, praying. She would be up before the sun reading her bible or "Daily Bread" devotionals.

Her Faith was found in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who was sent to die in our behalf for the crimes we have committed against our creator. Jesus - An innocent God/Man, yep you read right...who lived a sinless life, a perfect sacrifice, who WILLINGLY went to the cross, on which He then took our sins and experienced His own Fathers wrath, that same wrath my grandmother, myself, and any one who does not repent of their sins and trust in Jesus, will experience when it is our turn.

It doesn't end there. Yes, Christ died for my our sins...but he also rose from the dead, defeating death, demonstrating the overcoming power of God and giving me a living hope in a living Savior. What good is a Savior who can't save himself? That is what gave me such joy at my grandmother's funeral. While some mourned her death... I celebrated her life that she is now living and that I long to live. One day the Father will call me home. For now, I strive to do his bidding to the utmost well aware of my short comings but determined not to defeated by them.

"Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumberance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God." ~ Hebrew 12:1-2

Christmas Fever

noreply@blogger.com (Christa) — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 18:34:00 +0000

I admit it! I absolutely love the Christmas season more than any other season, and for more than just the lights, ribbons, caroling, thoughts of being with family and the giving and receiving of gifts. As the clouds accumulate and the temperature drops, I get giddy with anticipation of the first snowfall. I’ll tell you why. A couple of years ago I was living on campus and working at the Seminary Information office. One night it snowed leaving a velvety blanket of soft powder on the dormant tree limbs and ground. During the wee hours of the morning I walked across campus to work and was amazed at the beauty I saw. I stood silent in the center of the field and lifted my gaze to the sky. It was dark with the exception of a full moon and the stars twinkling in the distance. The silence was almost deafening except for the soft clinking of crystal as the snow hit the ground. I felt like I was the only person in the world and for a brief moment felt the weight of the sinfulness of mankind. I realized again, as if for the first time, what an amazing God we have. As winter covers the lifeless earth so Christ covers us with his forgiveness and love, creating us anew and bringing Spring into the hearts of those who receive Him as Lord. I knew with certainty that if I was the only person in the world that God would send His son Christ Jesus to bring me back into a right relationship with Him. I sank to the ground and thanked God for his faithfulness.
Being so far from family and not having a lot of money to purchase gifts for my loved ones, It was a gynormous reminder of who this season and every season should be celebrating. Immanuel– God with us. Merry Christmas to you and your families! May you realize the true reason for this season.

Can my failure to worship God diminish his glory?

noreply@blogger.com (Christa) — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 15:06:00 +0000

REFUSAL TO WORSHIP
A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word "darkness" on the walls of his cell. But God wills our good, and our good is to love Him (with that responsive love proper to creatures) and to love Him we must know Him: and if we know Him, we shall in fact fall on our faces.

—C. S. Lewis, THE PROBLEM OF PAIN, Chapter 3, "Divine Goodness," New York: Macmillan Company, 1948, p. 41. Modern edition—HarperSanFrancisco, 2001, ISBN 0060652969.

Recently I realized that my quiet times or devotionals have been lacking. I have not been intentional about cultivating my relationship with God. A friend of mine whom I used to mentor recently reminded me. It was a simple reminder but not all enlightenment has to be deep and mysterious. Sometimes the simpliest reminder can be the most profound, because of its simplicity. She said that looking at all her faults does not help her change her ways. It is studying the opposite or the character of God that changes who we are. A verse I learned as a child came to mind. "Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added until you." It is scary to say this but in my neglect to spend quality time with God through a consistant prayer life and bible study, I have "refused" to worship God. The outcome--it has only darkened my sight allowing me to decieve myself that God is not big enough, mighty enough because He has not allowed what I would have Him do in and through my life. Do not be deceived in believing that because you have been a christian most of your life that you are no longer suseptible to stumble and get side tracked from the path God would have you take. "His word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path." It is my duty to maintain the oil in the lamp. The oil being Gods word. If it is not in me how am I too see the path? Thanks for the reminder Ash. I am humbled.

To Have Such Surrender...

noreply@blogger.com (Christa) — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 14:59:00 +0000

What'ere Thy providence denies
I calmly would resign
For Thou art just and good and wise
O bend my will to Thine!

What'ere Thy sacred will ordains
O give me strength to bear;
And let me know my Father reigns
And trust His tender care

If cares and sorrows me surround
Their power why should I fear?
My inward peace they cannot wound
If Thou, God, art near.

~ Anne Steele

Change is in the Air...

noreply@blogger.com (Christa) — Mon, 08 Aug 2005 20:55:00 +0000

I don't really know what to write. It has been some time since I have updated my blog. Summer is so full of activities and ministries. I don't know where one ends and the next begins. I can't wait till school starts...not for me...for my youth at church. They'll be so busy with homework, I'll finally have some time to breathe. Knowing me I'm sure I'll find something to take up that time.

I do have some wonderful news, I'll be visiting my folks at the end of this month. Everybody with be there. Christmas was the last time I saw everyone. I did talk to my neice Hannah last week. Mom and I tried to teach her to say Aunt Christa. All I could hear was "aaahh Tita". Close enough for me. This weekend my mother mentioned that there were some BSU ministry opportunities in Florida and then asked me if I had thought about moving closer to home. It was hard to answer her without tearing up. Although I love my family so very much, I feel that there is nothing for me there. I wish they would understand. They have been very supportive of me...the family is so spread out I guess they feel they are losing us. That will never happen. I keep trying to prioritize and consider why I am here. I have a great job, which given time will allow me in the near future to save and travel more. I don't know. The thought of possibily moving back to Florida has been on my mind, but everytime I think about it...I dread it. Sigh.

noreply@blogger.com (Christa) — Tue, 24 May 2005 18:36:00 +0000

Ellie wonders: Do they really expect us to eat this stuff. Oh well, I'll humor these silly adults.

noreply@blogger.com (Christa) — Tue, 24 May 2005 18:34:00 +0000

My younger brother Daniel. Easy ladies. He's taken.

noreply@blogger.com (Christa) — Tue, 24 May 2005 18:32:00 +0000

The dotting Grandparents. My mommy and Daddy.

noreply@blogger.com (Christa) — Tue, 24 May 2005 18:28:00 +0000

Ellie...popping balloons... Trying anyway!

noreply@blogger.com (Christa) — Tue, 24 May 2005 18:26:00 +0000

Bubblesbubblesbubbles...my Bubbles!

noreply@blogger.com (Christa) — Tue, 24 May 2005 18:23:00 +0000

Making sure Auntie Christa gets her nourishment. Hmmmm Good!

noreply@blogger.com (Christa) — Tue, 24 May 2005 18:19:00 +0000

Ellie

noreply@blogger.com (Christa) — Tue, 24 May 2005 18:19:00 +0000

Hannah

noreply@blogger.com (Christa) — Tue, 24 May 2005 18:13:00 +0000

Is anybody watching me as I try to pop these balloon?

The Gift of Nieces

noreply@blogger.com (Christa) — Mon, 23 May 2005 12:22:00 +0000

It has been a while since I've had the opportunity to flee Louisville. Last weekend I made a break for it and travelled to St. Andrews State Park, Panama City, where I met up with my family to celebrate my twin, nieces, 2yr Birthday. I think the adults had more fun opening the presents then Hannah and Ellie. The first gift they opened was a bottle of bubbles and after that if you weren't doing bubbles they would not have anything to do with you. It was a perfect day. The sun was a shining, blue skys, 80 degress, crystal blue water and calm. Perrrrrfect! (Like Catwoman)I thought I'd share some of the pictures I took of the girls and St. Andrews. Now aren't these the cutest little girls you have ever seen. Sorry, but none are comparible and yes my opinion is a biased one.