the Light of the world...

J E S U S ...

He came to us, for us, even in our sin. He came to this lowly place to live as we live, yet without sin, to take our sin upon Himself. He came to save us and give us hope. He is the Giver and the Gift. And the gift of His Love never fades, even when the Christmas lights do. He is the Light of the world always...

(Listened to this song a lot this Christmas season!)

I  hope  you  all  had  a  very

M E R R Y   C H R I S T M A S !

(And here are some photos from last week, when I woke up to a glorious combination of snow, fog and sun...)

a little bit of my Christmas...

Here are a few photos from this Christmas season, that I meant to post earlier... But here I am, sharing them late on Christmas Eve instead... this season always goes by too fast!! 

photography | christmas & new years recap

 I cannot believe how fast Christmas went by & that we are already almost a week into 2014!! I figured I

needed to share a post with a few photos from my Christmas & New Year before it gets too late...

One of my favorite things about Christmas was that my mom and a friend of ours were in a musical production 

of "A Christmas Carol"! The story & music were great and everyone in the play was so talented.

It was especially fun to watch people I know in it. The pictures above are of my mom and our friend in 

their make-up & costumes... So fancy!  My mom was in two dance sequences and our friend played 

the school teacher. They both did so good!!

They even had snow falling at a few different times during the performance, which was so magical!

See this was definitely one of my favorite parts of Christmas!

Here is a photo of my grandma and my brother, with the quilt that my grandma made him for Christmas.

You can see how talented my grandma is at quilting and how spoiled my brother is... ha!

For New Years Eve I stayed home, ate good food, finished a puzzle & played games with my family. 

It was quiet & simple, just how I like it!

To be festive, I did paint my nails with black with gold glitter and light a sparkler at midnight!! 

I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Welcome 2014!!

photography | christmas, so far...

Just a few of my favorite shots from this Christmas season, so far...

Christmas is only 5 days away!!! Oh my!!!! 

christmas memories

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service  +  the true meaning of Christmas!

Watching "It's a Wonderful Life"  +  festive red nails

Woke up Christmas morning to a little bit of snow (yay!) & my sister got me that pretty watch!!

I got a couple of new books to add to my Jane Austen collection!! Happy!!

I love the Jane Austen Devotional... so good!!! :)

Also, my mom got me an external flash for my DSLR, so yesterday I had fun playing with it!

My sister got that cute piano for Ren! She loved it! 

I made that pink hat for my cousin for Christmas, so now her & little Ren have matching hats! Cute!

And we got my grandma a Kitchen Aid Mixer! I think she was surprised!! Yay!!

It was another beautiful Christmas! And again, I was reminded of how much I have to be thankful for! 

I hope you all had a Happy Christmas with lots of wonderful memories for you to cherish!