January 6, 2013

My bouquet from Sarah & Aaron's wedding.

#fmsphotoaday #mine #january6 #callalilies #sopretty #yellow

January 5, 2013 (AKA, I Love Weddings)

I have a good reason for not following the January 5 photo prompt! You see, on January 5, 2013 I had the great privilege to be a bridesmaid as one of my dearest friends said "I do!"

Sarah and I have been friends for close to 9 years. Over the past 6 years or so she and I and about 3 other girls have been getting together close to weekly for Girl's Group. We usually do some sort of Bible study and share prayer requests, but pretty much every week we end up sharing all the various things going on in our lives. It has brought us all very close and this past weekend Sarah became the first member of our group to become a married lady.

I was, obviously, busy with various tasks, so I didn't take very many pictures but I did get a few to share.

Enjoy (and excuse the fact that I didn't get any pictures of "movement," as was my prompt for the day). :) Click on the photos to make them bigger. :)

The Bride | The Bridesmaid Dresses

 

The Bride | The Matron of Honor, Signing The Guestbook (Yes, A Record)

 

Yours Truly | The Flower Girl Signing The Guestbook

 

The Groom | The Bride (I Think They Are Excited!)

 

An Excellent Wife....Who Can Find?  

Congratulations, Aaron & Sarah! I love you and was so honored to be part of your special day!

#photoaday #january5 #weddings #iloveweddings

January 4, 2013

The view out the window of my office.

#fmsphotoaday #theviewfromhere #work #january4

January 3, 2013

I didn't follow the prompt for this picture (it was supposed to be something with a heart) but I did take a picture (several!) that day so decided to post it. :)

#photoaday #january3

January 2, 2013

The newest addition to my iTunes library.

"Put me in the ground, put me six-foot down and let the stone say 'here lies a girl whose only crutch was loving one man just a little too much.' So if you die before I do you better tell the grave digger that he better dig two."

#fmsphotoaday #somethingnew #january2 #favoriteband #countrymusic

January 1, 2013

Cleaning and putting away the Christmas decorations.

#fmsphotoaday #today #january1 

Review: Chase, by Jennie Allen

I recently had the opportunity to review Jennie Allen’s newest DVD Bible Study, Chase. This study comes with a leader’s guide (lead) and study book (study), along with a DVD (see) and cards with discussion questions (ask). There are seven lessons that will take you through a study of David, a man after God’s own heart.

The lessons cover topics such as “identity,” “courage,” “obedience” and “surrender,” to name a few.

Each participant will need a copy of the study guide as it is basically a workbook and participants will go through the week’s lesson before coming to Bible Study (yes, it’s homework….but it really doesn’t take a ton of time!). There is a brief lesson to read through, and then several activities each week to apply what you are learning. Some weeks you may be writing answers to short questions, or writing your reflections on what you have read and some weeks you may be drawing pictures – or some combination of those activities. I find the variety of activities to be helpful and make the study more interesting.

When your group gets together you will be watching a brief segment from the DVD, approximately 10 minutes in length. You will also be discussing what you learned during that week’s homework, and then using the discussion cards. The cards  provide some great starters for conversation.

If you have completed Jennie’s previous study, Stuck, you will find the format of this study to be very similar. My small group is in the middle of Stuck right now, but had to take a break for a couple months due to one of our members planning a wedding and helping with plans and prep...I am eager for us to get back into the study. I am also looking forward to going through Chase with my small group as I know we will be challenged and will learn and grow through the study.

Disclaimer: I received this study free of charge courtesy of the Booksneeze program and was not required to give a positive review. Thanks, Booksneeze!