Love this pic

So I have been MIA like crazy, so sorry!  I am not a good blogger.  But here goes another one. 

I had a photoshoot of my Aunt's family the other day.... 

It was so so so fun because they are just adorable and LOVE to laugh.  I got a ton of laughing pictures.  Partially because my mom was making them laugh because she is crazy!

But this is one of my favorites from the day, slash probably ever.

I love it because one my cousin is so precious and two you see her parents in the background.  They love her so much and have really lived their lives to simply teach and love her like Christ!  They are probably some of the most amazing parents I have ever seen out there.  And as Carrie(cousin) has gotten older she has taken what her parents have shown her and pursued it on her own.  While she is still young and will continue to grow and mature I think this picture is a perfect example of how parents take a child that God has allowed them to have for their time here and teach her about Jesus' love and her Father!  I can't wait to see how Carrie grows up and the adventures the Lord will take her on in life!  I mean just look you can see her parents proud and adoring in the background!  Love it!

Camera is broken....

So I am a horrible blogger I have decided.  I commit to getting better.  On the sad news side of life, my camera is broken.  Such a sad day.  So potentially a new camera could be a big invest for me these days.

Here are the last few photos my camera was able to take.  A couple weeks ago me and my roomies and girls in my bible study took a sweet weekend to stone harbor, nj.  What an amazing weekend.  Glad my camera could at least get these shots!

Life is a journey

So it is official...i have not posted in over a month.  To be honest, i have a ton of excuses but the truth is i am just lazy.  So lately my thought process has been thinking about the journey of life (cheesy I know, but i swear it will be good).  My parents are divorced and now they are both empty nesters, rediscovering who they are and their life.  My mom has sold my childhood home and relocated to a small cottage on the water in annapolis (we refer to the house as the shack).  I was there this weekend and it is quite a beautiful place to watch the sunset and to just enjoy God in all his glory.  My dad, the sailing man, left yesterday to sail by himself to Florida.  I was laughing to myself saturday as I said goodbye to my dad (for awhile) and then left my moms house.  They got a divorce because they fought all the time and seemed to have nothing in common.  Yet when all the crazyness of a day is done they both find themselves on the water enjoying the same sunset thousands and thousands of miles apart.  Life is funny like that.  It is as if you think you know what is best for you and you think your plan is so much better then any other, yet really our thoughts and our plans are nothing.

dad on his boat

view from my moms cottage

sunset at the cottage

I have been really trying to enjoy the lord in every moment of everyday.  I have been studying what that means and looking at my heart and how this all works together.  What does it even mean to enjoy the Lord when all you know around you is not joyful but rather heartache?  I have been reminded recently of the vulnerability and boldness I used to have consistently in my ministry.  I would go to the ends of the earth just to have a high school kid hear about Christ.  Over the years it seems as though I have become numb to that passion and desire.  It is as if I expect pain to come.  The more and more I have realized this I have begun to realize how little and helpless I really am.  As inadequate as I feel, God has still chosen to use me.  How can I not enjoy the simple fact that is in that.  Although we are human and contain nothing good on our own, God still uses us all daily.  Now if that is not something to seek Christ daily and enjoy him I don't know what is.
On another note...recently I have been feeling as though I need a break.  I have not had all that much to do but for some reason I have been feeling like I need rest.  The funny part of this feeling is that every time I go somewhere to rest I end up having a conversation about Young Life or Christ.  Funny how God works in that way.  The resounding gong of my life is Christ saying over and over again...rest in ME, not yourself, not a movie, not the couch....just Me.

Enjoy a few pictures over the last few weeks....

Reunions

So number one Leanne and I have both been very very bad about posting, sorry.

Number two:
A couple of weeks ago I went to a friend's wedding.  He was my Young Life teammate in college and it was soooo exciting to see how God has one been working in his life and just his joy of finding this sweet, Godly, beautiful woman to spend the rest of his life with.  I loved getting to see and watch them make this commitment before God and their friends.  It is a neat and unknown thing to me how God brings people together and the whole two becoming one.  But what a gift for me to see it in front of me with these two people.
I also got to see so many friends from college.  Not only my girls and small group leader but also my old Young Life team.  I went through so much with this team.  We were on a team for three years together- well two and a half and we went through many ups and downs.  When you are working in ministry with someone I feel like they see the good the bad and the ugly, but you also get to see such a neat friendship that ties you together because you are loving and pursuing the same kids.  And God obviously put a similar calling on each of your hearts to bring you to the same school.  These teammates pushed me towards Christ all throughout college and I love them so much!  This is also the one good team picture we have together after three years together!
I love you Auburn Eagle buddies!!

 I love the light in this photo- and Lindsey wins the award for furthest traveled!!

lost cord

SOOOO i haven't posted in a while and I have been terrible!

But in my defense, I lost my camera cord to download pictures.  So I am taking pictures I just currently cannot find the cord.
I lose everything.
I need to be more organized.
But ya know you love me anyways!!!!

Haley and Dave

Cry and I had a great day taking engagement photos for Haley and Dave!  I figured I would give a little sneak peak of a few of my favorites!

Football

One of the great joys in life is experiencing a great college football game.  I had the amazing privilege of going to Virginia Tech.  VT plays enter sandman and we all jump up and down as our team enters the field.  I always find myself covered in chills and about to cry.  I love the community that surrounds me.  I always imagine life to be in that way.  Football brings people together.  I long for everyone to live in that community through Christ.  What if Christ was always the one that beings people together?  What if a stadium of 90,000 was filled with people shouting for Christ and enjoying him.  Whenever I am at a football game I have such high hopes that one day it will indeed be that way.  Virginia Tech loss to Boise State, but I had a great day enjoying my college friends!