Happy Birthday Emma!

One of my friends, Miss Emma has a birthday tomorrow! So I'm throwing her a little "party" here on my blog :) And here we go!

Happy Birthday Emma!

Your loverly little cake! ( I just had to "make" you two cakes, I just liked them so much! ;D )

Here is the 1st :

And here is your 2nd! :

I hope you enjoy your cakes :D And now, for the party "snacks"!

Lemon Squares : ( Fresh!)

Chocolate mousse!:

Yummy fresh cookies! :

Annnnnd for drinks : Coffee!

And your present...

And I think by now, you already know whats inside :) Enjoy!

Have a wonderful day Emma!

I am very glad to have you as a friend!

God bless you!

Sickness...

My eight year old sister Abi has pneumonia. We just found out today. Mom just took her to the after hours doctor place for the second time today. She's having trouble breathing, and every time she takes a breath she wheezes. Please be praying!

Also my little brother Aaron has a bad rash, and scarlet fever, he is finally getting better today, but if you would please pray for quick recovery for him, that would be much appreciated!

Along with the pneumonia and scarlet fever, Rachel, Micah and Elijah have colds. ( Not to mention Aaron who has the scarlet fever also) So almost everyone at my house is sick right now! Please be praying that everyone gets well quickly!

Thank you so much!

God bless you!

Happy....

God bless you!

A much needed long post.

**runs in from writing** Wew. I just made 35,000. Yeah I'm right where I should be. But I wanted to be farther! I wanted to be at 45,000. **sighs** Oh well. I didn't get to write on the 19th, so that put me behind. **Frowns** But I've caught up, just not as much as I wanted to. Ooh. Now that I sit down to write a much needed long post, I simply can not think of anything to say. Lets see.. Thanksgiving is four days away. My grandparents from Michigan are coming and staying a few days. We get to see them twice a year. Thanksgiving and Easter. What are you doing for Thanksgiving? I'll be writing. As usual. **can't wait until November is over** I made Baklava yesterday. No reason, other than because everyone wanted it. It was yummy, as usual. We haven't eaten NEAR all of it though. When I make it, I make a great big pan of it. **nods** Goodness. I can't think of anything to post. Hm. Oh yes. I'm holding off the photography contest for a little while, just until I get a few more people to enter. So maybe the week after Thanksgiving I will pick the finalists :) I have four MAYBE five people entered. All lovely pictures, but I would like a few more people to enter! This is random and weird. But I have a weird habit of rocking my neck back and forth while writing. I do it quiet often, like right now, I just started to rock my neck. Huh. Oh well. Did I ever post on here that Micah started walking? Well, if I didn't.. Micah's started walking! He's so cute how he toddles around. Though he sure gets into things. I can hardly keep up with him. Like today for instance. I was holding Micah this afternoon, but he wanted down. So I set him down next to dad and went into my room to write. I turned the laptop on, and turned because I heard a noise. Micah was standing right next to my shoulder! HOW he gets around so fast, for walking so slow, I have NO idea. So I took him back out into the living room, and set him on the couch. ( He knows how to get off and on the couch, which is totally adorable). I went back in my room, then decided I needed a drink. I went out into the kitchen, and he was under the table! His little legs must be super fast. Its surprising how a little guy like him can get around SO fast. Anyway. He's so cute. And he's mine. All mine! This isn't near as long as I wanted it to be, but it will have to do. We put the outside Christmas lights out today. ( We being Dad and Joshua, I was the supervisor). Usually we do it after Thanksgiving, but its going to be very cold Thanksgiving weekend. ( The coldest Thanksgiving Oklahoma has had in 15 years O.o)

So Joshua and Dad put them up today. They look loverly. I like them up early anyway. And I think thats it. I designed a LEGO house today. The house has 10 bookshelves. **nods** I love my books. Even if they are just LEGO books. Yep. Thats it.

Oh, another thing. I'm thinking about changing my blog around. ( Don't worry, not the template or anything! I like my template TOO much!)

But thats about it for now. I'm going to head off to bed soon. Guten Nacht!

Blessings in Christ,

A trip to the zoo ( A few weeks ago..)

When we first went to the zoo I meant to post these pictures, but I totally forgot. Here they are, please tell me what you think!

I hope you enjoy them! Sorry I haven't posted much lately, as far as long lovely posts. Whoah. :)

God bless!

Happy Birthday Rachel!

Today Rachel ( My younger sister ) is 11! Yes 11! Anyway. Here a few recent pictures I took of her the other day, enjoy!

And..

Happy Birthday Rachel!

Now, for the "snacks" at the party. ( To be perfectly honest, I am stuffed from homemade ice cream and homemade M&M cookies.)

And her cake!

Anyway. There you go! Oh, I forgot, her present.

Yeah, I know what you're thinking. PAPER? But this paper has something on. Something Rachel has been BEGGING me to let her read since I started writing it November 1st. Anyone guess?

And also, something she's been wanting forever! ( Sadly, I can not really give this to her.. But maybe someday!

Anyway.. Another "birthday" post will be coming soon!

God bless everyone and Happy Birthday Rachel!

Once upon a time..

There was a king. This King's name was King Toot Doot.

King Toot Doot was a wonderful King, always happy.

He loved his people dearly, and loved to walk in the courtyard.

He smiled and laughed, and threw flowers to villagers.

He had enormous blue eyes and loved wearing footy pajama's.

Especially wintry footy pajama's.

He sat on his throne and waved to his people, smiling, happy as ever.

He bowed and he laughed, he sang and he played.

He would laugh out loud, at all the jokes the villagers told

He would tell jokes himself, laughing along the way.

He was surprised at things, yet loved happy things.

He loved to eat cookies, smiling as always.

And yes, he was happy as always,

And as he said goodbye, to you dear reader,

He gave a farewell smile.

A Photography Contest!

Ah. The title says it all. I'm "hosing" a Photography Contest for all you photography lovers! Here are the rules and information about the contest!

#1 : The "theme" of the pictures is anything you want. Whether its Nature, People, Books, Random things, please make sure the picture is NOT inappropriate. The picture (s) MUST be your own, taken by you!

#2 : You may enter up to 3 pictures.

#3 : How ever many pictures you enter, please do not edit them! I want the original!

#4 : To enter your pictures, you can either post your three pictures ( Or less ) on your blog, and leave a comment with the link to your pictures. Or you can email me at engard15@gmail.com

#5 : The contest is starting today. ( Saturday the 13th ) you will have ONE week to get me your photo's! I would appreciate if you could get me your photos as soon as possible, so I can number them and stick them in another post!

#6 : There will be a first, second and third winner. The prizes for the first winner will be two custom made graphics and two homemade banners from The Graphic Girls blog for the second place winner, the prize is two custom made graphics from The Graphic Girl's blog. And third place winner will receive either a custom banner or a custom graphic.

NOTE : If you would like to enter the contest, but don't like the prizes, that is perfectly fine, you can always enter just for fun!

#7 The "entering" your photos will close at Saturday the 20th Midnight CT.

#8 On Sunday the 21st a "poll" will open, and you ( The reader) will get to "vote" who they want to win!

Please tell all your photography friends about this contest! I want many people to enter!

If you have any questions or comments please email me at engard15@gmail.com

God bless and happy photographing!

Its high time..

Its high time I do a proper blog post! I've been horrible and put aside this little neglected blog, to write. Write, and write. Did I say write? Speaking of writing. NaNoWriMo is going great! Its so much fun, and definitely keeps me on my toes! I got to 16,000 today. But that's still not as far as I should be. Hopefully I can get to 20,000 tomorrow! Maybe. Just MAYBE! Hm. For music while writing, I suggest Michael W. Smith's album titled Freedom. It is SO inspiring! Its awesome! ~

For my birthday I got a lovely present from Miss Emma. She gave me a lovely journal, note cards, a sticky pad thingy, and stickers! Oh yes, two very inky pens! **diez** I really love inky pens. For some reason, I love ink. Inky pens are wonderful. Really great. I could ramble forever on inky pens. I really could. If you don't believe me, I could make a large post on inky pens. Would you like that?~

On a totally random note. The little doodad has been named, a new name? Its very long, and it would take me an hour to write it all up on here, I would rather spend the hour writing my novel, and could get 1,000 words in. But anyway. Toddler Hendley Pecon Leprechaun. Poor kiddo, to many nicknames. Course he answer's to everything. You can say "Pancake!" and he'll look at you and smile. So cute! Orr, you could say, "Piano!" and he'd look at you! Smiling as always! He's very happy, and he just started walking. ( Hence the reason of the name Toddler) He toddles all over the house, its just a little waddle like walk, but its so cute. So very cute. **loves babies**~

**Whistles** You know, here in Oklahoma the tree's are just now changing. I haven't been able to get some really good pictures of fallish stuff. And the grass is still, well, its getting dry. The leaves are all darkish red, not orange. The orange is my favourite colour. ~

Sorry this is just a random post. I can't think of anything else really. Oh, my sister, Rachel, is turning 11 on the 18th of November, and Miss Emma is having a birthday soon also! There will be "virtual" parties for both of them :) I'm making baklava for a "cake" for Rachel and I. We both enjoy making baklava, and I guess I should say eating it also. Hehe.

Well thats all for now. Gute Nacht! I'll try and post another post sooner or later on here. Poor little blog!

In Christ,

Walking in Thy Truth Giveaway!

The "do you" quiz.
Do you like Spring, Summer, Autumn, or Winter best? Hmm. Thats a hard decision. I like all four for different reason's.
Why? Why I like Spring : The flowers and dew! : Why I like Summer : Swimming, Ice Cream and Smoothies! : Why I like Autumn : The crisp air, the colours and the changing trees!: Why I like Winter : Its Cold, Snow, Sitting by the Fire, Hot Chocolate and Cookies.

Do you like to write? Oh yes! Very much so!
If so, what sort of things do you like to write? I like writing short stories and novels! I also enjoy once in a while writing poems and songs.

Do you have any penpals? Yes I do!
How many? At the moment I have 5!

Do you like photography? Very much!
What do you like to take picutures of? Anything really... Nature, my siblings, random things!

Do you like you like to read? Once again, yes I do!
What are some of your favourite books? Wow.. Um... Lord of the Rings, The Hidden Hand, The Princess Adelina, Inkheart, Indian Captive, The Mysterious Benedict Society, The Hiding Place, The Diary of Anne Frank and SO many more.

And thats it! Hannah Grace still has a giveaway open! If you want to enter it HERE

God bless everyone! ( Hopefully there will be a long post soon! )

Guess what I'M doing!

Uh huh! Yep! Thats what I'm doing! :D Anyway. I don't have time to blog right now, I'll try and post something long soon. Oh, And I'll have a word counter thingy on the side of my blog soon!

Blessings in Christ!