Love Ran Red

     Whoops, look at the date of that last post! Haha, but anyways, Friday night I went to the Love Ran Red concert at Willow Creek Church and watched Chris Tomlin and Tenth Avenue North! It was an awesome experience and I wish it lasted longer.

Hanging out before the concert started

"Stars in the Night" Tenth Avenue North (As you can see, the place is packed; it was a sold out concert)

 In between artists

Chris Tomlin for twenty minutes or so answered questions that people had "tweeted" at him

"The Table"

Dance party to "God's Great Dance Floor"

I hope you all are having great weather like I am! And a good spring break if you're on break!

-Emma :D

New.2015

     Wow, I didn't even realized that I had missed it, but yesterday marked 3 years in having this blog! Obviously the blog has changed since then, definitely not as many posts (February of 2012 had 30 posts, there's not even 30 days in February!!), and different topics. 

     By the way, I don't know if you noticed, but we've updated the blog, Hannah helped in making the header. How do ya like it? We're not exactly designers by any means.. :)

     I hope you have all thoroughly enjoyed Christmas and New Years, but to keep you living in the holiday spirit, here are some Christmas pictures, that I might as well post before it's even later in the year.

 Playing all the favorite Christmas songs

 When I try to do new things with my camera...hehe...he....

As you can see, I really like bokeh, but I don't always know how to get it the way I want (i.e. the picture above)

 These were taken at the nursing home where my grandparents live, they had a pretty awesome gingerbread village! The buildings were based off of Disney movies.

-Emma :D

The Gingerbread House is Back!

 So.. this is the third year that I have posted about the annual gingerbread house that I do with Hannah! This year we had yellow fondant to work with also!

Ta-Da!

 Hannah did the front side, and I did the back. By the time I took the pictures a candy had fallen off. :(
 <<< (Right over there)

 Here are the past years (2012, 2013, 2014):

    

 I hope to be posting more Christmas stuff before Christmas is over (oh no, I only have less than a week!), and sadly there is no snow yet.. crossing my fingers for a white Christmas, but I am on break now so I'll be having some more free time! Happy first day of winter!!

 -Emma :D

Fall Flowers

 "Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower." -Albert Camus

I hope you all have had a wonderful thanksgiving, and hopefully a nice break from the chaos of life! :)

These pictures were taken a while ago, before we got snow, so I thought I should probably put them up before it's December and all thoughts are zoned straight ahead to Christmas! 

 

 We decided to let Sara explore the outdoors!

 I tried to find the most vivid leaf, do you think I succeeded?

Hannah, the one who found all of the rainbow of leaves and arranged them :)

I hope you liked the pictures, we had fun taking them!

-Emma :D

Being in Awe

 

 "The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders;
    where morning dawns, where evening fades,
    you call forth songs of joy."

 Psalm 65:8 (NIV)

Many times, especially during this time of year, I find myself marveling at nature. It's part of the reason why I like photography, so many different, intriguing things to look at and see. I'm am in awe of the beauty of it all, not necessarily nature itself, but the One who created it all and makes it work. Day after day the sun will rise, bringing not only a spectacular scene, but also light and warmth. How could you not believe that there is a creator of it all? Who worked out all the little details, so everything runs it's cycle, day after day, year after year. 

  "You alone are the Lord. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship you."

Nehemiah 9:6 (NIV)

-Emma :D

Picking the Apples

 Yum!

As you can see by the pictures, I went to the orchard this year, like every other year, it's tradition.

Walking through rows upon rows of apples

Hurling bad apples into the lagoon

Climbing the trees

Filling the bags so full that you can't even carry them

And of course picking apples :)

-Emma :D