Dressing Up My Sisters

A few months ago, I dressed up Jill and Jenny as Boarding School girls.  Joni was playing a boy that day so we don't have pictures of her.  And then yesterday they wanted me to dress them up again and here are the results of both times.

Boarding School Girls

Jill

Jenny

I don't know what happened that I wasn't able to take as many pictures of Jenny.

And the Fancy Ladies

Jill ~ As a Gypsy

 

Joni ~ As a Rich Man's Daughter

Jenny ~ As a Princess

We have snow on the ground outside so we couldn't take these out there.  The lighting isn't as good.  Sorry.

Amazing Songs

Do you ever listen to songs and have a WOW moment?  This evening I was listening to a few Christian rock songs and had one.  They reminded me how truly amazing God is and how he cares for us.  Here are the ones that I was listening to.

Newsboys ~ My Friend Jesus

This song has always made me laugh....and then think, "This is so true.  What would this world be like is everyone Talked like Jesus, Loved like Jesus and Forgave like Jesus? This would certainly be a changed world!!"

Peter Furler ~ Reach

I feel the truth of this song so often.

Peter Furler ~ All In Your Head

I think that we would all benefit (I know I would) from remembering this a little more often!!!

Group 1 Crew ~ He Said

I know the truth of this song Oh! so well!!!  It has helped me through some pretty tough times.

Selah ~ One Thing I Know

Selah ~ I'd Rather Have Jesus

This was my Daddy's favorite hymn and I pray daily for the strength to be this way also.

Also friends, check out THIS post by Abigail.  Isn't it amazing?  I am in total agreement with it!!

Favorite Five

I have been reading Grace Livingston Hill lately, so here are a few from her.


  "She wanted ta know, was you here, an' I said no.  You wasn't, you know, you was out in the hall, but I didn't hafta tell that.  I didn't want her comin' back."
                                                                                    Astra by Grace Livingston Hill



  "Well," said Bonny slowly,from the depths of the pantry where she was putting the sponge cake on a plate to cool, "she didn't go a horseback, not that I saw."  It was mortifyingly evident that Bonny hadn't noticed George Horton's fetching golden eyelashes yet and George was not used to that.
                                                                                   Amorelle by Grace Livingston Hill



  And it was about this time that Miranda, having been sent over to take a forgotten piece of bride's cake to Marcia, and having heard the piano, and having stolen discreetly to the parlor window for a moment, returned and detailed for the delectation of that most unhappy guest Mrs. Leavenworth why she could not get in and would have to deliver it in the morning:

  "The window was open in the parlor and they were in there, them two, but they was so plum took up with their two selves, as they always are, that there wasn't no use knockin' fer they'd never hev heard."

  Miranda enjoyed making those remarks to the guest.  Some keen instinct always told her where to best strike her blows.
                                                                                   Marcia Schuyler by Grace Livingston Hill



    "He's all that," said Miranda, "an' a heap more.  He's made that poor stupid Albert Deane think all these things is true, an he's come whinin' 'round with his 'sorry this' an' 'sorry that', an' offered to marry Phoebe Deane to save her reputation.  Oh, I'd like to see him strung up, I would.  There's only one man I ever heard tell of who was so mean, and he lived here in New York.  His name was Temple, Harry Temple.  Ef you ever come acrost him just give him a dig for my sake.  He an' Hiram Green ought to be tied up in a bag together an' sent off the earth to stay.  One o' them big, hot-lookin' stars would be a fine place, I often think at night.
                                                                                    Phoebe Deane by Grace Livingston Hill



  "Enoch---Taylor---says---ef---you---don't---confess---to-night---before---midnight---you'll---die---and---he ain't goin'---to---leave---you---till---you---confess."
  She jabbed her finger straight forward blindly and it went through the roached hair on Lawrence Billings's shrinking head and pointed straight at nothing, but Lawrence Billings  jumped and shrieked.  In the confusion Miranda dropped apparently senseless in the kitchen doorway; but just before she dropped she gave David another slow, solemn wink with one eye.
                                                                                    Miranda by Grace Livingston Hill

 

Mandalas

Have any of you ever colored a Mandala?  I really, really enjoy coloring them and I thought that I would share with you all the link yo one of my favorite places to get them from.

Don't Eat the Paste.  Her Mandalas are AMAZING!!!

Some Very Cool Songs

Here are a few songs that I have discovered lately that I really, really like.

Celtic Woman feat. Oonagh ~ Tir na nOg

I am a very big fan of Celtic Woman so naturally I listened to this song when it came out.  This song introduced me to Oonagh, whose music I have since come to adore.  

Oonagh feat. Santiano ~ Vergiss mein nicht

Oonagh ~ Orome

Oonagh ~ Avalon

Oonagh ~ Christmas Secrets

I hope you all enjoy them!!

Favorite Five

I know it has been awhile since I last did one of these posts.  Hopefully I will be a bit more regular this year!  Since I have been reading Georgette Heyer lately, this will be a post of quotes form her books.



Suddenly the silence was shattered.  The Most Noble the Marquis of Rotherham had succumbed to uncontrollable laughter.
                                                                                    Bath Tangle by Georgette Heyer



"Well you might not have kissed me, but I had every intention of kissing you, so it's just as well he didn't announce me," said Mr Calverleigh.  "Do you always kiss gentlemen who walk in unannounced?  I'll take good care none is allowed to do so when we are married!"
                                                                                    The Black Sheep by Georgette Heyer



"Oh, no!  Frederica and Jessamy knew it wasn't true, of course.  In fact, Frederica said, afterwards, that she utterly forbade me to plague you to take me.  But I am not plaguing you: I am just asking you, sir!  She says you don't wish to see a balloon ascension, but I think it would be a treat for you!"
                                                                                    Frederica by Georgette Heyer



The Marquis had been leaning one hand on the back of Jessamy's chair, but he transferred it to Jessamy's shoulder.  Obedient to it's pressure, Jessamy remained silent.
                                                                                   Frederica by Georgette Heyer



Then it was that Mr Beaumaris, looking across the room at Arabella, all flushed cheeks and heaving bosom, astonished the company, and himself as well.  "Yes," he said. "I will."
                                                                                   Arabella by Georgette Heyer

The ones from Frederica make a lot more sense if you have read the book.

7 Weeks Old........And Goodbye

Well the time has come to part with our little darlings.  It is sad to see them go, but we can't keep them.  Even sadder then seeing them go, is seeing how sad it makes my little siblings.  There have been and will be more, tears.  But too quote Gandalf, "I will not say, 'Do not weep', for not all tears are an evil."  So without any further ado, here are the last pictures of them.

Arwen

Elladan

Elrohir

Finduilas

Gil-galad

Strider

Daisy and some of them.