I've Gone Etsy!

If you have never heard of Etsy, you should go check it out.  It is a really neat website.  A good way to explain it is as a Internet shopping mall and individual people (like me!) sell their special wares in their own "shop".  I have found some beautiful skirts and dresses, lots of earrings, cards, pictures, decor, antiques, trinkets, jewelry, mugs, plates, pens, etc. etc. etc.    You can find just about anything on there!  I already have a list for things to buy people for Christmas.  :)

Do I sound like I am selling a bit?  Ha ha, well,  I am.  I have my own "shop" up on Etsy!  I have really enjoyed doing weddings and other photo shoots, but I haven't had that many at the moment.  I am not ready to push it and get it going full time yet.  I did think that I could sell my pictures that turn out the best.  So I signed up with Etsy.  I am excited and nervous about it.  It is always hard to know what other people will buy. So I am just going to put different ones up and see which ones sell! 

I do have a long post coming out with what else has been fun in my life. (ha).  I do covet your prayers on the ranch.  We got the appraisal in and it wasn't what we were wanting.  Now it is time to rethink what we are going to do.  Not fun.  Please be praying for my parents especially.  They are the ones to have to come up with a game plan.

I hope you all are doing well!  For those of you who have blogs I am keeping up with you.  :)

Blessings,
Rebecca

Roses

We are finished with our first round of Drama!  We had 2 wonderful performances that went off smoothly.  :)  It was so neat to hear the crown laughing at parts we thought funny...at the beginning of the year.  By the end of 15 weeks we were a bit...used....to them.  It really came off well.  It was such a delight to see friends in the audience!  That was a bit of fun!  Sarah has had many laughs over her "chicken" performance. :D 

All of the moms banded together and bought Mom and I some Roses.  (since it was Mother's Day weekend they found some beauts!) They didn't have to, but you know how it goes.  I decided to put them to use so I pressed some of the petals and took the rest of the roses out for a photo shoot!  At one point, the unstable bench I had them on fell over.  Imagine how it was to be looking through the viewfinder at roses one minute and seeing them disappear the next!  It took me a second to realize what had happened...... :)

Here are some of my favorites, please let me know which ones you like the best!

Which one was your favorite?  I think mine are the 2 last ones...

Blessings,

Rebecca

Homeschoolers can too spell!

My Spell Chequer and Eye

Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin know sea.

Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weight.

As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rare lea ever wrong.

Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your please two no
Its letter perfect awl the weigh
My Chequer Told Me Sew.

I through this was too cute! 

Have a wonderful Resurrection Day!
The Lord is Risen!  He is Risen Indeed!
~Rebecca

Back!

Our family is home from the CAPE Convention!  It was a bunch or work, but we all enjoy it. (somehow, my family was recruited to do registration.....) :D   Caleb wasn't old enough to go this year, so he had my Dad's mom all to himself- a treat for the youngest child in the family.  They had a lot of fun without us.  :) 

We changed a few things this year for the convention.  First is the location.  We changed churches.  This ones is really great (I think) for the convention.  The church was really helpful and wanted us there so we made things work.  We also changed when the graduation was.  Instead of Friday night it was Saturday afternoon.  I think that was really helpful.  (another nice things about this church was that there was more room for friends and family than the last church)  Since Friday night was open they had one of the guest speakers talk, and they had the homeschool showcase that night.  I am rambling about all this so that I can say that my family got to go to the evening programs. A nice break for us!  The speakers were wonderful!  I think everyone made it to at least one workshop during our time.  We just took turns on who went when.  :D

We had a bunch of great help this year (as always!)  It was neat this year as we had several young ladies who had graduated, and a few that are in high school.  I know as a young lady it is hard to find areas to serve, so they got to serve and we got help!!! :D  

We are all pretty tired and have just been taking it easy.  We have a busy schedule so it was nice to get a break in. 

Drama is this Monday and we are trying to squeeze in some more hours before our performances!  It has been neat to do this, but we are feeling a bit like we are drowning....  Thankfully we have a bunch of moms willing to help and pitch in so I know we will get it done and everything will go well!!! 

Speaking of which, I had better go do some work for Drama....

In Christ, Rebecca

While I am Waiting

Ahh, here is a wonderful piece I found when going through e-mails.  Waiting is a virtue we have been perfecting with the ranch.  At least, I hope we have been perfecting. Thank goodness for a Patient God!  Love, Rebecca

 

I'm waiting
I'm waiting on You, Lord
And I am hopeful
I'm waiting on You, Lord
Though it is painful
But patiently, I will wait

I will move ahead, bold and confident
Taking every step in obedience While I'm waiting
I will serve You While I'm waiting
I will worship While I'm waiting
I will not faint
I'll be running the race
Even while I wait

I'm waiting
I'm waiting on You, Lord
And I am peaceful
I'm waiting on You, Lord
Though it's not easy
But faithfully, I will wait
Yes, I will wait
I will serve You while I'm waiting
I will worship while I'm waiting
I will serve You while I'm waiting
I will worship while I'm waiting
I will serve you while I'm waiting
I will worship while I'm waiting on You, Lord

~John Waller

George MacDonald

Well, things are still up in the air with the ranch thing.  Please just keep it in your prayers.  We don't want someone to come and buy it only to struggle.  It needs to be something they can handle as well.  After being bummed that things aren't moving faster, we are all remembering that it is OK.  God brought us past where we thought we could go.  He has Blessed us many, many times.  It was disappointing, but I think we are fine with it in our disappointment.  There is nothing that we can do.  It is not any different than what it was a month ago.  God was providing for us then, and He will provide for us now.

On a happier note, I am meeting a lady tomorrow to sign papers for my first wedding shoot!  I am excited and nervous about that.  God was good to me and brought me an older couple with a small wedding.  Nice for the first time. :)  My photography friend and mentor is coming with me as well!  God really blessed me with her. :D

Here is a quote from one of my favorite authors, George MacDonald in his book The Landlady's Master.

"At other times they went on with the usual employments and games of children. But there was this
difference between them and most grown Christians- when anything roused thought of question, they at
once referred it to the words of Jesus, and having discovered His will, made haste to do it. Their faith

was not theological, nor did they ever stop to consider whether their beliefs matched the tenets of the

Shorter Catechism they had learned. Practicality was the only code between them: could something

be done? If so, where was to be found the first opportunity to do it? "

This passage (the whole book!) really encourage me to remember to include seeing the daily action that Christ showed us.  Include it along with studying what He was meaning.  This book reminded me that Christ did both.  He practised and He taught.  I find it easy to get wrapped up in pondering it, rather than doing it.  I mean doing it as in seeing the World through His eyes and how I can show the world His love. 

Anyway, I hope it encourages you as it encouraged me.  If you haven't read George MacDonald, I recommend him.  He has some huge nuggets in his books.  (the bits I have read)

Love in Christ,
Rebecca

Praise God from Whom ALL Blessings Flow

I have a big praise to let everyone know about, as well as asking for some mega praying.  (Is there such a thing as mega praying???) 

We had a wonderful family come and look at half the ranch on Sunday.  It is a family of 5, with the oldest 2 children grown and married with children.  The youngest is still at home and is Josh's age!  They are homeschooling, are Christians, and are a sweet family.  They have registered Angus cows (!), raise horses (!!), do 4-H, show steers, and do rodeos.  The greatest thing is that they are really interested in making the whole neighbor thing work.  I mean really work.  They don't want to be your "average" neighbor.  They are wanting a good friendship.  They are only interested in part of the ranch which means that we would both be able to run about 170 cows.  A good amount. 

After a plethora of e-mails back and forth, they are coming out Sunday to join our church for Lunch, and then they will stay and we will talk some more.  Please be praying that we would be able to work it out so that we can both do what we are able to do.  Time wise, this couldn't be better.  We were both needing to get something worked out ASAP.  They have a lease that is expiring, and we need to get something moving!  (Doesn't that sound like God?) 

One of the things that was talked about was that instead of us selling the headquarters and have to build and move, they would buy the raw land and they would build and move.  (instead of us both moving)  Because the relationship is such, they could use our corrals until they get theirs built. 
At first we were a bit unexcited about this option.  As Mom and Dad talked it over, we realized that it would be a bit of work, but not bad to get this place fixed up the way we want it.  Plus it would save us the headache of building and moving.... :)  We would build a new house, just slowly and with us working on it which would save us a lot of money and we can build it just how we want it.

I had to share our praise with you and let you know.  I know many of our friends have been praying with us for a looong time. I can't tell you how much I appreciate it.  For those of you who don't know, you know how to pray for my family!  No, nothing is on paper and signed, but we feel like that is where it is headed.  Please be praying for open doors if this is where God has us going.


In His Strong Arms,
Rebecca