Photography Expressions: 2011

Monday, December 12, 2011

Summer Photography.

Please note-these are the original photos. They have had no editing done to them yet.

I hope you enjoyed them. :)

-Ashley

Sunday, December 11, 2011

It's that time of year again, Christmas!

I have to say, Christmas is my favorite time of the year. I love Thanksgiving and I love Easter but I don't think any other holiday can compare to Christmas!

I love the joy, I love the spirit, I love the Christmas music, I love the decorating, I love the crafting, I love the fellowship, I love the reason why.

How blessed are we to have such an amazing story to tell! Think about it, when we share our faith with other people, when we are teaching, leading and having sweet fellowship with others we have GREAT things to talk about! The story of Jesus is amazing! Being a girl, I've read my fair share of novels but sometimes I just think, why do I waste my time when I can read stories that are just as good and they are TRUE!

I hope and pray that you take this time of year to share with others the real reason of Christmas. After all, who doesn't love a good story??

Until next time, many blessings to you and yours during this Christmas season!

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%201:26-38&version=NIV - The Birth of Jesus Foretold.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%202:1-20&version=NIV - The Birth Of Jesus.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Pretzel Making!

Me, Emma & Anna Made some soft pretzels today! They came out very yummy!

Here are some pics of our cooking adventure and the recipe!
What you will need :)

Ok, I didn't get pics of the first steps as well as I wanted. So, before you add everything below,
you will need to mix

1TBS yeast

and

1 1/4 cup warm water

Let the yeast get all happy then....

Add 4 cups of BREAD flour.

(If you don't have bread flower regular will work. They will come out a little more heavy though.)

3TBS Brown Sugar

1TSP Salt.

Ok, So after all the is mixed together you can start to roll out your pretzels!

Then....

Your going to dip your pretzels into a water & baking soda mixture.

( 2 cups water 4TBS baking soda.)

Place on a cookie sheet.

and bake at '500 for 10 min!

TA DA!

I like to make some with salt and some with cinn and sugar!

Monday, February 21, 2011

fellowship fun!

Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.
-Philippians 2:1-2

Here are some pictures from the awesome fellowship
dinner we had last night at the DiJosephs home with some other great friends.

Thank you so much DiJoseph family for having us over!
We will having to do it again very soon!

Our wonderful host Miss.Angela :)

(let me tell ya, this woman is one AWESOME cook!)

Mmmmm Mmmmm

Strawberry shortcake!

Desert =P

Yummy yummy!

Corn bread!

Salad =D

HAM!

Chillen around the table :)

(cutting cookie bars ;)

Little Marky middler ;)

In the wonderful new kitchen :)

BIG LOVE TO THE DIJOSEPHS!

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Psalm 74:15-17

Psalm 74:15-17-

It was you who opened up springs and streams;
you dried up the ever-flowing rivers.
The day is yours, and yours also the night;
you established the sun and moon.
It was you who set all the boundaries of the earth;
you made both summer and winter.

Baking with the girls =D

We had our very first Woven Threads Bake night last night. It was so much fun baking, laughing, and decorating with the girls. I hope we can do it again soon!

Here are some of the pictures taken between rolling, cutting, decorating, baking, timing, and all that other fun stuff!

Super cute pic!