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Mary G - Part 2

2010-05-27T23:41:00.005-05:00

So here's part 2 of the pictures I took of Mary!!!!

Mary G - Part 1

2010-05-22T19:20:00.004-05:00

Last weekend I did a photoshoot for my friend Mary! She's graduating from a Junior College this year and heading away in the fall. I'm gonna miss you so much, life’s really not going to be the same without you :'( So without further ado, the gorgeous, creative, funny and obsessive Dr Who fan...Mary!!!

Converse!

2010-05-19T22:52:00.003-05:00

So this post is for my cousin Elisabeth who LOVES converse! Her and my Sister even think everyone in their wedding party's wearing them ;-)

Well I love them too thats what gave me this wonderful idea to do some photos with them! I had something in mind and kinda got what I wanted!

So Elisabeth this post is in honor of you =D

I Heart Faces-Smiles Week!!!

2010-04-27T12:54:00.004-05:00

Here's my entry for the I Heart Faces-Smiles Challenge!!!

This is my cousin Helen! Isn't she just adorable!!!!

More Pictures!

2010-01-10T00:08:00.005-06:00

Some more pictures of my Aunt, Uncle and Cousin!

A few photos of my cousin

2009-11-22T18:24:00.006-06:00

A few weeks ago my Mom, sister, and I went to Iowa to visit my cousin. My cousin needed some new recent pictures, so we decided to go out and get some shots! I took some of my Aunt and Uncle also. I have not edited them yet, so they will be up soon!

Elisabeth, I'm posting these pics so you can see them...I'll get the rest of them done soon I promise!

Pink Challenge

2009-10-19T23:02:00.003-05:00

It's Pink week this week at I Heart Faces!

www.iheartfaces.blogspot.com

Blue Photo Challenge

2009-09-29T21:31:00.003-05:00

http://iheartfaces.blogspot.com/

Little Brother

2009-09-29T21:21:00.002-05:00

Here's a couple pictures of my little brother! He's just so cute!!!

Beloved Video

2009-09-16T20:02:00.002-05:00

This is a video I took at the concert. This is my favorite song they play. He is singing about us being the "bride" of Christ. It's such a pretty song. Sorry it's so shaky my arms were getting tired!

Tenth Avenue North

2009-09-14T19:52:00.017-05:00

This past Friday and Saturday I went to two concerts by my favorite band, Tenth Avenue North! I had planned to take some of the kids to the concert on Friday night. We were heading somewhere else on Saturday morning when my Dad had this great idea to drive to Iowa to see them again:) So we did!! It was well worth the four hour drive!! If you have not heard of this band you should check them out. Their music is really good, and they also have a great message to go along with their songs. I love the way they make the concerts all about giving glory to God, not to theirselves!

I'm posting a few pictures from the concert on Saturday!

I Heart Faces: Funny, Silly Faces Photo Contest

2009-08-11T20:46:00.002-05:00

This is my entry for the I Heart Faces silly photo contest!!!

Missori Part 5: Cardinal's game

2009-07-25T18:23:00.008-05:00

On the way home we stopped in St. Louis again, and went to a Cardinals game. The Cardinals were playing the Phillies! Sorry to say I was rooting for the Phillies!! I'm a Cubs fan what can I say :) So I'm posting a few pictures, there not in any particulate order. Just posting them how the computer uploaded them :)

One of the players got hurt pretty bad, they had to carry him off the field. He ran head first into the wall. OUCH!!

Missori Part 4: The Bettendorf's house

2009-07-25T17:46:00.005-05:00

Well it's been awhile since I posted! I've been so busy! But I'm going to try to finish posting about Missori today:)

So we went to the Bettendorf's house. It was a lot of fun! the kids had a blast!! Here's a few pictures...

Jenna and Kaylea...

The group minus my parents and I :)

Missouri Part 3: Little House on the Prairie

2009-06-27T14:13:00.007-05:00

Well now comes my favorite part of our trip! We got to go to the Laura Ingalls Wilder museum in Mansfield! This is the place that she lived after her and Almanzo were married. Where she wrote the Little House books!! It was sooo cool! I've loved the little house books since the first time I read them! I think I've read about every book you can find about her!LOL

In the museum and the house you are not allowed to take any pictures. We got to see Pa's fiddle, some of the original manuscripts, letters written to her family, and tons more!

The house was so cool! No one has lived in the house after Laura died so everything in the house was exactly how she left it. The calendar hanging on the wall in the kitchen was even open to the month she died in.

Then we went to the house on Rocky Ridge, this was the house that Rose had built for them. She thought the farm house was to much for them to take care of. This is the place that Laura first started to write her books. They later moved back to the farm house.

We went to vist the grave sites of Almanzo, Laura and Rose.

Missouri Part 2: The Gateway Arch

2009-06-01T20:18:00.006-05:00

Day 2 in Missouri we went to the Gateway Arch! We had tried to go the night before, but we got there 15min to late. The next morning we packed up the camper and headed into St Louis on the way to Mansfield. It was quite an adventure with the camper in the city:) You have to park all campers and bus on this road along the Mississippi. The river was flooding while we were there and they were closing all the roads going off of the road we were on! The only road open was this narrow little brick alley in old town St. Louis! It was quite interesting trying to drive the camper up that road

The Arch was a lot of fun! It was really busy there though. It rained so the pictures aren’t the best.

The flooded Mississippi!

The kids love Calvin and Hobes and we found this wall with a comic panted on it!

~Cassie

Missouri part 1: St. Louis

2009-05-17T10:57:00.008-05:00

A couple weeks ago my family went on a camping trip to Missouri! It was tons of fun even though it rained almost the whole time! The first night of our trip we didn't actually stay in MO. We were at this awesome campground in Carlyle Lake IL! We even got a campsite right on the lake! We ended up staying there on the way back so I'll post picture of that later! We drove into St Louis the first night we were there so here are some pictures from that!

St Louis here we come!!

Our first view of the Gateway Arch!

So as we wandered around downtown St Louis in search of an ATM machine, after missing the Arch by 15min! We realized that we were really close to Busch Stadium. We decide to go check it out! We walked through what looked like an empty parking lot:) As we got to the gates and started taking pictures, up drives a security guard who asks us if we just cut through that construction zone behind us(oops)! We thought we were busted :) But it turns out that he just warned us not to go back that way. After talking to him for a while he ended up letting us into the field to get some better pictures! It was so cool being in a stadium with no people but us. It was so quiet!!

Here's the nice security guard!

The Bullpen!

More of Busch Stadum later!

I'll save the Gateway Arch for the next post since I have so many pictures all ready!

~Cassie

Another Concert!

2009-05-07T16:08:00.017-05:00

Well my brother has been bugging me about getting these pictures up! So here they are!

A couple of weeks ago our family went to yet another concert!!(I know we go to alot of concerts!) This concert was called the Rock and Worship Road Show. The bands where Mercy Me, Sanctis Real, Hawk Nelson and Tenth Ave. North! and it was only 10$. But you had to buy your tickets at the door, so we had to stand in line for awhile!

My cousin Elizabeth came with us!

Cousins!

Tenth Ave. North!

Jason Dunn from Hawk Nelson.

Sanctis Reel!

Last but definitely not least Mercy Me!

Getting Autographs

Here's two videos I did on my Camera!

Bowling!

2009-04-22T14:47:00.008-05:00

This post is for you Elizabeth! Last week we went bowling with most of the kids in our little home church!

Elizabeth

Kate

Samuel

I hate bowling shoes!

Kaylea!

Andy

One of Andy's many strikes! But just for the record Samuel did beat Andy in one game!

After we finished bowling we went to Maid-Rite for dinner! This was the first Maid-Rite I've got to eat at in IL! It was just as good as the ones in IA!

Andy trying the strangle Cody!LOL

Group pic!

New Camera!!

2009-04-20T21:06:00.002-05:00

Well I finally got my dream camera!! A Nikon D90!!

SNOW:(

2009-04-06T15:06:00.004-05:00

Well I'm a little late getting this up!! But last Sunday this is what we woke up to!

I thought it was suppose to be SPRING???????

~Cassie

Chris Tomlin Concert!

2009-03-29T15:53:00.008-05:00

For Christmas our family got tickets to a Chris Tomlin concert!!! The concert was yesterday! Yes it was a long wait, but it was well worth it! The concert was absolutely AMAZING!!!!!! It was probably the best concert I have ever been to. (though the Newsboys are really good too!) The sears center was sold out so there was probably about 7 to 8,000 people there just worshiping God! It was amazing! I took lots of pictures so here are some of them!

We had never heard of Israel Houghton and New Breed before the concert, but they turned out to be really cool!

These are two of the guitarist from Chris Tomlin!

There's a peace I've come to know
Though my heart and flesh may fail
There's an anchor for my soul
I can say "It is well"

Jesus has overcome
And the grave is overwhelmed
The victory is won
He is risen from the dead

And I will rise when He calls my name
No more sorrow, no more pain
I will rise on eagles' wings
Before my God fall on my knees
And rise
I will rise

There's a day that's drawing near
When this darkness breaks to light
And the shadows disappear
And my faith shall be my eyes

Jesus has overcome
And the grave is overwhelmed
The victory is won
He is risen from the dead

And I will rise when He calls my name
No more sorrow, no more pain
I will rise on eagles' wings
Before my God fall on my knees
And rise
I will rise

And I hear the voice of many angels sing,
"Worthy is the Lamb"
And I hear the cry of every longing heart,
"Worthy is the Lamb"
And I hear the voice of many angels sing,
"Worthy is the Lamb"
And I hear the cry of every longing heart,
"Worthy is the Lamb"

And I will rise when He calls my name
No more sorrow, no more pain
I will rise on eagles' wings
Before my God fall on my knees
And rise
I will rise

~I Will Rise, By Chris Tomlin

Kaylea's Room

2009-03-08T13:07:00.005-05:00

Ok its been awhile since I've posted on here! I will get a real post up soon!

This is for my Grandma (or whoever else is interested!) she wanted to see pictures of my sister Kaylea's newly painted room! So here they are!

Redency Ball!

2009-02-10T18:41:00.010-06:00

A few weekends ago our family went to a Regency era dance. It was so much fun!

Here are the dresses we wore. I made mine, and my Mom made most of my sisters. Since we didn't start them till the week before the dance, we were a little pressed for time. We were able to get them done though!

All of us minus my brother Kevin! He doesn't like to dance!

Stephanie and I.

All of us along with Stephanie and David our adopted family!

Dancing!

My little brother Caleb is only 6, and he knows how to waltz!

It was so much fun but very exhausting!

~Cassie

Medieval Times!

2009-01-30T14:03:00.010-06:00

Well it's been a long time since I have posted! I have been so busy! Last week some of my friends and I went to Medieval Times! It was so much fun, I had never been there before.

My friend Mary very excited for the show to start!
Stephanie

My friend Mary and I.

Fighting!
The Prince reunited with his Princess! How sweet!

After the show we got our picture with some of the Knights. This was the Knight for our section. He won!

Some of the other Knights

It was sooo much fun! Hopefully soon I will post the pictures from the regency ball our family went to! It was a lot of fun, but a lot of work to get ready for!

~Cassie

Snowy Christmas Eve!

2008-12-24T15:40:00.005-06:00

Well its snowing again! We went out and took some pictures this morning. Here they are!

We saw a lady walking a Bernese Mountain Dog, that's my brothers favorite dog breed. Isn't he so cute!

Merry Christmas! Remember Jesus is the reason for the season!

~Cassie

Celtic Thunder and other random stuff!

2008-12-21T17:39:00.005-06:00

Last week Stephanie and I went to the Celtic Thunder concert! It was soooooo much fun, and we only missed 3 exits driving there so that's not to bad. Thank goodness for the GPS, I don't know what we would have done with out it!

You couldn't get a very good picture from where we were:(

When we were walking back to the car we pasted the stage exit. We were joking that it would be funny if they came out while we were there. Then as we turned around and headed back to the car this van pulls up. Then out came the guys from Celtic thunder!! It was so cool!

Here's Damian
I'm pretty sure this one is Ryan but he kinda has his head turned the other way so its hard to tell!
They where even waving at us out the back window!

Today I finished making my John Deere PJ pants! They're so comfy!

I just got this really cool Christmas tree for my room!

Isn't it so cute!

Oh and someone at work gave me this really cool cowgirl boot ornament for Christmas!

Well that's the end of my random post! Only 4 more days till Christmas!

~Cassie

Christmas Tree!

2008-12-13T22:07:00.005-06:00

Last Saturday we went to get our Christmas tree!

Dad is ready to cut one down!

Searching for the perfect one.

Found one!

Timber!

It was sooooo cold out. I don't know why we always chose the coldest days to go get the tree!

Dragging back to the car.

All decorated!

~Cassie

Thanksgiving and more!

2008-12-07T15:17:00.011-06:00

Ok I'm finally putting the pictures from Thanksgiving up!!!

All the little kids at there table.

My cousin Taylor. Well she's really my cousins daughter so I guess that makes her my second cousin.

Taylor and Kaylea.

The kids having fun on the trampoline

My cousin Hannah and I.

That's all the pictures I have of Thanksgiving. I was to busy eating to take pictures!!LOL

The next day we where busy raking the leaves up in my Grandma's yard

If the fire gets to out of control the fire stations right across the street!

The last flower left in the yard!

Then we went to ride horses at my cousins house.

Here is the barn across the street from my Grandmas house.

Then the next day it looked like this.

My cousin Jonah all ready to go out in the snow.

Well that's all that I have time for now.

~Cassie

Another Tag!

2008-12-03T19:21:00.003-06:00

I was tagged again by Stephanie

A book meme
here's the rules:
1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages)
2. Open the book to page 123
3. Find the fifth sentence
4. Post the next three sentences
5. Tag 5 people

The book nearest me is Fireproof!!! I just bought it today and I can't wait to read it! The movie is sooooo good!!

The fifth sentence of the 123 page... He turned from a wall chart.

The sixth, seventh and eighth.... Nurses passed by. "Hi" She touched his arm. "I just wanted to remind you about your interview in ten minutes."

I tag:

Kevin
Stephanie
Kristen

Tag

2008-12-01T15:12:00.003-06:00

I've been tagged by Julia

RULES:1. Copy the questions and then answer them 2. Tag 4 people and let them know you have tagged them.3. Let the person who tagged you know that you have done a post for the tag.

QUESTIONS

What is one place you've visited, can't forget and want to go back to? Kentucky!!

Do you trust easily? Sometimes

Do you generally think before you act, or act before you think?I try to think before I act!

Is there anything that had made you unhappy these days? It's snowing:(

What is your favorite fruit? Probably Strawberries

What websites do you visit daily? Different Blogs!

What have you been seriously addicted to lately? Knitting!

What's the last song that got stuck in your head? I'm County - Craig Morgan

What is your favorite thing to wear?My cowboy boots

Do you think Rice Krispies are yummy?Yes, but we don't buy them very often.

What items couldn't you be without during the day?I'm not really sure.

What should you be doing right now?Getting ready for my concert tonight!!

I tag:

Stephanie
Amanda
HannahLee
Dee

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

2008-11-27T10:50:00.002-06:00

Happy Thanksgiving everybody!! I'm at my Grandma's in Iowa now and we will be going over to my Aunts house soon for dinner!!!! I'll take lots of pictures and post them later. But I just wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving!!! Be sure to eat tons!! I will!!

~Cassie

Craft Stuff!!!

2008-11-22T21:52:00.004-06:00

This is an example of why you do not go to Hobby Lobby when they have 50% off of there stamps, scrapbooking paper and stickers! You always come out of the store with way more than you originally intended to buy!! But hey they where some great deals so how can you pass it up! I could have bought more but I refrained!

I got some really cool stamps!

Very pretty Jane Austenish paper. I don't know how well you can see it, but trust me its pretty!

This stuff is pretty cool to! This is why I like Hobby Lobby they have christian stuff!

John Deere stickers!

Some cool cowboy stuff!! I don't know why the picture turned out blurry.

And last but definitely not least. Cowgirl rub ons! These are soooo cool!!!!

Well I bought lots of really cool stuff! Can't wait to use it!

~Cassie

I'm Country

2008-11-21T17:50:00.006-06:00

Ok I found this on somebodys site and thought it looked fun!!
You take your I-Pod and set it to shuffle and whatever song comes up is the answer to the question! Some of them are really kinda silly but it was still fun!!

1. If someone says "Is this okay," you say?Mood Rings - Relient K

2. What would best describe your personality?Everlasting God - Chris Tomlin

3. What do you like in a guy/girl? Life is good - Stellar Kart

4. How do you feel today?Life is a Highway - Rascal Flatts

5. What is your life's purpose? Long and Lonely Road - Hawk Nelson HA..LOL..I hope that's not true!!

6. What is your motto? Don't Blink - Kenny Chesney

7. What do your friends think of you? Rejoice - Chris Tomlin

8. What do you think about very often? Go Cubs Go - Cubs Greatest Hits

9. What is 2+2? Your love is better than Life - Newsboys

10. What do you think of your best friend? Bad Day - Daniel Powter No Steph.. that's not really true!

11. What do you think of the person you like? Trouble Is - Jars of Clay

12. What is your life story? Where you Belong/Turn you Eyes upon Jesus - Newsboys

13. What do you want to be when you grow up? We'll Never Know - Lifehouse

14. What do you think when you see the person you like?This is your Time - Michael W Smith

15. What do your parents think of you? How Great Thou Art - Carrie Underwood ...LOL

16. What will you dance to at your wedding? I Loved Her First - Heartland...WOW I'm really playing that at my wedding to!!

17. What will they play at your funeral?Livin' on a Prayer - Stellar Kart

18. What is your hobby/interest?When you say you love me - Josh Groban

19. What is your biggest secret? Mrs. Darcy - Pride and Prejudice Soundtrack....Yep girls I really am the real Mrs. Darcy!!!LOL

20. What's the worst thing that could happen?Head on Collision - Hawk Nelson

21. How will you die? When our hearts sing to you - Rush of Fools

22. What is the one thing you regret? Walking her home - Mark Shultz

23. What makes you laugh? All the Pretty little pony's - Flika soundtrack

24. What makes you cry?Awesome is the Lord most High - Chris Tomlin

25. Will you ever get married? Made to Love - Toby Mac

26. What scares you the most? It is you - Newsboys

27. Does anyone like you? Jesus Take the Wheel - Carrie Underwood

28. If you could go back in time, what would you change? Beautiful Sound - Newsboys

29. What hurts right now? Small Town Southern Man - Alan Jackson

30. What will you post this as? I'm Country - Craig Morgan!!!!! I love that song!!

Well if you have an I-Pod you'll have to try it! It was actually kinda fun!

~Cassie

Kolaches

2008-11-18T15:37:00.004-06:00

On Saturday I made Kolaches for my family and Stephanie's family. They're like a sweet roll with a fruit filling in the center. They're really good but very time consuming to make! I thought I would post the recipe if any of you were adventurous enough to attempt them! They do take practice!

Czech Kolaches.

2 pkg yeast

1/3 C. warm water

1 1/2 T. sugar

2 C. potato water

1 C. mashed potatoes

1 C. sugar

2 tsp. salt

2/3 C. lard or butter

2 eggs

8 to 9 C. flour

Start yeast in warm warm and sugar, let bubble up. Warm potato water. Add mashed potatoes,
sugar, salt, lard and beaten eggs; beat well and add the dissolved yeast and 4 cups flour; beat for 5 min until light and fluffy. Work in rest of flour. Knead well and place in greased bowl. Brush the top with melted butter and place in warm place. Let rise till double in bulk; punch down and let rise again in warm place. Make into 2-inch balls, greasing hands to make balls. Let rise again for 15 mins. Make indentations in buns and fill with your favorite fillings (I use the Solo brand fruit fillings) and bake at 375* for about 15 mins. When nicely brown take out and brush with butter on top. Then remove from pan. Place on a towel and cover with dish towel. Makes about 4 dozen.

We had to use Cherry pie filling cause we ran out of the usually filling! It still tasted good though!

~Cassie

Sew Crafty Friday!

2008-11-14T17:37:00.002-06:00

Here's another crafty Friday post!

Lets see..

I started the scarf that I showed a picture of last week.

Here's a close up of the pattern in the scarf.

I've been working on the quilt I'm making for my Mom. I'll try to post my progress on it every week. I've got all the strips sewn together now I have to cut them. My favorite part! Not!

Here's the pattern I'm using

Tonight I'm going to dance society, where we learn all kinds of old English country dances. It's so much fun!

~Cassie

Crowder Concert!

2008-11-08T19:59:00.001-06:00

Here are some pictures of the David Crowder concert!

Before the concert while waiting in line

I loved when they brought out the bango!

The guitar hero guitar!

Getting my shirt signed!
WOW someone who is taller then me!! Being 6ft tall that doesn't happen all the time!

It was a great concert! Stephanie and I even won tickets to a Steller Kart concert on Sunday!!

~Cassie

Sew Crafty Friday

2008-11-07T14:47:00.000-06:00

I just love reading sew crafty Friday posts on other blogs. So I decided to post one of my own.

Here's what I have been working on lately.

I've been working on knitting this afgan. I got the pattern here http://www.kraemeryarns.com/patterns/pdfs/lotsoflove.pdf It is taking me a long time because it's so big!

Last night I started this scarf. It is so easy and fast. You use a size 19 needle and you double the yarn. It knits up really fast!

I have yarn to start another scarf with.

I'm going to be using this pattern. I can't wait to get started on it!

Well I have more projects started but I'll wait for a different time to show those.

~Cassie

David Crowder!

2008-11-06T22:49:00.000-06:00

I'm so excited! Tomorrow My Dad and I along with my friend Stephanie are going to be going to a David Crowder Band concert! Someone I work with had extra tickets. Our local K-Love radio station gives away front row seats with meet and greet passes, for a lot of different local concerts, and she won them. What's really funny is that earlier this year she won front row seats with meet and greet passes to the Newsboys concert! (my all time favorite band!) We had made a deal ahead of time that if she won she would take me and I would drive, so I got to go. I was so surprised, We never thought she would actually win! Well anyway, she won again this time! I'm going to buy her extra tickets and I get to go, I'm so excited!! I'll be sure to post some pictures of the concert later!

~Cassie

Hallelujah Party!

2008-11-04T19:03:00.000-06:00

We don't go trick or treating for Halloween. This year we went to Pump it Up for a hallelujah party put on by the home church of some of our friends! Pump it Up is a place with blow up bouncing things, it was a lot of fun! We didn't really get that many pictures but here's a few.

We don't usually dress up for Halloween, but at work they like us to. Since I had to work, I decided to go as a Cowgirl!

Well that's it for now!

~Cassie

Pictures

2008-10-29T19:49:00.000-05:00

Last Saturday my dad brought home a nice digital SLR camera from work! We went out to a forest preserve near our home to take some pictures!

(Left to right, Kaylea, Kevin, Caleb, Me and Kyle)

My sister Kaylea!

Kevin! No he did not want his picture taken!

Caleb and I!

Kyle! What a cutie!

Kaylea and I in midair!!

It was such a nice fall day! There probably won't be many of them left!

~Cassie

My Cowboy Brother!

2008-10-24T16:19:00.000-05:00

Caleb got this cowboy outfit for his 6th Birthday! He loves to pretend he's a cowboy!!!

Isn't he soooooo cute??!!!

~Cassie

John Deere

2008-10-22T18:52:00.000-05:00

My littlest brother Caleb loves John Deere farm equipment! We went over to the home of a friend from work (she lives on a farm). Thanks to Mr. Darrell he got a ride on a real John Deere tractor!!
Can you see why Miss. Pam is one of Caleb's best lady friends?!

Can you see the smile on his face?!

Driving away!

~Cassie

First Post!

2008-10-22T16:21:00.000-05:00

Well... this is my first post. I'm not really sure what to write. I will manily be using this blog to post pictures that I've taken and for posting different craft projects that I've been working on!

Well a little about myself. I'm out of highschool, I work at a library and I love it, I love hiking, and Geocaching (if you don't know what that is visit http://www.geocaching.com/). I am the oldest of 5 kids and my dream is to someday live on a farm or ranch out west! Well that's it for now!

~Cassie