IT'S A REPTILE!

Hey, look what crawled out of the woods into OUR pond! This gal has been livin in our pond for a year now, and we've never gotten more than a glimse of her when she would rise to the surface of the water. TODAY however, I noticed that our Shelties were looking very startledly at the edge of the woods, and when THIS Mama (she was probably laying eggs in there) popped out, they went nuts barking. I started SHOUTING for Gideon, and before you knew it, 10 kids were surrounding this turtle at a nervously safe distance. A camera with *zoom* got some great photos.

So!

The mysterious reptile reveals herself at last!

We thought about catching it, but decided to just let her go back to the pond.

"It'll keep Sophia out of the middle of the pond." Gid offered with a grin.

~Annie

The Latest Download...

I was writing in my journal last night about what my latest download from the Lord had been, and I decided to share it with you.

OBEDIENCE IS THE KEY

Obeying God proves your faith in Him and your love for Him. It is the key to you knowing God. (1st John 2:3) It is doing God's will, and therefore it unlocks all the blessings God has promised in His Word!

What do you do when you feel like you're always failing to obey? Fight the good fight! Take the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God! Philippians 4:13 -- "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."

ALL THINGS! Christ will strengthen us to obey.

Your Sister in Christ,

Annie

The Fun Continues :)

Johnny suited up for baseball! Below is the strawberry cake mom made for my b-day. :-]
The weather was real nice on my birthday -- see how burnt I am?
Here's our terrific Mom!!

We celebrated my birthday party on the 4th of May and it was delightful! To make May 5th (my REAL date of birth) more festive, mom decided to fix a second cake, with fresh strawberries. :-) YUM!

The other pictures are from Mother's Day! Our wonderful Grandma Pfeiffer and Aunt Jeanne were able to come over for a banana-blueberry pancake brunch that day. Soon after we all finished eating, we headed out to watch John Michael play his baseball game. The weather was totally amazing!

Praise the Lord for mothers!!!!!!!

Annie's 18!

18 candles!

Hahaha

Happy Birthday to our dear sister Annie! Who turned 18 today! (though these pictures were taken from the party we had for her yesterday) She is such a wonderful sister! You can see the love of God coming right out of her! LOVE YOU ANNIE! :)

~In Christ Liz~