The Night Sky Declares His Glory

 "And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day."

Genesis 1:14-19

Last night, the sky was beautiful, so I opened my window and took out the screen, set up my camera and tripod, and took some pictures. I still need to work on my settings for shooting the night sky, but I had a lot of fun doing it!

Enjoy!

 "Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?"

Job 38:31-33

"Praise ye the Lord: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely... He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite."

Psalm 147:1,4-5

 "When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?"

Psalm 8:3-4

 "Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the heights. Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts. Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light. Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens. Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created."

Psalm 148:1-5

"Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name:"

Amos 5:8

 "I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?... Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars. Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea. Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south. Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number."

Job 9:2,7-10

"The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard." 

Psalm 19:1-3

Niece and Nephew Plus a Special Visitor

On Sunday, Azalea and I were playing and we thought it would be fun to take a few pictures, so here they are. 

She wanted to be a reindeer, so we tried to give her some antlers. 😊

Such a cutie!

Jonah joined us.

Dad cut this tree for a neighbor and we will use it in our outdoor wood burner. 

Silly kid!

Simeon being his goofy self. I love this guy!

One of 5 dandelions we found. They are crazy because just 3 days before we had below 0 temperatures!

Azalea and Jonah's first time on the pond. We stayed close to the edge because it has been warm for the last few days and I was taking no chances on it breaking, although I very much doubt it would have.

And our special visitor!

We have seen bald eagles around, but this is the closest it has gotten to our house.

They are so amazing!

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Isaiah 40:30-31

Christmas 2018

 Hello!!!

Today, most of us started returning to a normal schedule, although I am not doing a lot because of a nasty cold. So here are some pictures from the last week.

On Christmas morning, we always open our stockings when Dad gets in from chores so we can have our orange for breakfast.

 Our Christmas morning breakfast always includes hot chocolate, oranges, eggnog, and German Sour Cream Twists, with eggs usually added and sometime bacon or sausage.

 After we clean up from breakfast, we read the Christmas story, usually from Luke, but we read from Matthew this year, and sing some Christmas hymns.

 Then we open gifts. We draw names every year, and take turns giving our person their gifts.

 I had Simeon and this is a picture of him when he opened the note saying he would get a new bike. This was right before he attacked me with a hug. 😊

 Micah had Lydia and he made her this hope chest. He did a really good job!

He made one for Esther a few years ago.

 Lydia painted all of us pictures that were kind of like us. (I really like birds, so mine is birds, Sarah likes Winnie the Pooh, so she got one of him, Simeon likes the Cleveland Indians, so he got a picture of Chief Wahoo, etc.)

 Christmas lunch, round 1.

 Esther and the Seawrights bought us Ticket to Ride.

 Playing with filters on my phone.

We had all the married sibling who live in the area in on Wednesday.

 These two boys have a lot of fun together! They were just missing the other two boy cousins.

 Christmas food, round 2.

 Giving Grandpa and Grandma their gifts.

Jonah got to ride in the sled to help throw away the wrapping paper.

 My brother-in-law, Dan, and I took the littles on a walk to the bridge and we tried to get a nice picture before this silly one, but I like the silly one better. 😊

 Jonah loves bawk bawks (aka, chickens)

 They all love Grandma's bucha. (Mom brews her own kombucha)

On the 27th, Sarah and I went to the Creation Museum with some of our friends. We spent some time in the museum during the day, then enjoyed the lights after dark.

 The wise man talking about his trip to see Jesus.

 It was really pretty, just wet. It rained the whole time we walked around outside.

 Sarah!!

Then, on New Year's Eve...

 We went our for supper. We almost never all go out to eat, so it was fun to do something different and "special." I think most of us want it to be a New Year's Eve tradition from now on.

Afterwards, we all invaded a Dollar General because we needed toilet paper and chips. The poor workers probably had a heart attack when all of us walked in the doors, and breathed a sigh of relief when we left. 😊

I hope you all were able to spend time with family the last week or so.

I am thankful for all those who have to work on holidays, even when they wish they could be with their family!

Have a great 2019!!

"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this."

Isaiah 9:6-7