Photo Shoot / remembrances of when it was warm

It is really cold now. And I still need to blog about the photo shoot we did a while back.

On the one warm day in October (it actually reached 70!!) I did pictures of two of my younger siblings. And I asked my younger brother to do some photos of me. (We do pictures of all us kids yearly. Instead of "school pictures" we do "birthday pictures.")   :)

I was so excited it got warm (it actually got to 70!! But than it snowed three days later) because I wanted to wear a certain dress....

This is my Great Grandma's dress! She is 95 years old now. But she wore this dress a long time ago. 

I was snooping through her closet, thinking "Grandma has got to have some cool clothes in here, right?" 

Sure enough, I found this dress and loved it! I wore it for a violin recital I was in last May. My Great Grandma is so sweet! I just asked if I could borrow it... but surprise! After my recital Grandma told me "Honey, that dress is yours now!" I was thrilled! I love "hand me downs" and this is a very special "hand me down." :) I haven't had another chance to wear it again, but I knew I wanted pictures in it!! 

Plus, I wanted pictures with my violin. (It's so much easier to "pose" with a violin.)

My brother did a great job taking these pictures! Thanks, Matt! 

In Christ Alone

This is one of my favorite songs!

In Christ alone my hope is found,

He is my light, my strength, my song;

This Cornerstone, this solid Ground,

Firm through the fiercest drought and storm.

What heights of love, what depths of peace,

When fears are stilled, when strivings cease!

My Comforter, my All in All,

Here in the love of Christ I stand.

In Christ alone! - who took on flesh,

Fullness of God in helpless babe.

This gift of love and righteousness,

Scorned by the ones He came to save:

Till on that cross as Jesus died,

The wrath of God was satisfied -

For every sin on Him was laid;

Here in the death of Christ I live.

There in the ground His body lay,

Light of the world by darkness slain:

Then bursting forth in glorious day

Up from the grave He rose again!

And as He stands in victory

Sin's curse has lost its grip on me,

For I am His and He is mine -

Bought with the precious blood of Christ.

No guilt in life, no fear in death,

This is the power of Christ in me;

From life's first cry to final breath,

Jesus commands my destiny.

No power of hell, no scheme of man,

Can ever pluck me from His hand:

Till He returns or calls me home,

Here in the power of Christ I'll stand.

-Stuart Townend and Keith Getty