the things that make you remember

Listening to: My Own Little World by Matthew West.

Quote love: "A moment lasts all of a second, but the memory lives on forever." -Unknown

Last night I was sitting on my bed while I folded clothes. I looked in my closet as I hung up a jacket, and I noticed a white book on the floor.

I flipped through my old script, and it brought into recollection a time I hadn't thought of in a while.

Nearly two years earlier, I was frantically flipping through its pages in a dark hall backstage as we practiced the play of The Chronicles of Narnia.  

It brought into recollection the days when we put on masks and costumes. 

The days when we were kings and queens and dwarves and elves; when we all rushed onstage as someone else. When we clung to wooden swords and hosted a sword fight in the dressing room. It made me think of how much fun we had when we decided to play hide & seek, exploring multifarious classrooms in the building.

It made me think of how we choked back our laughter on performance night when someone forgot the cup backstage, and we improvised and 'drank' from someone's cell phone. 

I remembered how we were sprawled on floor as we read through the play, and someone fell asleep.

How we all laughed when we were scribbling our lines on our hands and forearms the day we were supposed to have our lines memorized. How me and a friend raced through dark hallways, only to find the cast's younger siblings in a room with my mom watching Veggie Tales. I thought of how both of us walked in, asked a toddler to scoot over, and we sat down to watch Veggie Tales.

How we sat in that same darkened hallway and pondered what would happen to the paint job if we were to put bologna slices on a car.

The day of performance, and we're waiting in a back room eating popcorn, listening to Fenris Ulf play the guitar.

It's those times when a camera wouldn't have done much good. Because even though a camera can beautifully capture the emotions and images, when you step back and notice your friends, the music, and the times when you laugh so hard you can't breathe, you know there is no way a camera could capture that. 

.:Me, Kaitlin, Elizabeth, and Ashley:.

In His love and light,

Suzanne

before the sun gleamed

Last night the temperature dropped into the low 20s and it began to sleet, so there was ice everywhere this morning. I love pictures of ice! Muahahaha...

Which one is your favorite? :)

In His love and light,

Jessie Suzanne

and the stars fell as snow

What would happen if you were in a field on a summer night, and you looked up to see the stars begin to fall? Not crashing down violently, just gently fluttering down as snow; covering the ground, glistening in the moonlight. And all the stars the Creator knows by name are tumbling downward, resting on your eyelashes, glowing softly, coating the ground in a surreal blanket of glimmering lights. Their light dimly illuminates the field, and the air is dotted with tiny, fallen specs of beauty. The slight breeze musters them off the ground, lifting them into the air, slowly sending them into soft whirlwinds that reach toward the heavens. They sleepily float to an empty night sky, sifting among each other as they return to dwell in the place of their beginning.

And the stars returned to the sky's embrace, mustered by a whisper of wind.

Photography contest: Winners & Awards!

Okay, these were supposed to be out on Friday, I'm SO sorry they're late!! I had issues with broken codes and my photo editor. *grimaces* Please tell me if the code isn't working...

Anyway, here are the winners to the photography contest!

First place goes to Adam, who did an epic job with his ice photograph!

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We have two second places! Bella Skye and Alexis Nicole tied in the votes! Bella Skye, with her amazingly amazing picture of the lake reflection, got one of the second places.

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And Alexis Nicole got the other second place with her sweet ornament/snow/reflection picture (which had some amazing composition!)

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 And last, but most definitely not least, third place goes to Allie Dean's photograph of a Texas version of winter. Great job, Allison!

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Well, that's it for the awards. You guys did amazing jobs!! :)

In His love and light, 

Jessie Suzanne

P.S. These awards will not link back to this page. I made them to, but due to my virus-stricken computer, they refuse to link. I'm sorry!!

Photography contest finalists!

It was so hard to pick only four pictures!! Everyone did such an amazing job! :D Here are the four finalists, and after you've looked at them you can go to the poll on the sidebar and vote which one you think is best!

First, we have a picture by Adam of My Father's World. I love this one! I think it looks so cold and mystical. As one who also lives in Texas, I know ice is RARE!! Amazing job, Adam!

#1

Second, we have a picture by Bella Skye of Bella Skye Photography. This one is so beautiful! It makes me want to stand at the edge and watch the reflection of the world. It's so peaceful and quiet. Wonderful picture, Bella Skye!

#2

And third, we have a wonderful picture by Alexis Nicole of Alexis Nicole Photography. Okay, I'm loving the reflection in the ornament, the contrast, everything. :D It looks amazing, Alexis!

#3

And last but definitely not least, we have a beautiful photograph by Allison of Allie Dean Photographie. I love this one! It hardly ever snows in Texas, and I love the whole idea of glitter polar bears and mirror snowflakes! The composition is amazing; lovely job, Allison!

#4

Amazing job, everyone!
So, now you need to vote!! *grins* The poll is on the sidebar, and it closes on the Tuesday the 25th...so hurry and vote! :)

In His love and light,
Jessie Suzanne

A GIVEAWAY!

There's an amazing giveaway going on at From Under My Little Umbrella, so you should go and enter!! :D

In His love and light,

Jessie Suzanne

365 Project: to be, or not to be? That is the question.

Is anyone else considering doing the 365 Project? I was just thinking that the New Year would be the neatest time to start. I tried it last year, on my birthday, and after a month I gave up. At first I was SO excited about the 365 Project. Then it became the "365 If-I-Have-Time Project." Then it morphed into the "365 Whenever-I-Remember Project." After a while, it was nearly forgotten, being the "365 Oh-my-goodness-I-knew-I-was-supposed-to-do-something-today-but-I-cannot-remember-what-it-was Project". It didn't last for me, though I'm madly in love with the idea. :]

Anyways, yesterday I trekked to our backyard and snapped some shots of grass and pine cones.

I have absolutely no idea what kind of grass this is, but it looked so soft and fuzzy that I took a picture.

I have this weird fascination with pine cones. I think it's so neat that God would make something of their...*stares at pine cone and tries to think of right word*...appearance. I mean, isn't that so cool?? Our God is an awesome God! :)

I got another picture of some pine trees, and I'm considering making it my new header. By the way, do you think I should make a button for my blog? :]

In His love and light, 

Jessie S.

photography contest...that means you should enter!

I have a photography contest for you! The winner will get...*drumroll*...an award! :D

The theme is winter, so your photograph has to be connected to winter. It's a somewhat broad topic, so be creative and have fun! :)

Here are the rules:

• The picture has to be one YOU took. Don't get one a family member or friend took, and definitely don't get one from a search engine!
• Keep it clean and respectful; nothing inappropriate! 
• It needs to have been taken within the last three years.
• You may submit up to two photographs.

To enter:
Post the picture(s) in a blog post explaining that you're entering a contest here, and leave me the link to the post in a comment. Out of the entries, I'll decide which four photographs I like the most, and you'll decide the winner!

The deadline for submission is at 

midnight [eastern time] on January 15, 2011.

On the following Monday [the 17th], I will post the four pictures I like the most, and I'll open a poll so you can choose which one you think is the best!

2nd, 3rd, and 4th places get awards, also. :]

I can't wait to see your awesome pictures! If you have questions, feel free to comment. :]

In His light and love, 

Jessie