A simple prayer request

My aunt and little cousin need a simple prayer request.

Last night my grandma called and informed us that my two year old cousin, Savannah, was playing and fell into a chest. Apparentley her bottom teeth has gone through her bottom lip.

Thank you all, I'll keep you posted on little Savannah when we get further word.

A sister in Christ and in purity,
Alisha

A new camera

God is so good! And it is so neat to see Him bless people and work in mysterious ways. Early last month He blessed me tremendously!

Two years ago I received a camera as a Christmas gift from my grandparents. I absolutely LOVED it. It was my favorite color (pink), and it didn't have the view-finder (I love that too). Well for the past year every time the batteries would go dead and I'd put new batteries in. The next day I'd take the camera out to take pictures and the batteries would be dead! So I started praying that somehow the Lord would provide (someway) the money for a new camera, or a camera at a garage sale.
Last month my dad and Sydney went snorkeling in the river. As my dad was looking at the bottom of the river he saw something embedded in the riverbed. When he took it out of the mud he found... a WATERPROOF CAMERA :) I have always been wanting a waterproof camera for when we go to Sea World or the beach, etc. The only drawback to this camera is that it has a special battery, so you need a battery cable in order to charge the battery (sadly the cable wasn't with the camera).

I haven't bought the cable yet, but once I get the cable and go photo crazy, I'll post some pictures up.

Love a sister in Christ and in purity,
Ali Ann

2010 Summer Reading Program

Just thought I'd let you know what Sydney and I have been up to the past two months.

At our local library they have a reading program every summer. So Sydney and I have been reading, and reading, and reading :)

Here in Central Texas they have a water-park called the Schlitterbahn, so Sydney and I are both entering our name in that prize bucket (we chose Schlitterbahn because it is REALLY, REALLY expensive).

The winner of the Schlitterbahn prize gets 2 tickets, so Sydney is entering her name into the kids Schlitterbahn prize bucket and I'm entering my name into the teens Schlitterbahn prize bucket :) Being there's four of us in the family if Sydney wins the kids Schlitterbahn and I win the teen Schlitterbahn all of us can go!

And I've also found out that I'm "competing" with a friend of mine. He and I are almost tied. He has nine or ten and I have sixteen :)

The reading program ends in 6 days so I'll make sure to post if Sydney and I won or not.

Love a sister in Christ and in purity,

Ali Ann

Books I've read lately

Lately I've been trying to read more, so I thought I'd share the books I have finished with you. Also, since we've had a HUGE garage sale, and my mom wanted to get rid of the not-so-God-glorifying books, I'd thought I'd help out... and because I love reading (I just don't do enough of it).

• The true confessions of Charlotte Doyle ~ this was an okay book, it had a good story behind it, the author did a good job imitating sailors in the book. It's just I don't really want to read a book with curse words in almost every sentence we read. It didn't have that many curse words, but it was still offending.
• The Great Gilly Hopkins ~ I do not recommend this book for any child to read! This book was full of curse words in almost every single page I turned, adn every sentence I read.
• The River ~ this is the sequel to Hatchet, but I don't recommend this book at all. This again it has curse words, God's name in vain. I also don't recommend Hatchet, Brian's winter, and The winter room.

Just thought I'd give a heads up on books not to read!

In His Grace,

Ali Ann

Our Trip to El Paso

We all had a great time with family, we went swimming, we had a couple of family get togethers. It was a very short trip, but it was fun seeing family, and I did manage to take pictures, but not as much as I wanted to. I hope you like the pictures as much as I enjoyed taking them.

We went through Fort Stokcton, Texas there and back.

We drove through A LOT of mountains on our way there and back!

My great - grandma had saved baby land turtles. My dad's family is always saving some sort of animal :)

This is Uncle Mike, he loves to wear hats all the time.

This is Aunt Jenny she and I took a lot of the pictures :)

This is Aunt Vicki, she loves to make goofy faces for the camera.

This is Grandpa Larry and my dad.

Like I said it was a very short trip, but we all had a great time. Sydney and I are looking forward to seeing them again.

In His Amazing Grace,

Ali Ann

I am leaving

Tomorrow my family and I are leaving for El Paso, TX to see my dad's side of the family. We will be gone for at least four days. I will be taking my camera, so when I get back I'll blog about the trip and post pictures then.

Have a blessed rest of the week and great weekend!

In His Grace,
Ali Ann

I did it!

Yesterday I went to my first Threads of Love meeting and learned how to knit. While I was there the Lord blessed me with knitting needles, knitting looms, and baby yarn (I didn't know what I'd need). So last night I finished my first premie baby boy hat, I'll post pictures later. I also finished my first toddler sized hat, again you'll see pictures later.

And today Dad had to go to Laredo, TX so I took my knitting supplies and finished my third hat.

Threads of Love is a small non-profit organization that makes hats, booties, 18" blocks, blankets, and journals for Premature babies and the parents. To find out more about Threads of Love visit http://www.threadsoflove.org/

In His Grace,
Ali Ann

Another cool giveaway

Alright everyone, Emily over at Practically Pink is having another giveway. This time the prize is a really pretty t-shirt. Be sure to check her blog out http://www.practicallypink.blogspot.com/. The deadline on this giveaway is the 12th of this month, and Emily will be picking and announcing the lucky winner on the 13th. Make sure you don't miss this cool oppurtunity to get this t-shirt. The info on how to enter the giveaway is in her post.

In His Grace,
Ali Ann