niceSERVE= nicely serving

niceSERVE20 with my church Summit a week ago was a unique experience! My car broke down in walking distance to the Central FL Zoo, which is where we were headed to do our niceServe project. All I could do was laugh though, as well as be thankfully that God was watching out for us as my timing belt broke at a stop light and not on I-4. Also thankful for parents that took care of my car so I could continue to participate in the project. Here are some pics I got of the amazing Hawk that we met while doing our project for the zoo!

Beach Time That Inspires Me

I love spending a week at the beach every summer in the sun, with family, relaxing, having awesome adventures :) it always inspires my sense of adventure.

I think I'm in love....

I got the opportunity to sit down with a 2 month old baby tiger cub. It was one of the most amazing things I have done so far. The cubs name is Ellie Mae and she was so playful and sweet. She stole my heart away :)

My Deers......

About two months ago I went camping with some friends on a weekend and had an awesome encounter with some FL deer. We had all gone to sleep late and as a descent riser I was the first to get up. I delightfully found ten deer hanging out around our camp as I got up and was able to take in their movements and watch them. Even as I started to move around to observe, take pictures and get closer they only kept an eye on me, not moving. I got to spend about 20 minutes with them, just them and me  until they decided to move on.

Only a couple of weeks ago yet another encounter with some deer happened. While leading a youth Ski Retreat to Snowshoe West Virginia, I was headed back to the slopes with 22 pb&j sandwiches for the youth when it happened. All of a sudden I turn around and there is a deer following me, even jogs up to me when I stop. Guess she wanted the food I was carrying.

Both encounters made my days and allowed me to watch some graceful animals God put on this earth, giving me blessings and joy!

Favorite Christmas Songs

My all time favorite is 'White Christmas' and I don't think anyone sings it better than Bing Crosby (ps 'White Christmas' is also my favorite Christmas movie)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRYPWlyU_Zk

My favorite modern day Christmas song is 'The Gift' by Aselin Debison
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpgpkSxO950&feature=related

My favorite fun Christmas song is 'I Want A Hippopotamous For Christmas' :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvEX_ASH0ws

Nothin like a Christmas song to get you into the holiday season :)

Watermelon

My mother loves watermelon and loves to fill her kitchen with watermelon nick-nacks. So as a present to her I bought her 10 assorted picture frames and told her we would fill them with pictures of the family and watermelon. So here they are :)

I Am So In LOVE With Fall!

So....I haven't blogged in a while. I miss it. These past few weeks have been so busy-crazy-fun. So there will be many blogs to follow, so I can catch up :)

If you don't know fall is my F A V O R I T E time of year. I could go on and on about why but lets just say: leaves, colors, smells, events, fairs, markets, pumpkin spice everything, amazing weather and on and on and on... :)

Any who, here is what I have been up to a bit...... crafts/decor

I am so obsessed with these mini Bath&Body Works candles

I had soooo many ideas for pumpkins but this one was my favorite

And some how I ended up doing a spider web pumpkin after one of the pumpkins got messed up

   

Fall inspires me :)