my apologies...

My grandma is in the hospital and she has been for almost a year, but now she is really really sick.... so long story short I am going to have to take a blogging break during this family emergency...thank you for understanding.

P.S.your prayers would be appreciated.

A Rainy Day.

Well, today I got up at 6:30 (am, of course) as usual.  I swung one leg over the side of my bed, and I was greeted with cold air.  I got up and dressed in jeans, a sweater, and fuzzy socks.   Everything was quiet and dark when I walked down the stairs.  (I am the only early riser in the family, except for my mom, but she wasn't up yet.  After I poured my cereal, I made tea, and sat down to start school.

Fast forward 9 hrs. it started to pour down rain, so I ran out to bring my goats into the barn from grazing.   Once I put the goats away, I decided to walk for down our very long driveway to get the mail (in the pouring rain).   When I got back home, I was soaking wet.  I brushed out my wet hair, and slipped into my pajamas that were still warm from the dryer.  Then I made myself some apple spice tea, cuddled up on my mom's couch and here I am blogging!

So that was my day, how was yours?

(I don't own this image)

  God Bless!!!

Random little facts about me.

So, here are couple little tidbits about me:

I am 14, my birthday is June 5, 1997.

I have three sisters and a brother (who is adopted from Russia).  David (3), Natalie (6), Catherine (11), Laura (me! 14), and Rebekah (18).

My favorite color is blue.

I have: 1 cat, 1 dog, and two goats. (The rest of our pets include, 1 mini horse, 3 rabbits, another dog, chickens, and like countless cats.)

My doggy in a really playful mode. (everybody loves her tail, they call her the skunk dog)

My favorite drink  in the summer is lemonade, and in the winter hot chocolate.

I have been playing piano for 6 years.
I used to LOVE horses when I was 10 and I took riding lessons (but I had to quite 'cause it got really expensive) 

The riding lessons were a surprise for my 10th birthday.  We were in the car and mom said for me to close my eyes.  and when we arrived I was at a horse barn.  (I was ecstatic! can you tell? lol) (I look so funny in this picture)

Me and the pony I rode, Sadie.

My two favorite things are laughing and rain.  So laughing in the rain is pretty much like heaven to me.  lol =)

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A Ray of Sunshine is having a HUGE giveaway with 15 prizes in honor of the author, Kelsey's birthday!   The prizes are all pink because that is Kels favorite color, and they are all really cute!   So head on over and sign-up!

Have a nice day!!!

How I spent my weekend...

I spent my weekend shoveling all the wet bedding out of my flooded goats' stall.  Then spreading clean bedding around.

I spent my weekend shoveling rocks into a drainage trench (for our barn, because it keeps flooding).

I spent my weekend driving the tractor, and moving a pile of dirt with the bucket (of the tractor).

And I have to admit, that at first I didn't have a very good attitude about it.   I thought about all the other stuff I would of rather been doing.  Then I decided to have a good attitude about it, because, even though it was not fun, choosing to have a good attitude made the work not miserable to do anymore.  As I was working I thought to myself "I can't believe I am complaining about this when I have so much to be thankful for!"  A warm house, my family,...etc...

So I have to say even though I wasn't doing what I would have liked to be doing, I did  enjoy the rest of my weekend.   James 1:2 "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds," (and I have to say I would hardly consider shoveling rocks or cleaning out a very muddy and wet stall a trial.)

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Random photo :)

Have a nice day!!!

Click and Capture photo contest/Fun Photo Editing

Kiley from Click and Capture is having a photo challenge. Theme: anything!
Kelsey from A Ray of Sunshine is having photo challenge now with the theme as anything, so I am using the same photo.  here it is:

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I was bored, so I decided to do some fun editing on these photos.

Have a Nice Day!

Best Photos of the year, Pt. 2

My little sister found this tiny caterpillar and I couldn't resist taking a picture of it.  (I think it's so cute!!)

I was doing a photo shoot with my puppies and she fell asleep chewing and the shoelace.

On our way to the Cleveland zoo (for my sisters birthday) I looked out the window and saw the building tops covered in fog. So I snapped a picture.

At the Cleveland Zoo.  I love Snow Leopards.

My Backyard.

Florida!

It had just rained in Florida and I looked up and this is what I saw...

Have a Nice Day!!!

P.S. look for pt 3 tomorrow or Saturday.

Best photos of the year. pt.1

Both of our (my family) camera's are currently broken, but I wanted to do a photo post.  So I decided to do a post of (some of) the best photos I've taken this year.

My backyard

I LOVE pine trees!

One of our cats.

The sun's reflection in our pond.

  I love this picture.  It almost looks like a scene from a fairytale.  (can't you just see a Pegasus flying across the sky?  lol)

Have a nice day!

(be looking for pt. 2 soon.)

Autumn!!!

I don't have time for a post right now, but here is pic.

I LOVE Autumn!!!
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OK, so I was flipping through our pictures on the computer and I found this picture of a frog face my 18 year old sister carved out of butter. lol she is so silly.

God Bless!!!

A Question for my Readers

What program do you guys use for buttons. 
I would like to make my blog a button but I don't know how?  I know you can use gimp, but I don't know how to start.  I would appreciate any advice you could give me.

God Bless!!!

Blog award/an Awsome Etsy shop!

Happy Thursday!

I was awarded the Liebster blog by Blythe@Raindrops.
(Liebster means sweet or kind in German.)

I would like to award:
Allie@Allie Photography
Madeline@A Glimspe Into My World
Kelsey@A Ray of Sunshine
 Jessica@Once Upon A Time
Jessica@Image-ine

Now all those who were awarded just need to award five other people.
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A Farmgirl's Boutique is an absolutely awesome esty shop!

It sells handmade flower clips, they are absolutely gorgeous!

Here are my two favorite clips!

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Random photo.

 Have a nice day!!!

Ray of Sunshine Photo Challenge

sorry I didn't mean to do two posts in one day. 


Ray of Sunshine is having a photo contest.  theme: nature

here is my photo.

Allie Photography Photo Challenge

Allie Photography is having a photo challenge.  The category is B&W.

This is a picture of my 3-year-old little brother that we just adopted from Russia last fall.  We were at the zoo and this was his first time seeing an elephant.  He was so excited.

God Bless!!!

My Favorite Things.

I couldn't decide what to do for my first post for my new blog, so I decided to post my favorite things.

1). Fresh Raindrops on my face in an autumn rain.

This is my failed attempt at taking a picture of the rain.

2). Laughing and smiling

3). hot chocolate on a cold day.

4.) old mystery books

5.) goats

6.)our county fair

7.) my best friends

8.) Autumn

9.) a warm bed on a cold night

10.) warm fuzzy kittens

 What are some of your favorites things?

Condensing.

So so very sorry that I haven't posted for months.  Wow, the summer flew by!  Ok, so you might of noticed that I  changed the name of my blog.   My reason for that is because currently I have 4 blogs.  1. The dog blog, 2. all for Jesus,  3. Those little things in life that make you smile, AND 4. grand river photography.  so I have decided to condense #s 1, 2, and 3 into one blog called raindrops on my face. so I am deleting blogs #s 1 and 2. hope that makes sense.  will post more later