Cocoa Beach Sunrise

"The heavens declare the glory of God..." -Psalms 19:1

This is the verse that kept running through my mind this past Sunday as I sat on the beach watching the sunrise. Sitting there in the quietness and peace of the morning, I felt so small watching the sun rise over the ocean. I felt caught up and overwhelmed by God and His bigness! Like a little child, in awe of my Father, who He is and what He can do. As I watched the sunrise the colors and shapes of the clouds changed over and over. I must have taken over two hundred pictures, and yet every picture was unique. God does this every morning... and never runs out of "new" ides for the sunrise sky?! Crazy!! I love that my God is so big, that His mercies are new every morning, that He has an "infinite appetite for infancy (G.K. Chesterton)". I like being so small compared to God's bigness. It makes me feel safe, peaceful and comforted. Knowing that I can lay all my cares at His feet... and He will carry them for me. Ruthie, Katie and I skipped church to watch the sunrise, but I feel like I had my own little worship service watching that sunrise.

"The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it." -Revelation 21:23

Even as awesome and as beautiful as the sun is, someday there will be no more need for it. God's glory itself will be our light! I can't even begin to imagine how beautiful that will be!

Ruthie and Katie taking a pic!

Katie capturing the sunrise!

Probably one of my favorite pictures I took that morning. Just as we were leaving the beach, this kid hopped up on the boardwalk rail... and I quickly snapped this pic!!

Later that day on a very crowded beach!

There was some random surf competition going on that day, and there were all these proffessional photographers taking pictures. So Katie, Ruthie and I grabbed our cameras and just tried to blend in. Here is a shot of one of the surfers... sorry... no zoom lens yet!!

Fun Times in Orlando!

Hey ya'll! As you might have noticed I love to take pictures!! I would take pictures all day everyday... of everything and everyone. Unfortunately that would be a little weird, and probably annoying to a lot of my friends!! I am always bugging my husband to let me take pictures of him... and every so often he obliges, and this time his friend Cordy came along ( side note: guys aren't like us girls... they don't want to dress up and take pictures all the time, so I am very lucky to have such a sweet husband who knows how much I love when he lets me take his pictures... thanks babe )!! Here we are just having fun and finding new picture spots around Orlando!

I have always wanted a picture of me kicking... random huh?!

This is my new favorite picture. The light is so awesome!!

Simeon and Melissa

Hey ya'll!! Here are the first engagement pictures I have ever taken. My friend Sarah Ainsworth (Sarah Ainsworth Photography) was gracious enough to let me come on an engagement shoot with her so I could see firsthand what it is like. I mostly just watched and took notes... and helped with switching out lenses and holding the reflector. Here are a couple shots I took to add to my portfolio!! Simeon and Melissa were such a sweet, fun and good-looking couple. It was so cool to see how obviously in love they were! Sarah... thanks so much for letting me tag along and get some awesome firsthand experience!! Check out Sarah and her photos from the shoot....they are amazing at sarahainsworth!!

Still not sure what I think about this one... couldn't decide if I liked it or not?!

I have to mention this... the picture below was photoshopped by my fabulous husband...not bad huh?!

Pretty much my favorite shot of the day!

Haha... this wasn't part of the photo shoot.... just a random photo layout I made... yay for learning new stuff in photoshop!!

Madisonville, Texas

This last weekend we were in Madisonville, Tx. for a Disciple-Now at the first Baptist church there!! Madisonville is this small, quirky town in east Texas. Sarah and I went out one afternoon to explore and see what we could find!! We spent about two hours walking around the town square full of quaint, old buildings taking pictures... here is what we got!!