Fall pictures etc.

So much has happened this fall, can't begin to talk about it all!

Here are some pictures that I've recently took with my new camera which my dear brother Isaac bought. It is technically his, but he bought it for (mostly) his dog business of which I am manager.

So naturally I get to use this camera whenever I want to pretty much so I can get good at taking pictures!

It's amazing what a difference a few hundred dollars can make!!

The above picture is of a beautiful pansy,oh the creations of God almighty.

My little sister Gloria.

My bible, my treasured possession of wealth.

A fall leaf in water...

Gloria and Ella, one of my dogs which will be having puppies soon!

Go to www.grizzlykennels.com  to see more pictures of my dogs and see what I do for work!

A thistle pair <3

Fall storm coming in....

Volley ball is something our church plays almost every sunday afternoon. (mostly just us "kids")

This is Alyssa

Kirsten 

My brother Manny on the left looks like he "owned" tim on that one. Boys, seems like they're always the best in the area of sports.

Austin has gotta be the most accurate volley ball player here as far as almost never not hitting the ball. He's a great server as well.

Volley Ball I've found out brings out people's true colors, and you see things about yourself you've never seen before! I've noticed bad attitudes I've had towards others that God has convicted me of!

Thank the Lord for the Holy Spirit which convicts us of sin so we can change!

I have so much more to say, but can't right now since I have other things to get to.

One thing I can say with confidence,

SPEND QUALITY TIME WITH THE LORD WHILE YOU CAN. 

ALWAYS PUT HIM FIRST AND FOREMOST IN EACH DAY.

I got baptized today!

This is something that nobody forced me into,but the Lord put on my heart and it was so clear to me that this was the next step of faith.Also in obedience to Gods word and an open profession of faith for all those around me to see!

I'm just SO glad that God is going to be continuing to work in my life, he already has been doing So much more than I could ever ask or think!

These verses about baptism really stuck out to me it is :

Acts 2 :38,39 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

³⁹ For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

 It seems like there is always repentance followed by water baptism! It is like proclaiming to satan that I'm no longer alive to him any longer, like in Romans  6 where it says :

 "Know ye not that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? therefore we are buried,by baptism unto death. That like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the father even so we also should walk in newness of life!

I'm SO thankful that we CAN be dead to our flesh! Also in Acts where it says: " and ye SHALL receive the gift of the holy ghost" Oh God you know I want that! It is something I can ask the Lord to give me, he is SO good!

I also wanted to say that the river was surprisingly not NEAR as cold as I expected, and I couldn't have had a more sunny morning! It was at 9:00am so It definitely could've been very cold! God is good in every way!

 One more thing I thought I'd share! I wanted my dad to baptize me for another reason besides him just baptizing me. If you'd know me before I was saved and seen how my relationship was with my dad you would've been shocked to see how I really almost hated him! It was horrible.

After God saved me (from myself) There was a miracle, yes MIRACLE that took place between us! God taught me how to respect my dad, and see the amazing things the Lord was doing. I didn't even ever like to be around my dad,hug him or talk with him. Now all those things I can do with Love in my heart towards him. So when I asked him to baptize me and he led me by the hand down to the water ,it was also a testimony of what God had done between us, it was totally His work, not mine in any way! So I am just SO glad that God is ALIVE and WORKING in my heart and in the hearts and lives of people around me!

I hope this makes sense. Oftentimes I can't express on a blog what's in my heart!

Lord bless you all richly! ~Katie

Here are the pictures!!

me and dad

me and dad again

dad praying over me

i was dunked under!

(my dad's facial expression is so funny, he was freezing the whole time!)

and getting dried off!

coming out of the river

God's will in everything including a marriage partner...

I was just happily surprised recently a few days ago when my cousin Andy with a lovely lady and also a friend of mine, Alyssa Barnard announced their engagement!!

That coolest and most amazing part was how BOTH of them had given the area of marriage up to the Lord, and not trying themselves to find a marriage partner!

So anyways to make a long story short, the Lord spoke to both of their hearts and after Andy got permission from the father, he started to court Alyssa and it was clear to them both that this was God's will and Alyssa said "yes" and yes they are totally in love with each other...it is SO cute to see them together and how much they have BOTH matured in the Lord! 

Folks, that is how every relationship that is of the Lord should be! If you're only growing farther from God when you're in a relationship it's not right!

Just remember that what God has in store for us is always going to be best!! That is true in everything!

So yes, here are some pictures I took!!! One of them Gloria Marie my little sister got to be in :)

My work......

Honestly when you think of "work" and a "job" what do you think of?
Well, my job is probably the funnest job, selling Golden Retriever puppies! 
I will list all of the good things about it :
#1 getting to talk to so many amazing people that I've never known before!
#2  it is so much fun to play with these little furry puppies, they are so adorable!
#3 I love building the website; putting up new pictures and bragging about the pups:)
#4  Being able to help the people find the right pup for them!
#5  I love it when the pups are small bringing my guitar or panflute out there to sing/play for them;)
I don't think I will talk about the negative things about raising pups and btw there is actually work envolved  :P
I really thank the Lord that he has blessed me with such an amazing job that is so fun, plus to top that off I get paid!!! Call that unfair ! You have my permission....;) Here are some pictures of 3 different males from the last litter! For some reason I always have liked the males better! I get along better with them, it's like they don't get near as obnoxious as the females.....;)
The only reason I got a picture of the first one was because he had gotten himself tangled up!!


I guess, work is what you make of it too, I could look at all the worst things about raising dogs and totally lose focus  of all the awesome and  good things about it! 


Kinda like I can look at all my sins and the wrongs I've committed and be so discouraged, but if I look to Jesus who is perfect and amazingly wonderful  then I see the light, and through him I am and will be victorious! God bless you guys! 


                                  ~Katie~