In Such a Way- Allyson Janell Photography

New Blog!!!.....and last post here!

2010-10-29T17:46:00.000-05:00

Hey everyone, I have a new blog for my photography! http://allysonjanellphotography.blogspot.com/ Check it out and follow!...Thanks!! =)

2010-10-19T16:58:00.002-05:00

hiii! =)

2010-09-10T14:39:00.001-05:00

Hey everyone,

Yes I haven't posted in forever!...but if you want to see more of my work check out 'Allyson Janell Photography' on Facebook! =)

-Allyson

Polariods!!!

2010-07-19T12:02:00.004-05:00

I had too much fun with this the other day and I thought I would post a few more here.. Click here: http://www.poladroid.net/ to make your own! =)

-allyson janell

ducks..... and a new page =)

2010-07-03T18:53:00.004-05:00

I thought I would post a few pictures of some ducks I took and edited on Lightroom :)

I hope to be starting a page on Facebook for my photography...so I am excited about doing that. So as soon as summer school ends next Thursday, I plan to start on it!

and hopefully a month or so to the new camera..... :)

ta-ta for now.........

Enjoying Adobe Photoshop Lightroom...

2010-06-14T16:10:00.000-05:00

I have a 30 day trial for Photoshop Lightroom....its amazing! =) Edited photos from Lightroom:

Claire
flower at Japanese Garden

mom in her garden

having fun w/ the stickers again ;)

-allyson janell

Recent photography...

2010-06-11T23:54:00.003-05:00

Next 2010

grass in the backyard

random sheet music

clock in Baltimore

-allyson janell

What's what!!!...and photography :)

2010-06-07T15:40:00.006-05:00

Ok so I haven't been on here in forever. hehe.

I have been doing a bunch of thinking and I will probably be starting a new blog in the soon future, probably after I buy my new camera. Yes! New camera!!!! I want to study and and eventually start my own photography business. So my first step is buying a dependable camera. So right now, I'm trying to learn as much as I can and looking forward to the day I finish all my core college courses so can study photography and get my degree. But for right now I am just shooting away whenever I get a chance...... :)

So the new camera???

The Canon Rebel T2i w/ the 18- 135 mm lens is what i have had my eye on for quite awhile--well actually just the camera--I figured out that this is lens I wanted just a few days ago. So hope fully I will be able to purchase this very soon....

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I am so thankful for the friends that have let me borrow and use their profession level cameras and I am very inspired by photographers I have read about/met who are not much older than I who take great pictures and have a business as well!!!

I am definitely reminding my self that I hope to pursue photography as long as it is God's will!! I am thankful this He has given me a love for taking pictures!!!! :)

Thanks a bunch for reading!!!! =)

-Allyson

"For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning that thoughs and the intentions of the heart"~Hebrews 4:12

recent pictures :)

2010-04-08T12:42:00.001-05:00

a few pictures from Easter Sunday...

-aj

one more!!!!

2010-03-19T23:42:00.002-05:00

And I love this one of Jennifer too :) :) Isnt she beautiful?!

Senior 2010: Jennifer :)

2010-03-19T23:32:00.003-05:00

Jennifer is so photogenic (even though she does not think so :) )!!!! Here are a few of the million that we had fun taking....... Enjoy: :)

Yay!!!! The NEXT Confernce Promo video!!!! =)

2010-02-18T11:51:00.001-06:00

The NEXT Promo video is here!!!!!!!:

http://www.thisisnext.org/

Recent photos......=)

2010-02-04T16:23:00.002-06:00

I thought I would post a few pictures... :)

-aj

hello blog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! haha =)

2010-01-29T17:39:00.005-06:00

I know its past time for a blog post!!!!

I will as you probably know, I ran my first half marathon almost two weeks ago! I feel very blessed to be able to run that far (Phil. 4:13!!!!) in the time of 2:28:38. It was really awesome and I think hard to explain how awesome of an experience it was!!! The sight of seeing almost 30,ooo people running was great! I think it was neato that they were handing out orange slices along the course!!!:D :D I just thought that was cool.....

I am very thankful that my knee held up!! I think there was some pain during the race, but it wore off and was pretty much fine for sure around mile 9....

I was really really great that my Aunt Donna was able to come out to support me!! I really appreciated that! And Of course my dad!! He has been my coach for training for the race. :)

So I am looking forward to training for the full marathon next year!!! I was very happy to be able to run the half first to get a feel for how it would be running the marathon and it really helped...so I am very excited about 26.2!!!!!!!!

pre race music

-aj

half marathon.....<3

2010-01-19T12:04:00.001-06:00

Hey!!
I will be posting about the half marathon soon!
so............check back in a few days or so! :) :)

2009-12-24T19:39:00.000-06:00

Its Christmas time!!!! =)

2009-12-24T19:07:00.009-06:00

Wow its been too long since I have posted!

I am very happy school is over (w/ the exception of algebra 2) and blessed very happy and with my grades and gpa at Cyfair. Well, Christmas is tomorrow!! God is so awesome and I am so thankful that Jesus came down to save us from our sins!

Finished my christmas shopping today, made my first apple pie from scratch (and it turned out great-i am very thankful :) ), and I am now just chilling with my family and watching movies and playing christmas songs on the piano.........<3 A few pictures I have took over the christmas season...

the pie i made:

at Mrs. Yohe's Christmas tea:

Lauren, Jennifer and i wearing red last Sunday :)

a tree at a shopping center
Have a wonderful day tomorrow!!!
-AJ

happy thanksgiving, people!!!!!!!!!!! =)

2009-11-26T18:52:00.003-06:00

-aj

a change in plans...

2009-11-25T14:28:00.005-06:00

I have changed my race from the full marathon to the half because of my knee. It is not strong enough to run the amount of miles I should be running per week for the full. So I will be running the half marathon this coming January instead. Yet, I am very excited about running the half and this was the race I have been wanting to run for a while anyway!! Thank you Melissa for helping me make this decision!! So, Full Marathon 2011 here we come!!!!!!!! Oh yeah!

and how about a picture.... :)

-aj

Picnik...

2009-11-09T16:21:00.005-06:00

Picnik is my new fav. thing!! If you have never heard of it, you should check it out. Your pictures look almost professional after a few easy and creative steps!! I thought I would post a few here.....

-aj

busy, busy,busy!!!!!!

2009-10-20T22:48:00.007-05:00

Wow, life has been very busy!
Classes at Cy-Fair have been great so far! My professors are giving out homework like there is not tomorrow, :p but after its done I look back and realize that I enjoyed it. God has been blessing me with good grades! I have been tending to worry over different assignments and not realizing that it is all in God's hands!

So, the marathon is in less than 3 month! AHHHH!! :) I cannot wait. Unfortunately I still have a large amount of training to do due to my knees which are taking the longest to get strong and into shape. My plan is to run 9 miles on my next run. Definitely looking forward to that! I am so excited about this challenge God is allowing me to experience. And a big thanks to my friend and fellow runner Melissa for encouraging me and giving me some really good tips on running. :0)

Teaching piano and photography are things I am always looking forward to. Actually right now I am starving to go out somewhere and take photos! :) -Especially for my awesome friend Corrine who wants some ballet photos taken. :) :)

I shall stop for tonite!
I hope everyone is having an awesome week!

ta-ta!
-Allyson Janell

Good nite!

Hi!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-10-12T12:15:00.003-05:00

I know, complete blog neglect!! Update coming soon! but for now, I though I would post some photography!

Ta ta for now!

More beach photos!

2009-09-20T20:56:00.004-05:00

I was going to post some more photos from Labor Day, but we went back to the beach on my Dad's Birthday, so I thought I would post some of those!!

-AJ

finally, photos from Galveston!!

2009-09-15T19:07:00.003-05:00

We went to Galveston on Labor Day. The sunrise reminded me of God's amazing creation.....can't wait to go back!!!
Here are a few pics...more to come!

-Allyson Janell

an interesting morning

2009-08-25T14:41:00.002-05:00

So,
I was waiting in the hall before my first class (eng. 1302) started. Then I see a instructor walk into the room I was supposed to be in. The only problem was that my instructor was a man and a lady had just walked in. I am was so confused and hoping I was not in the wrong place (especially on the first day of class). So I go and talk to the lady instructor that walked in and showed her my room assignment and told her that my professor was someone else. So she looks at the roster and there I am printed on her paper :P. So I sat down really puzzled.......I found out later that I was somehow switched to her class without notice........But she is a good teacher. I was just looking forward to the instructor that I signed up for and that I had searched on Rate My Professor. He had really good reviews and everything. But anyway, both classes went well and I really like my History teacher.

-Allyson Janell

Photographs from Dave & Amanda's Wedding

2009-08-12T19:26:00.003-05:00

Here are a few pictures I took at the beautiful wedding:

-A.J.

It's almost time for cyfair again!!

2009-08-09T20:07:00.002-05:00

In a few weeks, classes start up at Cy-fair and I will be doing some more dual credit there. I will be taking English 1302 and History 1302. I am pretty excited about my classes. I think I got some good instructors.......It think I will be lugging around five books, so that will be fun :D. I need to see what I have in my closet that will fit them all........

-Allyson Janell

Coldplay concert photos!!

2009-08-01T08:26:00.003-05:00

I am finally posting a few cp concert photos!! The concerts was pretty spectacular. And with out further ado, the concert pictures!

Fun times!!!

-Allyson Janell

Yea!!

2009-07-23T17:37:00.001-05:00

I got to bring my camera into the Coldplay concert!! I will be posting some pictures soon!!

-AJ

Coldplay concert is tomorrow!!!!

2009-07-21T20:22:00.007-05:00

I am soo excited about the Coldplay concert tomorrow!!! I can't bring my camera though :(....oh well..... Any way click here to watch one of my fav.Coldplay videos!!!!

-Allyson Janell

the marathon

2009-07-21T20:06:00.004-05:00

I know, long time, no post :)

Well this is whats been going on lately...

So basically, I signed up for the full 2010 Houston marathon. As you probably know I have been preparing myself mentally and reading everything one needs to know to run the half marathon. But, the half marathon sold out in 24 hours-yes- 24 HOURS!!!! So I thought, ok. so no Houston half this year??? Well my dad said that I should do the full marathon and I was like umm probably not. But I signed up any way. But since then (Saturday) I have been thinking about Philippians 4:13 and that I am a runner not a half marathon runner or a 10k runner. And I told myself I can do this!!!!! I have a truck load of school work to do and a lot of training to do this fall, but I know that the Lord will help me and I can trust in Him. And whatever happens, its God will! :) I am excited about this challenge God has given me.

Do Hard Things!!!

trip to Dallas!

2009-07-14T16:09:00.006-05:00

Chris and I had a great time in Dallas last weekend! Our uncle from Arkansas also came
for the weekend. On Friday we did some shopping. Dallas has some nice outlet malls! On Saturday, Chris and Uncle La Salle had plans to go to a men conference at our aunt's church and my Aunt Donna and I had plans to go to Fort Worth. We had an awesome time and here are some pictures!!

At the Amon Carter Museum

Uncle 'Sal and Chris
Aunt Donna and I
Thanks Aunt Donna for a great time!

-Allyson Janell

I will probably be posting more pictures!

weekend in Dallas!

2009-07-09T14:20:00.003-05:00

Hey!

Chris and I are off to a weekend in Dallas! Our aunt lives there and she invited us to come to Dallas for the weekend to celebrate our birthdays (Chris' B-day is on July 25). I am taking my cam. with me so I should have some pics to post when I get back!!!

got to go!!
-Allyson Janell

America:Land of the free, home of the brave!

2009-07-05T22:28:00.003-05:00

I hope every one had an awesome fourth of July!!

God Bless America!

-Allyson Janell

you should check this out

2009-06-29T14:04:00.003-05:00

If you haven't heard about Zac Sunderland, click here:

His blog:http://www.zacsunderland.com/blog/

His website: http://www.zacsunderland.com/

butterfly hanging out in the garden....

2009-06-26T12:33:00.003-05:00

A few days ago I was out checking out the garden with mom, and I spotted this butterfly sitting on one of the rods holding up the tomato plants. I knew my camera was downstairs, but I just knew if I just ran in for a second, it will fly away. But I took my chances because I have not had the chance to take pictures of any butterflies. So I ran in and ran out and to my surprise, there it was hanging out on a leaf in the garden as still as a rock. It only hopped around a little bit while I was taking pictures. The only disappointing thing was that it would not open up its wings...oh well :)

-AJ

Mother-Daughter Tea Party!

2009-06-22T16:46:00.005-05:00

This pass Saturday, our girl's Discipleship group had a party for the mom's and daughters who are in the group. It was plenty fun! Michelle and her sister came and spoke on the importance of modesty. They also have a store that sell amazing modest clothing!! They bought their store to the party so we could try on and buy their products. Here is the link to their online store. Some members of our group did a fashion show to show some of the clothes that they sell. Fun stuff!!!

Click here for photos!

Mother- Daughter Tea Party!

Ta Ta!!

-Allyson Janell

my 18th birthday!

2009-06-18T18:45:00.006-05:00

My Birthday was pretty awesome! My family and friends made it a birthday to remember. After I got my license the evening before my birthday, my dad took me to Cheddars for dinner!

One my Birthday, my siblings gave me some neato presents including candy--Hershey's and lemonheads-- and money to spend at Hobby Lobby (YES!!). For fun, we went to the mall and found a few good deals. Then we came home as satisfied shoppers and ate birthday cake!

Later on, we had caregroup at our house and Mrs. Carolyn made the most amazing ice cream cakes for my birthday! (Thank you soo much Mrs. Carolyn!) I unfortunately do not have any pics of the cakes- they were so pretty. Then they sang Happy Birthday which was really nice!

Here are a few pics!

cheddars....

one and eight-- I think 18 candles were to many ;)

Thanks everyone for the awesome Birthday wishes and encouraging words!

-Allyson Janell

Drumroll please!!..................

2009-06-16T18:44:00.003-05:00

I GOT MY DRIVERS LICENCE TODAY!!!

I am happy.

-AJ

early is sweet!

2009-06-16T18:38:00.003-05:00

Taylor made me an early Birthday breakfast!

Yummo pancakes: (and woot woot for sugar free syrup! :D)

Thanks Taylor!

-Allyson Janell

graduations...

2009-06-15T18:04:00.009-05:00

I have really enjoyed this graduation season! Besides Chris' graduation party I got to help two other families with setting up and decorating for their graduation party. I really enjoy decorating and being behind the scene at parties. This year it was mostly guys graduating this year. Here are a few pics of the Class of '09 graduates!!

Oops, these are in the wrong order date-wise:

John--the one being held :)

Quinton:

Quinton and his brother Josh

Larry:
I like this picture because all of these guys graduated this year

Congrats guys!

a few garden woes

2009-06-08T18:27:00.009-05:00

Well our squash plants are doing poorly now. Because of how close we planted them together, mildew started to grow on the leaves, so mom had to pull some of the squash plants out to get rid of it. I did not take a picture of the mildew on our plants, but this is how it looks:

The mildew can be pretty dangerous for the plant, so ours continues to grow quash at a very slow rate.

How the garden looks now:

Yes, mom had to put some netting around the tomatoes because at least three of our tomatoes were being eaten by birds!

On the other hand, the tomatoes and the bell peppers are doing great. We seem to always be picking tomatoes and the bells almost at the same rate at the tomatoes.

Here is what we have in our kitchen currently:

ha ha :D

So, that's what's up with the garden!

-Allyson Janell

Sunsets......

2009-06-04T19:44:00.006-05:00

I think one of my most favorite things to take pictures of are sunsets. They are so beautiful and a great example of how amazing God's creation is! I feel lucky to be able to capture sunsets because they last for only a little while at the end of the day. Here are a few that I have captured!!!

this one is blurry, but I like it :)

ta-ta!

-Allyson Janell

a few more pics!

2009-06-03T11:19:00.002-05:00

Hey!

I wanted to post a few more pictures from NEXT on here so if you go back to the slideshow, there are a few more at the end in random order.

-AJ

overall thoughs...

2009-06-01T19:58:00.002-05:00

Overall at NEXT, I realized that God is really big and I am small and only through Him can I run, play piano, or do well in school. It is so great to be able to lean on Jesus an cast all my worries on Him. I will be taking an Algebra placement test this week at Cy-fair. I also have over 60 lessons of Algebra 2 to work through before the semester a Cy-fair starts up in August. Math is my hardest subject and one that I have always struggled at, but know whatever score I get I know that that God has a plan for me so I do not have to worry about anything!!

-Allyson Janell

The NEXT Conference

2009-05-29T19:57:00.009-05:00

Next was a wonderful experience!!! I learned so much from all of the speakers. Worshiping with so many other Christians was just great. Seeing and being able to meet some awesome people was so neat-o. I feel really blessed to have been able to go this year!

I don't know exactly where to start, but I thought I would share some points from the sermons that stuck out to me.

--Josh Harris explained that Jesus Christ is preeminent in every way possible. He explained that people like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln are known as preeminent people yet, Jesus Christ is overall and number one. That is so true because we can do great and amazing things in life, but we have to understand that only God can help us to do great things and only through God are all things possible.

--Kevin DeYoung: Being tormented by Satan is better than being proud.

--C.J. Mahaney talked about our fear of death. I know I can fall into having fear of death, but listening to him preach on that subject helped me to remind myself that living with God in heaven will be 100 times better than the fallen world we are in today. It will be such a wonderful day when we see God in heaven!

Those are just a few points that stood out to me. The sermons were really convicting.
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I took a bunch of Pictures while I was there!! So many photo opportunities! Unfortunately, many of the pictures that I took inside of the place where the actual session was were really blurry. Here is a slide show of some that I took, but you can always click on the slide show to view all pictures from the slide (It might open up in a new tab). Some of them are out of place :d..... anyway here they are! Btw, the Next photographers did an awesome job! You can view their photos here!!

We all had such a great time hanging out together!

I really hope to go next year!!

-Allyson Janell

HSCN hat throw

2009-05-27T19:15:00.002-05:00

I meant to post this before I left, but anyway, here is the end of Chris' graduation ceremony!!Chris is second tallest on the left...

NEXT CONFERENCE POST COMING SOON!!!!!!

-Allyson Janell

It's Almost Here!!!!!!!!!

2009-05-22T15:44:00.007-05:00

We will be leaving tomorrow for NEXT!!!!! I am really really looking forward to it . I am excited about all of the speakers that will be there this year. I have been reading the NEXT blog and they have this really neato Countdown to Next post. check it out here.

I will be looking forward to the plane flight. I hope to get a window seat. It will be so amazing to see God's creation from far up. I haven't been on a plane since I was six, but I know that my ears will pop and everything, so my pack of gum will be my friend for the ride :D .

Looking forward to all God has in store this weekend/coming week!

Until NEXT time,

Allyson Janell

YES!

2009-05-20T21:33:00.001-05:00

KRIS ALLEN JUST WON AMERICAN IDOL!!!!! He totally deserves it. So yeah.

:D.

Christopher's Graduation day

2009-05-18T22:02:00.006-05:00

The graduation and party was awesome!! Despite the rain, the day went very well! And of course I took alot of pictures because I think the pictures can give you a good look at all that happened! So here is a slide show. There are a lot of pictures ( :D) so you can just click the Picasa web icon on the slide show to view all pictures.

thats all for now!
-Allyson Janell

Red Tomato!

2009-05-15T11:04:00.005-05:00

Oops! I forgot! Last week, we picked and ate the first (and at the time the only) red tomato!! and it was good!!

Got to go!

-Allyson Janell

Graduation preparations!

2009-05-13T22:07:00.008-05:00

Chris will be graduating on Saturday!!!

We have been planning and buying decor (Chris' theme color is blue) this week. We have been looking back at the pis from Adrienne's grad. party to refresh ourselves of what we did last year and how we decorated the house. We also have a few relatives coming for the graduation so that will be fun!! Yesterday was the graduation rehearsal. Emily and I had fun taking photos of the rehearsal/church. Emily is very good a photographer and is a inspiration to me!! :)

Emily:

Looking forward to the Graduation--and the photography opportunities that it will bring :),

-Allyson Janell

ice cream anyone??

2009-05-07T18:34:00.004-05:00

I could not resist taking a few pictures :) ...........

Finals is over!!!

2009-05-07T18:07:00.006-05:00

Class is over at Cyfair until August!! Today at our final exam, we had to write a timed essay. I think that went preety well! I really liked this class. I enjoyed all of the group projects and I really like my teacher. She really helped us with our assignments. She wanted us to do really well in her class. I definatly learned alot!

Today I signed up for English 1302. I will also be taking the math placement test soon to see if I qualify to take College Algebra.

So yeah......... I really like Cyfair and am looking forward August! But, of course I will enjoy having no homework for awhile! :)

-Allyson Janell

exciting happenings....

2009-05-05T21:22:00.005-05:00

Hey!

I am really excited because Adrienne and I are going to the NEXT (New Attitude) Conference next month!!!!!! We have defiantly been trusting in God with all of the financial issues! Some members of our church had a garage sale last Saturday to help out with some of the expenses. Many people from church had a lot of things to contribute! We also had a bake sale on the side. The sale went wonderfully. Here are some photos! :

The night before: We could not believe how many things we had!!

waiting for the next customers....

Maxx hugging some sale items :)

The sale was a lot of fun!! God blessed us so much!

That's all for now!!

-Allyson Janell

What's new with the garden...

2009-04-29T19:54:00.005-05:00

I haven't posted on the garden in a while, so here is an update.....

Despite a few rotten yellow squash and a LOT of rain (there were flooded streets near our house and my class got canceled yesterday) , mom's vegetable are doing pretty well. Here are some recent pictures!

-Allyson Janell

Today's Sunset

2009-04-27T22:09:00.002-05:00

Despite the continuing rain, thunder, and lightning, a beautiful sunset appeared in the sky:

Good night!

-AJ

It's already hot enough

2009-04-23T16:16:00.004-05:00

Yesterday, the very warm weather led Taylor and Michael outside to blow bubbles and play with the water hose. It was such a beautiful day and I love taking pictures when the sun is out so we went outside and enjoyed the awesome weather!!

-Allyson Janell

interesting clouds...

2009-04-17T22:44:00.003-05:00

I was taking some pictures of the garden a few days ago and I spotted this cool looking cloud:

Hope your having an sweet Friday!

-Allyson Janell

Easter and other things...

2009-04-13T19:29:00.005-05:00

Hey!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter Sunday! Mines was great. The sermon at church was was convicting and reminded me so much of how much God loves us despite of the many sins we have committed!

Well school is keeping me busy. My last paper in English is due tomorrow!! The last big assignment will be in class on the day of finals. I can't believe the semester is almost over! I have enjoyed it very much.

The tomatoes are continuing to grow!! You can see a difference in them everyday.

Last Saturday, Sarah and Adrienne celebrated their birthdays together! We celebrated at Berryhill Baja and then did some shopping in the mall. It was fun!!!!!

Have a great week!!

-Allyson Janell

it's a TOMATO!

2009-04-07T17:46:00.002-05:00

This past Saturday, my mom spotted the first tomato growing!! Yay!

-AJ

Adrienne's Birthday

2009-04-07T16:42:00.004-05:00

Yesterday was Adrienne's Birthday!!

HAPPY 20TH BIRTHDAY ADRIENNE!!

-Allyson Janell

Photography stuff.............

2009-03-31T18:56:00.004-05:00

A few random pics I have taken recently:

our tree turning green

I really like this one of Taylor & Michael

hope your having an awesome week,

-Allyson Janell

funny billboard:

2009-03-31T18:46:00.005-05:00

I like this Chick-fil-a billboard :) This is my favorite one yet. Sorry the picture is a little blurry- it was raining outside.

-AJ

hmmmmmm.......

2009-03-28T19:08:00.004-05:00

Today my dad asked me if I wanted to go running with him today at memorial park. Of course I rarely say no and I have not ran since the 10k ( :D) so I was really excited about going. So I am about ready and just need to get my shoes. But they are nowhere to be found!!! I searched everywhere (my closet is a mess) and I could not find them. There is a large chance now that I might have left the some where in between the 10K and heading to the debate tournament I went to afterwards...... ?????? ............. sigh...... I can't remember because the 10k happened a month ago.

I am quite puzzled.

-AJ

Sushi!

2009-03-28T18:59:00.003-05:00

Yesterday at HEB, I tasted some sushi for the first time. It was quite good! I think it had avocado, cream cheese and imitation crab in it- I think there was something else in it but I cannot remember what all the lady told me. It looked something like the one all the way to the left of the plate- just with out the black stuff around it:

-Allyson Janell

happenings/thoughts....

2009-03-26T18:42:00.005-05:00

Lets see....

-I love warm weather.

-I hope to maybe plant some flowers again this year. But need to make sure I get the ones that will last and not die so soon. (I was probably doing something wrong though :) )

-God blessed me with an A on my research position paper.

-I had fun taking some pictures for Chris' graduation cards (we will probably be taking some more though- hopefully on a more cloudy day.)

-The rain has stopped and the sun is glistening on the plants.

-Algebra equations are a bit confusing, but it is interesting how many different kinds of equations their are!

-I smell dinner. ta ta for now!

~Allyson Janell

rain.

2009-03-26T18:39:00.003-05:00

It rained today and I just had to take a few pics of our garden/yard when it stopped!

garden complete!

2009-03-26T18:00:00.003-05:00

Yesterday mom got more dirt and planted the rest of the veggies.

A garden quote I found:

Don't count the days, make the days count.

AJ

Garden happenings...

2009-03-22T20:48:00.004-05:00

Last week on Tuesday, we planted tomatoes and bell peppers. We will plant the squash when we get some more dirt( we did not realize how much dirt we needed!).

We saw a bloom today on the tomatoes: It will be awesome watching them grow!! I will continue to post updates on the veggies.

God's creation is amazing.

Genesis 1:11Then God said, "Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds." And it was so.

Genesis 1:12The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

-Allyson Janell

Weird spring breaks

2009-03-18T16:09:00.005-05:00

I thought I would post something while I print out the music for Bible study.

It is weird how my spring break (at Cyfair) is the week before almost everybody elses!

Oh well. That's the way things are! Have fun spring breakers!!

I think I will post a picture:

-AJ

Lemonheads

2009-03-17T14:22:00.005-05:00

The other day I randomly bought some lemonheads. I can't remember the last time I had had any, but now they are on my fav. candy list now!

You should treat yourself to some. They are good.

- AJ

Happy Birthday Blog!!!!

2009-03-15T16:20:00.004-05:00

My blog turned one today!
Exactly one year ago I posted on my blog for the first time!! Thanks everyone for reading and leaving comments!!! I love blogging and reading other's blogs! So today I am going to post pictures from our trip to Ooh La la with our friends yesterday!

my cupcake

Adrienne's cupcake
Leah and Jessica
Adrienne and Sarah
Emily, and Leah and Jessica again!

Allyson Janell

The livestock show at the Rodeo

2009-03-14T20:52:00.005-05:00

I have been doing alot of catch-up posting today! Here is one more post.

On Thursday, we all went to the livestock show! It was neato seeing all the animals. Some friends of ours were there too.

Alison &Adrienne checking out the chicks

I think the chicks were my favorite part. They are a great reminder of God's amazing creation!

$5.00 Pizza! Yummo! (Adrienne and I's lunch :) )

Taylor and Michael's art creations:

English Class at Cyfair

2009-03-14T20:42:00.003-05:00

English at the college is going pretty well! This week was spring break for us. My class is doing research position papers! It has been fun looking up sources and support for my paper. My paper has to do with studying Bibles in public schools, so I have been looking for sources that support Bibles in schools. It is due on Tuesday, so I am almost done. Adrienne gave me some good critique on my paper, so that is what I am working on now. I enjoy these kind of papers!!

Goodtimes!

2009-03-14T20:22:00.005-05:00

A few Fridays ago, Jen had a teen game night! It was really awesome! We discussed a verse from the Worldliness book then played the Wii and Taboo. Here are a few pics:

Jen!!!

-AJ

Gardening beginings.....

2009-03-14T19:55:00.009-05:00

My mom will be doing some gardening this year so earlier this week we dug up a square of our backyard. Mom will be planting tomatoes, squash, and bell pepers. We have not planted anything yet because of a cold front and rain. But we will plant early next week. Here are some pics!

Mom looking at some gardening books...

-Allyson Janell

White background pics...

2009-03-08T21:48:00.004-05:00

Today I did some experimenting with photography:
I took some paper and propped it up like this (actually the back of some scrapbooking paper :) ).

That was fun.

-Allyson Janell

Mom's Birthday!!

2009-03-05T15:33:00.003-06:00

On March first was my mom's Birthday! she received some great gifts including sugar free chocolate. (her favorite!) At the end of the day we sang Happy Birthday as one candle was lit atop of her healthy rendition of a 7Up cake.

I thought I would share this vintage photo: a picture of my mom with her sibilings. (My mom has her hands raised.)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!

-Allyson Janell

Race pics.... Race thoughts.....

2009-03-05T13:49:00.003-06:00

Here is the link to a few photos from the race. They do not let you save them to your computer because they want you to buy the pictures :). http://www.brightroom.com/view_user_event.asp?EVENTID=47852&BIB=2619&S=230&PWD==

I was thinking about the race and my post about the race and I stopped and realized that in my post I explained that the knee band really helped me and how I probably could not have ran the whole race without it. I did not once mention that band or no band that God helped me finish the race. But I want to post now that :through God only are all things possible!!!! He gave me the strength to run.

Allyson Janell

The Race

2009-03-02T20:13:00.008-06:00

The 10k race was amazing!!! It was very challenging but a great experience! My time was 1:7:59!

Chip time: 01:07:59.08
Gun time:01:12:45.56
First 5k 00:34:19
second 5k 00: 33:39
pace per mile : 00:10:56

I am really satisfied with my time knowing that my knee was not 100%. The knee band definitely helped me although it was sore afterwards. But the race course led us to a highway, so we were running upwards for a while(that was hard!)!! It was soo much fun starting the race with 10,ooo other people! The 5k and 10k split off at I think the first mile. Their were 4597 10k runners and I came in 3176th place. I do not have any pictures of me running(they will be putting some up on the website soon) but here are some pics of the day and the link to my finish line video. (the finish line time starts when the wheelchair event starts so it is off by a few minutes.) The pictures are out of order so the picture of me here was taken after the race.

waiting for the race to start

Taylor with the Texas Longhorn band

finishline video:

http://w3.conocophillips.com/rodeorunresult/Media.aspx?rn=2619( I am all the way to the right of the screen)

They should be placing pictures of mostly every runner on the website so I will try to post a link when they do.

-Allyson Janell

The race is tommorow!!

2009-02-27T18:56:00.009-06:00

Hi-ya,

The 10k is tomorrow morning and I am very excited!

Two weeks ago, I went to the park to run six miles, but I had to stop at about 3 1/2 miles because one of my knees started to bother me! I really worried, knowing that the 10K was in two weeks, So my dad bought me a knee band. Since then I have really been trusting in God in this situation! I have doing a bunch of knee bends with the band on and so far so good! I have ran 6 miles twice this week with the band on and I have not had any problems!!!! I think they will have streaming video of the 10k finish line so I am going to try to put my finish on my blog if they do. (picture from last year)

Ok, this is off topic, but I might be starting a blog just for pictures. They will mostly be pictures of family events and random stuff. I still plan to have pictures on this blog, but If I have a whole bunch of pics I want to post I will put them on the other blog I might make. Below are some recent photo opportunities where I took a lot of pictures. At the Battleship: Dad, Taylor, Michael: it was fun taking pics here.

Taylor's cupcake decorating get-to-gether!

anyway, have a great weekend!

-Allyson Janell

random photos.........

2009-02-17T18:06:00.005-06:00

Ok,
So I really like taking pictures of mostly anything, so I will probably randomly post pictures on my blog like now............

Dad and Michael in the backyard

Adrienne at Cy-fair
veggies I chopped up for dinner

Michael picked these in the backyard for Mom

Yes, I know these are really random, but if I find something interesting or something that would make a nice picture, I get my camera out and snap away. :D

-Allyson Janell

Taylor turns 10!!

2009-02-12T20:15:00.003-06:00

On Monday Taylor turned 10!

On the Saturday before her birthday, we took b-day pics and then she went to go get her ears pierced!!

On her Birthday, she went to the Health and Science Museum and went to a go-cart track.

Then she came home to eat cake-n-icecream! For presents, she got some bath wash/sponge, valentine socks, candy, headbands, earrings, and some money.

HAPPY 10TH BIRTHDAY TAYLOR!!!!

-Allyson Janell

SuperBowl.......

2009-02-02T19:44:00.003-06:00

Chris and I went to hang out with some friends at John's house to watch the SB. Most of us were going for the Steelers but there were a few who did not.......... ;) I really do not like football, but I decided to pick a team to go for anyway. So I picked the Steelers. And I have to say that it was a pretty good game!

-AJ

January Warm-up Debate Tournament

2009-02-02T16:34:00.004-06:00

Last Saturday, we went to the debate tournament to help out and see friends that we had not seen in almost a year! It was so much fun! It makes me miss doing debate though!! I took some pics while I was there! :

Can't wait till the next one!!

-Allyson Janell

Half Marathon Thoughts.........

2009-01-18T15:32:00.004-06:00

Well, the Chevron Houston Marathon/Aramco Houston Half Marathon was today! As we were driving to church today we saw some of the runners from the freeway. Just looking at them from afar made me even more excited and motivated to do the half next year! As we were passing by the runners I told myself that I will do everything possible to try to get to the half next year!

Right now, I am planning to run again in the Rodeo Run and compete in the 10k.

-AJ

Sugar Cookies

2009-01-17T22:02:00.008-06:00

I thought I would share a sugar cookie recipe that I use! These cookies always go fast. The are sooo quick and easy to make! bty, we never have had almond extract when I make them so I just substitute the almond extract for another teaspoon of vanilla. So if you do not have any extract, its ok to use just vanilla. They taste really yummy anyway!

“Not to Roll” Sugar Cookies

1 cup sugar
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 teaspoon of vanilla
1 teaspoon of almond extract
1 egg
2 1/3 cups of Gold Medal unbleached all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon of baking soda
Colored sugar or granulated sugar

Heat oven to 375

In a large bowl, beat sugar and butter on low speed or with spoon until light and fluffy. Stir in vanilla, almond extract and egg. Stir in flour and baking soda. Shape dough by teaspoonfuls into balls. On ungreased cookie sheet, place 2 inches apart. Flatten with bottom of glass dipped in sugar. Bake 9-11 minutes or until set. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack.

Have a great Sunday!

-Allyson Janell

Random Photography........

2009-01-10T00:23:00.002-06:00

New Year Goals.......

2009-01-02T23:11:00.002-06:00

Here are some of my resolutions for 2009:

1. Grow closer to God always and and to be a better follower of this verse: Philippians 4:8

2. Understand Geometry proofs.

3. Maybe learning to crochet and Calligraphy?

4. Train for the 2010 Half Marathon (and sign up before it is filled up!)

5. Getting better at playing piano and working on Photography

I think that's it.......

-Allyson Janell

More Pics from the Party!

2009-01-01T18:33:00.002-06:00

-AJ

New Years Eve Party!!

2009-01-01T18:15:00.003-06:00

On the eve of New Years, The Copples had a game night! It was loads of fun! Mrs. Copple made alot of good food. The games we played included Kings in the Corner, Sequence, Scattergories , Pictionary, Candy Land, and Monopoly. At midnight we made a toast and drank sparkling grape juice! Here are some photos!!

2009!!!

2009-01-01T18:10:00.001-06:00

Happy New Year!!!!!

The Most Amazing Story:

2008-12-25T21:34:00.002-06:00

Luke 2:13-20

13Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, 14"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests."

15When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about."

16So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. 17When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, 18and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. 19But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. 20The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

More Christmas Pics.....

2008-12-25T21:19:00.002-06:00

Merry Christmas Everyone!!

2008-12-25T20:39:00.005-06:00

I hope everyone is having a terrific Christmas!! My Christmas was great!! We opened presents, watch the Disney Christmas Parade, ate dinner, and had a lot of fun hanging out. Dad, Chris, Taylor, and Michael went to say hello at a friends house and have some desert. Mom, Adrienne, and I stayed at home watched some movies(Little Women & Perry Mason). Two friends of Adrienne and I came over to say hello also. Here are some pics of our Christmas!

Chris' new Texan shirt

My presents from some sweet people!

Michael and one of his presents

A few of Taylor's goodies

Chris' new ping-pong table

I do not have any pictures of Adrienne's presents but she got a new phone for Christmas.

It's Almost Here!!!

2008-12-23T09:41:00.003-06:00

Only one more full day 'til Christmas!!!!!!

Here is a video that I found. Someone has too much time on their hands :) but they did an amazing job!!

Have a terrific day,

-Allyson Janell

Yea!

2008-12-17T18:48:00.000-06:00

In January I will be taking English 1301!!

-AJ

Jumping in front of the Christmas Tree!!!!!!!!!!

2008-12-17T18:20:00.002-06:00

Holiday Magic!

2008-12-17T18:04:00.003-06:00

Over the past four years, I have been playing piano in Rice Village for their Holiday Magic Christmas event. A lot of schools come and perform. I play between the schools and when the Santa comes down the street. So its alot fun eventhough it is usually cold outside, your kind of nervous, and have to play in slippery gloves!! But it's worth it!

me warming up/playing untill the first school gets here:

-Allyson Janell