The Sun...

Hello everyone!

Last night I went on a walk with some of my sisters and a friend. We walked down on some trail near our house. As we strolled by the river the sun was just positioned right to get some great sun stars (I've been obsessed with them sense I first saw one a few years ago).

The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is almost perfectly spherical and consists of hot plasma interwoven with magnetic fields. It has a diameter of about 1,392,000 km, about 109 times that of Earth, and its mass (about 2×1030 kilograms, 330,000 times that of Earth) accounts for about 99.86% of the total mass of the Solar System. Chemically, about three quarters of the Sun's mass consists of hydrogen, while the rest is mostly helium. The remainder (1.69%, which nonetheless equals 5,628 times the mass of Earth) consists of heavier elements, including oxygen, carbon, neon and iron, among others. (Taken form Wikipedia)

We rely on the sun for a lot of things. Light, warmth, energy. With out the sun plants wouldn't grow. The sun is an amazing thing. But if the suns so great than it just makes me wonder how much greater is the one who designed it. We have these awesome creations around us every day but its good to stop and think about what it all means. I know that I would be better of if i did that more often.

In Hebrews 1:3 it says "The Son (Jesus) is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being..."

          

Psalm 113:3
From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets,
the name of the Lord is to be praised.


Hope all of you have an amazing day!~

-Mary

SPRING!

Spring is finally here people! If any of you live or have ever been to Oregon then you know that the weather here is well... interesting. This winter we got very little snow in the Willamette valley. Then on the second day of spring we got 8-5 inches of snow! For us that's quite a bit of snow. We had fun playing in it, sledding down some small his in front of our house, having snowball fights, and making snow candy with our Grandma. On the day after we had gotten all of this lovely snow I decided to go for a short walk and grab a few pictures. I hope you have as much fun looking at them as I did taking them.

From here on down are a few I took before the snow.

Have a great day everyone~


-Mary

A Mini Photo Shoot!

A few weeks ago I got to spend the day (or rather the morning) at my friends house. It was way to much fun, running all over their 5 acres of property, climbing in to a blackberry bush fort and of course having a mini photo shoot! :) We made a few paper signs and used a few props which were quite fun! My friend Laura and her brother Micheal were really nice and modeled for me!  

Laura! 

I took my turn in front of the camera even though I much prefer being behind it! ;) (and the glasses are fake)

Handsome dude!

Love those eyes!

There's the real smile!

Gangsta..

Such a beauty!

Hope you enjoyed these~

Have a fantastic day!

-Mary

Snow~

The other day I had the pleasure of being woken out of a very lovely sleep by my older sister. Now anyone who knows me knows that I am not a morning person and that I would much rather be left alone in the early hours of the morning. But that day i didn't mind being woken in the least. I grabbed my camera, my dads coat and a pair of shoes and headed out side. This is what I saw... (The pictures really don't nearly do the seen justice):

A delicate layer of snow covered everything.

Back at Last

Its been a few months sense my last post. Lots and lots has happened sense then. Christmas and New Years have come and gone. I really can't believe that its already 2012. Seemed like 2011 had just begone and its already over. But this year holds great potential to be in every way as awesome as last year. Here's some of the things that have happened sense my last post! 




Christmas Caroling with some family and friends.

Our lovely Christmas tree

We went night skiing at Mt Hood Ski Bowl! The sun was just setting when we got to the top! :) 

Another view

And we also went skiing at Hoodoo! It was a blast! 

My awesome sister Bethy and some beautiful mountains!

And we took a quick trip to the beach! The Oregon coast in early January on a sunny day is Beautiful! 

Sadly I had forgotten to charge my Cameras battery the day before and this is the last shoot I was able to get be for the sun set and my camera died. But the Sun set that evening was Spectacular!

And that my friends is some of the highlights of the last few months! 




Wishing you all a wonderful day! 




-Mary