Words... words.

So, several of my friends have chosen a word for the year... You can see their words here, Tami, Aaron, and Deanna... I wanted to choose one too, but none would come to me. I prayed and prayed and listened and listened... I remembered a phrase that I had heard a pastor say back before the beginning of the year, he said that he was believing for Unexpected Opportunities... I liked it, and it kept coming back to me, but I was looking for a word, and not a phrase... Then I realized hey, I am different anyway... Might as well have a phrase as a word, so here is my word... or words. I am believing for Unexpected Opportunity's! Here is a picture of an unexpected opportunity... a patch of daffodils growing in the middle of the Forrest, and daffodils are my favorite flower!... Do you have a word? A Phrase? Has God already showed you a theme for this year?

25 random facts about me.

1. I love Jesus! without him I am nothing. NOTHING.
2. I absolutely adore Quintin L. Auten. Sure he has his faults... but I choose to ignore them, He is the absolute best, most wonderful, adorable, kind, loving, Godly, did I mention wonderful, man alive. I love him more today than I did 15 years ago.
3. I am grateful for my 5 adorable kids. (sorry Sam, get adopted at 20, you become adorable...)
4. We are the pastors of the BEST church in the world! Shelby Christian Fellowship Assembly Of God.
5. We live in a double wide. Hick it may be, but it has nice hardwood floors, and 5 bedrooms with 3 bathrooms, so make fun of me if you want I love my house. We call it the Big House.
6. The reason we call it the Big House is two fold, every place we have lived in has been nick named,
7. and we moved into the Big House from the Sardine Can… 7 people living in a 3 bedroom 2 bathroom single wide.
8. We have been married for 15 years on May 20th.
9. We have lived in 17 different places
10. I can name them all! (well the names we called them)
11. I am a Senior at the University of Montevallo
12. That means absolutely nothing because I am only attending part time so it will still take me 3 years to finish my degree.
13. I am pursuing my Psychology degree so I can pick people’s brains for a living.
14. I want to open my own Photography Studio in Columbiana.
15. I have a small photography business called DaNella Auten Photography
16. I have a book published. Microbursts!
17. I never thought I would be an author.
18. My parents have been married for 41 years
19. My sister has been married for 20 years.
20. Every year for my mom’s birthday my sister , my mom and I have a spend the night party, and stay up all night watching sappy movies.
21. We take Daddy (and Mamma) out to eat every year for his birthday.
22. I love to sneeze
23. My favorite color is BLUE
24. My favorite verse is Proverbs 3:5-6
25. I will be very well known one day… wait and see.
26. I have known Christi since I was 16 and she was 14... So...welcome to my newest follower... she Christi, is one of my oldest friends, and in fact was the maid of honor at my wedding... Christi Carroccino Mitchel (I still remember how to spell Carroccino, but I am never sure I spelled Mitchel right... lol)
Welcome Christi...

Have I mentioned that I love my new lens?

It is totally totally awesome... This darling puppy won't stay still for two Seconds and yet I got this Awesome shot!!! It's easy to see why we named her precious. Awww I just heard an awesome quote... "A mother is only as happy as her saddest child." It is true a mother's heart never stops loving her kids. All five of em.

Here is what I am...

I declaire a winner!! Angela Roberts... She came the closest. It isn't quite snow flakes on my car, but it is ice crystals on my car winshield... Frost... Frozen Beer Aaron? how would I know what Beer looks like? lol Too funny. Suzannah was close.

I asked her how she guessed it and she said... cool - glad I could do something right today
just looked like that to me. reminded me of the stuff on my car on Friday. But frost didn't seem right for that far north so...guessed snow.
plus the closeup was kind of snow shaped if it'd been completely focused.
the gold color on the bottom pic made me think of car paint - but the top pic wasn't gold so I wondered if it was reflection.

do i get a copy of your book? (lol)

ttyl,
Ang

Bloggy make over give away.

How many people think my blog needs a make over??? I do!!! Danielle is giving away a makeover... I signed up, you can too!

I got a new lens!!!

Can you tell I am excited... Everyone but me (cause I was behind the camera) got their picture taken... here they are.

Que!
Sam

Matt

Nana

Tym



Anny

Sam dancing in a bubble...

This can be me... after all you are what you drink...

What Am I?

Sorry guys every now and then I take a picture and I am like ewwww I bet no one could guess what that is... It has happened again. (Just wait, I have a new lens supposed to arrive any day now... )So... What am I this time? I did give you two pics to look at... They are the same thing, one is an extream close up...

Have you Met the Muffinator?

When Juju was a baby we realized she was a tough little cookie. She continues to prove it! This was a game to see who was tough enough to "Drink" a happy meal. Juju won!

Tym's Recycled Plane

Tymothie had to make something out of recycled material. Q helped him make this plane. Cool huh?

Tecnology is soooooo amazing.

This is my "film" for my camera, a sd card. you can see it is soooooo scratched up because I take a lot of pictures. I put it next to a dime for size reference.This is my new sd card... old one only 2 gb new one 4 gb... holds more pictures... cool huhBut wait, this one is a micro sd card... that means small. How small? This is a picture of it next to the same dime.

This is it on the dimeThis is it on top of the old one. Twice as much capacity literally half the size... wow!
Just amazing.

Thank you SOOOOO Much!

I don't know if you know this or not, but if you have your comments set to "must be approved to be published," when the email comes saying you have a comment you can hit reply and reply to the person who sent it, and you can also forward that email to another person. I forwarded all of you comments to my friend (although she visits my blog regularly and would have seen all of your prayers that way.) She is not finished with her battle, but she does have more energy to fight now. She is encouraged.


SO, on a lighter note... I am in love... Seriously. See this pic of me my sis and my mom and dad. It is a pretty good pic, good composition, lovely family... only problem is it is too white, no seriously, we are like whited out, for some reason there was too much light. Mom is nearly washed away... Until now... Tada! I got a new editing program. It is adobe photoshop CS4 I LOVE IT!

Does Jesus have a wrecker service?

Hey guys, I have a friend who is stuck in some muck of depression, and I told her I would order up a Jesus Tow for her to pull her out of the Muck. I need your help. Send out this prayer request to everyone you know, she needs peace and sleep. Also comment, so I can let her know you read it, and are praying. I have committed to her I will see her through this, and God will deliver her. She knows it, she just needs some encouragement. I know I can count on yall!

Here is what I am...

This is a caboodles make up case (aka warpaint fence) and the little balls are "Pearl Scents" air freshner... (aka glossy inhaled) Sorry I just liked the picture... I thought it was cool.

Why Did God Make The Moon?

Yes I did take this picture.

That's Why God Made The Moon
John Elefante

I used to think that lonliness was meant for me.
Like a message in a bottle lost out in the sea.
But now that we're together,
my whole world has been made new.
I wanna live my life for you.
And every star up in the sky
has driven me to testify
that I wanna know you.

Chorus:
That's why God made the moon.
For nights like these when we dream of all eternity.
As the angels sing the twilight symphony.
They sing la-de-de-de-da-da
la-de-de-de-da-da tonight.
That's why God made the moon.

There's a city in the distance,
but it seems so far away.
It's a place where lonely hearts await
The Son to light their day.
But up here I know it's silent.
There's no sorrow to be found;
just heaven all around.
And every star up in the sky
has driven me to testify
that I wanna know you.

Repeat Chorus

And we all must feel the same
as we look up to a world that never ends.
It's hard to think that this is all coincidence.
Cause in the darkness we need light to find our way.

Repeat Chorus

What Am I?

Lots and lots and lots going on. Mostly good. I have been named the acting manager of my Portrait Studio... That is an honor. Hopefully soon it will lead to actual management, and a raise... I like my job! So, let's play some What Am I real quick... this is so totally random, if anyone figures this out, I will give you a free copy of my book. Hey even if you already have one, it makes a good present.