mother/daughter tea

Our girl's discipleship group had a mother/daughter tea. It was neat cause not only did we partake of some delightful fellowship and goodies, but we also heard from a wonderful speaker regarding modesty and beauty. Also, we did a couple of activities where we discussed beauty and mother and daughter relationships.


My friends Michelle and Marianna came and showcased their E-Boutique, Bellissima! Everyone enjoyed shopping for beautiful new outfits! Marianna gave a wonderfully presented talk on modesty and beauty.

I personally was blessed by the time with all the mothers and daughters. Many, many thanks to Pam, Melissa, and Claire for the way they serve us in the discipleship group and for putting together the tea!

delightful times

Allyson and I hung out this morning with one of our dear friends, Mrs. Yohe. Think Titus 2:3-5 :) She's my second mother and I'm so fortunate to fellowship with her through church and our caregroup!

The ladies hit the spa!

Thank you, Mrs. Yohe for a lovely time!!

...but I should be doing...

I should be doing some research for my Poly Sci paper, but instead I'm tooling around checking out friend's blogs. I love how blogging helps me to keep up with everyone, get a glimpse into the life of people I can't always be actively involved with.

This evening we had bible study. I love our bible study. We hold it at our house and my Dad leads it. We have 4 families(besides us) that attend regularly. I really enjoy relating with people through the "caregroup" setting: we have a meal, worship, discuss, then eat and talk some more!

We are currently going through the book: Worldliness Edited by CJ Mahaney.

An excellent book with chapters written by leaders in Sovereign Grace Ministries.

This evening we discussed the music chapter and talked about our heart and how we respond to, prioritize, and discern the role that music plays in our lives. A very eye-opening chapter that really provoked me to question whether or not I idolize music and if I'm discerning about what I listen to and why I listen to it!

Ah, it's back to the homework, so I can go to bed at a reasonable hour! Or is it too late for that? :)

Love, Adrienne Renea

P.S. Three days of blogging and exercising! whoo-hoo!

Now that's enough of that!

Yeah, I have a really awesome sister, who keeps me on my toes about my blogging and has been getting on me about my extreme lack of posting...

So Allyson, this first post of 2009 goes to you!

Where to start? What about the end of this past semester?

So finals week was tough, but totally worth it as I came out with A's in all my classes! Glory to God!

Next up was Christmas Break and my Government II winter-minimester!

It was so wonderful to see friends home from college. (I will elaborate more on this on another post). Christmas was pretty fun, lots of goodies and good people!

The Winter mini-mester was pretty tough!! I found out yesterday though, I got an A in the class! I was pretty excited to say the least. Even though everything came alright in the end, I think I can truly say I'll never do that again!

New Years was great fun as we spent the Eve with Copples and the Pauls. It wonderful to ring in the New Year with them! We also had a great "pre-New Years Eve" party with some dear friends from high school, more to come in later posts!

Mom had foot surgery on December 30th, everything went well. Though her foot is pretty bandaged up, she's been getting around pretty well on her crutches.

The break seemed so short! I'm currently getting ready for the Spring Semester in which I will be taking 16 Hours. It's going to keep me busy, but I'm looking forward to the challenge and new classes! I always get excited at the beginning of the semester(of course); there's something wonderful about a fresh, new semester. Oh, and guess what?! Allyson will be joining Chris and I at Cy-Fair this semester! I'm really excited for her! She'll be taking English 1301 and I'm pretty sure I can speak for her in saying that she's really excited!
This is my last "real" semester at Cy-Fair. If all goes as planned, I will have only 5 hours left until I get my Associates of Arts. I plan on getting those last few hours done in the first summer session. So I'm on track to be at UH next fall and hopefully living on campus!

So this has been a swift and sadly needed update of my blog. More post will most certainly be coming soon with pictures and the like!

Happy New Year!!!

Love, Adrienne Renea

among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved.

-Ephesians 2:3-5

The Last Summer Fling

Last Friday we celebrated Leslie's Birthday,

which also happened to be out last party before about half of us left for school the next week.

Leslie, Emily, and Leah leave this week and Kari, leaves in September. Sarah And I will be going to school in town and Allyson, Alison, and Jessica have few more years of High school.

I will miss you girls so much and our random lunch dates and shopping trips! I can't wait 'til Thanksgiving Break! Love you!

Show-Time!

I'm going even further back into July with this post!

A few weeks ago, We went to see my friend, Jessica in her Choir's musical, Jesus Christ Superstar.

She was fabulous and we really enjoyed watching her perform!

Later, I went home with Sarah and ate cookies, laughed at Pride and Prejudice, and made crazy videos. It was grand.
And..the next morning we went to see this little guy:

It was a sweet movie with a great ending and I'd highly recommend it!

Celebrating...

Why not post this Wednesday about something that happened last Wednesday!?

To celebrate several graduations, all the girl's from
the history co-op that we attended, gathered for a little party. All but three of us, are now graduated and are already in college or will be leaving this fall.

Here we are!

We gathered at Sweet Tomatoes for lunch, then headed over to the Miller's for ice cream cake:

We had quite a time trying to cut the frozen hard cake, sooo what's a girl to do?

Why blow-dry it of course!

It was delicious, I love cake! :c)

We opened gifts and cards, talked about college stuff and watch a slideshow Emily and Jessica made for the graduates. It was lovely. Emily, Leah, and Leslie will be leaving this fall and I am sad. I'm looking forward to holiday breaks!

Love you, girls!

July Fourth Fun!

So we celebrated The 4th of July at the Hern's with a bunch of dear friends:



The Hern's know how to host a swell party!

Graduation and New Attitude! Recap and Photos!!

What a busy couple of weeks this has been!

First off was my graduation on the 17th! It was wonderful. The ceremony was very nice and I was so blessed by all the people that came to see me "walk across" the stage and then later came and helped my celebrate at my house! I'm so grateful to all the families that came and served and made my graduation celebration a great time!

My Graduation

After graduation I had a week 'til the New Attitude Conference. So I got some time to sleep and read.
On Friday, the 23rd. We attended the graduation of my friend, Leslie. We had a great time rooting her on and the ceremony was very cool. I'd never been to a private school graduation before and I really enjoyed the speaker. And there was cake!! ( ok, I'm really loving cake these days, especially if it has lots of frosting)

Next was Saturday, the weekend I'd been looking forward to since this time last year!!! My flight left in the afternoon and I got the privilege to be on the same plane with my roommates.
It was so exciting to see downtown Louisville full of New Attitude stuff and people! Over the next four days, We got to instructed and most importantly, challenged by Josh Harris, Mark Dever, Al Mohler, CJ Mahaney, Eric Simmons, and John Piper.

One message that really impacted me was Mr. Mahaney's sermon entitled: The Troubled Soul: God's Words and Our Feelings. Mr. Mahaney made a point that many times we listen to our souls instead of talking to them. He went on to explain that we are one of our biggest influences. Instead of listening to our sinful selves, we must go to His Word and minister to our souls with the promises that He gives us in his Word. One of my favorite quotes :"When we cannot trace God's hand, we must trust God's Heart". This message also challenged me to memorize Psalms 42, this chapter ends with hope in Christ in troubles time,

Verse 11:Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise Him,
my salvation and my God.

The weekend was full of reconnecting several old friends and it was a pleasure to spend sometime with some people from several of the Sovereign Grace Churches in Texas. I got to see some friends, whom I had not seen since 2002 at another Sovereign Grace Conference. I was so great seeing them after so many years!

Kierstyn:

Mindy:

I also got to reconnect with people I met last year at Fusion!

The time of worship was amazing, and I was going to upload a video I took during one of the session, but it's not working! I'll try again later. I bought the new New Attitude band's new cd Looked Upon, which contained many songs that we sang at Na. The lyrics are very Gospel Centered and the sound is very keen. :c)
I was soo blessed by my time there and this is not the end of my post about my experience there. I hope to blog more soon on several points of application I was challenged on and some reviews of some books and cds I bought in the very cool New Attitude bookstore. I am eagerly looking forward to how God will continue to challenge me by what I received at the conference. I can't wait til Na 2009 in Baltimore!

Here is my Na album( warning..lots of pictures!)

Na Conference 2008

and Melissa also has one too: Melissa's Album

Class of 2008!

A little over a week ago, we got to celebrate the graduation of two of my very close friends.


After partying the night before, we attended the homeschool ceremony, which was pretty neat. I'm so blessed to have Kiana and Cassia in my life, they are both dear friends who I have had the pleasure of growing with them spiritually .





Kiana and Cassia: I love you both and I pray that as we move on to bigger things that our friendship and relationship with the Lord would just grow stronger!

Allyson with Cassia:

Kamyl, Allyson, Kiana, and Me:

Ah, Friday!

It's been a pretty slow week here. Chris and I are on Spring Break from the college. Nevertheless, there is plenty to do at home!
I have several assignments due in English next week, so I've been working on them. In the next few weeks I'll be getting mid-term grades, so I am anxiously awaiting those!
Graduation is coming up fast, so I've been looking at things pertaining to that. I've decided on invitations and I'm working towards starting a scrapbook. I'll be taking senior pictures in the next couple of weeks.
My graduation ceremony is May 17, I'll be graduating with a home school group. I'm not sure about the exact number of graduates, but it won't be more than 10-15. So it'll be nice and small and SHORT! I enjoy the smaller graduations, they are a lot more personal.

This weekend I'm going shopping, trying to find some things for graduation and maybe some summer clothes? It was HOT today!! The high was 80! That's pretty warm considering I was wearing a jacket and sweater last weekend.

I'm so glad its Friday, even if it does bring me close to the beginning of another week. I like school, but I'm particularly anxious for finals to come and graduation!
Tonight I went out to dinner with a bunch of friends. It was great catching up with people I haven't seen forever. I love those girls!
This year is so different, people I saw all the time last year, I never see! Instead I'm out of the house more and come in contact with so many different people. Mostly, very different from friends and adults I grew up around. I'm learning a lot. My relationship with God has grown, I have had to hold His Hand tighter. Being around non-Christians wasn't something I did much when I was younger. Now, I'm always seeking God's will on how I may be light to those who are walking this earth without the knowledge of Jesus Christ. I'm am continually reminded of the grace of God in my life! How precious the Cross is to me!

When I survey the wondrous cross
On which the Prince of Glory died
My richest gain I count but loss
And pour contempt on all my pride

See from his head, his hands, his feet
Sorrow and love flow mingled down
Did ever such love and sorrow meet
Or thorns compose so rich a crown

O the wonderful cross, O the wonderful cross
Bids me come and die and find that I may truly live
O the wonderful cross, O the wonderful cross
All who gather here by grace draw near and bless
Your name


Love always,
Adrienne Renea

Worship Concert

On Saturday, Allyson, my friend Sarah and I went to see Phil Wickham in Concert at a church near my house. We're fans of his acoustic worship music and gospel-centered lyrics. The concert was less "concert" but more a time of worship. It was wonderful! Phil Wickham is a very gifted worship leader. We look forward to seeing him again, the next time he is in town!

Photo Shoot!

Allyson's best friend, Jennifer spent the night Saturday. They were wearing matching shirts so I shot some photos of them:



They had a great time laughing, making videos, baking cookies and going shopping.

Party, Party!

This is going to be a long post full of pictures!

Wednesday:
The Copple's hosted the care group Christmas party at their home. We ate lots! But I think every one's favorite part was gingerbread(graham cracker) house decorating!

Lots of Chocolate and artistic creativity was revealed!

We sang Christmas carols, chatted over hot stew and ate lots of yummy goodies!





As you can see our care group is pretty small. Our small group has grown and then diminished at various times and seems to be ever changing! I really enjoy the families we get to relate to in our care group.

Friday:

We couldn't let the Christmas season get by without getting together! Though our history co-op no longer meets, we joined together for a reunion of sorts and had a Christmas party!

Exchanging Gifts:






Ornament Exchange:






Oh wow, it was fun. The guys seemed to end up with more feminine gifts: Daniel got a shoe, Logan a "Red Hat Society" snowman, and Michael a hulaing santa( or was it a snowman?) Needless to say, there was a lot of exchanging going on! The girls always exchange presents and I got a lot of nifty gifts and a extraordinary amount of chocolate.

I love people! Christmas make it a lot easier to gather with people I haven't seen in awhile!
I hope you've got all your shopping done and don't have to venture out in the Christmas Eve rush. Tomorrow morning we start baking all our Christmas desserts!

Much Love and Merry Christmas,
Adrienne Renea

What's Going On?

It's been awhile:

1. Finals have come and gone! English was easy and no studying was necessary. Spanish involved a lot of studying and I'm sure I didn't study enough! The exams themselves were not that hard. In the end, I have an A in English and a B in Spanish. I'm hoping to get the Spanish grade up to an A next semester!

2. We're registered for spring '08 classes...yes, you heard correctly, "we"! Chris will be joining me at Cy-Fair in the spring to take English 1301! He's registered and eager to work! I will be taking Honors English 1302 and Beginning Spanish II. I'm really looking forward to the Honors English class. The instructor is really nice and it looks to be a interesting class! The way my class schedule is structure, I'll be going from school,and straight to work. Tuesday and Thursday will be busy days!

3. Christmas is here!

Our Christmas Tree:


The Nativity


Allyson and I attended a Christmas Party last Wednesday:


Alison and Allyson:


I so enjoy relating to many of my friends who I haven't seen much of since school started. We've got a couple of more parties coming up, so look forward to more pictures!

I always use the holiday break as an excuse to catch up on movies I haven't had time to see at the theater and on DVD. Last Saturday I went to see August Rush with Sarah and Mrs. Myers. It was a really good. Music lovers would appreciate it, especially. I'm looking forward to seeing National Treasure: Book of Secrets and The Great Debaters. Movies are always a great time to eat an extraordinary amount of candy :c)

I'm really excited about seeing the
Fraziers this Sunday! It will be so wonderful to see how big the boys have grown and hear more about living in India.

I hope everyone is enjoying all the excitements of Christmas!
Love much,
Adrienne Renea

Coming back....

Wow, it's been awhile, so I'm going to go as far back as I can remember....

Last Saturday(10/6) I took the SAT, it being my third time. It was OK, no confusing rooms, weird proctors or annoying sounds. I get my scores back next week so.....
Anyway on to better things...
For like EVER my friend Sarah and I have been trying to see
Phil Wickham in concert, so last Saturday( it's still 10/6!) we and a bunch of our good friends went to see the
David Crowder Band, Phil Wickham, and The Myriad in concert.
We had a blast!!! The coolest part was Sarah and I getting to meet Phil Wickam outside the arena while David Crowder's set playing. I would recommend Phil Wickham's Cannons and the DCB's Remedy.

I was blessed by the songs in their sets and I really was impressed by Phil Wickham's obvious passion for God, it's neat to see a music artist that truly lives what he sings....
It was extra special 'cause my Dad let me take the car that night!!! YEA!

AHH... I want to post more, but I need to get ready for school in the morning!!!

So I'll post another entry tomorrow-
Coming back: The Job
Love,
Adrienne Renea

Signs of Summer

Because I need to update soo bad..here are some pictures until my next "real" update!

Sarah and I in San Antonio

The Alamo!

Party at my house!!!

Games and Food!!

Slip 'n Slide at Jessica's Party!

continues in the next post...