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A few of my favorites from their wedding =) I’m so glad I was able to be part of this beautiful celebration. God Bless you guys! To see the rest of the images head over to their gallery Mr. and Mrs. Karl Pixler
Read MoreWhen I get stressed I start to pity myself. Start to say and think things like, “Nobody I know has all this on their plate.” “Look at me, I have to juggle this much.” “So-and-so, all they have to do is this.” Boo-hoo. Oh really Kelley? Well just suck it up and keep on going, because you’ll never catch up sitting there complaining that you have too much to do to catch up. Suck it up and give it everything you’ve got. Last night I was watching my brother’s baseball game against last year’s state champs. The first game was pathetic. One error that person was out of it for the rest of the game. One player at a time it happened to almost the whole team, and they just fell apart because their mental state went down the drain. I wanted to go over there and yell at them to stop acting like babies and get out there and play their hardest. And then it occurred to me that I’ve been doing the same thing, but in life. And life is a little more important that a baseball game. I remember when I used to play, and my dad would talk about winning the battle, and how baseball is mostly mental. You can have the best skills in…
Read More“Amazing grace, how sweet the sound // Amazing love, now pouring down // From hands and feet that were nailed to the tree // His grace flows down and covers me. “ ~Grace Flows Down Grace = unmerited divine assistance We fall. We mess up. We make mistakes. But even though we do, His grace pours over us. Over it all. And not only does it pour on us, it covers us. Completely. It’s like a flood, like a downpour, like a cozy blanket, all unmerited, undeserved. But yet He still pours it out. It’s one of the most amazing things I’ve experienced in my walk with God, His unconditional grace. It’s almost beyond my understanding, it’s more something I just have to accept. So I stand under the downpour, let the water run over my tears, curling up in the blanket, because His grace covers me. It covers my shame. It covers my guilt, my sin, my mistakes. It fills me up, it washes me clean, heals my wounds. The awesome grace of Jesus does this for me. “The people asked…. and He opened the rock and water gushed out; it ran into all the dry places.” ~Psalm 105:40-41 Ask for His grace, let Him pour it out, let it gush into all the dry places. Let it…
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Read MoreI’m feeling pretty good right about now….. actually pretty hyped up. :-) I think my computer loves me. I got over 5,000 images off my computer, all of this years photos organized and on their way to being backed up a second time, and the rest of my computer cleaned and organized. Annnnnd, I’ve been meaning to work on a blog header for a long time now. And yes, I’m more productive in my pj’s! But, I can’t really decide what I think of what I came up with for the header. Help me out please! Comment and let me know what you *honestly* think. Thanks yall! Now I think I’m going to head to bed, and get some sleep before I have to get up for CPR re-cert :-P Good night!
Read More“Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming…” ~ Dori from “Finding Nemo” “Life’s not a race to see who get’s there first, just keep going.” ~Dad “You have 60 more years of your life! You don’t have to have it all figured out by the time you’re 18.” ~ My sister Amy Life is a journey and there’s never an end! I’m so goofy and get discouraged when things don’t get any easier, but you know what? Life could be a *lot* harder! I think that I should be farther along in my photography business. I think I should be much less selfish. I think I should be more mature. I think I should have a lot more faith, etc. etc. ect. But we’re called to “fight the good fight.” Always. And fighting’s *never* easy. We’re called to see the Lord. We’re called to pursue righteousness. To “work out our salvation”. All things that are *still* happening. Present tense. I get so impatient and think that things should be done and over. I’ve fought for a while, ok, now it should be enough. But life will *always* be a fight, and changing my perspective on it made things a lot more clear. So. I guess I’ve got life all figured out. ;) Seek the Lord. Pursue righteousness and a pure heart.…
Read More“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” [verse 1] “Therefore we will not fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountainst be carried into the midst of the sea.” [verse 2] “though it’s waters roar and be trouble, though the mountains shake with it’s swelling.” [verse 3] “Come, behold the works of he Lord, who has made wars cease to the ends of the earth;” [verse 8] “He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two; He burns the chariot in the fire.” [verse 9] “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!” [Psalm 46, verse 10]
Read More“I’ve been holding on so tight // Look at these knuckles they’ve gone white // I’m fighting for who I wanna be // Just trying to find security.// “But You said let it go // You said let it go // You said life is waiting for the ones who lose control // You said You would be, everything I need // You said when I lose my life it’s then I’ll find my soul.// You said let it go.” ~Let it Go, Tenth Avenue North
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Hi, I'm Kelley, a MN portrait and wedding photographer located in the greater Brainerd Lakes Area. Welcome to my photography blog!