Proof Positive

B&W Photo Special- SATURDAY, JULY 26TH

2008-07-07T10:42:00.005-05:00

Day in the Daffodils in Little Rock-a Noble photo-Saturday, March 1st

2008-02-20T08:16:00.001-06:00

Easter Special-March 8th at the Gift Shaker

2008-02-19T07:07:00.003-06:00

Happy Valentines Day

2008-02-14T08:18:00.002-06:00

Photography Class Jan 3 - Mar 6

2008-01-17T08:50:00.001-06:00

Trip to downtown LR River Market

2007-11-04T09:02:00.000-06:00

Jars of Clay

2007-10-17T19:00:00.001-05:00

But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. 2 Corinthians 4:7

MEOW!

2007-10-17T18:55:00.000-05:00

Fall is in the air!

2007-10-17T17:34:00.001-05:00

Sam on Springhill Road

2007-09-20T09:12:00.001-05:00

We spent time on the Noble homestead down in Hamburg. Sam loved shooting his gun and exploring the land.

Photoshop MADNESS!!

2007-09-06T12:56:00.000-05:00

I have spent the whole morning playing on photoshop! Here is my creation!!

Summertime at the lakehouse

2007-08-21T21:15:00.001-05:00

Missing my kids

2007-07-24T23:21:00.000-05:00

The kids are in NM having a blast. Today I drove back from Texarkana where I visited my college roommate. I saw two incredible things. One was a momma duck and her 15 ducklings. They were beautiful and I was amazed there were so many! Then I saw several momma horses and their colts splashing each other in the pond. And none of the animals were phased by me watching. Both scenes were incredible and I am so glad I had my camera. It was great and made me realize just how much I miss my kiddos!

My Ratatouille

2007-07-04T20:25:00.000-05:00

Adelyn and I went to see Ratatouille while Jeff and Sam went to a Travelers baseball game. After the movie she wanted to try her hand at being a chef. She wanted to cook Fruit Pizza. She did this ALL by herself. I gave her no advice and she decorated much better than I ever would have. I have Sam conquering the grill and Adelyn baking. Life is great!

Summer Photo Special

2007-06-28T16:33:00.001-05:00

Thanks to my friends, Shelley, Jenny, Meridith, Jadyn and Haden, for helping make these photos priceless!

My Bat Catcher

2007-05-19T20:15:00.000-05:00

My Little Ballerina

2007-05-04T11:58:00.000-05:00

STOP VOTING FOR SANJAYA

2007-04-18T13:59:00.000-05:00

This is to counteract my husband's terrible tactics!!!

BOOM, SNAP, CLAP

2007-03-09T08:57:00.000-06:00

OK! I have to admit. I am addicted to American Idol. And my children are right there with me. I have overly influenced my children, especially Adelyn. Yesterday she asked me if just teenagers wrote songs. I told her that anyone could write songs. Later after dance, baseball etc. we went to eat with some out-of-town friends. Adelyn invited one of her new friends to go with us to Ameca. They thought they were so big as that ate alone at their own table. On the way home Katherine, her newest friend, taught her some kind of hand clap. Katherine learned it from one of her older sisters and considering her tiny self she could do the hand jive with much soul. Before long Adelyn and her bright white skin picked it up quickly maybe not as jivey though. When we got home she asked Jeff if she could make a CD. She wanted to see if it was possible and she wanted him to help her. After receiving the ipod to do her first recording she asked him how she could sell her CD in Walmart. OH MY GOODNESS!! What have I done! After 4 recordings last night I proudly introduce her first debut single "Boom, Slap, Clap". Enjoy!

Boom, Snap, Clap by Adelyn Noble

I heard you said yourself
that you don't know a
handshake that I know
that I learned from a friend
I learned from a friend
I learned from a friend
It goes like this with a
Boom, Snap, Clap
Boom, Snap, Clap
Boom, Snap, Clap
Hey, Hey, Hey

Journey Church's Morning Ladies' Bible Study Goes On Line!

2007-01-19T19:02:00.000-06:00

Come along with us!

Harrison's photo collage

2007-01-18T21:34:00.000-06:00

B&W Photo Special-January 27th

2007-01-15T12:51:00.000-06:00

Sam's First Kill With His First Gun

2007-01-15T11:03:00.000-06:00

A Loving Hand

2007-01-13T21:03:00.000-06:00

Cousin Cuties and their moms

2007-01-09T19:00:00.000-06:00

My sister, Cortney, and I are 6 years and 10 months apart. Coincidentally, our daughters, Adelyn and Mattie, are 6 years apart.

Valiant Vizlas

2007-01-08T19:42:00.000-06:00

The Hunter's hunting hounds

New Mexico Grandkids on Pa's Tractor

2007-01-06T20:36:00.000-06:00

Headed Home for the Holidays

2006-12-19T13:09:00.000-06:00

Here's hoping you are not naughty, but nice this Christmas!!

2006-12-13T11:27:00.000-06:00

Proud MAC Daddy

2006-09-13T21:01:00.000-05:00

Adelyn opened her birthday present from Jeff tonight-a MAC labtop! She is soooo excited! She has thought it was unfair that Sam had one and she didn't. After much searching Jeff found her this old orange laptop. The orange ones are had to find. But hey, color is important to a 7 year old girl!! She thinks she is big stuff and the MAC daddy is proud!!

Football season!!!

2006-09-05T07:56:00.000-05:00

It is that time of year! Crisp, cool air. Pine needles falling. Fantasy Football. Pee Wee Football. Billies Football. NFL Football. And even Razorback Football. This is my family's favorite sport and time of year. Jeff has Sam(who is 9!!!!) addicted to fantasy football. Sam even has his own kid league this year. Jeff coaches Sam's pee wee football team. And Jeff continually stays mad at the Razorbacks.So footballs are every where around here! Enjoy the season!!

Lazy days of summer

2006-08-23T13:36:00.000-05:00

Oh, the lazy days of summer are over. How sad. We have had a wonderful summer. The kids were in NM and TX for a month with my family. They had a blast and made lots of memories. They came back tanner and taller. They came back on Friday and went back to school on Monday. Back to reality! The lazy days of summer are over. This photo of Adelyn waiting for her turn on the jet ski is a great picture of 'wait'. The wait for next summer. The wait for school to be over. The wait for freedom. This world is full of 'waits'. Thank you, Lord, that what we wait for is so much better and greater than the wait!! It makes the waiting worth it!

Ecclesiastes says

2006-08-21T13:59:00.000-05:00

"Wisdom brightens a man's face and changes its hard appearance."

I love this photo of my grandmother and daughter. They look alot alike. I love grandmother's wrinkles and Adelyn's smooth skin. Life is fleeting. So quick but so fun and full of blessings. The Bible says wisdom comes from God. May my face be bright and not hard much like Grandmother's. She is beautiful, her wisdom wrinkles add to her beauty. This photo is a picture of life and I am so thankful for both of the loved ones in it!

In New Mexico

2006-08-10T21:51:00.000-05:00

My husband is giving me a hard time about not blogging. Are you surprised? I swear I kick myself daily for ever starting this! But being in NM and being detached from Jeff, my friends and all my blogging buddies, it just makes you want to blog and get some kind of response from the ones you are so use to being around. The kids and I have been in El Paso, TX, for several days to see my sister and her family. I can say I have never been to El Paso even though I grew up in NM. It was just like they say. American life(shopping centers, subdivisions, etc) on one side of the interstate and then pure Mexico poverty on the other side(dirt roads, shacks, few cars). My grandmother went with me and on the way back to my parents we stopped at the Guadalupe Mountains. They were beautiful. It is not like Arkansas around here. But there is beauty in the desert, the rock, the sunsets and even the tumbleweeds. It's only when you leave it and come back that you appreciate it. I guess that is how I feel about you there in Monticello and in the blogging world. I miss you! Dang it! So it brings me to blog! I might actually blog again before I leave. And that would be a record for me!!!!!

I am Robin

2006-07-31T21:34:00.000-05:00

Your results:
You are Robin

Robin		65%
Green Lantern		65%
Hulk		60%
Superman		50%
Iron Man		45%
Wonder Woman		38%
The Flash		35%
Supergirl		33%
Spider-Man		30%
Catwoman		15%
Batman		5%

Young and acrobatic.
You don't mind stepping aside
to give someone else glory.

Click here to take the "Which Superhero are you?" quiz...

Delta Sun

2006-07-10T11:16:00.000-05:00

Southeast Arkansas Bald Eagle

2006-06-27T10:51:00.000-05:00

The kids and I got to see a bald eagle last night. It was incredible. There are 4 eagles in all but we only got to see one. There are the parents and 2 babies. We also got to see a 14 foot alligator, humming birds and armadillo. Notice the bird on the very top of the tree to see just how big the eagle is. Also, their nest is on the bottom left. It was amazing!!

Adelyn's first swim meet

2006-06-26T11:51:00.000-05:00

Adelyn had her first swim meet this weekend. Our friends from Garland were here this weekend, so it was a fun filled weekend. Adelyn won FIRST place in back and breast stroke. And 4th in freestyle and 4th in a relay. She had a blast. After her last race I told her we had to go. She said"Wait! I have to get my trophy!" I told her that she would get ribbons at practice on Monday. She said "Practice! I thought this was the tournament!" She thought swimming was over. On to the next thing! She is a hoot and obviously a good swimmer too!

Oooo! I'm tellin'! You're not blogging!!!

2006-06-23T14:20:00.000-05:00

I mean, please. Is Jeff not just like that kid you had to play with as a child that loved to tattle tale? Or maybe your kid has a friend like that now and the whole 'come over and play' day is her running back and forth to you with tattle tales. I will blog when I can! No need to go and tattle on me and having the whole blog world come to my whimpy site. I am not like Jeff. Writing for me is an effort. When he writes it is like picking his nose. Which he thinks is fun, easy and comforting. When I write is like having to stand up and give a speech for Murderers Anonymous. Jeff, stop whining and go back to your blog! and for all of you who care, thanks for stopping by!

How do people have time to do this??

2006-05-07T21:02:00.000-05:00

OK! How and the heck do people have time to blog. Especially daily. There is life outside of the internet for all you obsessed bloggers. I have included some photos of my life recently. Dance recitals, Memaw visits, Baseball games and Spring Time weather. Who has time to sit in front of a computer. Maybe blogging is for those who don't require much sleep. I took my ritual Sunday afternoon nap so I am on the computer tonight. Maybe that is it!! Whatever it is I admit defeat! I can't keep up! I am a blogger failure! Enjoy the photos!!

"But some doubted"

2006-04-15T08:31:00.000-05:00

Oh my, life has been wild!! I think this blog has only made me realize my life is way too busy. I mean really, I ALWAYS overplan myself. Tuesday I had an oncology check up in LR. Things look great. I will have a catscan in June to make sure. "Lord, I praise you for that!" Tuesday afternoon I set up at my sister-in-law's house in NLR for some photo shoots. From Tuesday at 4pm until Wednesday at 5:30pm I never stopped taking photos. And it was kids under the age of 6. I squatted ten thousand times and chased kids all over Amy's house and yard just to get that perfect shot.(Thanks Amy and James for all your help and letting me use your beautiful house.) Anyway, needless to say, I am so sore. I can hardly walk. Who needs exercise, become a photographer. I got home Wednesday night. Thursday Sam and I got up at 6 am to watch who got kicked off of American Idol. Can I say we are hooked. Then after we got the kids off to school. I frantically ran to Walmart , considering I have no groceries. I had to be a Adelyn's school picnic and egg hunt by 8:45 am. This lasts all day. At 3:15 I take Adelyn and 3 of her friends to dance. From 3:30-7pm I have 4 customers at my studio that I had to throw back together from the LR trip. Now remember I have to squat to take photos!! OUCH! Never the less, my night ends on a high note and a perspective check. Some friends invited us out fo the Passover supper.WOW! Brandy and TJ Files went all out and it was so special. It was great for me. So relaxing and a great prepatation for Easter after a wild week. We washed each other's feet, searched the dark house with candles for yeast, and we all took part in the meal that was SO about Jesus!! How awesome that even the ritual of passover meal way before Jesus came was all about Him. And it was so awesome for the kids to see Easter is all about Jesus and not the Easter Bunny.
OK! to my'Proof Positve' point. I dont know why I think I have to have a point. The photo above is of Adelyn playing ball with Sam and Mason. Check her out playing catcher. Thanks to Sam showing her all the ropes. Sam has a great arm, but she was not intimidated one bit by that ball. YET- she will NOT play softball. We have tried and tried to get her to play. She would be great. She is fast, She can bat, and now I know she could even catch. Whether she DOUBTS her ability or what. I do not know. She is a character!
At the end of Jesus' time here on earth, after the resurrection, MT 28:17 says'when they saw Him they worshipped Him, BUT SOME DOUBTED'!!!! We would say here in our 'assurance of our salvation' attitude,"Why on earth would they DOUBT?" They SAW Him. They experienced everything. They were right there with Him. Maybe they too were so caught up in their details of life- even the details of the crucifixion and resurrection- that they never stopped and took it all in. May we learn from them and His word. May we stop the details of our life and never doubt His life and His love. Have a blessed Easter!!

Fit-throwing

2006-04-05T14:22:00.000-05:00

The last few days, maybe weeks, I have been on the verge of throwing a fit. It seems like the world is officially against me. It always happens this way in my life. Things will be going smoothly and then, all of the sudden, everything happens at one time. No need to go into all the details but maybe I can get some feed back on this. Why is it that life is the hardest when your expectations are not met? Do I set my expectations too high? Is it so we can reprioritize things in our life? Or step back and see the big picture, God's perspective. The details of life can wrap you up like getting tangled in poison ivy! And and it takes all that is in me to no throw a fit!!!

Lord, help me that I may 'escape from the wicked ways of the world by learning about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ' and that I not get ' tangled up with sin and become its slave again, and be worse off than before'. Taken from 2 Peter 2:20

Jeff made me do this dumb test

2006-03-30T10:25:00.000-06:00

What do you think? Is the test correct? Does this describe my personal dna?

My Personal Dna Report

Fancy needs a 'trained' shot!

2006-03-29T10:05:00.000-06:00

I'm back! We had a long spring break but it was lots of fun!! My sister and her kids were here the first of the week. There was never a dull moment! My car got broken in to at the Nature Center. They stole my purse. We didn't get to see the black bears mo ved from the White River to South Arkansas because of the rain. And the night before they left, Daniel had to go to the emergency room for a busted chin!! Even with all the mishaps we had a blast. It did not slow us down a bit.

The end of the week we went to the Little Red River with some friends. We went trout fishing and 'snipe' hunting. The kids and adults had a blast. It was freezing cold. I am still thawing out!!

Yesterday, a puppy lab found its way to our yard. I am sure Dr. AKN Dolittle had something to do with it. The dog was precious. We discovered right away that the puppy had obviously been 'trained'. She could sit on demand. And she would fetch and 'stay'. Adelyn quickly bonded with Amelia. That is what we named her. And both Sam and Adelyn were so impressed that she was so trained and obedient. We warned them that Amelia was someone's pet and not to get too attached. They played in the backyard with her, fed her and introduced her to our cat and dog. That was a site!!! The chihuahua wouldnt stop shaking and barking. And we didn't see the cat for hours. Just when Adelyn got good and attached our new neighbor came over. She asked if we had her puppy. You should have seen the look on Adelyn's face. It was complete betrayal! The funniest thing was later on in the day. I was taking Adelyn to dance and she spouted off in the back seat "When are we going to take Fancy to get her 'trained' shot?". It took me a minute to register what the heck she was talking about. I could not stop laughing when I realized that she had been stewing about why her dog couldn't do all the tricks that Amelia could do. And she thought all it took was a trip to the vet. OHHHHHH! How true is this of me!! I would much rather get a quick fix than endure the discipline!! Crash diet instead of change my eating habits and exercise! Depend on Jeff's preaching than read and study the Word for myself! Tell the kids to sit down and shut up instead of actually communicating and explaining things. The list goes on!! But I love what it says in Hebrews12:11. 'Now, discipline always seems painful rather than pleasant at the time, but late it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it." WOW!

Spring is here and I am too busy to post!

2006-03-16T08:24:00.000-06:00

OK! I am still here. Life has been a little hectic! All my friends make blog entries like it is brushing your teeth. To me it is like writing that dreaded English essay that you wait to the last minute to do. Why did I get myself into this!!! Anyway, spring is in the air at the Noble house or should I say 'spring cleaning'. My sister, her 5 year old twin boys and 6 month old little girl are flying in today for Spring Break. We are so excited. Well, all of us but Jeff. He is trying to find some place to go in all the excitement. He said to me yesterday "I am thinking of some place to go in the next couple of days". I said "You will be going to Divorce court if you don't change your attitude". He didn't have a come back. I was proud of my comment. I surprise my self sometime.

Also, this week I actually paid someone to rake my yard. It looks awesome!!!!! It looks like the whole yard has been vacuumed. It has never been so clean. If you need a yard man let me know! Having a clean yard inspired me to buy flowers and put together the coolest present I got for Christmas from my step dad. You can see in the picture that it is a steel rod and base where you tilt and fill three to four ceramic pots. Isn't it cool? All the women in my family got one. Way to go Hunter!!

Don't expect a post anytime soon! It is Spring Break and I am not writing anymore essays for a while!!:)

One of my many projects/tasks

2006-03-08T22:08:00.000-06:00

Today will feature Sam's photo work. He has his own digital camera and he captured a great shot yesterday in the midst of one of my many projects. I always have a project. Why or where I get these crazy ideas I do not know( I am sure it is genetic) but it drives my husband in sane. I started this swing hanging project yesterday. This swing has been sitting on the ground for almost a year. I couldn't stand it another day so I went to the farm supply store to get some cable. As you can see in the last photo, the hanging project was not the greatest. Sam captured the shot right as the cable popped. Just look at the expressions on their faces. I was rather proud of my future photographer. And today it was another task- rearranging the living room which involved Jeff having to totally rewire the tv and his beloved surround sound system. Its like I can't stop. Some are addicted to porn, smoking, food, etc. I am addicted to projects and I can't sleep until they are finished. Sometimes the projects are in my head and if I can just write it down on paper it calms things for me until I can actually get my hands dirty. Its crazy! Many of you have been affected by this addiction. For that, I am sorry! I do hope I helped in some way though!!

I Corinthians 3:5" What, after all, is Appollos? And what is Paul? Only sevants, through whom you came to believe-as the Lord has assigned to each his task"

Maybe some of my 'tasks' are good!!

I'm sorry! I was thinking about cabbage.

2006-03-04T20:55:00.000-06:00

It is that time of year in Monticello when the daffodils are in bloom. Every year I take my kids photos out in a field by our house. The last two years Sam has not been in the photo. It is kind of sad. But Sam and flowers do not mix. Sam and baseball, Sam and football, Sam and videogames, Sam and his new blog. OK, but not flowers. Thank goodness God blessed me with one of each because I could never choose between watching Sam play sports or Adelyn picking flowers. It is great!! Sam's latest thing is the saying "oh, I'm sorry! I was thinking about cabbage!" He says it right when you think he was paying attention to you. And it is usually said when he does not want to answer the question being asked. He is a joy even though he never will or never has been much on expressing himself. Maybe his blog will help!!

I hope those who love to read blogs don't get tired of me reading into things. It is kind of scary actually writing down how my mind thinks. Anyway, today while I was taking photos of Adelyn I got to thinking about my life. Without too many details, my life is like the above photo of the daffodil. It is beautiful but a little out of focus. I let my thoughtlife go hog wild and my worries get my world spinning. But the minute I give it over to the Lord things get back into focus. And I can see the beauty of life and this world so much better. I love how God does that for us. Even though I am usually back in the same boat an hour later!! But thank God He is faithful!!

Luke 12:27 "Consider how the lillies grow. They do not labor or spin"

I am a blogger! oh my gosh!!

2006-03-01T17:40:00.000-06:00

I can not believe I have given in to such peer pressure. My husband, Jeff, has been blogging for quite some time and at first, I have to admit, I thought it was rather a waste of time. Then my girl friends all get on the band wagon. Its like Jeff's groupies or something. Weird!! Then my 8 year old son starts his own blog. Which is good considering all the pressure of the GREAT Arkansas Benchmark test that expects 3rd graders to write essays like 7th graders. So what do I do. I give in. It is like I can't resist having a "daily on line diary for all the web to see". ( I got that from Stacy Reed's perspective of blogging.) So this is my feeble attempt. And for those who know me well, I have to have a task at hand. I will post a photo with each blog and a thought or story to go with it! Life is hard but, you know, it is a lot of fun too! And if my photos and thoughts can brighten someone's day maybe blogging is for me!

OK so here is the story! Adelyn, my 6 yr old, goes to bed whining last night about not feeling good and saying she just needs to sleep more. I am thinking that she must be getting sick because she usally is not like this. So this morning she wakes up and the first words are more whining. I told her to go back to bed and I gave her some Motrin. Right as Sam and Jeff leave for school she runs out of her room, dressed, smiling and ready for school. Off she goes or so I think. At noon, I walk by her room and this is what I see in her bed. I started to panick. I kept saying as my world was spinning "I know she went to school, I know she went to school". The closer I get the faster my heart beats. I see her ponytail. I pull back the covers and... it was just a pillow and her American Girl doll that looks like her. I start crying and laughing at the same time. I am also releaved and mad at myself at the same time. Then it hits me that she planned all of this. She wanted to get me and she got me good. For those who know me well, she is JUST LIKE Jeff and his sister, Amy. They keep you laughing and guessing all the time!
This reminds me of how we can let circumstances and unmet expectations rule our thoughts and emotions to a point we miss out on the joy that God has for us. How many times have I been in a situation where I make it more than it really is and fret and worry. In the end I look back and see where God was there all along showing me the way. I could have skipped all of the chaos if I had only trusted and obeyed Him in the first place. I am glad He still loves us and you know He laughs much like I did today!! Nehemiah 8:10b "for the joy of the Lord is your strength"