Monday, January 31, 2011

Fun with my gorgeous friend...(Part 2)

Sorry for taking such a while to get Part 2 up! :P  Enjoy!

This was not a planned shot...well, at least, not planned for her :)

Original

Black-n-white

Original

Black-n-white

I LOVE this one!! ♥

Even more of a favorite than previous one! ♥♥

Probably one of my all-time favorites of this shoot!! :D

Serious, but oh so beautiful!




*sigh*  So what do you think??
I am just BLOWN away by her gorgeousness!!! :D (I'm not even sure that's a word, but...oh well ;)
God has truly blessed me!  Alexandra is a beautiful person/friend - inside and out!

Music Video Monday!

This is such a beautiful song and music video...
by: Rebecca St. James...with BarlowGirl guests...
and I think that's her brother (in the music video)
Anyway...I just love this song; hope you do too.

Saturday, January 29, 2011

A new favorite quote...


'True friendships are lasting because true love is eternal. A friendship in which heart speaks to heart is a gift from God.'

~Henry Nouwen


(pics are of my friend Rikki and me...we're so cute :) *haha*
Love ya, girl!!! ♥♥♥)

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Today...

is Revue Night!!!  I cannot believe that a whole term at MSOA has gone by so quickly!!  Craziness!  Well, next term, I'm really excited about all the classes I'll be taking. :)  Watercolor, Painting, Portrait 201, Shakespeare, Dance...just to name a few ;)

Anyway, please pray for me this evening at Revue Night...I'm going to be performing FOUR times (once for violin...and three times for dance).  I'd appreciate your prayers and encouragement :)

I'll let you all know how it goes!!

*hugs*

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Love Takes Wing


Okay, not trying to dampen anyone's hopes (if you haven't seen this one yet), but...
this was THE WORST in the series!! 
I'm sorry to say that, but...whew!  Okay, it's out. :P

#1 - they changed actresses to play the part of Belinda...

#2 - they KILLED Drew Simpson!!  (long line of loosing husbands, huh?  Marty looses Aaron, Missie looses Willie, and now Belinda looses Drew!! NO!!)

#3 - they sort of give it a feministic twist.

#4 - I think they could've picked a better actress for Belinda, than Sarah Jones.  She's too...dry.  She doesn't have any expression!! 

Anyway...
Sarah Jones
as Belinda

She IS pretty...but...


Haylie Duff
as Annie Nelson, Belinda's best friend
I really, really liked her!!


(Supposedly) they met in college...they were the only two women who were studying to be doctors...
She's a really good friend to Belinda!

Patrick Duffy
as the town's mayor

Jordan Bridges
as, The Hero
:D *haha*
Naw, his name was...uh...
oops!  Can't remember right now!
Okay, hold it...
LEE OWENS!!!
Thank you, brilliant memory ;)

Anyway...he was okay :P

Annaliese Basso
as Lillian
In my brother's words 'terrible actress, but she's a cute little girl'...I really like her hair, personally :)

ANYWAY...
to all you Love Comes Softly fans out there...
what did you think of this movie in the series?

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

The Nativity Story


Yeah, so I feel like the LAST person who ever watched this movie...and I probably am :P
But my sweet cousins let us borrow it, and Dad, Mother, Noah and I watched it a couple days after New Year's...

And I loved it! :)

A BEAUTIFUL depiction of the story of our LORD's birth!

I also really liked how much they focused on Mary and...just what she was thinking and going through. 
Can you IMAGINE what it must've been like, for her, to suddenly become pregnant when she was betrothed to a man?  The punishment for that was to be stoned!  Can you imagine the fear she experienced?
Anyway, I just LOVE how they depicted that in this movie...

Keisha Castle Hughes
as Mary

Oscar Isaac
as Joseph

I really liked him!!  He did a GREAT job acting as Joseph...



Ciaran Hinds
as Herod

Yeah, I couldn't believe it either!!  Ciaran Hinds...a bad guy?!  No!!
:D

I loved Elizabeth and Mary's relationship...
so sweet!


The three wise men cracked me up :D
Sorry!! 

On the way to Bethlehem...



If you haven't seen it yet...go see it!
I'm PRETTY sure you'll like it ;)


Some content may not be suitable for children.

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Today...


marks the 38th year anniversary that the law was passed to allow unborn babies to be murdered inside their mama's wombs. 

Join me and others who are praying that the LORD will touch the heart of our President and country to see that Roe vs. Wade should never have been made legal.  And that this law must be changed!

Over 53,000,000 human beings have lost their lives to this murderous procedure.
May God forgive us!

Please view my dear friend's post on today, as well:
In Defense of Precious Life

Fun with my gorgeous friend...(Part 1)

My fabulous friend, Alexandra, let me do a photoshoot of her on Friday...isn't she GORGEOUS?!  She's like a model...and I'm SO privileged to know her ;) *heehee*

Love you, Alexandra!!!


Some of these are PS edited...I specify which those are.
Otherwise, I tweaked all of them with regular Microsoft Photo Editor... ;)

Isn't she just...BEAUTIFUL!!


Original...
(one of my favorite shots!)

PS edited

Model lady!

Original...
(she looks so pensive...and beautiful)

PS edited...

Cutie :)

I got more of the 'sad' feeling in this pic, so made it a bit darker...



I like this one!!

Original...

PS edited...

Okay, LOTS more pics from this photoshoot...
comin' up! ;)

all photos copyrighted 2011, Miss Raquel