Praises to God! Isaac Moved On!

by Daniel Saint-Pierre

I give praises to God almighty for sparing my family and I in Brooksville, FL by pushing the storm away from the Tampa region, and over the Gulf of Mexico where we hope the storm will calm down and dissipate before making land fall along the Louisiana coast.

Today, our lives are back to normal.

That’s Faith, our 3 year old on the four wheeler in the yard enjoying the first dry morning we’ve had in 3 days… :)

The week ahead promises to be filled with countless blessings, in according to God’s perfect plan. We’re praying to those under the Lord’s judgment via Isaac. Only faith will prevail.

Day off – In the Backyard

by Daniel Saint-Pierre

The Lord blessed me today with a Saturday off, one of very few I get to enjoy being a wedding photographer and all… So today, I took the Nikon’s out in the backyard and captured candids of my daughters Grace, Trinity and Faith instead of brides and grooms.

From tree lice, that’s really well intended parasites out to clean out our giant oak tree, to bugs I’d rather not try to identify, let’s just call the gross bug Roger for old times sake, then a yellow stone standing out like a soar thumb in our rock garden, there’s so much to shoot in the yard it’s amazing!

Trinity got upset, Grace floated beautifully from the tree swing and faith made dump truck soup. Another day, another serious of gorgeous shots for Elizabeth and I to remember how God truly loves us, and how His favor is among us, sinners undeserving of such joy yet grateful for each moment spent together.

I Never Can Say Goodbye!

by Daniel Saint-Pierre

Something quite extraordinary happened earlier today, actually many unbelievable things happened aside from getting 2 extra burgers from McDonald’s for free and miraculously finding over 46,000 photos which had disappeared about 2 months back from yet another worthless Western Digital external hard drive, in itself an indescribable occurence, but the photo opportunity I want to share with you involves my bike, stolen over a year ago from our front doorstep.

One of two identical bikes bought a year earlier, my Roadmaster Mount Fury mountain bike was used almost everyday on our family walks as Grace and Trinity rode their scooters while Elizabeth pushed Faith in the jogging stroller. It took over a year for me to buy another bike, which I did only a week ago.

Every day since, the girls and I have enjoyed bike rides and walks together.

On our way back from the beach earlier today, Elizabeth pointed out a neighbor’s house that was having a moving sale. She saw a bunch of chairs we could use so I jumped out of the van to check them out when all of a sudden I see my old bike in the back of their garage, all rusted out, broken chain and looking miserable.

“That’s My Bike!”

Surprised I exclaimed “that’s my bike!” The lady explained how her sons fished out the bike from the pond across the street. Without hesitation she offered me the bike and I gladly accepted it. I had been looking for my beloved bike for over a year, waiting to somehow bump into the thief and hoping to confront him and get my bike back.

Today, I did.

Of course the bike is a complete mess, both derailleurs and breaks are not functioning. I might get good rubber out of it, both inner tubes and tires survived the year long soak in swamp water. The seat is a good shape and handlebar riser ends, being aluminum are also recyclable.

I thank God for the closure. This was such a fantastic bike! I never could say goodbye.

Later this week I’ll start pulling parts off it, then I’ll trash it. It’s been a great bike, I’ve missed it but now that it’s been replaced, and that we’re all our biking daily again, I’m grateful for the incredible rides over the years, on and off roads, and looking forward to more fun on 2 wheels on a better, safer mountain bike brought on by the grace of God…

When God Gives You Sour Oranges…

by Daniel Saint-Pierre

…squeeze’em and make somewhat delicious freshly squeezed orange juice! What’s my point? Well you see the oranges were indeed from God, but they weren’t exactly eatable…

Over 200 oranges were offered to us by friends and neighbors who are blessed with overflowing citrus trees. Turn the offer into an orange picking party and you’ve got the perfect homeschooling outing

Top this outing with freshly squeezed orange juice and voila! Tart, seed filled wild citrus now poured into a glass as a refreshing, vitamin rich, 100% natural beverage. I’ll admit it’s a little on the sour side but other than that initial hair raising jolt of bitterness, the juice tastes fantastic!

There are no perfect solutions when it comes to Internet Marketing either. Those bound to succeed this year will know how to turn a bitter deal into a sweet, nutritious beverage… :)

Cookies by Grace

by Daniel Saint-Pierre

What kind of father would I be if I didn’t snap pictures of my daughter’s baking? So when my lovely wife Elizabeth showed me one of Gracie’s cookies I immediately ran for my Nikon and tripod. The girls did most of the works the least I could do is capture it with the same passion they put in making it possible for me to set my scene and shoot away!

I am truly blessed to have such amazing daughters, led by a godly woman I continue to thank God for each day. I hope you enjoy the photos, I’m off tot eh real thing and a tall glass of cold milk… :P