Vessels of Honor Two Year Anniversary Party

As many of you know, my sister Marianna has a girls group "Vessels of Honor" here at our home once a month. We have young ladies ranging from the ages of 9-23. It's a wonderful time of laughter, fellowship, a Bible lesson on Godly maidenhood, and a homemaking skill or craft.

Our name, Vessels of Honor, is from 2 Tim. 2:20-22:
"But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honor and some for dishonor. Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work. Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart."-2 Tim. 2:20-22

We are striving to be clean and holy vessels of honor, set apart unto the Lord for His glory and purposes, that we may be known as women and girls who fear and love God greatly.

This past month has marked our two year anniversary, in which of course we had to have a party! ;)

From newspaper dresses, to a talent show, it all made for a rather divine evening!

Below is a group shot of us all in our *BeAuTifuL* newspaper dresses. ;)

Rachel working on her dress......



Vanessa and Hannah thinkin' up somethin' good. ;)



~Vanessa and I~



Rebecca and Anna being mischievous!



Ah, I take that back....I think Marianna and Sarah were the ring leaders of mischievousness. ;)



Marci-mo and Hannah!


My paper dress buddy Leah, and I.


Two darling girls~ Brianna and Marissa.


Everyone workin' hard on those dresses!









On a mission to find bobby pins to pin my duct tape headband on with!





We had some oh so yummy food!



Trying to herd all the girls together to get a group shot....



a-lotta newspaper........





My baby sister Rebecca!



Feelin' so divine in my new dress. ;)



Ooo-la-la! LOVE that hat!



Isn't Hanna's dress absolutely ADORABLE?!



Lydia~so full of personality! :)



With some very dear friends, Leah and Marci.


Anna and Micala having a fun time together.


Precious sisters! Emily, Marissa and Alex.


Marianna and her oh-so-stylish outfit!



Check out that purse~uber cool!


Awwww...........



So cute!



Those glasses are crunk~


in my new spiffy dress! ;)



Anna~she did such a great job on her dress!


Sarah~always so sweet. :)





Brianna~


The "tall" girl picture. ;)
Rebeka, Heidi, Hannah, Leah, Marci and Hannah.



Alex, me, Susanna, Leah, Micala, Anna, Emily, Rebecca and Rachel.



Marianna, Vanessa, Emily, Lydia, Brianna, Marissa and Sarah.



Such beautiul sisters on the inside out!



Leah and I with our works of art. ;)


Marianna....



Marianna and Brianna....



Hannah and Hiedi.....



Precious girls!



Sarah and her sisters brought a rolling pin for all the girls to sign as a memento of this momentous occasion. :)



Sarah and Marianna ~ Y'all are amazing!



A VERY special phone call from a very dear friend of Marianna's, "Queen Elizabeth" who joined us via teleconference.....



These girls were so talented!





I really enjoyed this as Heidi told the story behind the Hymn "It is Well With my Soul" as Hannah played her violin.



And then it was time for us to embarrass ourselves! We did the "Sisters" act from "White Christmas". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYZbgG4D2oA











Anna with her amazing photography!



Emily acting out a part from Pride and Prejudice. She's such a good little actress!


This skit was hilarious!





Marianna did her tap dance, which very sadly we don't have pictures of! :( Lea was busy video recording it, and I was changing for my next act, and Rebecca was on stage with Marianna doing a few parts of the dance with her. I hope though, to post the video of it on my blog soon.

Next was the most embarrassing..........The Hula Hoop Routine. I felt like such a crazy person doing it! It was all the crazier since I did it to the song "Wipe Out". LOL

*Note: I was sure to tell all the girls I wouldn't recommend hula hooping in front of guys! But since it was an all girls party we sure did get some great laughs over the routine! ;)

The four hoops around waist....



hula hooping around my neck......



This was my favorite step......



After this one, I had bruises on my arms! lol




Phew! Never knew hula hooping was such a work out! ;)


Anyway, now that I've posted about a gazillion pictures, all of you who asked about the video are probably wondering where it's at! I'm waiting for my dad to help download and edit some things. Sooo, as soon as I'm able to do that, I will be sure to post it. ~So stay tuned!