Julia and Ellie's Recital Pictures

Julia Claire Metzger

Birthday: October 7th 2005

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Ella "Ellie" Grace Metzger

Birthday: October 8th, 2007

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"Sisters, Sisters, there was such a thing as devoted Sisters".

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These are my two adorable sisters in their recital dance! Aren't they cute?! Julia and Ellie are the closest to the left. The tall one is Julia and the shorter one is Ellie.



Here they are again! On the far right, the two in in blue are my little sisters. They were dancing to the music of "Let's Go Fly A Kite" from the movie, Mary Poppins. All the little ladies were beautiful at their recital!

~Annalise

Focus On Television, Movies,etc

Q. Does your family watch a lot of television? If so, how much and how often?

A. My parents are very careful what movies we watch. Most of the time my parents have to watch and check a movie before we get to watch it just to make sure there is not any bad parts. Movies, and television now these days are not proper to watch, because of so many bad parts,languges, and sometimes it influences you. Hannah Montana, High Shool Musical, rock bands, and many other movies influence children in a bad way. We do not watch many cartoons either, except for some of the older cartoons. I know that older movies are better to watch than the newer ones.

One of our favorite movies we watch is Facing the Giants. These movies were made by the Kendrick brothers who are Christians and who love the Lord. These brothers have also made another two other movies called Fireproof and Flywheel and are now making another movie called Courageous.

I know there a lot of young adults and teens who watch movies that I would never watch, because those movies have some violence and they are extremely evil in God's sight. God warns us to stay away from evil in 1 Thessalonians 5:22 "Avoid every kind of evil." Yes, the movies and cartoons I've listed are evil and there are still many more other movies that are not appropriate.

We all (yes, even me) need to be careful in everything we do, everything we see, and everything we hear!

~Annalise

My Favorite Links

These are some of my favorite links that I like to visit every once in a while. Enjoy!

http://www.agentleandquietspirit.com/

http://www.lifeoffaith.com/

http://http//www.groundworkformanhood.com/

http://http//duggarsblog.blogspot.com/

~ Annalise

Peanut Butter Pie

This is my daddy's favorite dessert and we make for him for his Birthday, Fathers Day and on Christmas and Thanksgiving. He loves it!

Here is the recipe:

2 Oreo Pie Crusts

1/2 Block Cream Cheese

1 Cup Peanut Butter

1 Cup Confectionary Sugar

2 Tbsp. Milk

18 oz. Cool Whip

Mix all the ingredients together and top it with cool whip. Let it chill for a few hours in the fridge. We put chocolate chips or sometimes we shread a sweet Hershey bar and put it on top of the cool whip. Enjoy your pie!

To Hold One Saved From Death...

This is from my Mom's blog at A 2nd Generation of Homeschooling!

FROM JULY 3, 2010....


What a breath of fresh air to be able to hold a child who was scheduled to die! What a relief to be able to embrace a woman who had planned to enter a place of death, but chose otherwise! What a sweet blessing to be able to see the fruit of your labor right before your eyes!

Today, as a number of us stood outside the Charlotte area abortion mill praying and sidewalk counseling, a new mother stopped by to thank us for helping to save her precious little one-month-old, Victoria! We were all able to hold this precious little one and hug on this dear mother who had chosen life for her child. Our eight children, among other children present, have spent countless hours loving and praying for mothers and babies from a distance. This morning they were able to see, touch and hold this sweet creation of God. We were all able to see first-hand God’s wondrous works made possible through the oftentimes thankless volunteer work of countless men, women and children on the pro-life front lines.



Months earlier, a battle of epic proportions had been fought. This young mom turned, not once, but three times from A Preferred Women’s Health Center as she struggled with the decision of whether or not to undergo an abortion. Each time she approached the abortion mill, she encountered one or more pro-life counselors, and she eventually made a life-changing decision to allow her child to live and grow within her womb and experience life. The struggle she faced was one between death and life; defeat and victory. In the end, the Lord softened her heart and used sidewalk counselors to help her make the choice she knew was right. Because of the willingness of those who continually go out to the abortion mills, facing opposition, hostility and rejection, victory was won and death was defeated in Jesus’ name!

Little Victoria, whose name means “conqueror” and “victory,” swallowed up death and proclaimed victory when her mother allowed her to experience LIFE, as her Creator God intended! Just as the Lord promised in Isaiah 25:8, that death would be swallowed up in victory, so God allowed Baby Victoria’s scheduled demise to be conquere when Victoria entered this world because of her mother’s brave choice for life. Life was chosen; death was swallowed up in victory.
Yes, women make a decision for life every day in America, because their hearts are softened by Jesus’ touch. Yes, each day new lives are saved from the abortionist’s grasp of death because of souls who make the sacrifice to stand for Jesus and His Truth. However, this story is different because we were able to meet one of the precious babies who we work so hard to save. This story is different because one mother took the time to thank us for being there to assist her in making the right decision to give life to her baby. What a great reward for us to have experienced! We have been so blessed!

My Family

My wonderful parents are Mark and Lisa Metzger. My daddy is a father, a protector, a husband, a teacher, a leader of our home, and a financial planner. My mommy is a homekeeper, a teacher, a wife, a mother, and keeps our house organized and tidy.

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Kaitlyn Noelle is 10 years old and is the second oldest in the family. She loves to sing, write, rock collecting, put shows on for her family. She is in eighth grade.

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Ethan Gabriel is 9 years old and is the oldest of my 3 brothers. He is in sixth grade and hopes to be an engineer someday. Ethan's talents are rock collecting, helping daddy with big chores, fixing hard stuff, and leading our family in devotions when daddy is away.

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Trey Christian who is 8 years old was adopted from Missouri and joined our family early in June 2oo7. He loves to play, reading, fixing things for his brothers and sisters with his tools, playing outside, and hopes to be an Army Soldier someday. Trey is in 3rd grade and getting ready to enter 4th grade. He is a very energetic boy.

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Jake Merritt who is 6 years old was also adopted along with his brother Trey from Missouri in 2007. He and Trey are brothers and we brought them home together. Jake loves to play outside, sing, play with his younger siblings, camping outside, reading and loves to be funny. He is in 2nd almost 3rd grade.

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Julia Claire is 4 years old and is in preschool. She loves to play, sing, dancing, getting dirty outside, helping with cooking and baking, and loves to be a little mommy to her baby dolls and her two younger siblings. She is in preschool and will be entering kindergarden very soon.

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"Ellie" Ella Grace is 2 years old and loves to color, sing, looking at books, dancing, playing with her baby dolls and with her younger brother, and loves to be a little mommy. She will be our future homeschooler.

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Judah Michael is 19 months and is a very active little boy. He loves to sing, talk, play indoors and outdoors, and loves to help mommy. He is our one busy little boy who loves to get into things. Judah is very happy and brings laughter to our family.

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Levi Samuel went to be with Jesus in January 26, 2010. My mommy delivered and miscarried at home. We all miss him terribly, but we know that we will see him in heaven soon. You can read his story HERE. We all love you Levi and cannot wait to see you! We also have 6 other babies in heaven, waiting on us.

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My parents are "quiverfull", meaning they let God plan their family. My parents and I believe that every child is a blessing and should be received with great hapiness as Psalm 127 and 128 says.

My large family enjoys going out to eat, playing games, swimming in our pool, doing devotions together, helping out each other, serving Jesus, serving others in our pro-life ministry, and enjoying each other's company. The most important thing in my family we try to do is trying to please Jesus in every day of our life.

~ Annalise