My new stuff-stasher. Cereal box + pretty handmade paper from my new favorite store + a little ribbon = my little crafty project this week. There is something so satisfying about finishing a project you’ve had in mind for weeks, no matter how small and simple it is! Also, yesterday we learned how to properly […]
So a few weeks after {mostly} sweet baby K was born, I started keeping a journal for her. One day it will be a gift for her from me {when I write in it I often feel like I’m dying and writing her my last words of love and instruction…lol my mind just goes to […]
First attempt at making cherry jam = partial success. From start to finish: Next time I’ll probably try to use more of the cherry juice, chop the cherries a little more, and see if I can still get it to set if I use a little less sugar. I’m still considering this a success though…:) […]
Well, its Thursday – Day 5 of our “High Seas Expedition” VBS. It’s the last night before our closing ceremonies! *phew* It’s been a very hectic week. My poor little baby is tired of staying up past her bedtime in the church nursery (and I’m sure the nursery workers are tired of it too…), and […]
just a few of the things i absolutely love about my man {in no particular order}: 1. he picked me a gorgeous wildflower bouquet yesterday | 2. he is the cutest daddy! | 3. he has the tenderest conscience of anyone i’ve ever met | 4. he has the most eclectic, wonderful interests: bagpipes, fish […]
I was blessed, encouraged and convicted today by our pastor’s message on grace. Especially God’s grace in spite of our failures. A verse in Psalm 51 stood out to me as if I were reading it for the first time…(12): ”…grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.” The verse read differently in several translations […]
Today is a wonderful day. Even though my hands are gross from dish-washing…even though I want to cry every time I think about Vacation Bible School next week and how I bit off way more than I can chew…even though I am being stretched in very trying ways… Today is such a wonderful day! Because: […]
My mom and dad are the bomb diggity. Just sayin. Dad has the greatest smile on the earth. Second only, perhaps, to his grandbaby KAYA! My mom’s laugh is best (and even better when she’s laughing at dad). I’m really glad they’re in love. Has anything impacted my life as immensely as their love for […]
“For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh.” – Galatians 5:17 In every believer’s heart there is a constant struggle betwen the old nature and the new. The old nature is very active, and loses no opportunity of plying all the weapons of its deadly armoury against newborn grace; while […]
And ‘t is my faith, that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes. – William Wordsworth {from “Lines Written in Early Spring”…and the rest of the poem is worth the read!}
