“…Let me say something about the word: miracle. For too long it’s been used to characterize things or events that, though pleasant, are entirely normal. Peeping chicks at Easter time, spring generally, a clear sunrise after an overcast week – a miracle, people say, as if they’ve been educated from greeting cards. I’m […]
…but you had better believe i will be working this spring/summer to remember how to use it! and just to use it. because, really? i like you guys. i like your crazy hair and chubby limbs…. i like your expressive eyes and quizzical looks… i like remembering what it is to wonder as i re-discover the created […]
“I’ve got to sit out here and wait for daddy to come home and nurse my two babies so they won’t be sad…” “Janey” & “Robbie” [this girl has seriously tested my patience this week. but i love moments like this...;-)] <3 jc
This boy is turning 1 a week from today! My heart is sputtering praise and thankfulness and disbelief. This boy is chubby thighs and dirty finger nails and gutteral growls… He’s chalk-eating and consternation and scrunchy-nose-faces… He is daddy’s look-a-like and sissy’s biggest fan… He is awkward-lean-in-kisses, un-raveller of the toilet paper, mad splasher of […]
Savoring the last of summer… “…When Summer gathers up her robes of glory, And like a dream of beauty glides away…” “…Till the slant sunbeams through their fringes raining Bathe all the hills in melancholy gold….” {sarah helen whitman – a still day in autumn} <3 jc
The other family we took some photos of this summer was the wonderful Cartwright fam! God has put them in our lives in a very big way and very suddenly. They are our neighbors, Kevin is Nels’ coworker and Jessica babysits the kids for me twice a week while I am in school! Recently they […]
This summer Nels and I enjoyed taking some family photos for a couple of friends of ours. We wanted to give them a gift and we wanted to gain a little experience in family photography. It was a blast! We learned that it takes a lot of time to do a photography session (before, during, after!) […]
The things that haven’t been done before, Those are the things to try; Columbus dreamed of an unknown shore At the rim of the far-flung sky, And his heart was bold and his faith was strong As he ventured in dangers new, And he paid no heed to the jeering throng Or the fears of […]
These are my favorite. No where to go, nothing to be done, no one to impress.. just the 3 of them to love. <3 Oh, I’m thankful… jc
We’re in the throes of some ugly, sad sickness for my dear 2 year old. It’s not how I pictured these opening days of summer break – washing puke laundry, watching Bambi again (and again), and praying for her fever to break. But still His mercies are new every morning! I am thankful for the flexibility […]
