Photo Friday (Sept 8)
Let all things their Creator bless and worship Him in humbleness, O praise Him! Alleluia! -All Creatures of Our God and King. This song is on repeat in our home for every nap and bedtime. We hear it A LOT 🙂 Today as we sang I thought a little more about the...
When you question your beauty…
My daughter, You are beautiful. You are extraordinary. For the next 5, 10, 15, 20, and even 50 years- you may have days you believe otherwise. This world we live in- it will remind you of your beauty. It might say you are perfect the way you are. It will shout at you...
Photo Friday Sep 1
David has been busy trying to take a picture each day, in his 365 Photo Project. Here is an entry 🙂 Ray of Hope Today, I ventured out after the kids were in bed (during golden hour!) to capture our newly blooming sun flowers. I got some good shots of the sunflowers,...
When Prayer Feels Not Enough
Some seasons it feels like the prayer requests keep coming. One after the other, the hurt of those around me seems to be multiplying. A sudden relapse of a friend’s diagnosis. A friend navigating an adoption-states away. A family member halfway around the world met...
Photo Friday August 25
Today's photo is a video! Here is a neat time lapse video David made of the eclipse. I hope you enjoy and have a great weekend!
Eclipse 2017: The Outskirts of His Ways
This past weekend our family make the trip to Hopkinsville, Kentucky to see the total solar eclipse. I went in thinking it would be neat, but I'm not sure I really thought a ton much more about it. We stared and watched with our glasses as slowly the bites out of the...
Photo Friday
"Yours, LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, LORD, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all." Today's Photo Friday was taken of the Milky Way seen at...
Where is our trust?
There is a verse in Psalms I have loved since I was a 13 year old navigating the social pressures of dances and volleyball try-outs. I may have passed those years of anxiety, but I've moved on to additional, very different pressures. Every time I come back to this...
Photo Friday
Due to the fact that we are celebrating a birthday over here, we thought we'd include some past birthday party participants in this week's Photo Friday! That would be our dog, Riley (celebrating his 3rd birthday here) and our late duck, Sally. Got any great captions?...
What I Missed Out On By Bottle-Feeding
My littlest turns 1 this week. Along with the cake and the parties, it brings another milestone I've been looking forward to. I get to reclaim counter space, and a significant chunk of time each day as I put away the bottles! These bottles have fed three of my...
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