happy things about today
Do you ever sit down and list things that you're thankful for, happy because, or excited about? I have so many lists on scraps of paper or in one of my notebooks of those kind of things. If I remember...
View Articlestory 5: there's a turtle in the kitchen!
What is Karis made of? Tadpoles, turtles, and pigtails of course!Karis, someday you're going to laugh so hard at all the funny things you did when you were little! You loved this turtle, tortured him...
View Articlestory six: Pullen Park
I'm not feeling terribly wordy tonight since my head is aching but I really did want to show you these pictures from a daytrip we took on Monday. It had just been raining so the park was pretty much...
View ArticleI'm flying
Tomorrow I'm going to get on an airplane a fly away for a week. I'm so excited to be on a plane again and see people who I haven't seen in a year or two. I still have a million things today before I...
View ArticleI made: kittens and pears.
The cat was a graduation present for a kindergartner down the block. She loved it! Since my last knitting post where I mentioned I was going to try the pear below I have been knitting a lot! I finally...
View ArticleTwila
What do you do when your best friend graduates and is getting ready for college? When she's leaving for Africa in two weeks? I took pictures of her. It seems like just a few years ago that we were...
View Articlestory seven: climbing into the sky
Do you remember climbing the leg? We couldn't have done it at a better time; I think God saved the sunset just so we could be up there to see it. Remember how windy it was as we climbed higher. It was...
View Articlefireworks
When we were getting ready to leave the house last night I grabbed my camera and tripod but I wasn't sure I would get any pictures because none of my batteries were fully charged. When I got there I...
View Articlehalfway- goal update
I know every single person on the planet says this every time June ends and July begins, but I'm going to say it anyway: I can't believe this year is already half over! Since the last "goal" post I've...
View Articleup an arch
I craned my neck as we drove by, looking at the arch silhouetted against the bright sky. As we got closer I could only see a part of it at one time and then we were right underneath it. I wasn't...
View Articlestory eight: fishing by the pond
We sat in the grass while the light slipped away and threw our lines into the water and waited. Ten fish later when the moon was up we packed up and walked back through the grass to drive home again. I...
View Articlesummer craziness
This summer has been a season of traveling, doing new things, and growing a lot. Whether I like it or not, normally I'm a homebody and don't deviate much from my little world and schedule. The last two...
View Articlestory nine: baseball together
The boy cousins had so much fun playing ball and frisbee together. These spent most of this particular morning playing a ball game together and at the end they were thirsty! I love all the memories I...
View ArticleI made: hearts on a stick
I feel like I've been knitting all the time but I only have a couple of things show you. I really love all of them!First up are these little creatures I knit up for my cousins while we were visiting...
View Articlestory ten: hiking up a mountain
Piper- my cousin and hiking buddyDo you remember Pippi? You were my hiking buddy all the way up to Hanging Rock. You wanted to look at every colored leaf, cool bug, and unusual rock. We made quite a...
View Articletwirling
The weather is cooling down and we're taking advantage of it!A couple of nights ago she and her friend spent an hour twirling till they fell down, running to see the picture, then doing it again. They...
View ArticleI made: minions
I apologize for the silence on the blog lately. It's been rather low on the priority list so far this school year. I really do want to share these pictures with you though, because everyone I've showed...
View Articleshooting together
There are not supposed to be eighty degree days in October, but this was one of them. A friend from Minnesota was in the area with her family and they stopped to see us for a little while. It was so...
View Articlespinning in the air
We trekked on over to the fair this past week for the first time. I was excited about taking pictures, and I like the ones I got, even though it was a cloudy day. I didn't like how loud and crowded it...
View Articlerisky
just pink taking over the world. and the first risk game I've ever played to the end.
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I totally forgot about these pictures from Thanksgiving! He's too cute not to share.
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