Beautiful Calling

  With parenting, and life in general, sometimes you just go with it, know what I mean? {Just be sure to catch it on camera for them in the years to come! Ha!} What’s the funniest thing your tot ever wanted to wear out of the house?

Chloe turned four this month. She’s such a blessing! Thank you, Lord, for purple twirls and bouncy blond curls. Celebrating thankfulness with Heavenly Homemakers’ Gratituesday and participating in Wordless Wednesday at Two of a Kind and 5 Minutes for Mom.

John on the phone with Nana and GiGi while having a little snack. They wondered why he wasn’t talking; his mouth was too full!

In the midst of this chilly January, it’s nice to look back at the lazy days of summer. Warm sunny days, relaxing with friends, and enjoying watermelon. Summer, we miss you!

When we first moved into our home in Fall of 2005, combining our two apartments, there was a lot of empty space in the house still. Slowly but surely over the years, things have filled up. It’s five years later, 2010, and things look so different; I feel like we’re finally home! How long did [...]

You know the drill: snowsuits, boots, mittens, hats… Finally we’re on our way out for a snowy adventure! But a rosy-cheeked someone is sad and teary when it’s time to come in.

While driving home from our Washington trip, we saw this sign on a truck. Both of us wondered what technical animal fat was. I googled it and found a sign-spotting site that had a similar photo with the caption, “not intended for human consumption”. Doesn’t sound like something I’d want to eat anyway, but what’s [...]

This photo was stolen from Jazz’s facebook page This is my beautiful sister-in-law and darling niece. They live in Australia and we live in Canada. I did have the opportunity to meet Jazz before they got married but I haven’t yet met Irelynn face to face – unless you count Skype. I’m so thankful for [...]

Chloe arrived in 2007 then John arrived in 2008. Life has never been the same!

  Earlier I shared a wonderful (in my humble opinion) collage of our apple picking adventures this year. Then I came across this photo. We’d been married 1 1/2 years and were just expecting Chloe. {it was also taken with our old not-as-nice digital camera}