Warm Winter Weekend with Kris and Mads

Kristen, Madeline and I had a wonderful warm winter weekend walk! :) So glad I drove to Richmond to see them. Kyle had a soccer game in Fayetteville and came home to luscious lasagna! Kristen is doing a fabulous job of juggling it all - and returned to work Monday morning after her extended maternity leave. These pictures say it all :)











Playtime....
Bathtime.....















After breakfast, nap and walk on Sunday afternoon :)

Fabulous February

As February began on a
Bright Sunday morning (in 2009), I watched the sunrise, with gratitude for a beautiful,
Clear sky, my joyful child, and poetry…
Don't recall the mention of a poem when we read The Outsiders together, but they did and recalled it was "by someone Frost? Jack Frost?" hahaha – love that sense of humor
Eye to Eye
Face to Face 
Grateful for Bob and Kerry, their love, commitment, hospitality, and generosity of spirit
Habakkuk 2:2 "write my message plainly... carry the correct message to others"
Inspirational reminders from a tea bag tag: "The purpose of life is to enjoy every moment."
Just how grateful I am for so many things
"Kingfisher fishing"   thank you for sharing this, Elosie
Love MONTH - I Love it! and this post from Lizbeth, thank you
"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. ~ I Corinthians 13:13 (Artwork by Masha D'yans)
My prayer is that we would consistently return to him and to these beautiful simple powerful truths...that we would seek and conform to his example and be broken free from our own. May we empty ourselves and be broken so that we may be filled completely. Faith hope love. Our faith and hope allows the fullness of his love to dominate our heart our mind our life and our communities
"Nature's first green is gold / Her hardest hue to hold / Her early leaf's a flower / But only so an hour / Then leaf subsides to leaf / So Eden sank to grief / So dawn goes down to day / Nothing gold can stay. ~ "Nothing Gold Can Stay" ~  By Robert Frost
"One action I could take today to demonstrate excellence or real value is..." ~ Brendan Bouchard
"Pleasures newly found are sweet / When they lie about our feet: February last my heart/ First at sight of thee was glad..." ~ "To the Same Flower" by William Wordsworth
Quotes Made with Love Facebook post: thank you, Donna
"Receive and give the gift of love ever more continuously along with the gifts of his Holy Spirit." 1/24/19
Sarah BanBreathnach's Romancing the Ordinary
Three Little Birds" ? :) artist, Judy Lomax, Thank you
Updated blog post from February 1, 2009 to Feb ruary 15, 2019
We were watching The Outsiders while snuggled together in one big chair eating chips I'd picked up on my way home from refinancing our home and my 12 year old looked at me and said: “We’re friends, aren’t we?” It was a heartwarming reminder that I am doing the right things. 2/1/09
aXis point - minute 2 of this video with Brooke Ligertwood
Yum!
Zest Bakery's Valentine's Day post: