Today, Maria is 20 years old. I put this together for her high school graduation - I will hopefully get an updated pic of her Sunday when we go out to celebrate!
Friday, March 30, 2012
Flash Back Friday 247
Today, Maria is 20 years old. I put this together for her high school graduation - I will hopefully get an updated pic of her Sunday when we go out to celebrate!
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Love Thursday: A Prayer for Spring
Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers today;
And give us not to think so far away
As the uncertain harvest; keep us here
All simply in the springing of the year.
Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white,
Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night;
And make us happy in the happy bees,
The swarm dilating round the perfect trees.
And make us happing in the darting bird
That suddenly above the bees is heard,
The meteor that thrusts in with needle bill,
And off a blossom in mid-air stands still.
For this is love and nothing else is love,
The which it is reversed for God above
To sanctify to what far ends He will,
But which it only needs that we fulfill.
-Robert Frost
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Playing with His First Turtle
I went to Frederik Meijer Gardens last week with my friend Allison and her new baby who I first met in the hospital when I took his photos. So this time, I got to take a picture of him playing with his first turtle. Perhaps not a lot of action, but it was a lot of fun.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Finch Among the Buds
A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song!
Lou Holtz
Friday, March 23, 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Repeat Champs
We had a chili cook-off at our church this past Sunday eve. Bridget & her friend Emily wanted to go for a repeat performance of their very fine championship from 4 years ago and so they concocted a new version of their Dr. Pepper chili. This one had jelly beans as a side dish and they really did win!! There were 8 different types of chili - all very very good even on a hot winter day.
They were so little the first time they won it all!
They were so little the first time they won it all!
Monday, March 19, 2012
Friday, March 16, 2012
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Reflective Kitty
"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”
― Søren Kierkegaard
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Everyone Loves a Full Moon!
March 8, 2012 Full moon over Grand Rapids (also seen in Celeryville, Ohio)
Monday, March 12, 2012
Life!
"Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment." (Ellis Peters)
It's early March and we know there could be a snow storm around the corner. This is Michigan, after all, but it sure feels like Spring is here!
Friday, March 09, 2012
Thursday, March 08, 2012
Love Thursday
Bridget, Katie, Jessica, Elise & Angie in front of portrait of Maria done by a friend of hers.
Wednesday, March 07, 2012
In Broad Daylight
Bridget and her friends got tp'd in broad daylight
Bridget took the ACT test at school on Tuesday and they were done with school by 1pm. To celebrate, she had her friends Jessica, Elise, Katie & Angie over to watch a movie. Now I don't know how it could have happened exactly, but another friend, Nate, came over and went downstairs while his friends strung toilet paper, fishing wire and pickles on their cars and in the trees out front RIGHT UNDER MY NOSE! I had just told the girls I was looking for some inspiration.
Tuesday, March 06, 2012
And They Called It Puppy Love
This past weekend, we celebrated Cathy's birthday with a birthday supper at Olga's one night and a party at her house the next. Her family got this puppy just in time to celebrate her birthday so I took a photo on her birthday to remember.
Monday, March 05, 2012
My Own Front Yard
“We
don’t have to go far to find the treasure we are seeking. There is beauty and
goodness right where we are. And only when we can see the beauty and goodness
that are close by can we recognize beauty and goodness on our travels far and
wide. There are trees and flowers to enjoy, paintings and sculptures to admire;
most of all there are people who smile, play, and show kindness and gentleness.
They are all around us, to be recognized as free gifts to receive in
gratitude." -Henri
Nouwen
Friday, March 02, 2012
Thursday, March 01, 2012
Love Thursday
Someone gave me these on Sunday and I had to take some pix. I love red tulips!
Happy March!
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