and another

Layla is the designer of any new and updated chalk art that adds inspiration to my laundry room and garage entrance area.  

i love seeing scripture become visual in that place, where we come and go so frequently.  wish she had time to change it weekly because that would be a lot of verses!  even still, i appreciate her time and gifts a lot! 

front porch love

sure love the view from my new chairs on the front porch, a long awaited birthday gift i'm so enjoying.  

these two picking "flowers" for me...delightful

24

our feet have walked a long way together.  this journey of our earthly life is a path we happily share, side by side.  we are a solid team.  so grateful for the passage of time through thick and thin, joy and pain, laughter and tears.  this man is such a gift to me.  i knew it from date number one.

love you Jeff~ thanks for 24 years!!  congratulations to us!

these three

this guy is not a fan of spiders crawling in his shirt.  can't say i blame him.  was pretty hysterical seeing him trying to locate it though.  he did.  his method resembled his father's.  unfortunately the spider didn't make it.  

looking studious in his mother's glasses.  can't tell if he's really just looking older these days or if it's the eyewear!  i fear it's the first option.  my youngest is making a fast approach to 11.  

Hudson, one of the best helpers with the little girls.  always pitching in and making them laugh at every turn.  total goof ball.  

good to capture these pictures, because some days these characters give me a real run for my money.  love them so much though.  

cottage life for the lucky few

so this happened last week for Adam and AJ....

while i wasn't able to be there enjoying the beauty of Moon River, i was super grateful and happy two of my boys had the joy of taking it in themselves combined with loads of fun and memories built with grandparents, cousins and aunts and uncles.  

watersports at every turn.  what could be better??

photo credits to them all as well!  

   

thanks for having them, dear extended family...they had a blast!!

you say

this song...can't even tell you how much i appreciate the message it speaks so loud and clear to my very deepest places.  remembering exactly where my true identity lies is fundamental to my contentment and inner peace.  really truly actually believing my worth is based not one single bit on measurable outcomes, outward appearances, successes or failures~ that's soul satisfying freedom.  

the unconditional all consuming love of Christ says "you are mine, my treasured child, you are loved, you are enough."  it invites me in, to come really close, exactly as i am (weary, imperfect and so very unlike Christ) to rest and to just be.  near Him, in His presence.  no strings. 

this song nails it.  the fact that it sounds utterly beautiful is a bonus.

  "You Say" by Lauren Daigle

all out

my boys laid it all out there this weekend...the first ball tournament of the season.  steamy hot weather, dust flying on that baked diamond, sweat running and so much fun while learning more and more about the great sport of baseball!!  was so fun to see.  AJ and Hudson both were shining in different ways.  i love AJ's confident hitting, RBI's and stealthy base stealing.  he's young and small but not one bit deterred in that batter's box.  

photo credits to my dear Jeffrey.

AJ ran the running portion of the skills competition and ate some dust!  i can't think of much worse, but he loved it! :)

Hudson had two home runs, pitched a solid majority of a game leaving the game with the lead, and had amazing baseball sense and endurance as catcher in the finals.  he also won the "catcher" part of the skills competition!  

 the Wrangler boys finished in second place out of ten teams, but did so with positive attitudes and character.  oh, and Coach Jeff is pretty fantastic too...he has such a good perspective on why those boys are all there, to have fun and become better ball players.  good good weekend.