photos of poor, sick baby & I snapped by big brother, Spencer Rather than clean and cook and prepare the house like planned, I spent the day in the hospital with Jessie Pearl. Poor baby had a ear infection and was miserable. Driving student, Spencer Cole, chauffeured us and after hours in ER and Christmas […]
Christmas Eve Day
We don’t usually get each other Christmas gifts, my husband & I, so I was surprised when Levi brought home a Nikon D600 for me. I screeched like a little kid. I have had my trusty Canon Rebel for years (6 or 8?) and this will take a bit of learning, but I am excited. […]
Photos from our snow day. The kids built a fort and even big brother, Landon, joined the fun. It is all melted now, but the weather man is forecasting a white Christmas.
Jace & Sabra’s Christmas piano recital was held at an old red barn along with a children’s voice recital. So darling. My girl’s first time playing the keyboard and she played beautifully. My boy’s first time on keyboard and very first recital. He played beautifully. My 3 year old niece, Avoni, stole the show when […]
Our first sticking snow of the season. The children spent the day sledding and building snow forts. Windy Ridge is piled high with wet snowsuits, mittens & boots and the kitchen counter is covered in mugs of hot chocolate. The December sky was the prettiest shade of gray. December wisteria on the shack.
Sunlight lighting up little snowman’s glass abode It is the week before Christmas and Windy Ridge is cloaked in the first snow of the season. We got a special box full of winter hats & homemade nisu from Levi’s mom & pop, all the way from South Carolina. The kids are on winter break and […]
Need a great gift idea? A Hop ball. I loved these things when I was a girl. We bought these for 5 of the kids 2 years ago and they are still going strong. Be sure to get the Hop brand made in Italy. Purchase here. Hazel is wearing eden’s bouquet Sabra Gown.
Days like yesterday remind me that this fallen world is not my home. The massacre in Connecticut, the murder and pain and evil that happens every single day on this crumbling earth makes me long for heaven where tears will be no more. This song, written in 1856 by William Cushing, has been running through […]