Blog, Family

pumpkin patch

I’ve been trying to pull out the DSLR more lately. As much as I love the convenience of an iphone camera, nothing beats the quality of a DSLR. A couple of weeks ago, we visited the pumpkin patch. We went on a weekday. So while there weren’t any crowds, there also wasn’t as much for the kids to do. But they still loved it and we had a really good time.

Here are a few pictures that I took on our DSLR from our day.

 

 

 

 

love these little guys…but I can never get all of them to make a normal face at the same time.

 

Photo credit: Liam

 

 

Desmond fills our house with smiles. We sort of love him 🙂

 

and this girl, my best friend. 

 

I hope to be updating this space more often. But for now, the walls need to be painted and the kids are wanting to pop in a movie! I hope everyone has a good weekend and takes the time to enjoy all the gorgeous colors on the trees!

 

October 23, 2015

Blog, Family

our busy days

Just last week the trees were full of leaves that were the most beautiful shades of red, yellow, and orange. This week, the last of those leaves are barely hanging on. Daylight savings has come, which makes for dark, depressing evenings. And the never ending cold-weather sicknesses are already starting to appear at our house as I was just diagnosed with walking pneumonia.

 

And through it all, I will still praise the Lord for the promise of life that comes after death, just as the spring shows us after every winter. I will be grateful to know that God is light and in Him there is no darkness at all. And whether healthy or sick, I can trust that the Lord will carry my burdens for me. He gives me more than I can handle so that I will lean upon Him, reminding me that His grace is sufficient. It was very encouraging to re-read “The Hiding Place” over the past few days and see how that true that was for the ten Boom family.

The past couple of weeks have been really busy and it doesn’t look like things will slow down anytime soon. One of those afternoons was spent playing in the leaves while the big kids played football.

 

love these kids and their sweet smiles

 

 

 

we also took a little trip to the park–I love these faces!

 

 

 

also a trip to the zoo

 

 

 

isn’t my Grandma lovely?

 

I made the mistake of not taking pictures of their Halloween costumes until that cold 40 degree day…which left me without any good pictures. Oh well. My Star Wars cuties won a costume contest that night and we came home with lots of candy and gift cards. It was a good night!

 

 

 

November 4, 2014