i am in love

www.wordle.net

is my new love

just go there, hit the CREATE button and type in random words

then you will see why my love is real and will last forever

hee hee

I am using this as a large psoter for the wedding too!

slideshow

Nate and I (well actually me) are making a slideshow to run before the wedding. There is a large white wall at the front of the church, screaming to be used for pictures of.... well, US and the KIDS. So, I have been slowly gathering those picts into a slideshow and I end up getting choked up and teary eyed each time I sit down in preparation. I cant help but feel so dang lucky to have Nate and our lives together. He is so funny! He can make any moment humorous - anything to make me laugh or see the light side of life. Where I can begin to worry and fret, he is straightforward and living much more in the moment. When I look back on this slideshow on our 20th wedding anniversary, I will remember that each picture brought a smile... and a sentimental tissue moment.

a forceful push to grow up

E really challenges me to grow into adult, day after day. Even when I simply want to argue with her, try to boss her around, or to be negative in an immature way - she reminds me that I am the adult. Sometimes I want to lay in the mud and think bad thoughts of something or someone.... she is truly the reminder that there is always a reason or an experience behind the way the person is behaving. How does this happen? I have birthed a Shaman or a Buddist. Someone that is wise and kind.... all the time.

timing of five

Trying to get a timed family shot, is kinda like our family timing. There is always a variation of feeling, moods, activities, hunger, responsibilities. We aim for one shot to get us all together, yet, the timing is always a bit off, even if just a second or two. Instead we aim to all be at least in the same picture. on the same page.

same brown leather couch

same Big Red Truck

same pew at Unity

same table at TGIFridays

same book for bed time

same XBox playset

same tent in the forest

So, we arent asking for it all to be perfect just in the same picture.

YEEE HAH!

It's sunny & warm!

such a short time

Teaching Sunday School frequently feels like a burden. I tentatively check the SS schedule sometime around Wednesday, hoping to see someone, anyone elses name on the list... just not mine. Yet, as soon as I get to Unity and see the kids - I am in amazement that I get to enjoy these children/teens for a bit. Then the SS time seems to slip by so quickly as we move from one short learning experience to the next. I just want to bottle these precious moments up that I have children in my life. Right now is the day that I still have some influence on their spiritual growth and love for God. Unity reminds me that we are all children of God and that means that I are inherently perfect. (that is hard even to just write, must less to truly believe it deep down). Perfect to fumble through a SS lesson, perfect to make a mess of the SS room, perfect to want to hug every little one as they pass by, perfect to sing off key with the kids. It is not what we do that makes us perfect, we are already perfect - just for being. So, as Wednesday passed and I noticed that I do teach this weekend... I did feel the few seconds of dread but I know that this Sunday, like all Sundays for the rest of my life, I will love that hour of the week most of all.

We can feel spring!!

Just being outside without coats and snow boots feels so free. Free to skip and jump - moving like the cool wind that is welcoming spring in. Our family is a spring family, craving the sun and the open windows. This summer we have such plans to celebrate the warm weather in sweet simple ways; hikes, fishing, playgrounds, camping, picnics, & swimming.