Well, it’s been a while since I posted any kind of pregnancy update, so here is the digest version: 27 weeks along. 5 weeks past the time when I went on quasi-bedrest with the last pregnancy. (hurray!) Despite contractions starting at 13 weeks. Seriously?!?!?!? Thrilled to be in a place of getting to take care of […]
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Mulling Over 11 Years…
There is something so special about anniversary’s… I always get nostalgic each May and find my thoughts turning towards love, marriage and our relationship. This year is no different. I’ve found myself marveling at all we’ve lived through together and how our love has deepened and grown through it all. The last 11 years certainly […]
Rollercoaster of a Week
Last week was wild with emotion from mountain tops to low valleys… The high point was our ultrasound and discovering that this child of ours is a girl! I find there is something so special about just knowing that the child I carry is a son or daughter. The feelings of intimacy and elation each […]
Cultivating Character… in me?
I’ve always known of the great privilege we as parents would have in training our children and helping to shape and mold their character. But I was not at all prepared for what a work God had in store on my own heart… Can anyone else relate? I remember a few years ago having a […]
Hosanna!
Play is such a powerful vehicle for learning. We spent yesterday acting out Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. It is just hard to believe that a city that so jubilantly welcomed Jesus called for his death days later… This will be a week full of lots of dramatic retelling of the final week leading up […]
Exploring Creation
Aren’t these simply beautiful? I’ve never seen cactus quite like them… Our desert home is alive with the colors of spring. It is greener (for those in a more moist climate, it would probably still seem pretty muted), with lots of yellow and punctuated by some pinks, reds and the occasional purple. It is the […]