431. Holidays to celebrate. Cookies to bake and decorate with little hands to help alongside.
425. Warm pumpkin pie and coffee with Lew; Mancala to teach with happy laughter and hugs for good-byes.
424. Games and tea with Kaden. A spontaneous little "naptime date."
393. Building forts with all three littles. Big brother teaching the younger to love the outside.
392. (CLEAN!) little boys after baths warming by the fire.
400. Easy days, full of grace.
401. Hard days that push me to my knees.
403. Laughing with Kev; jokes we alone understand.
432. Kitchen chaos; evidence of where we most often gather.
433. Work friendships deepening.
434. Seeing Jesus in Tough Girl's eyes.
414. The smell of Spring's promise.
422. A clean house - if only during naptimes.
379. Grammy stories; quiet wild child.
361. One strong man who leads us well.
336. Wedding bands of forever vows.
353. Thrown back heads laughing loudly.
305. Four pairs of boy blue eyes.
362. Cozy bed - happy bedroom.
367. Knowing him. And him knowing me.
368. Forgiveness asked and freely given back.
359. Living FULLY with seeing eyes.
411. Kitchen kisses amidst the chaos.
435. Anticipation of tomorrow's visit!
"How do you open the eyes to see how to take the daily, domestic, workday vortex and invert it into the dome of an everyday cathedral? John Piper states - 'If you want to be really alert to seeing Jeus' divine beauty, his glory...then make sure you tune your senses to see his grace...that's what His glory is full of.' Grace - that is what the full life is full of, what the God-glory is full of. To see the glory NAME THE GRACES. Retune the impaired sense to sense the Spirit, to see the grace." ~ Ann Voskamp
I adore the picture of the toweled-up boys in front of the fire, Amy!!! It actually made my eyes a little leaky...precious.
ReplyDeletei love that you're posting more pictures ames. for those of us who are basically ONLY visual it's so much more fun. :)
ReplyDeletesam and i end up making cookies like that too. . cuz he loves to dump the sprinkles in when im rolling out the dough. :) i never would have thought to do that on my own.
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I love that all your boys have blue eyes. And, of course, I loved this post! Sweet sweet sweet.
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