Winter Favorites

Sierra's Favorite Winter Things

~ snow

~ hats & mittens

~ ice skating

~ Christmas

~ blankets & hot cocoa

Happy New Year!

Psalm 51:15 ~ O Lord, open my lips and my mouth will declare your praise.


May we go forth with thanksgiving & praise unto our Lord.

A new year to give Thanks

A new year to Praise

A new year to Love

A new year to Worship

A new year to Surrender

A new year to Serve

A new year to Give Him Glory

For He has done great things for us & our hearts are filled with joy.

Psalm 33:21 ~ In Him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in His holy name.

This new year truly excites me. I cannot wait to see what the Lord will do in 2010.

Happy New Year!

** Happy Snow **

Who doesn't love this time of year when the air is crisp & cold. Cold enough for snow! Flurries from the sky to stir the flurries of happiness & excitement within a child's heart. A couple of weeks ago we got to experience the first snow of the season. I have no pictures to post of the beautiful snow because we were not home at the time, but it didn't stop Sierra from enjoying it as she danced around in a store parking lot. We are hopeful that we will see more snow this year. It just seemed perfect to end our day by reading Snow by Cynthia Rylant for our bedtime story.

~smiles~ *****Sierra's paper snowflakes*****

It's Your Day!

Happy Birthday to you, my sister. Hope you had a wonderful birthday with many wonderful blessings. Words cannot begin to describe how I feel about you. I am so grateful that God put you in my life. We have so many great memories together & I look forward to so many more. All my love!

Autumn Favorites

Sierra's Favorite Fall Things

~ collecting colorful leaves

~ nature walks in the woods

~ trips to the pumpkin patch

~ sitting around campfires

~ hot cocoa

~ spending time with family on Thanksgiving

Goodbye to "7"

I can't believe it. Another year has passed & a new one has begun. Our little girl is now 8 years old. Wow! How time truly does go by fast. It's a reminder to me to savor each moment while they are here & to not take this time for granted.

Birthday pics ~

At the end of Sierra's party I had all of the party guests sign her balloon so that she could release it into the air, then we all waved goodbye to year 7 as the balloon floated out of sight. :)

Happy 8th Birthday, Sierra! We love you!

An Autumn Welcome!

I tell you it's hard for me to believe that fall is here. We have been steadily schooling & learning new things. Our school year has been off to a great start & we have settled into a nice routine. Today Sierra & I thought we would celebrate the first day of autumn by going on a nature walk. With our nature journal in hand we set off to try to find our little squirrel friend at the edge of our woods. Squirrel must have been feeling a little shy today because he wouldn't come very close to let us observe what a busy little creature he is. We will try another day. :) So we set off on the trail to look for acorns & colorful leaves. I am posting a picture that Sierra made with her fall leaves. I am sure there will be many projects with leaves this year. We love all the vibrant colors & just think all of the trees haven't even started changing colors yet.

Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy. Psalm 96:12

May you think about spending some time enjoying God's creation this week. Blessings!