ten on ten : may

1. baby toe munching

2. the "joy" of early morning baking and a favorite recipe

3. a morning visit from the tooth fairy...and a girl who knows it's really mom

4. housewarming beauty from jody & baby paige

5. taking care of our hatched butterflies

6. craft supplies finally out of moving boxes

7. dandelion magic

8. piano practice

9. a mother's day gift for a dear friend and her beautiful girls

10. the sign of a good night with good friends

thankful tuesdsay, 5/7

• the magic hour
• embracing new routines
• turning the calendar to may
• bare feet, dirty feet
• late afternoons at the playground
• a job i love
• digging for newts
• earning our last petal with the daisy troop
• prayers of babes
• sister girl giggles
• a house full of friends
• my farmer mr. 
• sowing seeds at the farm
• prepping the pumpkin patch
• cheering on wes and the faith community softball team
• bat boy bennett and high fives from the guys
• guacamole...alot

hellooooo may!

this morning i ripped off the april calendar page and then did a little jig in the kitchen.

this morning we had pancakes and blew out candles to celebrate.

this morning we high-fived and yahoo'ed.

this morning i felt the burdens of the last month diminish.

helloooooo may!

this past month kicked my rear.

it is amazing all the life that was lived, 

all the work that was done, 

all the memories that were made.

it was good, but it was hard.  

i'm glad it's in the rear view mirror.

helloooooo may!

remembering

hi friends.  i have so much to get caught up on in this little space, but today is for remembering.  remembering something i wish we could forget.  remembering something that will be with us americans, new englanders, bostonians, patriots forever.  remembering the ones that lost lives.  remembering all those that were hurt and battling for their lives. remembering the strange, uncomfortable and confusing emotional ride of last week that went from shock, to denial, to deep deep sadness, to fear, to celebration after the capture.  remembering 4.15.2013. and most importantly, remembering as it says in this song i've been singing all week that He will never let go. remembering that we must fear no evil.  remembering that His perfect love is casting out fear.  remembering that there will be an end to these troubles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b61wsBdqrKM

oh no He will never let go.  oh yes we will remember that. and oh yes we must pray.  pray for those that are hurting.  pray for those that are so scared. pray for justice. pray for healing. pray for boston.

before i go, i ask you to please please pray for our friend nicole's dad, mr. john odom. nicole was running the race and her family was waiting for her near the finish line when her dad was critically injured by the explosion.  please pray and support them via the link below.

https://www.facebook.com/JohnOdomSupportPageBostonMarathonBombingVictim 

ten on ten : april

1. welcome home

2. morning grumpies

3. housewarming sweetness

4. tummy time smiles

5. my work from home nook

6. seed shopping and gardend planning

7. scooter races

8. playdate carnage

9. daddy's home!

10. 30 years of friendship

instabits

with the march madness championship game on in the background,

i thought i'd catch-up on my own march madness.

a month of packing, back to working, more packing,

traveling, adventuring, creating, more packing and moving!
some defoyd instabits via instagram...

all things in boxes

final snowstorms

a weekend in new hampshire with girlfriends

a friendly game of catch

maple sugaring and celebrating this guy's birthday

back to working...with a trip to new york

getting to see these two while i was there

junior yellow belt karate kid

leprechaun catching

diaper blowouts and mid-day tubbies...she makes it look cute

more packing, packing, packing

cuteness amongst the stacks and stacks of boxes

egg coloring

cousin calvin turns 5

longer days and afternoons at the playground

first swing rides for baby girl

farewell little blue house

welcome home

easter

four months old

exploring new spaces

unpacking

saturday morning breakfast at home

first projects in the barn

phew, what a month...madness & goodness for sure!