Teeth

not really sure why it's so exciting when babies teeth come in... but it just is!

adventure

We went on our first backpacking trip with the llamas. They did pretty good. Kady (the our rose grey girl) was a bit feisty on the way up... but on the way back she did much better. Besides the crazy cliffs and altitude gain to get to the lake that matt picked, forgetting the fry pan and cook pot ( we improvised with a tin can of chili we had on us), and forgetting the pump to blow up the air mattress... it was a fun trip.

a picture from the ridge, you can see the lake down below

mount st.helens

Ramen Noodle soup in a can....

matt blowing up the air mattress... yep we are big babbies and brign one when we camp!

cooking eggs in a can...

we are going again next week and I get to pick the hike this time... i'm thinking flat along a creek! :)

there was a wedding...

can you tell what we are getting ready for?

I heard this qoute in a movie i watched tonight and i really liked it so i'm sharing...

a wedding is like a sunset, the romance of a moment...  marriage is the sea into which that red sun sets.


-from a  totally random movie called "decoy bride"

if you have boys....

I recommend this book.

saturday share

every year there is a bike race from Seattle, Washington to Portland, Oregon. That bike races runs through our town and over the the bridge to Oregon. I was driving over that bridge today to grab some things from my mother in laws house . On the way back over i saw the bikers... and i started crying. I think it's one of the first time something completely i didn't expect to make me emotional about Marty's death. (refer here if you don't know the story) I cried all the way through town at every biker i saw. I cried especially hard when i saw a father and son riding a tandem bike...

you see Marty use to take me on bike rides. He loved riding his bike. He use to take frequent bike rides with my mom before he got sick... I would say he enjoyed it as much as he enjoyed flying and airplanes (did you know that my step dad was a pilot? One of the reasons i fell in love with Matt... but I'll tell that story another time)

anyway...

getting a little teary eyed thinking about it again...

also today...



glimpses of today

 

you don't have a soul.

 you ARE a soul.

you have a body.

-c.s.lewis

 

summertime

more tuesday night randoms...

hmm it seems tuesday nights seem to be my night for blogging.

here's your tuesday night randoms...

This post encouraged me tonight.  The author of the blog is a woman who i admire as a strong, caring and passionate person. Thank you friend for all that you have spoken into my life and shared. You are a treasure, and the world is more beautiful with you in it.

These look good so i'm going to make them. ENJOY LIFE.. GO MAKE SOME COOKIES AND EAT THEM. The whole package if you want.

The vocal styles of adele, john mayer, colbie caillat, the mamas and papas, louis armstrong,  jack johnson and norah jones and ministering to my soul tonight. yep... all of them.

I asked Matt tonight if we could just run away. Leave it all behind, find some land in ____________ and disappear. I'm not going to tell you where, just in case we do something crazy like that one day... :) 
He didn't think it would be a good thing to do. I said that it would be good.. it just wouldn't be wise at this point in time . He tends to think more about providing.. i tend to think about adventure. (not even mentioning the whole family stuff and abandoning them.. we won't go there)
I've always had a wandering soul... longing for exploration and change. My mom doesn't understand that in me. She always thought i would be the one who would live at home and basically be a momma's girl the rest of my life. Nope... i went to school in another country ( though really canada really isn't that far, but to her it was crazy! surprised she let me go)..... I married a man who's goal was to fly somewhere in some remote place.... and all sorts of things. I want to experience the world. I was put here in this life, in this world at this time and i want to see it. I want to feel it and i want to experience it. I am learning how to live my life fully in each moment right now, right here... but i want to see and experience and know first hand. One day.. for now i'll be content with my mountains and my slice of the ocean.

I think that heaven will be more earthy.. more natural beauty. Of course blazzinly beyond what we have here... but still.. LOOK AT WHAT GOD CREATED!!! How can heaven not have oceans and mountains and groves... and seriously.. i think there is going to be some SCRUMPTIOUS food in heaven. really really GOOD FOOD! LOTS and lots of food. maybe i should have eaten dinner... whoops... to busy taking care of the 5 guys in my house ranging from 6 months to 28 years old.

I should really be in bed... i have 4 little boys who will be up early tomorrow and i am NOT a morning person.

And before i go a poem i heard and wanted to share...

And God Said, "No"by Claudia Minden Weisz

I asked God to take away my pride,
And God said, "No."

He said it is not for Him to take away,
but for me to give up.


I asked God to make my handicapped child whole,
And God said, "No."

He said her spirit is whole,
Her body is only temporary.


I asked God to grant me patience,
And God said, "No."

He said that patience is a by-product of tribulation,
it isn't granted, it's earned.


I asked God to give me happiness,
And God said, "No."


He said He gives blessings,
Happiness is up to me.


I asked God to spare me pain,
And God said, "No."

He said, "Suffering draws you apart from worldly
cares and brings you closer to Me."


I asked God to make my spirit grow,
And God said, "No."


He said I must grow on my own,
but He will prune me to make me fruitful.


I asked God if He loved me,
And God said, "Yes."

He gave me His only Son who died for me,
and I will be in Heaven someday because I believe.


I asked God to help me love others,
as much as He loves me.

And God said,
"Ah, finally you have the idea."

Goodnight friends, and random strangers who happen on this blog. Enjoy your journey today because tomorrow brings a whole new set of challenges, choices and situations. May you find hope and love through it all.