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Blown Away...

>> Wednesday, March 25, 2009 – Faith, Friends

I've been having such a great time on Facebook over the past couple of months. It's so fun to reunite with old friends and to see what's become of their lives.

(For those of you who may not know, Facebook is a social networking site. You register, add as much or as little info about yourself as you'd like, and then start searching by school, town, name, etc. for any friends who might also be registered. When you find someone, you invite them to be a "friend". If they approve, then you're back in touch with your old buddy and you can get caught up via their info pages, pictures, and even something similar to instant messages.)

Well...today, my socks were blessed clean off.

A friend from elementary school popped up. To be honest, I don't remember a lot about her (I was only at that school for 2 short years)...but she remembered me! In fact, she told me that she had been praying for me since way back then!!!

Since getting her message, I've had the song "Thank You For Giving To The Lord" playing through my head. I wonder how powerfully her prayers have moved my life? It seems sometimes that God is so near...is he honoring her prayers for me by drawing me near and loving me in that moment?

God tells us that he hears our prayers and that our prayers actually DO something. And to think that someone has been thinking of me with love and hope and faith all these years. I'm just so humbled and touched!

Has someone been on your mind and you're not quite sure why? Maybe that's a Divine prompt to pray for that person - lift them up in prayer right now! You may never know the effect that your prayers have on a given situation, but when we place people and situations in God's hands and ask Him to MOVE in some way...you just can't go wrong.

Shoes, Dress & Curls...Oh My!

>> Friday, February 27, 2009 – Clara, Friends

Clara's kindergarten class put on a little music program for us today (along with some very brave and talented 2nd graders who were doing dancing and solo numbers - so impressive!). We had such a fun time getting Clara all spiffed up for the big event. We put her hair in rollers last night ("Mommy, I look like George Washington!"), got her some new shoes to match her dress (too big, but did fine with some kleenex stuffed in the toe), and pressed one of her new dresses that she got for her birthday (thank you Gma and Gpa F!).

I just gotta say - aren't these the sweetest shoes? I tried to find some flat ones because really, what 6 year old needs heels? Especially 6 year olds who are already a full head taller than everyone else in their class? But pretty little flats were not to be found. I'm glad too, because Clara adores her "high heels":

She sat on the risers looking through the crowd - this is the moment she saw me standing along the wall opposite her:

Awww...she's even brave enough to wave at her Mama.

I don't know this little 2nd grader...this is more a picture of the set. Can you believe that? As soon as I saw it, I knew my friend Krissy must have helped make it. She's such an incredible artist. Upon closer inspection...sure enough, Krissy helped with the set. That girl is so talented! Just look at that tree:

There was lots of fun song and dance. I was just impressed to see life in my little Clara. Her big brother? Total- freeze-in-place-don't-move-or-open-mouth stage FRIGHT when he was in his kindergarten program. I sort of expected the same from her today because she can be a little shy, but she put on a wonderful performance. I was so proud of my beautiful little girl!

By the way - see? Tall!

Sammy was looking forward to hearing them sing "Kinkle Kinkle Witt-oh Stah". Here she is enjoying it:

It's programs like this that really make me thankful for my 300mm telephoto lens. And my flash - otherwise I'd get all dark and blurry shots.

She was a patient little girl the whole time, but by the end she was saying "Why we hafta stay here all day?" Almost done, sweetie :)

Thomas had fun sitting in his big boy chair and making buddies with his little friend sitting behind him. And the clapping. He tossed his cup on the floor and clapped wildly whenever the crowd clapped. Very cute!

Aww, my sweet girl. I'm so proud of her! And so thankful for her nice little friends. It's such a short time that these babies are at home with us - here she's going to be in school all day next year already! (sniff, sniff)

P.S. Clara - remember when I told you that you'd be the most beautiful girl in the whole wide world today? Even prettier than the girls who who were the 'angels' in the play? I was RIGHT. Love you, sweetie.

Adventures In Scouts

>> – Ben, Friends, Life and Family

Our Ben is in Scouts this year. I admit, I was hesitant to join something that would demand yet more time and energy...but it's been a huge blessing for our little man (and us - what a neat group of parents!). We typically have our weekly meetings at our den leaders' home, but last night we hosted.

Hubby worked his way through college making pizzas at the local pizza joint - our kids always get a kick out of watching Daddy toss the dough up in the air, so we thought it would be a neat scouting activity to show the boys how to make pizza. What a blast! I, of course, got roughly 87 pictures of the event that lasted about an hour. I pared it down to 20 or so for you...

Ack! This is what happens when you don't set the white balance on your camera - look how gross and yellow this shot is! Thankfully, I got mine set before taking any more shots (as opposed to the times I take 50 shots before realizing it's off. That's where RAW comes in - I always shoot in RAW format so I can adjust the white balance in processing if necessary). Okay. Sorry for the shop talk. Just can't help myself.

Phew. That's better.

We made one big pizza and split it into 6 sections so each boy could put his favorite toppings on it.

Into the oven with our creation:

While the boys waited for their pizza to cook, they got to practice rolling and tossing the dough.

It was lots of fun. Just ask Thomas...

And, of course, what sort of Scouts meeting would it have been without plenty of thumb wars?

Tasting their very own slice of pizza was probably the second best part...I'm pretty sure throwing the dough came in first place on the fun scale :)

I'm so thankful that our son is friends with this wonderful group of boys - kind and considerate and polite - each and every one. I hope our little group of gentlemen can stick together for many many years!

"Sons are a heritage from the Lord..." (Psalm 127:3)

Sneak Peak

>> Monday, October 20, 2008 – Friends, Photography

Had a photo shoot this weekend...does that make me sound like a real photographer? Well, ya know, I'm in the biz now!

Okay, not really. It's still just little ol' me with my trusty Pentax and a VERY large SD card. When you take over 300 shots, you're bound to get good ones. Thank you, Lord, for the gift of digital photography!

This family is so wonderful. They're kind and patient...and absolutely beautiful!

And do you know what else they are? (the little guy anyway) B.U.S.Y. I got a ton of shots of the back of his head or shots that looked something like this:

No matter, though. It was tons of fun...and I will most definitely bring another bag of pretzels for the next toddler!

Even with all the squirming, we got some great ones (how could we not with a family this gorgeous?!).