Things To Love…

on a Friday.

Sweet kids having a King Kong Cone festival. Why wasn’t I there?!

Having a luscious bees’ wax and honey lotion bar from my cute friend’s daughter’s very own bees. Heavenly.

A brave, sweet girlie who is trying to be kind and gentle with Mr. Hobbes–even when he is a little scary sometimes.

Roasted red pepper soup and a triple grilled cheese sandwich. The perfect meal to ward off a scratchy throat.

A cute girl that refuses to stop getting taller! Quit it. Quit it!.

The perfectly toasted marshmallows.

A little kitty who watches everything I do…very, very closely….

even from a silly box.

Good old Mary Poppins floating through a Starry, Starry Night.

The positively perfect breakfast.

Seeing this familiar car with the Arkansas plates in front of me, even if it was just for a week or so.

Pictures of the new Rexburg temple under construction.

Picking a dvd to watch with the grandkids. Nim’s Island won.

My daughter-in-law’s new book Light Among the Shadows.

How about you? What are you loving right now?

 

Those First Days

It’s always nice, if you’re going to do something awesome and amazing and a little bit scary and a little bit fun…

if you can get a happy little parade of cousins who love you– to wave you off.

Happy Kindergarten “C”! You’re going to love it!!

 

 

A Beautiful Mission Call

Our cute little Lily is going on a mission for our church!! When she got the actual call, it came sooner than she expected and even she was surprised. She decided to go from family member to family member to let them all know.

This, of course, was Dane’s reaction when they called him.

I knew where she hoped to go–so I was pretty DANG excited to hear the actual place. I’m so excited for her!!

Rhen and Jessica got the news and–took it well. Haha.

Lyndi and Nate’s happy response.

And Jillian is completely thrilled too.

Lily’s Mission Reveal 

Congratulations LILY!! We’re so proud of you and so happy that you’ll be serving in such a magical place!

We love you, love you, LOVE YOU!!

 

 

Junior Photographer

While we were at the park the other day, “K” asked if she could take my phone for a few minutes.

She said there were some really pretty things around…

and she wanted to take their pictures.

I said, “sure, just watch the battery,” and nearly forgot all about it.

That is, until I looked at all the photos that I didn’t recognize in the camera roll.

It was so much fun seeing what caught her eye, especially since we were all at the same place…

and other than the people…

I had missed all the rest.

Trust these wise kids to shine a light where the rest of us aren’t even looking.