{ Eternal Families }

“Marriage is sanctified when it is cherished and honored in holiness. That union is not merely between husband and wife; it embraces a partnership with God…. Marriage is but the beginning bud of family life; parenthood is its flower. And that bouquet becomes even more beautiful when graced with grandchildren. Families may become as eternal as the kingdom of God itself.”

Russell M. Nelson

Like Her Mommy

A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from our lives.

A simple, special, memorable moment.

A moment I want to pause, savor and keep close to my heart.

If you are inspired to do the same–leave us a link in the comments.

Happy weekend everyone!

Shhhh…Baby Sleeping

Sadly, we’ve had a bit of this going on for the past few days–Miss Pook and mom…under the weather.

I’ll give them tons of this—Echinacea…and…Good and Plenty…the perfect get well remedy. ha ha.

We’ll load them up on tons of water, because everyone knows you need to drink plenty of liquids at a time like this.

But mostly, I think it’s a time to snuggle up into a warm little ball, and just sleep it all off.  It’ll feel better in a day or two…honest.

Happy Birthday baby Chompy–how we love you. You’ve been ours for 2 years today–and we can’t begin to remember life before you came.

Sleep now and feel better little muffin. We’ll celebrate you soon.

Immortalized…

in…yarn?  Yes, it can be done. And I can prove it.

In fact, if your going to cast someone in stone…I mean yarn, then let me tell you– we’ve got the place for you! A couple of months before Christmas, I asked my good friend Jenny Waters over at WeeKnit if she could help me with a sweet little surprise for my family this year.

After all—she was amazing when we asked for a Vampire and Werewolf puppet for our New Moon party.

Then we needed 100 sparkly skinned Edwards at the Eclipse party–and she pulled it off.  Next, we needed 50 Harrys, 25 Hagrids and 25 Dumbledores–for HP 7–and she didn’t even flinch!

So, when I asked for a little chef and his wife as a little remembrance of my parents to give to my brother and sister and their kids– you know–before too much time goes by–she wasn’t a bit scared.

In fact, I think she perfectly captured the essence of cuteness, that was my mom and dad…

don’t you?

Unsuspecting Wood Sprites

Hard to believe, I know, but these charming Fairy-folk were magically captured in the meadow one day, while romping…

and playing…

taking sweet calmness…

and wild animal behavior…

in flitting, gentle turns.

So, my dear friends–if you find yourself in the woods, or the forest, or the meadow, any time soon–and it seems to you, unusually quiet…

we know why.

I’ll give you a hint…

We…

have captured…

all

the

Sprites.

 

 

~More Than Memories Photography by Marta Smith