it's been too long...

...and no posts...i've been a slacker...and a wee bit addicted to something: pinterest
it's good times...check it out!

…as mother’s day approaches…

 

from ann voskamp... "for the mother who fears failure"

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...from ann voskamp @ a holy experience blog...

...how to {help} raise grateful kids...

...one man's perspective on "one thousand gifts," by ann voskamp...

http://www.heartoftheartist.org/2011/03/one-thousand-gifts

...how to hold on when your world shakes...

"How do broken hearts mend? Do some hearts heal all wrong, all twisted and crooked and weak?

What do we make of a world that needs remaking? There’s only one cross beam that promises a whole new world."

http://www.aholyexperience.com/2011/03/how-to-hold-on-when-your-world-shakes/

...life change...

so i picked up a book last week, on the recommendation of a friend who mentioned it on facebook. the book is one thousand gifts, by ann voskamp. i am only a few chapters in, but i am loving it. loving it.

i would sum it up, but another blogger has already done such a great job of that right here.

life change--as i titled this entry--will happen, if you let it...when we begin to recognize the amazing gifts our God has given us in the little bitty details of our seemingly mundane days...recognizing these gifts. accept them. give thanks for them. you may be surprised at all those little bitty details you don't give a second thought most days--and how they CAN bring such joy to your life--even amidst your circumstances. :)

check out this beautiful video if you'd like a taste...and i'd love to hear some of your 1000 gifts. :)

1. looking through old photos of my kids
2. still mornings in the country
3. birds chirping
4. watching movies with friends (lots of them) :)
5. little yellow buds ready to bloom on the vine
6. my husband putting new tires on my car for me
7. my sweet boy waving and smiling at me as he walks into school
8. time spent with Godly women in ministry...encouragement, laughter, joy, prayer
9. getting to check on my children sleeping peacefully
10. yellow highlighters

…a hipstamatic summer…

i haven’t been so good about updating this blog lately!  we had a busy, busy summer full of fun & travel!  here are some pics from what we did…

playing with friends

enjoying sweet treats--we don’t like double dip at all ;)

VBS

father’s day campout with our fun neighbors

camp huawni!

lots of swimming & playing together

galveston

with the liles fam in OK

king family fun

florida bound

…and one final camp before school started…

it was a great {and very busy} summer!

…love her happy face…

i am so thrilled that someone at camp is taking all these adorable photos to share with parents!  i love that i’m able to see a slice of what my sweet camper is enjoying this session… such a gift!

here is a sampling of what she is enjoying:

activities, hiking, tribal competition, church, sweet new friends, etc…

…enjoying being a KID!

     

dancing with her precious friend in the talent show—makes me so happy to see her branching out!!

I LOVE THIS LITTLE SLICE OF HEAVEN IN EAST TEXAS…