famous.

K, listening to her rice krispies
snap, crackle and pop.
or, as D said 
crack, snapple and pop.

recently, K said

"you're famous mommy.

yep, because you find things for people."

well, thank you very much, little K.

so glad your vocabulary is right on track.

and by the way, where on earth 
did she hear about the term famous?

(used correctly or incorrectly.)

916. a walk with the family late in the afternoon

917. running into our neighbors

918. a dinner where not one person complained

919. a baby who falls asleep so peacefully

920. finishing projects

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lots of little things.

L's sleep is improving.

which means that my sleep is improving.

thank you for asking.
and more importantly, 
thank you for praying.

and he's progressing.

lots and lots of little things.

very little 

but very exciting little things.

and for all of these things,

we are grateful to God.

always giving thanks to God the Father for everything
Ephesians 5:20a


911. an extra dose of patience

912. finishing our study of daniel at CBS

(has been a tough one for me)

913. great new books to read

914. D's newfound love for dust busting

915. K's genuine desire to help me in the kitchen

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put a sock in it.

it's {embrace} the camera day!

this little monkey

(no, not the green one)

has been quite curious lately.

while K and i were sported matching hair dos...

(how fun is that?

so very fun.)

he put a sock in it. 

our photo, that is.

906. the sun showing itself for the first time at 6:30pm

907. a new little baby in the family

(not us!)

908. hot tea with lemon

909. arriving at preschool super early 

instead of what i thought might be super late

910. being surrounded by awesome, awesome women

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picture me {im}perfectly.joy

sometimes
(quite often)
i find that my joy is 
dependent on how much i accomplish
instead of in the Lord.


and while on some days i do get ahead,
most days i am stuck in neutral 
or even worse, reverse.





but, i continually hear God's whispers
that being neutral 
or going in reverse 
is absolutely okay.


because life is 
much, much more 
than getting things done.
because life's actually not about that at all.





The LORD is my strength and my shield; 
my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. 
My heart leaps for joy 
and I will give thanks to him in song.
Psalm 28:7






and thanks to Kim 
who linked up last week!

check out her honest picture me {im}perfectly post here. 


picture me {im}perfectly

is a weekly project to reveal that we don't have it all together.

i will post a 

picture me {im}perfectly

blog post every wednesday 

where you will be able to link up to your blog

revealing that:

you are not picture perfect,

your kids are not picture perfect,

your house is not picture perfect,

your crafts are not always picture perfect,

let's 

encourage, 

inspire and 

remind 

other women 

that none of us have it all together.  

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add my button to your blog post

until next wednesday

and link up to your direct posting

and feel encouraged. 

901. His joy

902. not accomplishing anything

903. L discovering his little sweet voice

904. having and winning a debate with B

905. verses that cut the heart

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what about the parables.

we are reading a story a night 

from one of my 

most favorite books ever

while we are preparing our hearts for Jesus' resurrection on Easter.

while reading, D asked

"now mom, is this story real? 

did it really happen?"

to which i replied,
"of course! we believe that 
everything the Bible says is true

and that everything in it really, truly happened."

and then D asked "but what about the parables?"

man, there's nothing quite like 

being humbled by your five year old.

Be completely humble and gentle; 

be patient, bearing with one another in love.

Ephesians 4:2

896. reading by the fire and my hubby

897. feeling God stirring my heart

898. humility

899. dr. pepper with lemon

900. planning a slower week

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