Verse A Day

Thursday, March 15, 2012

best medicine

Now Mike is sick.  Well, he has our bad cold & explosive-feeling head, which we'll take any day over last winter's mess, but nonetheless annoying and crappy.  Just not anxiety-ridden.  
The kids and I are feeling better after antibiotics.  Yay!
And I feel too overwhelmed with all I haven't blogged, that I can only do this one pic.  :)
Plus, you can see our new quilt... isn't it FUN?!  Its called "Casablanca".  It was meant to be.  :)

Sunday, March 11, 2012


Knowing God without knowing our own wretchedness makes for pride. 

Knowing our own wretchedness without knowing God makes for despair. 

Knowing Jesus Christ strikes the balance, because He shows us both God and our own wretchedness.

Blaise Pascal, 17th century

Friday, March 9, 2012

C minus

Clouds, colds, congestion, coughs... apart from yesterday's sunshine, it feels like that's all we've had for the past 10 days.  I'm so over it.  The clouds as much as anything else... come on, sunshine & warm weather, together!  Come on, clear heads!

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Lily draws me

I can't get this picture to rotate clockwise but its what Lily drew this morning.  No guidance from me, she just drew it then showed me.  I have no idea where this came from, I can't remember ever drawing "people" with her.  Note the 2 legs on the right side of the picture and the arms on each side of the face.   She also drew a "headband".  :)

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

the prettiest time of the day

This one is for you, Glenda!  :) 
Its gonna be long, but how do you decide b/t all these pretty pics taken during the prettiest time of the day. 
Oh, I've loved breaking out the side walk chalk this week.  There is something so wonderful about it!
 This is Lily's happy face when she sees her dog who she left outside the afternoon before...
 Lily checks out brown dog...
 But then she realized there is a "bug" on her dog... OH NO!  At closer look, it was a baby slug... gross!  
 But she recovers and watches Pete swing.
Going really high... do you see him?!  I've heard swinging is good for muscle tone, it sounds a little like a stretch but I can hope!!  We are also gonna try working on swinging sideways or straddling the swing to work on obliques.
 This is a picture of happiness for this boy's LIFE!  Bright sun on my face and a tight hug from my boy whose life has not been easy but IS a gift!  
(and sorta interesting/appropriate that the shadow is a thumbs up.)
 
 
 
 
And we've been working on "apart-togethers"... required in between your turns on the swing.
 We listened to "If our God is for us" by Chris Tomlin over and over in the van yesterday on our trip to Target (praying it, claiming it, singing it for us and those we love!)... I'm always trying to get them to "raise it up!"... here is Peter doing that at my request.  ;)
 And another side note... our girl is a monkey!  :)  This is one of her favorite things to do!

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

before work

Lily to Mike:  "Don't get-for hug!!"

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Daddy, Mommy, & Baby

Will this be one we show at their weddings?!
Oh, how I love them!