Wordless Wednesday : it’s not easy being green

…with that behind us…

Cooling off.  Otherwise known as the only reason I own a swimsuit!  It was a wacky weekend but we did get rid of a lot of ”stuff”.  My husband is happy to have his garage back, the boys were glad to see they could keep some things and I’m glad it’s over!  I had serious doubts about people even showing up as far out as we live.  I guess the ad and the signage did the job.  Needless to say, I don’t want to do that again for a long time.  I can’t believe I let today get away from me, catching up with house work, and I forgot to call to donate the rest.  Whichever organization can get here the quickest can have the rest!  It feels so good purge.  Unfortunately, I could have let even more go.  This was a good start though.  Perhaps I can tackle the smaller volume more frequently and periodically give to the Vets or Lupus throughout the year.  It wouldn’t be so overwhelming as looking at a half a garage full.

Thanks again to my father-in-law, his wife and her grandson for helping us out and making the weekend more enjoyable with their company and expertise! 

Anyway, with that behind us we can look forward to the county fair this week, maybe some fishing, play and swimming dates at the lake and finding a farmer’s market nearby.  Oh, and I can’t forget our anniversary next week and A’s birthday the first week in August! And perhaps something very memorable for myself next month.

Garage sale goodbyes

Have you ever notice that “thing” that happens as soon as you put something out for sale?  You know, you start wondering, well where has this been for the last ‘X’ number of years, I’ve always liked that!  And not just my boys, me too. I decided to take some shots of the “stuff” that they seemed to be needing to hug one last time.  Not to mention, I snuck a couple of things back into the house that I err.. guess errr… I couldn’t “live” without.  Hope you find some hidden treasures this weekend!

Wordfull Wednesday : a shift in thinking

so many times :: i repeat the same mistakes… i always forget to come at things from another perspective…  i barely learn it and it’s gone…  i take a turn toward it - something catches my eye…  i am so distractable…  i want to focus and defend what is important to me…

SonWorld : Adventure Park!

It’s kind of a mile stone.  My youngest is able to participate with the “big” kids in VBS this year!  This year’s theme is ”Live the Adventure of a Lifetime”.  I love this candid shot of their little hands raised in praise.  It’s never too early for them to discover the love of Christ and as the brochure says, discover the important choices everyone must make:

choose to BELIEVE that Jesus is God’s promised Savior
choose to ACT and care for others
choose FORGIVENESS from Jesus
choose to OBEY Jesus even when it’s hard and
choose JESUS as our guide and source of wisdom

Life changing choices that apply to all of us, don’t they.  My biggest prayer for this week is that God would speak into the lives of each and every child (and volunteer) there, call them to repentance and obedience so that they would trust our Lord for their salvation. 

Yesterday’s memory verse : “The father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.  If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God.”  1 John 4:14-15

Today’s verse: “Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.” 1 John 3:18

100th post!

 

Wow, here it is my 100th post!  Sorry it’s kinda lame. Just trying out a couple of actions on photoshop, I think they look cool piggy backing last week’s lily, don’t you?

I think I mentioned way back in the beginning that I am not a writer. (I wonder if secretly I’m a writer-wanna-be…. nnaaaahh)   Who knew I would even have this much to say?  Thank you to the handful that read my babbling, hopefully the photos are as fun for you as they are for me to share.  I really wasn’t sure in December when I started if I would still be at it here in July.  Seems harder to blog during the busy summer months.  I’m going to stick with it though.  Posting photos, sharing my faith hopefully more than I have, sharing more recipes and maybe rambling more about my boys and their antics (although, I’m mildly paranoid about divulging information, I’ll try to get over it).

This coming week the boys are at VBS every morning. Monday I have a coffee date with my friend Lisa.  Oh, completed sentences and thoughts without our combined five boys!  That’ll be different!!  (See already releasing info about family, habits ~ notice I didn’t say if we were going to Starbucks or Caribou though ~ hehehe) ;)  Have a great week!

Grandma’s lily

 

Took this at my mother-in-laws house today. She has the greenest thumb and the most beautiful flowers. The wind today could have provided an ortonish effect but not as good as it can look with photoshop

Surprises in the mail

My lovely June Photo Trade {Into the Light} came in the mail today!!  Yay!!  Aren’t they beautiful?  And they are mine to keep!!  I’m just giddy!

Toni and I decided to trade on our own since we both got missed by our May partners!  If you love her photos as much as I do she has an etsy site at photogypsy320.etsy.com.  I was secretly desiring her Ferris wheel shot and then she included it as an extra goodie for me!!  How fun is that ?  And isn’t the bokeh in the peach shot awesome? I forgot I was going to post what I sent to her, so here’s a small collage of what I sent out to her. 

I sent Toni “Nesting Light” as an extra goodie.  She sent me “Apple in a Bowl” {an Editor’s pick on Better Photo}.  How fun!  I need to talk to this gal into a possible collaborative work, what do think?

Wordless Wednesday : Pretty & Pink

I love this Orton effect! It’s got an ethereal feel, doesn’t it?  Let me know if I’m using it too much.

Holiday memories

So I know it’s a little early for us to have corn here in the Midwest, but how many people have a 4th of July grilling thing without it?  Early but still tasty, and something more to look forward to in August. My mother-in-law came up for the day and we grilled some ribs.  If that’s not all American, what is?  And

 

“S” for sparklers and someone’s name!  I had to flip the picture so ya didn’t think I was dyslexic or something.  Anoka did their fireworks on the evening of the 3rd, so we did our own on the 4th at a friends house, and the 5th & 6th here at home too.  And what warm holiday weekend would be complete without some old fashioned sun-tea?  Processed the photo to even look “old fashioned” for ya.

Sorry about the freakishly large photos, I just remembered I should have re-sized them before posting, and now I’m too lazy to fix it.  Enjoy!  Largely!