real food vs. tube food

Pete: “the only time i’ve had a biscuit like that was at KFC.”

me: “Pete, there’s a whole kind of food that we’ve never had.

It’s called tube food. they have biscuits in a tube that you can bake.”

Pete: “ohh, like that little white guy”

[i love our life. real food. no tube food.]

packing

so many pillows!

’12: the summer of george. for real this time.

when i go home for summer i’m going to recreate my childhood. basically, i am going to get back to basics, live simply, rediscover what i love, and relax. this summer i’ll: 

[go to indian brook]

[prepare meals with fresh, local, healthy ingredients]

[paint each day]

[learn to make sushi]

[go for a bike ride everyday]

[expand my limited cake decorating abilities]

[make art out of sea shells]

[read those books i've always said i would]

[have crazy hair all the time]

[bake bread]

[walk down country roads]

[play tennis]

[be alone for a while]

[write letters]

[pick berries and make jam]

[recreate this^^]

[get. new. hammock. for. lawn. asap]

[journal about life]

[plant sunflowers around the perimeter of my vegetable garden]

[make and wear cut off jeans]

[hike often]

[bake lots and lots of cookies]

[spend time in the library]

[gardening]

[plan my road trip]

[Bagel Market date with Petey]

[be me]

days like this

Days like this.
You look up at the sky above you.
Days like this.
Yeah, You think about the ones that love you.

And all I wanna do is live my life honestly.
I just wanna wake up and see your face next to me.
Every regret I have will go set free.
It will be good for me.

Days like this.
Yeah you think about the ones that went before you.
Days like this.
Have you ever seen the sky such a clear blue.

And all I wanna do is live my life honestly.
I just wanna wake up and see your face next to me.
Every regret I have will go set free.
It will be good for me.
It will be good for me.

And All I wanna do is live my life honestly.
I just wanna wake up and see your face next to me.
Every regret I have will go set free.
It will be good for me.
It will be good for.

Days like this.
That you think about the ones that love you.
Days like this.
Have you ever seen the sky such a clear blue.

~Kim Taylor

spring break ’12

just what i’ve needed and just what i’ve wanted.

laughs and inside jokes.

watching lots of Downton Abbey.

arts and crafts!

homemade cake pops.

watching Smallville with Petey Pot Pie.

yummy food.

and best of all… family time!!!!! xoxo

for strength and understanding

This is a song for my sons for when they understand it 
You know how life is full you know we couldn’t plan it 
your dad and I prayed for strength and understanding 
for things we couldn’t see or comprehend 

This is a song for you, to carry in your pocket 
take all our love with you in all the paths you walk in 
I can’t say your life will always go like it should 
but I can say that God is always good 

and when the cold wind blows like I know it will 
and when you feel alone like I know you will 
and when the cold wind blows like we know it will 

Don’t let your love grow 
Don’t let your love grow 
Don’t let your love grow cold 

This is a song for my sons for when they understand it 
You know how life is full you know we couldn’t plan it 
your dad and I prayed for strength and understanding 
for things we couldn’t see or comprehend 

This is a song from my heart a small refrain to hold you 
for times when we’re apart and I cannot console you 
Be honest with yourself and don’t forget to pray 
and read your bible everyday 

and when the cold wind blows like I know it will 
and when you feel alone like I know you will 
and when the cold wind blows like I know it will 

Don’t let your love grow 
Don’t let your love grow 
Don’t let your love grow cold

~ Sara Groves “Song for my Sons”

happy valentine’s day!

what i’m learning about genuine love…

love encourages these things:

lightness.

love does not create guilt.

love is freeing and filled with grace.

openness.

love is honest and transparent.

love is truthful.

value.

love honors and builds up others.

love is positive and seeks out strengths.

engagement.

love is intentional and purposeful.

love listens.

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!

1 corinthians 13