With Great Joy

a smattering of things I've been thankful for lately....  5508 | Isaac's great attitude through this hives trial 5509 | antihista...

Hello, dear friends- Here is what's going on today: Outside my window | is our garden, just waiting to be planted.  Tomorrow is th...

Thank you, friends, for your kinds words and emails from my last post.  You're all so very sweet. In my journal the other day, I liste...

Thank you, friends, for your kind words of comfort after my last post .  Your comments, emails and Facebook messages have made me tearful wi...

Today was a perfect kind of fall day- blustery and not raining.   I was driving this afternoon and spotted this strip of grass with glorious...

this .  beautiful to me.  and grateful to my God who created it all. 2426 | quilting (and that even though I have no idea what I'...

I was up early this morning with the girls while everyone else slept.  They were vying for a position on my lap- both were sleepy and wanted...

I took the kids to the vegetable store today- at 5:00pm- to get some celery that I needed for the cornbread stuffing I was making for dinner...

"Oh, Marilla," Anne exclaimed one Saturday morning, coming dancing in with her arms full of gorgeous boughs, "I'm so glad...

{ snippets from my list over the past few months } 1519 | apple blossoms 1522 | tiny strawberry plants 1524 | picture books strewn across...

{ snippets from my journal: One Thousand Gifts ... and still counting! } 1462 | Audra, in her pink tutu... twisting her hips and watching he...

I've had a rough couple of weeks. Audra has been sick, I have been sick, and Adelia has been sick. We've all been getting very lit...

~ that Mark had the whole week before Christmas off! ~ aunties and uncles and cousins galore! ~ celebrating my grandpa's 90th birthday, ...

{continuing on in gratitude from my initial One Thousand Gifts list } 1286~ hearing Ella sing worship songs to the girls at bedtime each nig...

Today we celebrated Isaac's 7th birthday~ with balloons and gifts and for breakfast: Swedish pancakes with syrup and whipping cream, sau...

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1235 | Spending time this morning (every morning!) with my early-morning girl, while the rest of the house slept. Watching as she brought t...

Remember when I wrote this yesterday? Our week has been full of backyard fun: splashing in the kiddie pool and eating meals on the patio, ha...

1207 | our garden planted this weekend: sunflowers, snap peas, carrots, basil, and all sorts of varieties of lettuces 1208 | beautiful suns...