Wordless Wednesday: Crazy Happy Siblings

I love these little people!
I am so blessed to bask in their smiles every day.



He will yet fill your mouth with laughter
and your lips with shouts of joy.
~ Job 8:21

Wordless Wednesday: The Cheeks at 10 Weeks

(Can't tell who's who? Here's a hint!)

Your cheeks are beautiful...
~ Song of Songs 1:10a

Wordless Wednesday: Sleep Smiles

When you lie down, you will not be afraid;
when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
Proverbs 3:24

Wordless Wednesday: This Year

He will love you and bless you

and increase your numbers.

He will bless the fruit of your womb...

Deuteronomy 7:13a

Fall in All Its Glory

Sing for joy, O heavens,
for the LORD has done this;
shout aloud, O earth beneath.
Burst into song, you mountains,
you forests and all your trees,
for the LORD has redeemed Jacob,
he displays his glory in Israel.
Isaiah 44:23

Oh Happy Tree

Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them.
Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy;
they will sing before the LORD, for he comes,
he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness
and the peoples in his truth.
Psalm 96:12,13

Name Those Cheeks

Generations

This week: My mom, me, 6 week old Lydia, and my grandmother



A quarter century ago: My great-grandmother, grandmother, mom, and one week old me

For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations.
Psalm 100:5

Life Is Good

Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
Psalm 23:6

Sister and Brothers

"Say of your brothers, 'My people,'

and of your sisters, 'My loved one.' "
Hosea 2:1

Photos by Preschoolers

The boys were kind enough to let Don and I sleep in last Saturday. In fact, it was surprising to spend an extra hour in bed without an invasion of rowdy would-be snugglers or the sound of toy disputes echoing down the hall.

When I found my camera in the office later that day, I discovered the cause of their silence: they used the forbidden gadget to take no less than 40 digital photos!

And of course, every one was taken on the scenery setting with a slow shutter speed, so not a single picture is in focus. :)

But when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.
When I was a child, I talked like a child,
I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child.
When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.
Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror;
then we shall see face to face.
Now I know in part;
then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
1 Corinthians 13:10-12

Mother's Day

Me, my boys, and my big baby belly on Mother's Day.

He settles the barren woman in her home
as a happy mother of children.
Praise the LORD!
Psalm 113:9

A Fitting Apology

A few hours after Hayden ripped a couple pages of Fox in Socks, I found this in the bathroom trash:

Yet now I am happy, not because you were made sorry,
but because your sorrow led you to repentance.
2 Corinthians 7:9a

Backyard Visitors

In lieu of a completely Wordless Wednesday, today's attempts to capture the great outdoors through a picture window will feature explanatory captions. Enjoy the little visit to our backyard!

Tufted titmice and chickadees are the most frequent visitors to our birdfeeder.

Mr. Cardinal thinks he owns the place. When he and his mate aren't pecking seeds off the ground, he likes to perch in the tree and "chip! chip!" at other birds.



We have seen lots of robins - up to five at a time - pacing the yard in search of something good to eat.



This bird is new. I think it's a song sparrow.



The pair of goldfinches are my favorite. They're so pretty!



And of course, not all of the visitors to our birdfeeder are birds! This chipmunk must have an extensive stash of seed by now, because he spends every afternoon tirelessly collecting it off the ground.

And God said, "Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky."
So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind.
And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:20-21

Signs of Spring

See! The winter is past;
the rains are over and gone.
Flowers appear on the earth;
the season of singing has come,
the cooing of doves
is heard in our land.
Song of Solomon 2:11-12

Lion Beneath the Lamb

The wolf will live with the lamb,
the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearling together;
and a little child will lead them.

Isaiah 11:6

Roaring Faces

The lions roar for their prey
and seek their food from God.
Psalm 104:21

A Daddy's Job

He will yet fill your mouth with laughter
and your lips with shouts of joy.
Job 8:21

1 Corinthians Cutouts

(Love Printables - cut by Donny, hung by Hayden - from Totally Tots)

Love is patient, love is kind.

It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

It is not rude, it is not self-seeking,

it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

It always protects, always trusts,

always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Five Second Tower

Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth."
- Genesis 11:4