relishing the life God has given us
Yesterday was Curtis’ last first day of school – and everyone knows no first day of school is official without pictures! I love my super smart and hardworking husband. I also love how tan we’ve gotten this summer. 🙂 We were reflecting on our favorite memories from this summer. My top 2 were the moment we reached the peak… Read More
Dining room table? What’s that? Oh, you mean a puzzling table, yes we have one of those! After the last 7 months of having this gigantic 3000 piece puzzle taking over the table, we are SO excited to say that we are DONE! As you can see, we didn’t measure quite right before getting started, and the corners of the… Read More
This weekend’s “Saturday Adventure” is more like a series of extended weekend adventures thanks to Curtis’ super light schedule. So enjoy reading about our Thursday-Friday-Saturday adventures. 🙂 Monsoon season is officially here, as we’ve had rain off and on during the week. With it came some humidity. (what?! Yes, it’s true – Arizona doesn’t always stick to the “dry heat”… Read More
As I mentioned yesterday, this past week I’ve been busy carving stamps. When I first started letterboxing a year ago, Curtis told me to think about stamps I’d like to carve and plant. The very first thing that came to mind was an “Emperor’s New Groove” series. (If you have never seen that movie, please stop reading and go watch… Read More
I guess Arizona heard that I’m missing Iowa, and decided to give me a taste of what Iowa has gotten in the past week. What our parking lot looks like after it’s rained several days in a row. Thankfully our spot has been dry so far! Yes, Arizona does get rain – it just doesn’t know what to do… Read More
Today’s reflection on marriage is about another big thing that wasn’t really a big part of my life before getting married, and now is something that goes on daily: cooking! Before getting married, I knew the basics, thanks to my wonderful mother who homeschooled me and used cooking and cleaning in the kitchen as an elective in high school. (Homeschooling… Read More