I love weddings…

We went to a wedding over the weekend.
It was the beginning of a whirl-wind weekend full of ups and downs, of happy and sad…it was quite a ride!
But back to the wedding.
It was a lovely ceremony.
And I brought my camera.
(of course….silly readers..I take it everywhere!)
Now…I really wanted to get down and dirty and shoot this [...]

This is what faith is…

Faith is a concept that I have had a long struggle to understand.
I mean, I know what faith means.
I can understand the meaning of the word.  I can comprehend what the dictionary says it means.
But I have never had an opportunity in my life, where I have been required to have faith.
Don’t get me wrong…I’ve [...]

The “money stealer’s”

My little boy.
Such an imagination, he never fails to keep me rolling with laughter with some of the things he comes up with.
Today, for example, he was out on the porch, standing there, in his jammies…looking menacingly at some young men who happened to be walking down the sidewalk.
There was a group of about 4 [...]

It was bound to happen someday…

Clayton has discovered girls.
Now, some of you might be sitting there, thinking to yourself “well DUH Christi!”
But you need to allow me to exist in my own little fantasy world wherein this is a totally new development in the life of my teen aged boy.
Thankyouverymuch.
Something happened today that I thought I was at least a [...]

Finally! Other people’s kids!!!

I had so much fun on Sunday!!!
Our church put on a little community thing called “Chalk Fest”, where they sold spaces in the parking lot and everyone made designs with chalk.  It was so much fun, and some of the designs were awesome!!!
(who knew those pesky Brown kids would show up and win it all! [...]

Selah

I’m sure you are asking “what language are you speaking Christi? What does “Selah” mean????”
Well…the truth is…we don’t really know.
But from what I have been able to learn from church and my own research, it means to pause, hang, weigh, or meditate on something.
It’s a term commonly found in the psalms.
And today….today I need to [...]

The 4th of July (told on the 9th)

I am so not good at getting my blog updated at the appropriate time..but in my defense, I was camping. So, not only did I not have a computer…I had no internet.
And today was the first day I actually had the time to do this.
(and technically, I don’t have time..I’m avoiding chores.)
So…our 4th of July, [...]

Just breathe it in!

We had a thunderstorm move through the area today.
That is sort of unusual for Washington, really.
But I have to say, I just love them…
Ok, not so much the storms, I still cannot shake the little twinge of fear I get having grown up in “tornado alley”
But I love the way the earth smells after they [...]

We’re going on a camping adventure…

To see what we can see…
Of course, we will most likely see really crowded campgrounds, sunburned people, wet labradors, and any number of drunk, obnoxious people.
Camping on the 4th of July will be a BLAST.
Actually, I am looking forward to it.  I really love camping.  It’s just been a really stressful week and I’m feeling [...]