Miscellaneous Happenings

Here, it never fails; I fold laundry, pile it up on the Ottoman, and Nells dives in and makes himself comfortable!
I call this one "The Lion and The Lamb", it took Nells a long time to get use to Hazel; he wouldn't even let her touch him for a while-I mean, I sort of set this up, but hey, they are laying there together!
My friend Teresa has shared some new Authors with me that I had never heard of, one being Kierkegaard; he's nearly impossible to read, but she gave me this beginners edition!
My Dad and his wife Jan moved back home from Arizona after 8 years! They were living with my sister for a few weeks, and now they are staying with us for a bit. Here we are just chillin.

Madelynn's 8th Grade Spring Fling

Me and Madz in the front of our house.
Me and the girls. Last year we took one all together (not all the same girls), so this is like our 2nd Annual photo together from Spring Fling. I love it!
Here they are all together at their friend Bri's house; this is a good angle I think.
The three of us in front of our garage.
The four of them that got "ready" together. Madelynn, Abby, Kelsi, and Haley.

Madelynn's dress before she put it on. She is such a good girl. She got her dress at Forever 21, it was 22.50, and then got a new pair of tights for 3.50. The rest was my shoes, and my accessories.

The Existence Of Hope

hope,

living with hope is like living

one

day

at

a

time

hope,

it's like waiting for brand new things to happen,

things untouched, unseen, unimagined

hope,

it puts faith into use

hope,

it helps us accept reality, so we can move toward a different one

hope,

is living open ended, not close minded

realizing there is beauty in

what could be; not shutting down in fear,

it's reaching out to the possibility

and pondering something new when the current has failed

or brought us disappointment

hope,

it's not getting tangled up or choking over concerns

it's facing them as a sojourner and exploring them with new eyes

hope,

it's an ever finding new found freedom