The sun is up, the sky is blue....

The weather was so pretty this weekend and we didn't have any plans, which I was so thankful for. Our days were spent having fun together as a family and enjoying the beautiful weather!

E took a big fall at the park Friday. He was getting in trouble for throwing rocks and was pulling away as M was trying to discipline him. He fell face first on the concrete. Poor boy. But maybe he learned his lesson. Only time will tell. I still think he's handsome, scrapes and all. :)

P and I fist bumping - my first one ever! He is definitely MUCH cooler than me.

Playing hide-n-seek with E-E!

Oh and that's my bro-in-law K holding hands with A, my OTHER sister, not the one he's married to. I think he finds joy in making us feel super awkward at times. Like holding E-E's hand for a picture. Ha!

I hope everyone had a great weekend and was able to enjoy the beautiful weather!

By the way, this video is from the movie Across the Universe. If you love beatles songs, you should definitely check it out!

love, life, and a smile

We had a fun time at the zoo this morning (a post on that later) with great friends. I am utterly exhausted so OF COURSE I needed a project to keep me awake (since the kids napped at the zoo and in the car - doesn't it always work out that way?). I've been wanting a Mumford & Sons quote displayed somewhere in our living room area that I can see every day. Their music and lyrics brings an instant smile to my face.

So here's a not-so-glam, but super quick project. I already had this frame on one of our living room bookcases with "family" on it. I just ripped off the paper from the circle scrapbook paper backing and replaced it with a quote I designed on the computer using a Pea Noodle font and one I found on another free site. It is just printed on color and printed on a piece of card stock. If you haven't checked out the fonts on the Pea Noodle website, you really are missing out. They are SUPER cute!

It says: "Where you invest your love, you invest your life" from their song Awake My Soul

Happy Thursday everyone!

I can't get you outta my head!

I have had these songs stuck in my head recently. Granted, I don't agree with EVERYTHING in the lyrics, but I seriously could listen to these over and over and over and over and.....

You get the picture.

Without further adieu, I present my songs of the week. (Oh, and I am always up for listening to new music, so please proceed with your recommendations!)

M and I were trying to find this show online last night and the only ones have all the background music tampered with. There's some legal issues since they used so many songs without permission (this was before all the copyright laws). Anybody who has ever watched this show knows that the music MAKES the show. We tried to watch an episode but it just wasn't the same. So sad.

Now, I can't get the theme song out of my head.

This one stirs up the wannabe hippie in me. Ahhh......LOVE it!

Mumford, how I love thee.

M used this as an example in youth group Wednesday night and it's been playing over and over in my head ever since. Thanks a lot. At least it's a good song.

And this one. Oh, this one. I just LOVE the sound of it. Beautiful.

What music have you been listening to?

Valley of Vision

Lord, high and holy, meek and lowly, Thou hast brought me to the valley of vision, where I live in the depths but see Thee in the heights; hemmed in by mountains of sin I behold Thy glory. Let me learn by paradox that the way down is the way up, that to be low is to be high, that the broken heart is the healed heart, that the contrite spirit is the rejoicing spirit, that the repenting soul is the victorious soul, that to have nothing is to possess all, that to bear the cross is to wear the crown, that to give is to receive, that the valley is the place of vision. Lord, in the daytime stars can be seen from deepest wells, and the deeper the wells the brighter Thy stars shine; let me find Thy light in my darkness, Thy life in my death, Thy joy in my sorrow, Thy grace in my sin, Thy riches in my poverty, Thy glory in my valley.

My soul needed to read and re-read and re-read this today.

I hope this was encouragement for you as well.

Here's a song based on this puritan prayer:

Rock of Ages

I have been singing this song in my head all week and wanted to share. It's such a sweet reminder of the constant, faithful, and loving Savior we have despite what we actually deserve!