Currently: Vol. 8

Reading: Acts 9: 1-31 about Paul's conversion

Listening to: Read-Aloud Revival Podcast

Watching: the kids dance

Cooking: crock pot meals

Feeling: glad that it's Friday!

Wanting: to get some audiobooks for the kids

Needing: a date with my husband

Enjoying: Houseplants I have in each room- even on the dreariest days there are living green promises of spring and warmth. 

A Moment Captured {week 8/52}

Sleeping, reading, eating and more reading.... just some scenes from this week.

Currently: Vol 7

Reading: it's still Animal, Vegetable, Miracle (A Year of Food Life) by Barbara Kingsolver with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver

Listening to: The Influence Podcast

Watching: my husband put a puzzle together with the kids

Cooking: cold weather foods

Feeling: somewhat accomplished from crossing things off my to-do list

Wanting: to make and eat brownies

Needing: to remake the boys' beds

Enjoying: a clean kitchen

A Moment Captured {week 7/52}

This week we enjoyed some beautiful weather for tricycle riding. Sam loves to lay her head in my lap and has fallen asleep a few times like that (!!). Ry is missing more teeth and I love his little jack-o-lantern smile. The boys competed at school in storytelling and we tooth some goofy pictures while we were bored (D).

Currently Vol. 6

Reading: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle (A Year of Food Life) by Barbara Kingsolver with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver

Listening to: Rose tell me a secret about some buried treasure

Watching: my kids grow before my eyes and not really noticing until their pants are suddenly too short (they have all grown 1-2 inches in 6/7 months)

Cooking: spaghetti and meatball was a favorite this week

Feeling: like getting rid of stuff

Wanting: Sam to take a nap so I can get a run in this week

Needing: to wake up earlier

Enjoying: these days at home with my girls

A Moment Captured {week 6/52}

Ry had to sit next to me while I tried to journal. 

 

 Sam being silly after eating a donut and stealing her brother's water bottle.

 D building something, as usual.

Rose watering our garden.

Pictures taken Feb. 14... a very beautiful Valentine's Day.

Currently: Vol 5

Reading: A Little Salty to Cut the Sweet by Sophie Hudson

Listening to: The Head and the Heart

Watching: the kids play outside

Cooking: enchilada casserole

Feeling: tired- mentally

Wanting: to travel

Needing: to read my Bible more

Enjoying: raw milk (although I just finished the last of it... we picked up a gallon at a nearby Jersey dairy farm on Saturday and it's so good!)

A Moment Captured {week 5/52}

All of these were taken Feb. 7 during our day trip to La Grange. It was a wonderful day and I hope we go back soon!

Currently: Vol. 4

Reading: Bossypants by Tina Fey

Listening to: Jim Gaffigan

Watching: Blacklist (so glad it's back on!)

Cooking: Chicken soup

Feeling: motivated to work on some house stuff

Wanting: to go to IKEA

Needing: to figure out what I'm making for supper

Enjoying: Ayala's herbal water (this week I tried the ginger lemon peel flavor)

A Moment Captured {week 4/52}

 Rose loves putting puzzles together and put this one together without any help from me!

 Sam just being her silly self.

 Ry drawing Curious George.

D wasn't feeling well, so he was just chillin' before we went to church on Sunday.