The Photo Wall

We have this big empty wall space above a couch in our living room. We had hung one picture up there but it was just too small to really fill the area right.

I have wanted to decorate it with a photo array for years. Today, thanks mostly to Scott's handiwork, we finally pulled it all together!

Here's the progression.

  

 

 

And the final product:

View from the stairs: 

A close up on the Family Rules text:

I love it!

Perpetual Motion

Practicing before school on a rainy Friday morning.

Eleven.

How?  Wha?  When did she...?

As usual, I am nearly speechless that our little girl is another year older today.

Happy birthday, sweet Elizabeth Grace!  

We are so proud to be your parents.  It is our privilege to love you, help you learn, and watch you grow into the amazing woman we know you are destined to become!

Welcome to 2013 (and Just Where Are Those Flying Cars Anyway?)

Welcome to a new year.  

As I look back at our lives in 2012, I am, thankfully, able to see more triumph than tragedy.

 More success than failure.  

More beauty than darkness.

Much, much more good in my life than bad. 

I know untold multitudes on this planet cannot say the same. I do not take for granted the quality of my life.

I thank God everyday for blessings beyond what we deserve and, selfishly, humanly, pray it continues that way.

Here's to 2013: may we all know good health, peace that passes all understanding, the abounding joy of blessing others and the choice to love and be loved.

Oh, and those flying cars they've been talking about for ages would be nice, too.