I have a lot to catch up on--many, many pictures from our Christmas season. But I wanted to share something I learned from a few of my friends. Many of us are disillusioned with how commercial Christmas has become. We celebrate Jesus' birthday by buying,...
Last Wednesday, I decided to start baking Christmas cookies. I figured I would let Camilla help me a little bit, but it wouldn't last long. I popped my favorite Waltons Christmas movie, The Homecoming, into the DVD player to keep us entertained. My girl surprised...
I had to post some pictures from last weekend--read that, December 7th. We had our old Bible Study group over for dinner. It was truly wonderful to be with all of them again. I miss our weekly gatherings. Our kids are growing up too fast....
Camilla has taken up some new pastimes. One of her favorites is piano.It's amazing to watch our girl learn and grow. Sometimes I look at her and wonder where this huge little kid came from. We have our moments of frustration--and seconds later sheer joy...
For some reason, Camilla thought this cupboard would make a good "boat".On Halloween, we went to a local church for their "Light the Night" program. Lots of fun activities for kids, and a great way to spread the light of Jesus to the neighborhood....
One day in October, Camilla's cousin Logan came to our house. Usually, Logan goes to Grammy and Grampy's, but since they were busy that day we got to play with Logan. Camilla had so much fun with her cousin and it was a gorgeous fall...
So last year, when Camilla turned one, we invited LOTS of friends and family for a big party at our house. I think we ended up with around fifty in attendance. This year, I decided to keep it small--we only had forty. Since our local...
It took me a month to recover, but I'm finally getting around to posting pictures of our birthday celebration. I still can't believe my baby girl is two. Here are some photos from the actual day, October 3rd.I attempted to make Camilla a heart-shaped chocolate-chip...
In the month since we returned from California, Camilla has blossomed in so many ways. I'm in way over my head with birthday preparations, but I just had to post with some adorable pictures. A couple weeks ago on a Sunday afternoon, Camilla refused...
