Saturday, January 29, 2011

my favorite

Who is your favorite?  "My Anna."  This took some prompting and the purchasing of a small kid-friendly baseball bat. It makes me melt when he refers to me as "MY Anna."  He's still learning his prepositions, and in his mind its like saying My Mommy, My Daddy, etc.  But doesn't it sound cool?  My Anna.

He loves "MY Baby Sister" very much already.  Kristine is due in April, but as far as my nephew is concerned, Baby Sister is here already.  He talks to her all the time and reads her books.  He's gotten a little confused and sometimes tells us that he has a baby puppy in his belly too.  The bellybutton is the portal through which he communicates with his baby sister.  The other day, he pried Kristine's belly button open and peered in... "Oh Mommy!  Mommy I SEE her!  I see Baby Sister!"

I cannot imagine life without this precious little boy. 

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Good things

We are mailing out Bible Conference flyers tonight!  Hooray!  June is just around the corner guys.

I finished the blue dress a couple weeks ago.  It is absolutely awesome.  I'll have to take some full length shots of it, the back has a kick-pleat.


I really love my new job.  And... I get to wear scrubs.  Initially this dissapointed me.  I like to dress with flair.  However, I'm learning that scrubs can have flair.  And there's a certain exciting confidence that comes with donning a medical uniform.  Like I totally know what I'm doing, and they're in good hands with me.  Which will be true soon enough.

My newest photography client was product photos for a line of coffee beans.  WAY FUN!  I'll post some pictures of them soon.

Ahhh, life is good.  :-)

Thursday, January 13, 2011

What God hath promised

Haha! I love this song!
God put it in my head today. Doesn't matter what I worry about (and I am an expert worrier), He's got it handled. That's His promise. Nothing is ever so broken that he cannot fix it, nothing so ugly that he cannot make it beautiful, nothing so stuck that he cannot free it, nothing so lost that he cannot find it, nothing so bruised that he cannot heal it. Phew!

Might as well ENJOY the rain when it comes, its an opportunity to get out my new polka dot umbrella and watch for the rainbow.

Life is messy, but so good.

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God hath not promised skies always blue,
Flower strewn pathways all our lives through;
God hath not promised sun without rain,
Joy without sorrow, peace without pain.

Refrain:
But God hath promised strength for the day,
Rest for the labor, light for the way,
Grace for the trials, help from above,
Unfailing kindness, undying love.

God hath not promised we shall not know
Toil and temptation, trouble and woe;
He hath not told us we shall not bear
Many a burden, many a care.

Refrain

God hath not promised smooth roads and wide,
Swift, easy travel, needing no guide;
Never a mountain rocky and steep,
Never a river turbid and deep.

Refrain

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

introspect

Random things of late.

1. I'm going to take over the Betty Crocker franchise here shortly.  Yep, I'm that good.  It's like I have found my inner cook or something.

2. I am now employed. God is so good to me. Last Wednesday I was telling Him that I felt like a lost little girl. And then two hours later someone called that I interviewed with about 2 months ago. I'm now a dental assistant at the office where Kristy is a hygenist.  HUGE learning curve but I really enjoy the job.  Its fun and working with the dentist I do different things all day long.  Today we extracted several teeth, set a crown, did some fillings, sealents, etc.  This is an entirely new career that I could use anywhere I end up in life.  And God gave it to me.  Just because He's good.

3. Mr. & Mrs. Smith. You can almost see the Pearly Gates reflected in their eyes. What special people. May I be as gracious, strong, sweet, wise and Christ-like when I near the end of my race... but I fear to ask for that because those qualities came through great adversity and many tears shed in their lives.

4. I love holding hands with little kids and old people.  There's an older couple I've been caretaking for lately, and she ALWAYS holds my hand.  I love that.  So sweet.
There are two messages communicated through those hands that reach for mine:
   1. I need you.
   2. I trust you.
That's all I want.


5. I've been confused and focused on something for a year and a half.  Lately the light has broken through dimly.  I think I know what I need to do.   "It shall be well."  I will learn the lesson.  I will recover.  And God is still good.  My pastor always says... "it's never too late to do right."  Sometimes its just hard to know exactly what RIGHT is.

6.  My brother and his wife are having a little girl!  I'm so anxious to meet her.  When Kristine was pregnant with the Little Turkey a couple years ago, I remember asking her how it is possible to love someone so much that I've never even met.  Someone that I have no guarantee that he will love me, he hadn't done anything for me, he will probably turn his back on me occasionally. But I love him HUGE, which began long before he knew I existed.  I believe I would die to protect him, even if he was being a stinker to me.  Wow. That must be how Christ loves us.

Maybe love is a decision, not a feeling.