hope

are you sure its march? i am not sure what happened to the last month but apparently i was not present for it. i need time to slow down just a little, i feel as though i am missing everything. i think that most of my sentences start or end with "if only i had a few more hours in the day", or "if only i had a little more time". but time has not listened to me yet...it just keeps trekking by, with a big fat smile on its face! my biggest fear is that i won't remember this life, this adventure. i am finding it hard to hold onto my little moments, and remember the ones i had yesterday. so today i take a few minutes to post some pictures in order that i will know what i did in my days, who was important to me, and what it looked like to live here.

the girls

reading together...loving together

my second cake...for dan's 30th birthday party! smurfette, i love that my mom gave me all her old cake pans!

these few are for a friend who thinks it is hilarious that my kid drinks bath tub water...from a face cloth...and then says "ummmmm"

this is my life, this is a piece of my heart, these are the little people who hold it in their hands...who sometimes hurt it, who sometimes drive it crazy...but who are beautiful in every way. i wish i could document more, record our conversations, our songs that we sing, the walks that we take...i hope i don't forget. i hope that i can remember forever that my two year old told me to "listen and obey!" i hope that i will never forget her singing "this little light of mine" as she holds up her finger and waves it around...her favorite part, saying "no" to hiding it under a bush. i hope i can always feel her hands on my face, one on either side as she pulls my head toward hers to kiss my check. i hope the smile that takes up pennys whole face will always make my heart melt a little. i hope that my days, as hard as they can get, will always be full of these beautiful children. i hope that i can spend every one of those days with scott, that we can watch these girls grow, that they will be strong in their faith for the Lord, that they will love each other well and find joy in their lives. i hope...