choosing to walk

i'd like to say i jumped right back into life upon returned from haiti, but it was more like walking. no jumping here.

the pace of life in haiti is something you don't want to leave too quickly. it's so refreshing!

we hadn't done a "rice night" in awhile. and it felt appropriate.
{rice night = eating just rice for dinner plus there is a dollar at each person's place to put in our rice night jar. with the money, we buy food for our food pantry at church. we just added that the kids can also add their own money to this. which many did. it's totally up to them.}

making a gift for a friend. just because. i love her heart.

these boys play football ALL.THE.TIME. any chance they get.

went on a long walk (they rode their bikes) one morning. my mind needed it!

lincoln picked these for me!

gotta love all the question marks about birth history...

i'm not sure i'll ever get to the point where i'm embracing fall this year. but i will acknowledge it.

it's been a LONG time since we had a "friend friday"! the boys have football games most friday evenings, and we usually have to leave for that whole ordeal 20 minutes after rebekah gets home from school. no time for friend fridays.

but this past friday there were no games! so all the kids IN school had a friend over. it was a full, fun, busy house! and i LOVED it!

and then pat and i went out to dinner that night. it was a GREAT night of good conversation. i think we had both had enough time to process some things and were in a good place to share and talk and listen. ah, i love him.

that was just the beginning of such an amazing weekend that i CRIED when it was over...