Trinity goes Artsy-craftsy Crazy!

Trinity has been crafting up a storm. I am always impressed with her creative bent as I have always been so-so at that stuff. Her new thing is mailboxes. She has made one for each of us including herself and nothing delights her more than to get "mail" in the morning. She filled mine with little scraps and pictures. Also, she made a cool little cup dude and stuck a bunch of stuff to it. She has probably spent four hours this week cutting and taping things together and drawing on them. Her drawings have improved as well. I am loving the submarine and the classic schoolhouse is prety good.  what do you think? too adorable? All of these projects come from her own imagination or stuff she does at school because heaven knows I am too lazy to drag all the stuff out. It has to be within her reach and on her time so I set her up with a little tub system of all her crafty stuff. She seems to like handling it all by herself.  She is six after all, she knows "all about it".

A spooky splurge

I haven't hit a michaels in 6 months and I had a pier 1 coupon so what do you buy of course but holiday decor? and who can resist the glittery-jittery spider? bring on the monster mash!

 led battery operated. so $16 dollars lasts me many a halloween

 cute right?

with some spidery friends and the word "eek"

Look out!

Before the Moment is Gone

Here is my latest (and 5th!) song. for those of you counting I had set a goal of five by november. yay God! I stuggled with making it a song about a human relationship or a song about the fall. I left some amibiguity in there so you can decide for yourself which you respond better to but there are some definate allusions to mankinds seperation from the relationship we had with God in the garden. I used more human emotions in this so that it is a more poetic feel than perhaps God might actually use were He speaking but of course that makes it more relateable to us. Hmm even as I write that sentence I am thinking it sounds wrong. I mean what are the psalms? and weren't they inspired by God?Also, we know our God is described with many emotional attributes (grieving, jealousy, and most importantly love) and we are created in His image so I feel okay with any license taken. It's the first song I actually prayed about quite often during the writing process. Mostly what I wanted to capture was not any uncertainty of action on God's part (we know that God knows the first from the last), but the desire He had that we might have made the correct choice and lived witihin His perfect will. We have all been in situations where we knew what action had to be taken but we lingered in the moment just before it, desiring a different outcome. something to meditate on. The words are beneath the link.

BEFORE THE MOMENT IS GONE
I know it’s already broken, what we had
I know you did what you thought best

In your acceptance did you pause did you think of me
what were you hoping for?
if thoughts laid bare to your wondering mind
could even up the score

This betrayal, has brought us to the brink
but I won’t fail, I’ll keep the vows I made

Once the choice was made, did it flood your soul
the dark that you let in?
tell me when we’re face to face
what answer will you give?

there was a time when all you wanted was the truth
there was a time when all you needed was my love. . .

When you speak,
I’ll listen to the beating of your heart
you’ll always be worth the sacrifice,
the sacrifice

In the garden won’t you walk, talk with me
I’m trying to hold on
to the moment when there’s nothing in between
what you say and what you mean
you don’t know, what you mean to me. . .

Doing the Puyallup

Free Your Glee! was this year's theme at the fair and boy did the kids try their best. All they wanted to do was rides and guess what? the rides are ridiculously expensive. so they got two apiece. The first time around on the dragon coaster blake had a death grip and a worried expression but once he looked over and saw sister having a great time he decided to chill out and have a good time. It was pretty funny watching him consider whether or not to enjoy the ride. Then he hounded us for more. By the time they got off their second ride it was pretty rainy so we headed back to the barns. Unfortunately, I didn't get to see all the animals I wanted with the rain and the unruly kids. We did see the cows and goats and the kids got to "milk" one. Trinity was actually pretty good at it. We got kusty pup corn dogs and a giant bad of cotton candy (mixed colors of course) and that was our day. I was bummed that we didn't find the photo booths. It's a tradition that Jeremy and I hop in and take some funny shots and I was eager to try the whole family experience. Alas in the rain we votoed heading to the car after the third time around the main drags without finding them. Found out later they were way at the back with all the animals I didn't get to see. poo. we'll do better next year! At least I got some cute pics of the kids on the rides and with the goats

trinity waiting to milk the cow

this is fun!

blake wasn't as enthused

blake was actually thrilled to pet the goat, just didn't catch him at a great time expression wise

yum! cotton candy!

oooh! Rain! and SUGAR!

rawr! cutie patootie

it's too hard mama

Blake was supposed to be apologizing to his sister but kept insisting that it was "too hard" to say. sorry. yes, it can be a hard word to say. It implies humility and admission of guilt. poor little three year old.

Karate Grad

Trinity breaking the boards

bowing victory

Kick!

Certificate

Block! 

the ORANGE BELT. (trinity requested a picture of just the belt)

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Trinity going through her karate form

P.S.

if one's husband "thinks" that he is being "thoughtful" by leaving less than a spoonful of ice cream as proof that he "thought" of you instead of just polishing it off than one wonders if he was really "thinking" at all.

Wenatchee with Nee Nee and Nana

We met my mom and nana overnight in wenatchee. we antiqued, played in the hotel pool, and walked around the lovely Ohme Gardens. Here are some pics to commemorate the momentous occasion. Go Nana! She turned 84 on the 7th and never looks a day older every year I see her. Might I also just add congrats to Jeremy's grandma who turned 89 today. Go grandma Hepner!

old lady hats

at the entrance to the gardenslots of manmade pools built in the 40's. They are just beautiful with an emerald green sort of color and slate paths all around them some of summers last flowers I loved this stone bench. like a giant's chair that dwarfs the kids. another of my adorable kids who were angels for an hour and a half in a giant antique store.  for some reason I like shots where the sun is too bright and washes out parts

self portrait. I'm not vain everyone had already walked ahead. I look cross-eyed but I wanted to get the perfect pond reflection happening. okay I'm a little vain too.wenatchee valleymost of the pools had a waterfall somewhere at them