Beautiful Day

The weather today was beautiful. After a morning filled with chores (Mommy & Daddy) and playing with the same old toys (Big & Little Sister) we all decided we needed to get out of the house!

So, we headed to the meadows.

The girls were super ready to hit the swings again.

And the slides too.

Little Sister even went down the tall slide by herself (with Hope, while Mommy took Big Sis to the potty. Mommy's nerves probably could not have handled it. Especially after Little Sis jumped up & down on the bridge.)

But her favorite of all were the swings.

Big Sister enjoyed them too. She is learning trying to learn to pump.

After playing for a while, we joined our friends for dinner. Grilled outside. In January. I just hope it doesn't get crazy cold again, because after today, I'm ready for Spring. Which, for someone who loves snow as much as I do, is saying a lot!


I hope you were able to have some time to relax with your family on this holiday, even if you weren't able to enjoy a three day weekend. I also hope you take a moment to remember the man and mission remembered on this day. I'm planning on reading the chapter about MLK in one of my favorite books, Soul Survivor by Philip Yancey. I highly recommend it.


"What is needed is a realization that power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love." ~Martin Luther King Jr. in his speech "Where do we go from here?"

In the name of love, what more in the name of love?

(Ok, that's not the same u2 song as the title of this post, but it is a song by the same band, about MLK, and the ringtone for my phone before it went all crazy on me. So why not?)