i snapped these pictures on an evening walk in july.
this place was still so very new then.
and as i look back at these pictures, they look somehow younger.
{three months makes a difference. three months can make a great difference.}
we are so much more settled here now. and so much more settled within ourselves and with each other, i think. this place, this sunlight, this sky, our choices to give our time to each other, to fresh air and windswept mountain sides and sunshine has been healing for us, grounding, centering.
we are all growing. i love watching my children grow into themselves, grow into who they are becoming. they are fun, funny, beautiful, smart, kind and wonderful.
when i am listing gratitudes, i must list maddie and isaac, joy and laughter, hugs and snuggles, sweet heads resting on my shoulder, deep conversations and light-hearted jokes, the two babies i rocked who will soon be tall enough to look me straight in the eye, the two tiny ones who grew inside of me and now grow beside me. yes, i must list maddie and isaac. over and over again.
..... giving thanks always and for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ ..... Eph 5:20