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Picture of the Week: Baby Firefighter

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This fun riding toy is at our church. We spend a lot of time there, and on this day, Seahawk was pushing Small Fry around the hallways (we were the only ones there – hubby has his office at the church while we’re painting his home office). Small Fry was having so much fun!

As for not having any posts this week, I just couldn’t think of anything, and it didn’t seem worth it to try to come up something mediocre instead of waiting for something good to write about.

Happy weekend!

–Wendy

Picture of the Week: The Lion Kids

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I walk to the store with the kids nearly every day. It’s not the most efficient use of time (or money) as opposed to buying big and freezing, but I don’t like not leaving the house at all on a day, especially as the weather gets nicer. I also don’t like walking without a destination in mind, so this is the system that works for us.

On the edge of the store property, there are two rocks that look just like those in The Lion King, and every time we walk by, the boys ask if they can climb on them. About every third time, I let them. Last night was one such time.

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I hope your weekend is full of God’s wonder.

–Wendy

This Moment: Walking

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Inspired by Soule Mama

A Friday ritual. A single photograph – no words – that a capture a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, remember, savor.

“If we take care of the moments, the years will take care of themselves.” ~Maria Edgeworth

If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a comment with the link for all to find.

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Wishing you blessings this weekend.

–Wendy

This Moment: Tired

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Inspired by Soule Mama.

A Friday ritual. A single photograph – no words – that capture a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor, remember.

If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link to your “moment” in the comments for all to find.

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Have an amazing weekend!

–Wendy

This Moment: 3 Brothers

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Inspired by Soule Mama.

This moment: a Friday ritual. A single photograph – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to savor, remember.

If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link to your “moment” in the comments for all to see.

“If we take care of the moments, the years will take care of themselves.” -Maria Edgeworth

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Have a blessed weekend.

–Wendy

Picture of the Week May 6-10

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We picked the kids up from Club Mud on Tuesday (more on that here) and hubby and Seahawk put Small Fry down in the grass, expecting – at least on hubby’s part – that he would hate it. Well, he didn’t. He loved it. So they helped him walk until we got to the sidewalk. Small Fry is still shoeless (I don’t believe in putting shoes on kids until they walk outside often enough to need them), so he had to be carried once we hit the hot pavement.

It won’t be long now until Small Fry is walking on his own. All he needs is confidence.

Happy Mother’s Day to all who are moms. May God richly bless you and your families.

–Wendy

Picture of the Week

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As you may (or may not) know, my hubby draws comics. Not Spider-Man style, Calvin and Hobbes style. He also writes and illustrates picture books (written for adults but kids also enjoy them). Selling his books is how we make most of our living. As a side business, he also does book layouts for people (taking the word document and/or illustrations and getting it/them ready for the printer). Anyway, today’s pictures are all about his drawings. A little back story first, though.

The way he sells enough books for us to live off of is by going into locally owned grocery stores and doing a “book signing.” Basically, he sets up a table and some books and sells them girl-scout-cookie style. Back in December, a rep from Smart Car bought one. About a month ago, he (the rep) emailed hubby inviting him to be part of the “Art Your Smart” event in Portland. Basically, hubby gets to spend the day (yesterday and today) drawing all over a Smart car white-board style.

Here are the four sides of his creation:

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Warning: DO NOT TRY THIS on a regular car. White Smart cars are made out of a material that will dry erase with expo markers. Regular cars are not. I take no liability for any drawn-on cars.

Have a blessed weekend! And Happy Cinco de Mayo for any who celebrate it :).

–Wendy

Picture of the Week

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I actually have 2 for you guys today, both featuring Small Fry.

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This was only his second time in a swing. Because he was born in July, he was too little to play in one last year, and then it got cold and rainy. It’s finally nice enough that we can go to the park again :).

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Last night, we had my brother and sister-in-law over for dinner, along with their two sons. The two babies (Small Fry is 9 months old, and his cousin – though bigger than him – is 7 months old) played together too beautifully not to document photographically :).

Have a wonderful weekend!

–Wendy

Picture of the Week

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We went to the annual Northwest Quilters’ Expo last weekend in Portland. No one but me was looking forward to it, but once we got in there everyone had a lot of fun. The quilts were absolutely stunning – I’ll try to remember to do a full post on them next week. One of the activities they had for kids was to design their own quilt block. After the expo, they were going to be sending all the blocks to seamstresses to piece them together and turn them into a (or many, I’m not sure) quilt for underpriveleged children in the area. This is Munchkin with his block.

As a side note, this picture was the first time I used the Snapseed app on my phone. Here’s the original picture:

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What do you think? Did I make it better or mess it up?

–Wendy

P.S. This post is completely from my phone; I wasn’t able to go into hubby’s office this week to use the computer to prep my posts. That’s why I don’t have my usual graphic signature today.

Picture of the Week

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This was Monday, and I’ve been looking forward to today’s post all week so I could share this with you guys! Seahawk isn’t really sleeping, but Small Fry is. Using the  song from Wednesday’s post, Seahawk cuddled his baby brother to sleep. He was so proud of himself!

Have a fabulous weekend!

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