Sunshine

We are all enjoy the tidbits of sunshine that come peeking through the clouds lately... 

Some of us more than others!

Snowy Weeekend Two

When the boys came home they were outside for several hours and came in only for food and to warm up.

Chris started making an igloo...

Jake was just throwing snowballs at everyone and eating ice and snow like it could sustain him forever...

Isaac was doing a little bit of everything!

(in case your wondering, that's a big jawbreaker in his cheek...)

I went out for a few minutes just to take a few pictures, but it was way too cold for me!

I love the snow, but super happy that its glad that gone now!

Wordless Wednesday

Clouds and Storms

This double rainbow showed up out of the blue

But when I turned around… this was coming:

 

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Another day (back in May), we went on the roof and spent quite a while watching God have fun with the wind, clouds, thunder, rainbows and sunshine. He sure had fun that day!

 

 

These pictures don’t even come close to doing the storms beauty justice, but it gives a little taste.

Hope you enjoyed them as much as I did!

Spring

Yesterday I laid in my parents backyard in the sunshine reading and listening to the birds. It is definitely Spring! Little birds, flitting from here to there, gathering nesting materials, food for babies, chirping and singing… It really made for a relaxing afternoon!

Of course, I had to take pictures!

This is a mama robin who watched me very closely as I took pictures.

 

 

Then, my mom and I took advantage when the mama robin flew away for a minute and this is what we discovered:

… 2 very new chicks and an egg! This nest is so beautifully made too – round and soft and deep. Amazing.

 

We discovered 2 other nest in other areas of their yard too:

I didn’t get a good picture of this one, but it is made by Bushtits, tiny little birds. It is like a hanging mass of tree debris, another amazingly built nest!

This was the other nest, still in the making:

We don’t know what the name of the bird that is making this one is (Erica, do you have any ideas?) but they, too, are TINY! Mom managed to get a picture of this one as he/she was gathering nesting materials in a neighbor’s garden.

 

 

What a wonderful, sunny, relaxing day!

Hope yours was wonderfully blessed too! Happy Monday!

Photos that I am proud of and want to show them off!

Joseph, Christian’s best friend

Lisa, Joseph’s mom and my very good friend

Julianna, Lisa’s Daughter and Joseph’s twin

and the many faces of my Christian

 

Unfortunately, Jakob, Isaac and DeJay (Lisa’s youngest boy) weren’t in the mood to have many pictures taken, much less being posed and asked to smile! It was a crazy day of dodging the rain, occupying kids and 2 mommies trying not to pull their hair out!