Timing myself and setting a limit on how much I can write per photo..on your marks, get set...

My sister Janet graduated, one point away from a 4.0 average, incredible.

Janet leaned over to my mom later in the day and said "Hey mom your little homeschool girl just graduated with her masters!" And then Janet did a little dance.

Janet and her very best friend Abby.

My friend Rachael. She is adopting a little boy from Ethiopia and her family and friends put together a shower for her.  Rachael and Jon are going to be amazing parents,  AMAZING!

Soup

I asked them for one thing on Mother's day, one picture of them with me, just one, even if it came out blurry, or poor lighting, just one to remember them on this day..how can they be this big already?

I caught Etienne walking in circles around the yard listening to the ocean, with a mouth full of sunflower seeds.   I asked him why he was not smiling back at me ( I though something was wrong because he is always so smiley), so he did smile and then a few seeds fell out.  I won't even ask next time.

My Mother's day gift from Steve was a gift card and four and a half hours alone in Borders!   I walked out of there so gorged on inspiration, I could hardly walk!  I spent my card on this precious cook book written by Tessa Kiros, she writes cookbooks the way I want them written, it is like she knows me and sat down to make this cookbook JUST FOR ME.  Juls bought me her other cookbook and now I get to flip through them and pick out recipes while I eat breakfast in the mornings!

During the rush to get ready for church, their was a cloud of whispers coming from the living room, all three kids were laying on the floor with their heads hovering over a piece of paper, when I walked by they all put their hands on the paper and smiled at me, when I was out of the room the whispering resumed, this went on every time I walked past, and then right before we left they handed me my little notebook filled with their kind thoughts.

The sisters took my Mom out to the Olive Garden, Left to right on the conservative side of the table, Myself, Julie, and Martha.

Not so conservative side of the table, Janet, my Mom, and Renay.

I went to the rehearsal for a wedding I was shooting and arrived early enough to stop at a small park, I rolled the window down so that I could hear my Favorite Crowder song playing and stood under this Lilac tree to pray for my bride and Groom and for the upcoming wedding.  The wind was blowing the blossoms back and forth and sending its perfume down, everything is in bloom right now.

 Steve and I drove to Philly for an appointment with our homestudy provider, some parts of Philly have row houses where the owner will paint only their side of the house.  Steve and I were thinking of verses and sermon illustrations to go along with this image.

Okay time's up....you should see the list of things I have to accomplish today!