1.07.2010

everyday things

sometimes i think that i love my life too much...

its the little things. and the big things.

a few mornings ago silas and i were in walmart and an older man who worked there was stocking shelves. he had a big belly and a long white beard. silas is 2. you know what is coming. silas shouts in a booming voice, tiny finger pointing at the man...

"santa claus!!!"

i'm trying to not laugh too loud as i try to push the cart on and tell silas that that is not santa claus, but just a man who works at walmart.

he's sure about what he sees.

"no, that santa claus!"

a few minutes later "santa claus" was stocking shelves on the isle we were on. silas leans around me and says in the voice most filled with wonderment....

"hi santa claus. hi santa claus. hi santa claus..." {on repeat}

"santa claus" never acknowledged silas, but another customer stopped as asked me if that was indeed what he was saying, and she walked away laughing. i heard her laughing several isles over, too.

only minutes later on the cereal isle, an unsuspecting customer walks by us to grab his grape nuts off the shelf...and we would have just gone on, but it was early in the morning and this guy was still wearing his bright blue pajama pants covered in bright yellow smiling faced moons...

"mama, he in pajamas!!!"

silas yells this, perfectly clear, not just in that tongue that only parents could understand.

the man looks at me, obviously embarrassed and i can only laugh and explain that 2 year olds call it like they see it. fortunately this guy had a good sense of humor.


{the jokester himself pretending to sleep in the laundry basket as i write this....}

12.20.2009

i will not take these things for granted

11.25.2009

i am thankful for...

: my God
: tim
: my marriage
: silas
: my whole family
: health
: tims job
: the fact that my parents are still in love
: my siblings {by blood and marriage}
: sun
: rain
: getting to watch silas learn new things everyday
: plenty of food
: deep relationships
: developing relationships
: a home
: warm water
: electricity
: pumpkin pudding
: a car
: good soil
: imagination
: inspiration
: my favorite sweatshirt
: world perspective
: good conversation
: laughter
: tears
: clean drinking water

and so much more...

what are you thankful for?

{happy thanksgiving day!}

11.16.2009

what a difference 17 months makes...


{summer 2008}



{fall 2009}


time keeps passing...trying to be present in these moments...they go by so fast!

{both photos taken by an amazing artist, erin conrad - thank you erin for these sweet moments captured!}

11.07.2009

easy like saturday morning

oh the joy that comes from....

playing with plastic numbers...

eating lunch outside...

and playing in leaves...





simple is sweet.

the many faces of silas jack


sad

mad

pensive

surprised

happy

did you know that pouring skills directly correlate with reading skills?

neither did i. learning things like this is just one of the many many many joys that comes from living with my parents while our house is being built. thanks mom.

things like that, and binary math. thanks dad.





11.02.2009

i'm so proud of my tulsa runner!


{almost finished!}


{cathey and tim at the finish line after the run}

good job tim and cathey on completing the 15k tulsa run!!! well done!



{the tulsa run is one of our favorite things about a tulsa fall...this year silas and i cheered tim and cathey {one of tim's sisters} on at the finish line...and it was a beautiful day.}

10.23.2009

buy fair trade

trade as one's mission is to "use sustainable business to break cycles of poverty and dependency in the developing world"....this video is a great two minute education on what its all about.

lets take care of each other!