More Fruit

Rome Was Not Built in a Day

Neither were my digital scrapbook skills.
Let's just say being a stay at home mom for (yes, count them) 12
years, has diminished my brain's ability to processes new information.
Apparently you need more than Dora the Explorer and Hannah Montana
in your daily routine to keep your brain from turning to mush!
I am reading Oprah's book club selection. Which I highly recommend, but be warned it is very
very deep! At the same time taking this online Digital Scrapbook class.
I am learning so much from both the book and the class.
However my brain hurts, not a headache, more like a sore muscle.
I have found that I do like the digital world of scrapbooking.
And was pleased to find out I was not to dumb after all!
Anyway here are some of the fruits of my labors!
I hope my sister-in-law Kim enjoys them for she is the only one who visits my blog.
So Kim here you go, this may explain why I been slacking a bit on my blog.

To Everything There is a Season

A couple of weeks ago the weather was so gray and overcast and foggy.
My mood matched that of the weather outside.
So I thought instead of wishing this day away
I would grab my camera and spend some time
in the fresh winter air.
As I was trudging through the thigh high snow
and watching my breath come in white puffs,
I found myself wondering.

Is the earth anxious?
Does it feel the anticipation of spring?
Or does it have the Eternal Patience of It's Creator?
Do the trees know, that as they feel the water change from ice to
a slow flowing river that there is a change coming?

Or have they learned after hundreds of years
watching and listening, in there stillness,

that this, the season of sleep is meant for something
truly miraculous! Do they reflect on time already spent, and
Wonder of the possibilities that are to come?
Or do they they have true gratitude in this moment that simply
IS!

Here are some of the images I captured of this season called winter!
I hope I was able to capture the stillness and calm that came to me as I saw
these images through my lens!

It's Raining Babies!

Saturday was Courtney's (Derek sister) baby shower.

I, of course in a hurry to get out the door
forgot my camera!

With me you have to chose, on time, or camera.
Anyway it was a very nice day.
I was able to stop and think throughout the week as I was
preparing for the shower.
What an exciting time this is for her and Tyler.
The anticipation of your FIRST baby.
The excitement of meeting your child for the first time,
having no idea what you are in for.
Not just the amount of work a baby requires,
but the amount of joy and love you instantly feel for a total stranger!
It's almost overwhelming. (in a good way)
So to Courtney and Tyler,
Enjoy this time you have left with just the two of you.
Your world is about to become dramatically different in ways you never expected!
You will soon look at this new life that you have brought into this world,
look at each other and say
"What did we ever do before he came into our lives!"

These are the flowers and decorations I did for the shower.

They almost make me want another baby. Almost