True Spring

It's been delightful to have a true spring. 

I've been reading of 100° temperatures in Texas. And we're having cool winds and showers and 70's here in Missouri. Next week might give us 90's, but right now it's nice and cool sitting on the front porch.

Modern Moods Imagery

Modern Moods Imagery

Modern Moods Imagery

Amos and Lanaya Elizabeth engagement photos. I love them!

Modern Moods Imagery

The kittens trying to nurse all at once! 

I saw so many of these little white butterflies on my walk today. 

I believe they must be Cabbage Whites.

Phoebe started working a few weeks ago at His Place. It's a coffee shop/cafe in town ~ a neat meetup and hang out place. The building used to be a bank way back when......

The pool is open. Harrison has a lot of summer pool plans.

My Charlotte Mason picture biography is available for preorder for Hardback! I didn't think it would be in hardback this quickly. Thank you to Blue Sky Daisies for all your hard work!

Friends from college were here a few weeks ago to preach and tell us about the mission in Ireland that they are working on getting to. We had a good time eating with them after church along with Mimi and Papa and the Kurz's from church. Lots of kids around the table! It was really fun to catch up and hear about future plans.

Check out the Tuttles and where they're headed! Oh, and Nick Tuttle does some awesome art work, so go see some of that work at EncounterHim Art.

Harrison turned 12 this week. He didn't want to do anything big. Just have his first sleepover with a friend.

His supper choice was baked potatoes, lime jello, and a giant cookie cake.

Jonathan swiped a picture of them in their sleeping bags reading books in the dark with flashlights. They both enjoy the Redwall series. 

You can see how the corn has grown a few inches since the last picture. 

We get to see this from the front porch every day. 

Amazing. 

I have a couple of recommendations for you. We watched a documentary called Eve in Exile. A little blurb from their website says, 

"This documentary follows author Rebekah Merkle as she discusses the role of Christian women in today’s world, the pitfalls and distractions we should avoid, and how we should approach rebuilding the ruins of the West."

It was really encouraging to watch and I recommend all my female friends and family to check it out. I mean, guys can watch it too....... no one is gonna stop you. 😄

And I am in the middle of a podcast episode that I am really enjoying. It might be dangerous to recommend something that I haven't finished yet. But if the first 3/4 is safe, I'm sure the rest is great too! It's Andrew Peterson and Tim Mackie from the Bible Project. I've loved hearing a little of each of their stories and them talking about Trees at the Heart of Creation.