Thursday, January 30, 2014

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Just finished reading this story to Gabriel.
He never tires of hearing it and I love reading it to him over and over.

Thursday, January 2, 2014

January 1, 2013

My Grandma Lorraine passed away yesterday afternoon in her home.
This photo is the last one I took of her with our littles.
We sang Christmas carols and the kids had her smiling with their dancing and random skits.

Tuesday, December 31, 2013

The Prayer of Sir Francis Drake, 1577

Prayer of Sir Francis Drake

Disturb us, Lord, when We are too well pleased with ourselves,
When our dreams have come true
Because we have dreamed too little,
When we arrived safely
Because we sailed too close to the shore.
Disturb us, Lord, when
With the abundance of things we possess
We have lost our thirst
For the waters of life;
Having fallen in love with life,
We have ceased to dream of eternity
And in our efforts to build a new earth,
We have allowed our vision
Of the new Heaven to dim.
Disturb us, Lord, to dare more boldly,
To venture on wider seas
Where storms will show your mastery;
Where losing sight of land,
We shall find the stars.
We ask You to push back
The horizons of our hopes;
And to push into the future
In strength, courage, hope, and love.

2013












As 2013 draws to a close...