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Winter Rainbow

We used to live in Arlington, VA. This was taken on one evening in late December. God is amazing! And why can’t every evening sky be like this? Not So SAHM ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~

That one time in Amboise, France

For our 15th anniversary we went to Amboise, France. Un voyage en amoureux. Amboise is a small town along the Loire River about 2 hours south of Paris. S’il vous plaît, take a quick tour back there with me. There’s a castle looking over the city. This was once the home of the French royalContinue reading “That one time in Amboise, France”

We took the week off! (Homeschool scheduling)

homeschool break, spring break, kids playing in yard Not So SAHM

It wasn’t obvious to me when I first started scheduling our school years that I needed to add in some REGULAR break time. I wanted to do school for about 180 days, and in my flawed thinking, the faster we got that done, the sooner our summer could begin. Forget the love of learning; forgetContinue reading “We took the week off! (Homeschool scheduling)”

Scale in Photography (St Louis Arch)

I follow Digital Photography School on Facebook and read their post the other day about How to Use the Human Form to Give a Sense of Scale to Your Images. I love the images that they use as examples. I love lines. It reminded me of this picture I took a couple years ago whenContinue reading “Scale in Photography (St Louis Arch)”

Learning by experience

I was reading through the ofamilyblog earlier today (this post) and what she said, what I quoted above, screamed out to me. I think we all realize this, and I even know this about myself and how I learn best, but I need the fresh awareness of wise thoughts like the above. I taught myselfContinue reading “Learning by experience”

Love is work. . . (but not that hard in Paris)

Love is work. . . and so rewarding. We’re locked together, doing life as one. Har. Har. We were blessed to visit Paris a couple of summers ago. One of the traditions is to place a lock on one of the bridges along the Seine. This is the Pont des Arts. We had our girlsContinue reading “Love is work. . . (but not that hard in Paris)”