I’m flying to Sri Lanka today (30 hours of travel, oh my!), and started snapping pictures around my home and family today. If I get homesick, I can flip through my pictures and remember who waits for me. If you have any questions about child sponsorship, or World Vision as an organization, or…

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I have seen some incredible photos taken during what they call “the blue hour.” I decided to sneak out early one morning this week and see what I could find. A few of the best for this week’s Wordless Wednesday.  

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It’s fall here. Sort of. We’ve had a very dry summer, followed by more dry. Indian summer. The grass is dead, except for the weeds And the crazy watering-people’s lawns. We aren’t crazy. We don’t water our grass with drinking water. Do you ever think about that? We shower in drinking water. We wash our…

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Six years ago, I sent my first child off on a yellow bus. 2004 – First time riding a school bus! Elli was pumped. (I can’t find a photo of her heading to kindergarten in 2005 – apparently having a newborn pre-empted photography!) 2006 – Elli entering 1st grade Big Boy entering preschool 2007 –…

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I love to exploretry new things sample new foodsvisit places I’ve never been before exploring is fun to do aloneI spent a summer in New York City while in college(where I didn’t spend all my time exploring alone –that’s the summer my husband and I realized we wanted to get married…but that’s another story) I…

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