wordless wednesday

once again, God, You have left me wordless...

thankful thursday

i don't think these pictures need any explanation, but i'm not one to not say anything!

today i am thankful for sunsets...

all these pictures were taken somewhere in minnesota. so i don't know if i should be thankful for sunsets, or minnesota sunsets! the first two were on our way to grand rapids on december 23, 2008.

this...

...turned into this in a matter of 10 minutes.

these pictures were taken from the car on our way back to kansas city on january 2, 2009. ben pulled over on the side of the road to let me capture this photo...

then he pulled over about 90 seconds later when it turned to this!

as we were coming into the cities the sunset got super beautiful. it almost looked like the city was on fire. this is the only picture i got though, because buildings and highways were in the way almost immediately.

i don't know how anyone could not be thankful for a sight like this! what an amazing God we have, to be able to create something so spectacular!

From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the LORD is to be praised. Psalm 113:3

what are you thankful for today?

art in all forms

all over my house i have art. samantha art. she makes pictures for us all the time and she used to just give them to us personally. but then she found out where i keep the tape and one day i walked into my room and was almost startled by the picture of her on my bedroom wall. (also taped on my wall: 5 strawberries and a note for ben and i with a picture of the three of us in heaven.)

now her pictures just pop up everywhere and my "murals of samantha art" grow every day, it seems. the fridge is the newest hot spot because she doesn't want to waste the tape!

miscellaneous drawings on the kitchen wall including homemade "stop" and "go" signs

i have a stack of pictures and such that samantha has made that i just can't part with. i didn't have a favorite until the other day. she was busy drawing and asked me, "how do you spell Jesus?" so i told her and a few minutes later she came in and stuck this picture on the fridge. "it's for Jesus. for when we get to go to heaven." (it's a picture of Jesus in heaven) she even held it up for Him to see!

today i received a package in the mail... it was a crazy quilt that my grandma made for me. isn't it beautiful! i wish the photo could justify all the detail in it. thanks gramma ~ it's beautiful!

and speaking of beautiful art, this is what God made for samantha and i on our drive home tonight.....