"BUT MARY TREASURED UP ALL THESE THINGS AND PONDERED THEM IN HER HEART." LUKE 2:19

~ things i love with a capital P ~

PERSPECTIVE, pottery barn patio furniture displays, practically all track jackets, putting my hope in Christ alone, photography, pistachio nuts, parenting as a privilege, pairs of cute sunglasses, painful times deepening friendships, pink bubblegum ice cream (by the pint), perseverance, practical jokes, people, people i can trust, plumeria flowers, pearl earrings that were my grandma's, pantene smooth vitality conditioner, plopping clutter into the trash, pigtails all messed up after naptime on my girls, purel hand sanitizer, painting walls with color, pouring into people's lives, plush blankets, prioritizing, polished nails, pharmacies with 24hr drive-thrus, places where palm trees survive winter, packing away my 2009 "calendar", pacific northwest mountains & rivers, pie plates with fluted edges, purpose, puppies named bronson, preferring the word pacing vs. procrastinating, people who love to say i'm sorry more than they love to hear it, pocket-sized butterfingers, phone calls with special friends, piano music, patterned scarves, practicing not to presume things, planting flowers in pots, passion, penne pasta, panda bears reminding me of my love for HK & japan, pillows that are just right, praise & worship freeing people of pride & insecurities, paying for starbucks coffee with gift cards, putting on my running shoes, pomegranate mixed drinks, putting off dishes till company leaves, purses filled with lipgloss, people who can be vulnerable, parties for every occasion, politeness, plane rides to far away places, popcorn that's air-popped, paul marrying stephanie, pedicures, peaceful homes, price tags with a clearance sticker on them, pre-recorded tv watching, poverty prompting compassion, pieces of angel food cake & strawberries for breakfast, peeking in on my girls while they sleep, products from bath-n-body works, packs of trident spearmint gum, people who can laugh & be witty when life gets hard, paper plates in bulk, papa murphys garlic spinach chicken artichoke de-lite pizza, pretending my girls and i wrote 'put your arms around me' by natasha bedingfield for each other & singing/dancing to it each night after work to remind me to put grace & humor in EVERYTHING (towards myself & them) or it will feel like a really long work week, a very short life, and an inevitable amount of colorful language exposure that i couldn't possibly blame all on the playground...............

we're. crazy. about. these. songs.


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Thursday, October 2, 2008

Eden turns FOUR! December 2006

This is Eden's "Tinker Bell" 4th Birthday Party at the Children's Museum. She is the epitome of a little "Fairy" always running around in dress up clothes (in the house and out in public!) At the time she was almost 4 and she said her favorite things to do in the whole world were: "coloring and leaping!" It made us all laugh and smile so much!

She got to pick out a beautiful Tinker Bell pinata & I think we filled it full enough because there were leftovers on the ground (I love bulk candy at Winco!) Thanks Daddy & Uncle Cheese for holding it-glad we used the rubber bat!
Some of her other favorites from this party were getting to pick out a Tinker Bell decorated cake with a figurine on top, the menu: (mini corn dogs, grapes, and sherbet cups,Daddy made a delicious buffet of adult food for everyone else), running around in a tutu, and those Tinker Bell hats and goodie bags (we still have a couple around here!!), and many special gifts from all of those who love her; baby stroller, my little ponies, she was very surprised at the end of the party by the Barbie 2-wheeler bike sitting at the front doors. And of course she loved the Tinker Bell ensemble that she came up with herself including a crown and wand. Next to busting open the pinata herself her next favorite thing was having her daddy hide in the museum and they all ran around screaming looking for him! I love you and your little wings Eden.

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