"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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Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Halloween 2008

After I did up Hallé's face and explained to her why I was drawing on it and showed her in the mirror, she just kept pointing and saying...
"Heeeey, look mine bear nose!"

I think Eden's whole outfit she got with Grammie Beth this year evolved from her love of these silver shoes she got last year from her Grandma Jolene..and her desire to use Grandma's silver hair glitter in her hair! I'm grateful she has such "sparkly grandmas!"


Our First Trick-or-Treaters...(L-R)

Eden, Hallé, Sydney, Grady, and Justin the Ferocious Lion!

(L) Cousin Zain the MONKEY!
Cousin Aiden-4 months old!

"Let's go Fill These Bags!"

"Who are these people with animals and tree ornaments on their heads...& what did they do with my Grammie & Grampie?????"

Hannah Montana, "Super Mom", & Pooh Bear!


Here come the candy hunters!!!!

(L-R)
Jaedyn, Ella, Peyton, Zoe, Michael, Eden, Hallé, Abby

This photo below was taken by the Tri-City Herald & posted on their Photo Gallery of downtown trick or treating... (R) Eden as Hannah Montana in downtown Kennewick with her TinkerBell friend Abby and the rest of the gang following behind!

"Fill my Hunny Pot Please!!"
We had to explain to Hal after she got the hang of this that they wouldn't just keep filling her bag if she just kept standing there with it open...

(Turns out we were wrong...she did get the most candy by the end of the night!)


Here are the girls "enjoying their TREASURES!"


Don't worry Uncle Paul we've been brushing all hours of the day!

Daddy had one last minute costume idea for Hallé...to try his on...

i love you Hallé, but NO MULLETS ALLOWED!
(Thank goodness the billybob teeth didn't fit!)

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