A Picture Perfect Evening

April Shower of Photos

Just mommy and Luke take an early evening walk to the creek

Saint Francis-Pray For Us

We tried to keep St. Francis in our thoughts today on this his feast day.
During lunch I read The Good Man of Assisi.
The kids did pick out an unusual assortment of animals for St. Francis to pose with. Next, we headed outdoors to admire God's beauty.

We found God's beauty up high in the trees,

on the ground,

and in the fields.

We looked for God's tiny creatures,




and instead of squishing this big ugly spider that was in the kitchen, in honor of St. Francis's love of all living things, I caught it and let it go free outdoors.



Finally, we learned that the Christmas tradition of a displaying a Nativity scene was started by St. Francis. When we learned this, Gracie headed into the craft books and found this Nativity to cut out and proudly display.

Labor Day 2007

Summer is coming to an end and the weather is beginning to cool down quite a bit. Yesterday it was 40 degrees when we got up in the morning, but the sunshine is still raising the temperatures into the 80's in the afternoon.
We went to Grandma and Grandpa's to do some yardwork this morning. Matt trimmed all the bushes.

While Matt was busy working, I took the kids for a walk to the creek and the train tracks. We found these beautiful spotted touch-me-nots along the creek,

and a passenger train sped by just at the right time.

After dinner, the kids and I went out and transformed our summer time flagpole into our autumn flagpole. Everybody was helping.

Gracie seems to blend right in with our scarecrows-Jack and Jill.