This morning we woke up to this. When you live in the desert, a rainy day is cause for celebration. We filled the morning with memory games, Valentine crafts, painting, and listening to thrifted albums. What a beautiful day. __________________________________________ Don’t forget to follow the FH Bloggers as they share stories from Bangladesh this week! I’m loving Logan’s first post “The Adventure” at Life for Dessert.
Since learning how to use Photoshop, one of my favorite things to do is find and use free fonts. There are tons to choose from and new ones popping up each day, so I thought I would share 10 of my favorite fonts with you. Use these in Photoshop, Word, wherever. When you download them into your font directory, they will show up in all of your programs! For more…
This quote is an excerpt from a letter that Martin Luther King Jr. wrote in a Birmingham jail on April 16, 1963. I probably read it in school at some point, although I don’t remember being so humbled and challenged as I was when I read it again last night. Whether you’ve read it before or not, I encourage you to take it in today with fresh eyes and an…
To the man who tells me I’m beautiful, even when I’m wearing a ratty sweatshirt, crazy hair and bags under my eyes. To the man who never lets me get away with taking life too seriously. To the man who makes grey look good (he’s going to hate that I said that!). Happy Anniversary, Jeff. Here’s to 11 years and many more. {photos by ashbstarr photography}
Santa brought Leila the pink camera she had been hoping for. She’s been busy taking pictures of the dogs, her brother, her feet, the sky. And her dad, who is always up for posing. My little photographer in training.
“Lift up your eyes, a Son is come.”
Joe and Leila opened up shop yesterday for one more push before their advent conspiracy money is due. They had an amazing outpouring of donations from people driving by and long-distance PayPal donations. They braved the cold by snacking on chocolate donuts and waving frantically at each car that came through the neighborhood. Each customer got the carefully worded explanation from Joe, “We are raising money for kids in Malawi,…