ten on ten (a day late and a picture short)

Take a photo every hour for ten consecutive hours on the tenth of each month. Document a day of your life and find beauty among the ordinary moments.

What gets me going in the morning.

Time to wake up the kids.

Dropping the kids off.

Way too stinkin' cold!!!

It's cold, but so, so pretty!

Wash dishes. Check!

I would so love to be doing that right now!

Gotta remember to return the movies.

Fun in the snow!

vacation

We just got home from

a wonderful couple days away in

Breckenridge.

It was covered in snow

and even though it was really super cold,

it was beautiful.

We walked around town

and saw quite few cool snow statues.

Mark especially liked the monkey.

We stopped in Frisco and

checked out their tubing hill.

Ron and Mark skied

and Adam boarded.

Gregory, Kate and I

stayed cozy in the condo.

It was the perfect little getaway.

A great way to start off 2011!

Please pray for Samuel

Go here to learn about Samuel

and his fight for his precious little life.

Samuel's father,

who has endured many of his own

long and painful trials,

grew up at the same church that I did.

Please be praying for this family.

'tis the Season

We're still working on up-packing

and arranging stuff from the move,

but that didn't stop Mark and Kate

from pulling out all the Christmas decorations

Thanksgiving weekend.

They had such a fun time putting everything

right where they thought it should go.

It sure looks interesting (aka: messy!)

but they had a blast and I hardly

lifted a finger.

This past weekend they got Ron to get a tree

which they then decorated pretty much

all by themselves.

It's so fun to see how excited they get

and how well they get along when they're

doing something together that

they enjoy so much.

totally random

Here are a few quick pics from the last month...

Kate and her friends all ready to Trick or Treat around the new neighborhood.

Scary Mark.

Adam and his friends heading off to Homecoming.

Gregory behind a camera. One of his favorite places.

when in doubt, bake something

After powering through a bunch of boxes this morning,

I was ready for a break.

My sister told me about a recipe for some really yummy cookies

that she made and I wanted to give them a try.

I couldn't find the exact ingredients,

so I varied it a little and here's what I came up with .

Mix a box of cake mix,

a can of pumpkin,

and half a bag of white chocolate chips together.

Bake for 13 minutes at 350

and voila!

Super duper yuminess!!!

They're really little, so they end up being the perfect size

to just pop one (or maybe 5)

in your mouth.

The original recipe calls for

a box of yellow cake mix

a can of pumpkin

and a bag of cinnamon chips.

I still want to try those,

but I haven't been able to find any cinnamon chips yets.

Oh, and I almost forgot,

I added some chopped pecans to mine too.

And I've got this in the crockpot for dinner.

Here's to new recipes

to get me out of my cooking rut!

views

We went from a view of this...

to a view of this.

And a view of this...

to a view of this.

We're still buried under boxes,

but it feels so good to be

home.