baby bump day

It isn't often that you have good friends who ask, "Can I take some photos of your daughter?" (for free, well, for a payback for helping think through a building project. but this photo shoot was MORE than payback for what I did for them.) We are blessed with so many creative friends around us, and I am grateful for the beautiful images that Danielle sent me this morning. It was a real treat to look through all the images she captured of our family and our sweet 3.5 year old girl. Here is just one, to highlight The Bump, and Big Sister's love of the wee one. And, oh, the light, isn't it breathtaking?!

Between Fall and Winter

We made a good dent in our Fall Bucket List. Which is good since winter, advent, and Christmas are just around the corner!

How are you going to prepare? Here are a few links that might help!

Who do you need to buy gifts for? christmas goodies week: gift list
How will you keep track of all those Wish Lists? christmas goodies week: wish list
How are you going to make Advent Special for your little ones? Maybe a Jesse Tree?

Just keep Swinging

image by marc johns

Some days are harder than others, Mondays are hard for us. P begs the Mister not to go to work, and I silently plead right along with her. The weekends end too quickly. These days I find that a trip to the park can shift our bad attitude and P and I are then able to move forward into the week. One must not forget the power of the swing!

Unforgetable

Apparently, I am not the only one who found the moment before the game yesterday to be fantastically beautiful. It seems to be all over the papers today!

From the Lincoln Journal Star to the front page of the New York Times, everyone was touched by these moments of silence and solidarity between two teams at the start of the game.

NE vs. Penn State

A week full of drama, scandal, firings, and riots for Penn State had to be a difficult way to prepare for this game. But prepare they did, and so did Nebraska. It was a great day for a football game and one that started so lovely.

I have never seen such a beautiful beginning to a game with such hype. All of the players, co-mingled, in the middle of the field took a knee and were lead in prayer by Ron Brown. It was a sight.

The day was lovely, we could not have had better weather, or better company. And we won, that was a perfect ending to the game. Go Big Red!

Lil Red joined us at the game too, he may be a kicker someday?! Well, he is a kicker now, but who knows what being out of the womb will do for him!