Favorite Picture Day 2

Okay, here's Bridger helping make potato salad.

Oh, that mayo is messy!

favorite picture day - again

A few days ago, I posted pictures of these kids at our Utah home in the fall. Here they are in their Virginia home in winter.

Oliver, Anna, Imogen, Lucy with the pink birthday boots.

I can't wait until travel becomes cheap and fast.

The picture made me cry.

It was from years ago, and showed of happier times....a young couple in love.

Looking to the future with love and hope and stars in their eyes.

I'm not sure what happened to those dreams.

So now the picture is tucked away in a far corner.

My wish is that there will be love and hope and stars in the eyes again.

For, I do believe in those dreams.

Favorite Picture Day

Here's what I have to say:

RAH always looks so great in pictures!

(Be sure to double click on the picture so that you can see it in full screen mode. )

Yesterday, we took a young adult in our ward out for lunch, and she said, when he was out of hearing,

"He's so kind!

You sure were lucky to get such a nice person to be married to!"

Well, I can't argue with that.

A Look at Favorite Christmas/Holiday Books

Okay, so I've read them lots of times before.

In fact, every Christmas.

They still make me laugh, bring a tear to my eye, and remind me of what the season is really all about.

As a middle school librarian, I loved reading picture books to the fifth graders each day.

They would run in, sit in the kiva, and I'd read a book before they went to look for their own books to read.

One of my all-time favorite picture books to read to the fifth graders during the Christmas/Hanukkah season is this delightful book. In our small Idaho town, there was only one family that I knew of who celebrated Hanukkah, but I wanted to expose the students to other cultures, religions, so it was fun to tell the students about Hanukkah, what it meant, and how important it was to the Jewish people, just as Christmas is important to the Christian.

I hadn't actually thought about this book for a long time, but my daughter is friends with a person who celebrates Hanukkah, so I was reminded of this delightful book.

(Kristi, it's coming soon in the mail to a mailbox near you.)

Neither a Borrower Nor a Lender Be

When she asked if she could borrow it, I was nervous.

Because I knew her history, I knew her inclinations.

And, I knew I was likely to not ever get it back.

I was right.

Favorite Picture Day

Oliver, Lucy, Imogen, Anna
Oh, so cute and oh, so far away!