seized, hurled and bound

You know like when...
You work hard on something and then it's hated, or
You finally pay off your car loan and then you need a new "sway bar" whatever that is, or
You have plans to see friends you really miss but your kids get coxackie virus, or
You're missing someone who is gone, or
Your innards can't handle cheese anymore, or
It's the start of another LONG winter, or
Your son isn't growing fast enough, or
Your daughter is born with one hand?!

You know those times?

Last week was a totally crappy, anxiety filled week.

On the worst day, our reading from "Thoughts to Make Your Heart Sing" by Sally Lloyd-Jones brought me to sobs.

And sometimes we don't understand what God is doing in our lives either.  It may even look like God is hurting you.  But you can trust your Shepherd, who loves you.  He carries you close to his heart.

snowy Thanksgiving Eve

November has been a fickle month.  Two days ago we were splashing in puddles and collecting acorns on a long short walk (long as in time, short as in distance)...

And then today was a full scale blizzard!  Ben came home early (!) and we had a family snow party.  Snowballs, tree climbing, a little sledding, and an eight foot snowman.  Way to start off winter right.  Boom.

This girl was loving her first time out in the snow.  I gave her a taste and she was like me last winter -- spazzing out every second that I wasn't holding out a handful for her to eat.  And that pretty much froze her little face right off, so we went in for nursies and cocoa.

A super fun Thanksgiving Eve.  A happy one to you!

so it's winter now i guess...

As beautiful as it was in our neck of the woods this morning, and as fun as it was to see the pups excited about the snow, I have to admit that looking through these photos is giving me a touch of winter anxiety.  I'll just leave it at that.

happy weekend.