October, 2011 - She Laughs at the Days

October 31, 2011April 10, 2023family, I like to make stuff, life with short people, the parenting files, we like adventures

DIY Lord of the Rings Costumes

The young hobbit inscribes his sword with elvish runes. Our family has never really done much for Halloween, but ever since our […]

October 28, 2011April 10, 2023a piece of my mind, hope, personal growth

For When You Feel Powerless

A friend’s daughter spent the last several weeks in the hospital because she told her mom she was thinking about how to […]

October 27, 2011April 10, 2023life with short people, sometimes I think in sermon illustrations, story of my life, The I'm not perfect club, the parenting files

Adornment

All morning, whenever I sit still for her, Little is making me a princess. She inserts hair pins at random, and brushes […]

October 24, 2011April 10, 2023I want to remember, the parenting files

10 years old

It was your auntie Ana who pointed it out to me. “You have your first double digit child.” I hadn’t really thought […]

October 21, 2011April 10, 2023I want to remember, life with short people, the everyday

Pretty Happy Real

Pretty – Flower girl dress with the sash I sewed. Funny – Bam Bam decided to eat his little friend’s shoe last […]

October 18, 2011April 10, 2023daily moments, the everyday, The I'm not perfect club

An Embarrassment of Riches

They are all very loud, standing on the outside edge of the window sill, just behind this couch I sit in. There […]

October 18, 2011April 10, 2023so do something about it, the everyday

the story of moonscape

A couple of years ago, when Aaron and I were first starting The Charis Project Melissa, the daughter of one of our […]

October 12, 2011April 10, 2023a piece of my mind, learning how to not be afraid, sometimes I think in sermon illustrations, story of my life

The Horrible Weight of Freedom

photo by aparejador– Used under CC licence Sometimes when I’m hurtling down the freeway at 70 miles an hour, all 4 children […]

October 8, 2011April 10, 2023I want to remember, life with short people

Entrepreneurship

I don’t know how clear it is from the photo but that guava tree is bent more than double under the weight […]

October 6, 2011April 10, 2023Uncategorized

A Day Out

Rosie from http://ourmothersdaughters.blogspot.com invited us to join her at the botanical gardens yesterday. It is a very interesting place, and smelled divine. It sprinkled […]