We start 'em young!


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Family snack tine!


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Thankful for my new iPhone!!


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Thankful for our new house!


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i started reading the book of job today. i think job chapter 1 is quickly becoming one of my favorite scriptures. all of us at some point or another experience suffering and loss (some more than others) and can identify with job. probably few of us have experienced suffering and loss in one single day on the scale that job did... but nonetheless we know what it's like to have a bad day.

what i love about job chapter 1 though is his response to it all. he doesn't ignore the suffering but tears his robe and shaves his head which is the custom of mourning in job's time. he is obviously deeply effected by the tragedy that has just occurred. but it doesn't end there. the scripture says that he tore his robe and shaved his head, then he fell to the ground and worshiped! what an amazing response to the worst day of his life... he fell to the ground in worship.

listen to job's words:

“Naked I came from my mother’s womb, 
and naked I will depart. 
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; 
may the name of the Lord be praised.”


in this world, we will all experience suffering and loss. but i pray that in those moments we would have the faith of job to acknowledge our pain, but also in it and through it, to fall to the ground and worship.

Thankful for restful activities like disc golf!


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Fun at Costco!


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Happy Father's Day to me!

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we are not called to follow a program but a person. as we come to know this person, we encounter God. as we conform our lives to his teaching and his way of living, we grow in godliness. christianity is about knowing and following Jesus... somewhere along the line we lost sight of that.

thankful for community!


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had fun playing paintball with the Element kids!


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nap time by the pool!


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movin' in a few days... thankful for the house we've lived in for the past year! it's been a great place to live!


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This whole thing is harder than it seems! It's a great reminder though to take time each day to stop and smell the flowers. I walk by these flowers each day on my way out to work. Thankful for the beauty of God's creation!!


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"life is not easy for any of us. but what of that? we must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. we must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained." marie curie

Go A's!!

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My favorite moment of the day... She was a red hot mess when she woke up!


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California Adventure... Love it!


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The 2nd happiest place on earth... I'm still partial to Disney World in Florida!


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