Hi, I’m Danica.

I guess I’m a lot of things: a wife, a mom, a daughter, a sister, a crafter, a cook, a reader, a writer, a homemaker, a pianist, and probably a lot more too. But at the end of the day, I’m just a Christian trying to find and obey God’s will.

Archive for May, 2010

around here…

Friday, May 28th, 2010

We’ve been working on our first vegetable garden.
Ryan did the tilling…

… and I did the planting.

Our new lights were installed in the kitchen.
One…

… two!

I got our guest room emptied of boxes and set up for company…

… and I cut fresh flowers for the house.

Just in case you think it’s all girly and flowery around here:

Aren’t [...]

baby jedi

Monday, May 24th, 2010

[funniest part: when he almost knocks himself down with the light saber. also, when he puts his finger on the ground at the end, he's actually saying, "mom, please kneel here and help me." my kids come up with their own sign language. geniuses, i tell ya. and lastly, yes, it's true that william lives [...]

jameson

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010

I laid William in his crib, tucked his sweet fists just so, caressed his little toes, and arranged his quilt over his sleeping form. Then I turned to Jameson, asleep in his bed, and –
Oh my.
I love that boy.
His face, so peaceful, so beautifully formed. Perfect eyelashes, slender nose, soft cheeks. My boy.
I leaned [...]

bits and pieces

Friday, May 14th, 2010

Two days ago, we collected our spades and rakes, hoes and edger, gloves and wheelbarrow, fertilizer and baseball bats, and we headed to the small corner chosen to be the vegetable patch. It’s a beginner’s sized patch — maybe 4×6? — and I’ll confess to a niggling fear that clever deer will outwit me and [...]

pictures.

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

There’s been another iPhone dump.

snuggle time

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010