a joyful feast

happy thanksgiving, from our little turkey!

for the love of books

i absolutely adore the fact that my girls love books.  when i hear things like, "paper books will soon be a thing of the past" or e-books are the wave of the future" it almost knocks the wind out of me.  the thought of not being able to feel, smell and flip the pages of a book is mortifying to me.  there is something special about the the tactile experience of books.  i love what i learn from books.  I love how finishing a book makes me feel.  the experience provided by books is priceless in my mind.  in our humble little home, we will continue to experience books together...even when that experience is made up of pulling all the books off the shelf and happily sitting on a pile of them.  read on!

emotions

hope is not afraid to show her emotions.  

the irony is, when she does, it is the most funny 

and most heartbreaking thing that we've ever seen.