Some little bits of lately life.

 Claire loves to sketch and draw. She recently found magazine with Joanna Gaines on the front and used it as inspiration for this picture...

Owen sleeps with 862 vehicles in his bed each night.

Storytime has started back up at the library!!! Yay for Ms. Yolanda!!!

Owen is really into coloring these days.

AK is always into her chickens!

Claire ran a 9 minute mile!

Kaylee and Savannah came to visit a couple of weeks ago!

Papa has been working on a Marriott for our chickens.

AK made fruit salad shortcake!

I found Owen in the baby doll crib.

We celebrated Nan's birthday!

The World According to Owen

Owen believes that there are only two categories of vehicles: those which have spoilers and those which do not. When all the stars aligned one night and he suddenly realized during a bedtime conversation that Daddy's car actually falls into the first category, he smiled all the way to sleep.

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Things that leave Owen awestruck...

"Mama?"
What, buddy?
"Have you ever seen a cooked apple?"
I have.
"WOW."

"Mama, what if you were a grown-up?"

"Look how medium this is!"

"God made the road. And all the red things."

"What is that in the whole world????"

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Owen on good guys and bad guys...

"Mom, I'm gonna pretend like you're a bad guy. And I'm a pirate. But the good kind of pirate. The kind that saves chickens."

"Come on, AK. Let's go squish the bad guys!!!"

The fundamental differences between good guys and bad guys, according to Owen: Good guys always wear pants. Bad guys have squishy ribs and are always hungry.

There are the three.

There is the one who is full of truth and beauty...

And whose thoughts and dreams run deeper than the ocean.

There is the one who is full of fun and wonder...

And whose spirit is as free as the waves.

There is the one who is full of curiosity and reflection...

And whose contemplations are as steady as the tide.

There are the two who double the beauty in my world...

And the two who make each other brave...

And the two who can't say no to an adventure.

There are the three who make a cord not easily broken.

And I pray that they will be as full of grace as of truth...

As full of wisdom as of fun...

As full of courage as of curiosity...

That they would wear truth and kindness like a necklace...

Faith like a shield...

And love like a banner.

That goodness and mercy...

Will follow them...

All the days of their life.