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day 24...love

she loves her pooh bear...and i love her...oh SO very much!

yep...it's me...i'm back. nevermind that i missed the photos for days 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23... i did say at the beginning that june was a crazy month for us. i should have known that i wouldn't actually be able to complete the photo challenge. but, i've really enjoyed the rest of you (C & L) who have been posting, and at least it's given me something quick to blog about when i don't have time for a *real* blog post. (of which i have about a million swirling in my head right now...)

so far this month, we've enjoyed a weekend out of town for me to attend my new sister-in-law's bachelorette bash and for G&C to have some cousin/aunt/uncle time; got up at 4am to drive 6 hours and help throw a 40th anniversary party for my in-laws; spent a week out of town hanging out with grandparents and preparing for my brother's wedding; participated in said wedding, and drove the 6 hours back home on sunday. i had NO idea how exhausting all of this (and all the unmentioned stuff like packing/unpacking/repacking, laundry (x ALOT), little sleep, emtional drain, etc) was until we got back this week and i've been dragging...

but, we did manage to run errands and get a few necessary groceries on monday (along with the unpacking and laundry), headed to the pool with friends on tuesday followed by a trip to the library to stock up on books and movies, at home ALL day on wednesday which was divine, a morning spent at the aquarium on thursday, and more grocery shopping today. looking forward to family in town next weekend and celebrating the 4th, followed by a week with cousins, and then time to celebrate a certain little girl's 2nd birthday. T.I.M.E. F.L.I.E.S.

so....here's hoping i can finish strong for the june photo challenge and get some of those more interesting blog posts up soon...

day 8...sunset

it wasn't terribly impressive tonight...

but the clouds were...

so i did what any good mom (who was locked out of her house with a soaking wet and not-so-pleasant smelling toddler, and no phone) would do...

i took pictures of them...pictures like i had never seen clouds before...

what my neighbors must think of me...

read more about the June photo challenge HERE

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day 7...a high angle

i had trouble deciding between the photo above and the photo below for my official photo, but the one above is a more artistic shot, I suppose...

we were gone over the weekend and the garden seemed to really take off...

suddenly we had tons of squash, zucchini, and cucumber blooms, baby tomatoes, green beans ready for the picking, lettuce ready for the picking, and even a baby pepper.

we only picked about enough beans for 1 serving, but we all shared and savored that serving.

hopefully, this is just the beginning of a good harvest. :-)

read more about the June photo challenge HERE

see more photos at the Flickr group HERE

day 6...books

so....i spent the weekend with 11 other girls at a destination bachelorette party weekend...i set alarms to remind me to take the daily picture...i did...and i didn't take them. i was having too much fun! SO...here we are at day 6, pretending like days 3, 4, and 5 never happened...at least not for this photo project...there are other (incriminating) photos to prove that days 3, 4, and 5 DID in fact actually happen. but...here's the picture for today.

"Without a proper esteem and love for Christ Himself, and an understanding of His covenant love for His church, we will lack the motive-force to serve Him in the world. If our ultimate motivation for service to God is simply because we love people, we will never be able to sustain the call to service that God has given to us because the very people we are called to serve will break our hearts. It is only the grace of Christ that enables us to persevere."

~Ligon Duncan, page 64~

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day 2...my favorite shoes

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day 1...self-portrait

read more about the June photo challenge HERE

see more photos at the Flickr group HERE

if you'd like to participate, link up below...or let me know if this is not working...

June Photo Challenge

june is going to be a whirlwind month for us, so i feel a little crazy taking this on too, but it seems like fun. i may not be able to follow the rules exactly, as some photos may have to be taken more than a day or two in advance, or posted more than a day or two after they were taken...(and no, that is not the same thing...) for more details on the photo challenge, go HERE.

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