Update on bathroom remodel.

Not a great picture--too much flash--but this is the new hardware we picked for the cabinets. It has a smooth rust-colored finish--very simple, but I like them a lot. I asked Scott to tile the narrow wall between the shower and bathroom door. He obliged and added a towel bar, since we always seem to have 3-4 towels hanging up (since Jared uses our shower).

Above: The floor tile looks orangey in this picture; the tiles on the side of the tub are closer to the actual color.

Below: The cabinets are really darker than this picture (closer in color to the above picture); they appear lighter because of the flash.

Scrapbooking with Charity

Charity and I spent the last few days of their visit working on Madison's baby book. Okay, really we started and finished the book in a few days AND completed Evie's book, while adding a finishing touch or two to Jared's. Charity also spent some time scrapping pictures from our last few months in Austin. It was GREAT to get these back-burner projects done and it was even better to do them with such a dear, creative friend!

The birthday flower pot layout was perfect! Charity spent more

than an hour designing and completing this layout,

and it is one of my favorites!

Jared lost his first tooth

Jared got his first loose tooth on Thursday night. By Friday afternoon is was pretty wiggly and easily came out with a washcloth yesterday afternoon. Yay!

Grains of Sand

After much consideration over a name for our homeschool, I settled on "Grains of Sand."
My inspiration for this name came from Isaiah 48:17-19:

This is what the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says: I am the Lord your God, who teaches you for [your] benefit, who leads you in the way you should go. If only you had paid attention to My commands. Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea. Your descendants would have been as [countless] as the sand, and the offspring of your body like its grains; their name would not be cut off or eliminated from My presence. (Holman CSB)

God teaches us for our benefit....I teach my children for their benefit
God leads us in the way we should go....I want to direct my children on a godly path
Pay attention to God's commands....mediate on the things of God, not the world