Line Upon Line: for my memory

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Sunday, March 31, 2013

Still Lovin' Winter

Miles buried under snowblower snow

Daddy helped the kids build Frosty

Once the sun came up they realized Frosty needed clothes ;)

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

New Look

Hello friends!

I hope you enjoy the new design of my blog, "line upon line..."

Shawn and I recently decided that I should keep a photography blog strictly for my photographs,

for the benefit of directing potential clients to an online portfolio.

This blog will continue as our personal scrapbook of our daily life, including the photographs I love to take.

The new photography blog will continue like this one did, under the name...

www.devriendphotography.blogspot.com

We hope you enjoy, and see you soon!

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Keeping Busy

The combination of heavy snows and single digit temps have kept us inside this year more than Winter usually does.

It's been a good lesson in finding ways to keep busy in the house.

Just a few snapshots which by no means document all the activity going on lately...

;)

Very carefully helping mama cut meat for supper

Celene and I weighed and packed all of our freshly cured bacon together

Enjoying a break between snow storms on a sunny morning

Chopping sausages for dinner

Concentration

Gotta love chubby little fingers helping make pancake batter :)

Sledding!

This Winter's favorite activity?

Sledding! On the big hills!

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Faith

Miles has been blessed with a good share of faith.

He prayed for months for a little brother, and now that I'm expecting a new little sugar, he's positive it's a boy. :)

In fact, he's so sure, the rest of us will be just as surprised if the little bun was created a girl.

Two days ago, he said at the end of his evening prayer "...and God, please bring my bunny back. Amen."

And, are you ready for this? Yesterday, Celene and Sulli went to the barn to play, and guess what they found?

Chocolate, Miles' rabbit, placidly munching on some spilled corn in one of the unused stalls.

This might not sound like an amazing story, until you realize that Chocolate escaped his pen last September and hasn't been caught since.

He's been enjoying some delicious freedom, making a cozy home under the pine trees in the yard, and emerging in the early morning and late evening hours for some grass.

Frankly, we thought it a miracle he even survived this cold, snowy, windy winter with little food or water, and undoubted predator threats.

But here he is, in the barn, the proof that God answers even a little boy's prayer.

Miles and Chocolate early spring last year

A 4 Year Old's World

Celene's viewpoint from behind the lens this week.

Monday, January 21, 2013

Memories and Looking Forward

We hear it so often...time flies.

And so it does. Today I'm thinking of those precious days that once were.

And all the golden ones yet to happen.

This is picture I haven't shared before.

Hannah was just over a year old when I took it of her.

She couldn't take her eyes off the passing flock of geese.

It's so sweet...can't you just see warm sunset colors, inhale the sweet scent of goldenrod, sniff the earthy hay and pine?

Although it's beautiful outside today...pristine...in its -1 Fahrenheit temperature.

But don't most of we northerners long (maybe just a little) for the those green and yellow evenings again?

Friday, January 11, 2013

My kiddos were recently taking a tubby (bath), and Celene had just finished shampooing her hair. She carefully rinsed and this is what followed...

Celene: "Mommy! It's time for the kitchen dinner!"
Me: "Hmmm?" (I'm busily cleaning the bathroom cabinet.)
Celene: "I need kitchen dinner."
Me: "What Celene?" (getting confused)
Celene: "KITCHEN DINNER!"
Me: "You are hungry?" (thinking this was a funny way to express her need but, you know, whatever..)
Celene: "No mom, kitchen dinner! For MY HAIR!" (she feels the need to get louder if she's not understood.)

Meanwhile...Miles is totally dissolved in giggles nearly drowning himself in the other side of the tub...

I'm starting to laugh myself as he's trying to breathe, and Celene is wrinkling her nose and there's a dimple peeking from the side of her cheek.

Me: "Miles, do you know what she's saying?"
Miles: laughing so hard he can't talk
Me: "Celene, can you show me what you want?"

Just as she's pointing upward, Miles bursts out "She means CONDITIONER, mom!"

My side ached for an hour.

This girl. She's a hoot and a half.

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Favorite Pics of Us 2012...Post 3

Love the expression ;)

Nothing but looks ladies...he's aallll mine.

Quite the job there...running the log splitter with friend Jeff

All smiles over their first "Thomas" cake

Morning chores with my trusty helper Celene

Coolest tats EVER

She woke up one summer morning, saw it was raining, and promptly put on her sandals and got her umbrella. I found her outside at 6:30am. Nothing's gonna slow this one down! :)