Eleven…my baby is eleven! Just like that she is a tween. We love celebrating our amazing girl, and we can’t wait to see what the next year brings…She chose a Harry Potter theme this year, and everyone had so much fun!

You were made for this.Before there was breath in your lungs,Before the beginning of time,God planned your good holy work of mothering. So…Mother on. ~Sarah Mae

Yes. He is petting her. And she is fine with it. She dressed herself… Those cheeks get kissed a lot. Brothers. Little bun head. Unicorn cupcakes from a friend…made her the happiest girl! He tolerates a sink bath. Spying… A chocolate happy face… Everyone wants to be by grandma. Again, she dressed herself. Clearly the…

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. ~Rumi

If I’m afraid, so a child feels safe; If I cry, so a child learns to smile; If I give of myself, so a child learns to receive; If I die a little inside, so a child comes to know the One who died, then it is all worth it. ~ Foster the Family

We made him a photo album of his people in China…he looks at it every day. Pig shoes…because year of the pig Little friends… The girls… Like a little old man, tucked under his blanket with his book. Dressed up like he’s 100 for the 100th day of school. Cuddling his dumbledore. Time out. Clearly…

Be BRAVE. And do not pray for the hard to go away, but pray for a bravery bigger than the hard to come. ~ Ann Voskamp