hey! glad you are here!
this is where i document glimpses of our family's ordinary, crazy life. we believe that in the midst of the mundane and the seemingly out-of-control times, god is here. and beauty is here. and this beauty can draw our gaze toward god and transform dreariness into dancing (or at least into a brief, kind-of relieved, exhale)!
no matter who you are or what your story is, i invite you to come along for the ride. if you don't "have it all together" you will probably fit in well here. so grab some coffee, forget that you have a to-do list a mile long, and get comfy.
welcome to our beautiful mess!
Yep, I turned 35 this week (Monday). Still just a kid. Lindsey gave me a great present in the morning by letting me sleep in as long as I wanted, while she took care of Shelby. While I was in dreamland, they decorated one of the big walls in our apt., so it would be...
So, it has been a little bit of a bummer missing out on normal family Thanksgiving activities, but we have had a good time w/new friends here. There is a team of missionaries (5 couples-all w/young kids, and one single guy) here from Texas, studying Spanish like us, and they are also going to Lima,...
Today has been a sad day. We sent off our first visitor this morning and we have all been in a funk all day. Jason’s sister Andrea came to visit us this past weekend, and we had such a wonderful time with her. We did a little souvenir shopping, jumped with the waves at Punta...
The lady in the photo is our new favorite person (no offense to any of you who thought you were our favorite…you actually still are). Her name is Roxana and she is our maid and she is awesome. Roxana comes on Tuesdays and Thursdays and works at our house from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m....
First of all, thank you all for the comments, emails, etc., regarding these posts. I am encouraged, which is helping me risk a little more. (If you do not know what I’m talking about, please read “This Beautiful Mess: Intro” in our blog archive). I am finding this very, very difficult though. Much harder than...
A while back, my counselor suggested that I write as a method of helping me process things I’ve been thinking, feeling, etc. I agreed that it would be an effective means of growth for me, but I was skeptical about the chances of me actually doing it. Writing takes a lot of effort for me...
As you can see by the lack of posts, our blog has been getting pushed down the “to do” list. I wanted to take a second, though, and share a really cool moment we had with little Shelby right after she was born. Early in the afternoon the three of us were relaxing in the...
