On Thursday, our 5-year-old Ella graduated from Preschool. I captured some of the program on video (of course).
I also snapped more than 200-photos at the event. Only a fraction of them made it past the ‘cutting room floor’. Here are some of the best:
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Early this evening I texted Jess letting her know that I was wrapping things up in the office and that I had a spontaneous idea for our evening as a family.
The idea: wake the kids up from naps, grab a blanket, some drinks, and a bucket of chicken from KFC and head up to King’s Gap State Park for a family picnic. I’m so thankful to have married a woman who is willing to be as spontaneous as I am!
We arrived up at the park and ran into the mansion-garden where we spread our blanket, took off our shoes, had a time of prayer together and then dug into our supper!
Only a few bites into our chicken and the rain began to fall. (of course)
We quickly scooped up the kids and the chicken and ran for cover. We found another covered area to finish our meal. We love the mansion at the top of the mountain and have visited there a handful of times now. I’m hoping we have numerous spontaneous picnics this Summer!
On the way home we even spotted a fading-fast rainbow and pulled over to snap a picture. We pulled over beside an Amish farm to take the picture and as I was snapping away, the Amish farmer came out to see what the commotion was for. We exchanged quick chit-chat and I pointed out the rainbow. He then asked, “Do you know what that rainbow means?” I, of course, gave him the scientific reasoning of sunlight and droplets of moisture. Just kidding. I loved being able to declare God’s promise together with my Amish brother! He then asked for me to take his picture. (kidding again)
Some pictures from our evening (after the rain stopped):
The weather today was gorgeous. After dinner we cleaned up and headed outside for an hour or so. I took my DSLR along with us and snapped a few ‘keepers’ of the kids.
I’m biased, but I believe God has given us two of the most beautiful children in the entire world. I am a blessed husband and father!
Talk about creative… If I were a train-buff something like this would probably instantly go on my to-do list. Maybe my son Ezra will continue to love trains and this could be something I build with him one day!
Looks like this guy used an IKEA LIATORP Coffee table ($279 retail) and an N-Scale train set (found one on Amazon for about $50)
Can you imagine how great of a conversation-piece this would be in your living room, rec-room, or even church-office?! I love it.
More information about “Coffeetableville” here.
There are few things that I hate more than washing my hands in a public restroom only to realize that the door opens to the inside and that I will have to somehow manage to stretch my long or short-sleeve shirt or a paper towel to cover the handle for me to open it. (It’s either that or stand and wait for someone else to come in and quickly exit while the door is still swinging open.)
Today I stumbled on this genius solution to that problem:
Thank you, ChurchCrunch for pointing me in this direction.
