Sunday, December 31, 2023

December Twenty-Twenty-Three

 

“This season, may every glimmer from the stars, flicker from a candle, glint through a window, sparkle from tinsel, twinkle from your neighbor’s decorative lights, gleam flashing from broken glass, be a reminder that Christmas is breaking forth of a magnificent light in a shattered and dark world." -Brian Lugioyo 

♥️
Giving thanks for the joy celebrated this month from
Seattle to Claremont to Kenya to Nashville to Anacortes and back again...  






“What if we view all of Advent as a series of Invitations from God?... This Advent we have an Invitation to believe--Invited to believe in the incarnation…Invited to believe that we are not alone…Invited to believe that God is with us… Invited to believe that God sees us as we are and knows our hearts…”
-Lilly Lewin 




"Come…let us adore him. The Hebrew word for praise is tehilla, which primarily means 'to radiate' and 'to reflect.' God’s invitation, then, is to be radiant in reflecting God’s own tenderness in the world." 
-Gregory Boyle, The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness 


Reflection after returning home: What's the Invitation? 















Saturday, December 30, 2023

We ♥️ Anacortes

 


a few of our adventures from the last few days in this beautiful place....

annual run up Mt. Erie Saturday morning 

These two rode up Mt. Erie TWICE! 

Running by Heart Lake 

Anna's Saturday Polar Bear Plunge 
(like father, like daughter) 


Sharpe Park - Saturday afternoon hike 

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Friday afternoon fun and games 

back at WA park on Friday afternoon 

Thursday night date night 

serious competition 

Thursday, December 28, 2023

Throwback Thursday 12.28

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December 28, 2012 

December 28, 2013 

December 28, 2014 

December 28, 2014 

December 28, 2015

December 28, 2015

December 28, 2015

December 28, 2015


December 28, 2016

December 28, 2017

December 28, 2017

December 28, 2018

December 28, 2018

December 28, 2018

December 28, 2019

December 28, 2019

December 28, 2019

December 28, 2019

December 28, 2020 

December 28, 2021 

December 28, 2022

December 28, 2023 (as they got back from their ride up Mt. Erie this a.m.)