03.11.2011

There was a horrible blizzard today in North Dakota and eastern Montana.  This is the only photo I took today.  It is of another building at school that is less than 50 yards away.  There were points in the day where I couldn't see the building.  Thankfully by the time school was over, the sun was out and the wind had died down quite a bit so both Tyler and I made it home after work.

03.10.2011

Jeffrey's cow, TuTu, had her calf yesterday.  Today, Jeffrey and Macy insisted that we all had to go and check on the calfy.  What I love about my kids is that Macy is all about petting and being a little mother hen to the calf.  "It's okay, calfy.  I'm just going to pet you now.  Oh, do you want your mama?"  While Jeffrey, on the other hand, is all about the work that goes into calfing.  He would much rather feed the cows, fill the water, and check on the calves than even think about getting close enough to pet the calf. 

03.09.2011

Merciful God, accompany our journey through these forty days.  Renew us in the gift of baptism, that we may provide for those who are poor, pray for those in need, fast from self-indulgence, and above all that we may find our treasure in the life of you Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives an reign with you and the Hold Spirit, on God, now and forever.  Amen

Evangelical Lutheran Worship.  (2006).  Ash Wednesday:  Concluding Prayer. 

03.08.2011

You'd never know by looking at them that they are brother and sister, but don't let their looks fool you.  Their bond is strong.

03.07.2011

One of my bucket list items is to do more crafts with my kids.  In an attempt to do this, I took Jeffrey and Macy to the store and let them each pick out a wood project to paint.  They both chose bird houses.  I bought paints and glitter pens, took the kids home, and they went to work.  (This was last July.)  The kids left the glitter pens in a cup next to the bird houses and throughout the winter you will find one of them working on adding more color to their little houses.  Jeffrey just told me a few days ago that he really wants to nail the bird house to the tree so that a mama bird will build a nest and have babies in the house. 

03.06.2011

I've been playing around with picnik.com a lot since starting my POTD blog.  I love that there are so many quick options.  (So far, I haven't had the time or patience to learn how to use Photoshop.)  What is your favorite version or today's photo?

Original

Black and White

Cross Process

Cinema Scope

Lomoish

03.05.2011

Stressed out.  Nervous.  Yup, that was Tyler tonight at the basketball game.  Fairview was playing Scobey for the Divisional Championships.  The game was a nail-biter.  Fairview was down by 10 or nearly 10 at one point, was in foul trouble in the third quarter, and was constantly turning over the ball.  During the last minute, the score was tied.  Fairview had time for a last second shot, missed, but pulled out a miraculous rebound and shot (with .1 seconds remaining) to win the game.  Or so they thought.  The referee called it no good.  Though I'm sure if you google the game or have facebook, you'll find the video that shows the ball out of the hands of Fairview and in the air with time still on the clock.  In the first overtime we were down by three with under 5 seconds to go and another player made a nearly half-court shot to send the game in to double overtime.  Fairview wound up losing in the second overtime.  I can't imagine that with as stressed out and into the game Tyler was for these boys, what it will be like when Jeffrey and Macy play.