budding musician

musician in the works

winter days

This how we are keeping the winter blues away. :)

play dates with friends...shades indoors is the rage around here!

Candle light dinners every night

reading, reading and reading.... :)

nesting dolls

Eliza Wren loves playing with her nesting dolls.  

Thank you for the Christmas gift, Auntie Jane!

4.5 yr. old and 2 yr. old psalm memorization

Excerpt from our morning psalm memorization after breakfast.  

2nd of January 2015

Meredith:  "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures."
Jane: "Very good, Mer!"
Eliza Wren: "WATER!"  wide eyed and emphatic
Jane: "Yes, Wren - the next line is, "He leads me beside still waters."
Eliza Wren: "KOMBUCHA!!"
Meredith: "No Eliza, kombuch isn't in it!"
Jane: (continuing on) "He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake."
Meredith: (with a perplexed and eyebrows-raised expression)
"...His name isn't 'Sake'...?!!"

Trip to Michigan

We spent Thanksgiving with our dear friends, Isaac, Emily and baby Addie Belle.  It was a lovely few days - full of delicious meals, cold walks, reading, tent-making, snuggles and good conversation.

Thanks for having us, friends!

"Four"

This is Eliza Wren's consistent answer EVERY time you ask her how old she is.  

Eliza Wren is TWO!

On Sunday, November 30th, our spunky Eliza Wren turned two! 

We started celebrating early - on Friday evening while visiting friends in Michigan over Thanksgiving.  I made Eliza Wren a chocolate pie.

Traveling back home, on her actual birthday, we stopped at a charming diner around Harrisburg for a birthday lunch.  Eliza Wren was thrilled with her mickey mouse pancake.

Later that day, we met dear friends for our annual Christmas tree hunt at the sweet Lenhart Christmas Tree farm.  Here we are with our happy little tree!

Happy day, little Wren!  We love you and your sparkling personality!