Sunday, February 24, 2013

February Fun at Attic Grandma's House

 Celebrating Davis' birthday....he's 17 now!
Nikolai, Ava, Aaron, Davis, Eliah & Henry
Katri is at a weaving class and missing out on the  
Xtreme Chocolate Blizzard DQ cake.
What a great day for fighting in the snow.
 Becky's horses always get a work out when Ava comes to town.
 Eliah built a golf course where Nikkels can get a 
"Hole in One"
And here's the reason I have the moniker, "Attic Grandma".
Nikolai, "Down, down!" as the marbles tumble to the bottom.

Saturday, January 5, 2013

Somewhere Out There

Photo: woke up at 4:30 a.m. with the blue moon streaming in my bedroom window.  Happy New Year!

On New Year's Morning I was talking to David on the phone, it was his night and my morning.  He was walking home and mentioned that moon seemed to be waning so fast.  I said that I had been noticing that too for some reason.  As I hung up, I glanced up above my neighbor's house and I could see that same moon that was rising in China and setting in Minnesota.  It was such a sweet moment, I just wanted to share it.  It reminded me of the song "Somewhere Out There" from the movie "An American Tail".

Somewhere out there beneath the pale moonlight
Someone's thinking of me and loving me tonight.

Somewhere out there someone's saying a prayer
That we'll find one another in that big somewhere out there

And even thought I know how very far apart we are
It helps to think we're sleeping underneath the same big star

And when the night wind starts to sing a lonesome lullaby
It helps to think we're sleeping underneath the same big sky

Somewhere out there if love can see us through
Then we'll be together somewhere out there
Where dreams come true

This was such a comfort to me.  
We have a God who cares about us and shows us
His love in such tender ways.