Dancing!

from new heights

my stella is seeing the world.

times

I know I need You
I need to love You
I love to see You,
but it's been so long

I long to feel You
I feel this need for You
And I need to hear You,
is that so wrong?

Now You pull me near You
When we're close, I fear You
Still I'm afraid to tell You,
all that I've done

Are You done forgiving
Oh can You look past my pretending
Lord, I'm so tired of defending,
what I've become
What have I become

I hear You say,
"My love is over. It's underneath.
It's inside. It's in between.
The times you doubt Me, when you can't feel.
The times that you question, 'Is this for real?
The times you're broken.
The times that you mend.
The times that you hate Me,
and the times that you bend.

Well, My love is over, it's underneath.
It's inside, it's in between.
These times you're healing,
and when your heart breaks.
The times that you feel like you're falling from grace.
The times you're hurting.
The times that you heal.
The times you go hungry, and are tempted to steal.
The times of confusion, in chaos and pain.
I'm there in your sorrow, under the weight of your shame.
I'm there through your heartache.
I'm there in the storm.
My love I will keep you, by My power alone.
I don't care where you fall, where you have been.
I'll never forsake you, My love never ends.
It never ends."

tenth avenue north

the one (or several) that got away

lazy lakeside sunday

we enjoyed a beautiful day in chisago with the wolters out on the lake! the boys fished and the girls hung out and got some sun. stella loved her first boat ride and was pretty much giddy with excitement every time the boat started moving. ahh, this is what summer is supposed to feel like.

and by the way, have you seen the curls on our baby?!?! what a doll!

it's friday

my week at a glance:

monday: standoff in our neighborhood. police, fire trucks, and ambulances blocking all the streets around us: (view from our master bedroom)

i let a swat team into our condo complex that were holding these guns:

no big deal.

tuesday: stella had some fun with tinner.

wednesday: my camera is broken. so no more pictures for a while. our dish isn't working. so i have to sit and wait for five hours on friday for someone to come and fix it.

thursday: we found out we missed our neice's birthday party which was wednesday night because matt hasn't turned on his non-work cell phone in a few months. we go to meet dani and kelsy in albertville and go shopping and it's finally sunny! oh and by the way, my baby has her first tooth!

friday: well nothing quite yet. it's gloomy out again today. sigh.

did i mention that i haven't worked out even ONCE week?

so, besides stella's tooth and seeing dani for a few hours, i wouldn't consider this week a GREAT success. on a happy note, it's friday!

flashback

i was looking through pictures today of our colorado wedding in september 2007 and found this picture and it made me get a little teary-eyed. where has the time gone? and look how young we look! ahhh, i miss those mountains. i can't wait until someday we can go back and bring stella.


and look at my groom! he's so handsome, isn't he?