5.28.2011

More Living Life in Photos...

This is just a little bit of the living we have been doing...being present in the moment and savoring every little or big thing. Time goes by way too fast to ignore all the possibilities there are in just a single moment...blink and it is gone forever.

Observing in awe the world around us and beyond...

Enjoying the many wonders in nature...








Handmade valentine's and homemade chocolate candy...


His first indoor soccer season has come and gone...



New photo collages for the wall...


Blocks being built into whole towns...


Math wizard award being collected by the little guy...


Lots of books being read and enjoyed...



Strawberries to be picked...




Lots of baking going on...




Lots of cooking going on too...




Learned basket weaving...first basket...



Still not finished...


Second basket...and Easter basket for the little guy...



Third basket for a dear friend...







New library...office...art studio for little guy, hubby and me...


New bedroom newly painted and carpeted for college son...



Have been doing alot of knitting...


New hat for the little guy...(boyfriend hat from ravelry)


New hat for hubby...boyfriend hat from Ravelry...


Knitted a third hat on my own for college son, but it was too, too big...more like a very slouchy hat. He was not into it...so new hat for me...

Hope living in the moment is part of your day...we are here but for a short time we might as well make the most of it. Enjoy your day...

My favorite quotes:
"Butterflies count not months but moments and have time enough..."
"Be happy for this moment...for this moment it is your life"

5.18.2011

Slowing Down to Actually Live Life...

Our first ever vegetable garden...planted on Mother's Day...









I have often wondered how, when life is so busy, do we slow down to actually live life...to live it the way we really want to. Everyday there seems to be something pulling at us. Whether it's our jobs, chores around the house, cars in need of repairs, sick children, grocery shopping to be done, or any one of a million things, it doesn't really matter what it is that is demanding our attention. All the truly important things tend to take a back seat to whatever it is.

It has to be a conscious decision to make sure we are present in our lives...this is why I haven't been as present here in blogland as I would of liked for the last year or so. I have been trying to be present in my life with my family and friends.

These photos are the living I (we) have been up to...in no particular order...