The Many Faces of Haven

Contemplating her dinner...

Mischief?

Gotta love that tongue :)

Happy face

Thoughtful

What big eyes you have!

Blurry...

Scrunchy smile

There's that tongue again...

These are post-haircut photos. See the baby bangs?

Sweetie

So serious

Laughing

So happy...

Serious as she talks on the camera lens cell phone.

Making Cornbread Muffins

Hope loves to help in the kitchen. Our kitchen is not very "kid-friendly" so it is usually off limits, unless Hope is helping me with something. She's getting much better at following directions and keeping her grabby hands to a minimum.

So, about a week ago we made some cornbread to go with our dinner. Hope helped me to add all the ingredients into the bowl and stir it all up. Then she helped me pour out the batter into the muffin tin.

Of course, the best part of helping to bake is the end result and being able to help consume it!

Welcome, Welcome...

For those of you who may not know... I am a Seventh-Day Adventist. Every Friday is spent in preparation for the Sabbath, which starts at sundown on Friday and lasts until sundown on Saturday. I am not always able to do everything that I want to get done in preparation for the Sabbath. But as the sun sinks below the horizon, I stop my preparation and begin to welcome the Sabbath.

Some of the things that we've incorporated into our time of welcoming the Sabbath are lighting a few candles and playing a special Sabbath song. I love the feeling of knowing that we can rest from all our labor and leave our weekly worries in God's more than capable hands. Having these few special things to welcome the Sabbath with helps to set it apart.

Sabbath is a time of rest, a time of re-creation, a time to re-connect with God in a meaningful, special way. I don't rest on Sabbath because I believe it saves me. I rest because God knows I need it and has asked me to remember it. I know that He desires to spend this time with me.

As I sit here this Sabbath evening, I have peace in my heart. "Welcome, welcome, ever welcome, blessed Sabbath Day!"

February is Over

So, the month of February just flew by and I only posted once... I even had an extra day in the month.

A stomach bug has hit our family, well only the girls so far. Robbie and I have managed to evade it, but I am the one cleaning up the evidence. Ugghhh... hopefully it gets out of here soon.

Haven got her cast removed a week ago. She's not used to being without it now. The angle of her foot in the cast was greater than 90 degrees, so she has a hard time flexing her foot or standing flat footed. Hopefully, she'll relearn and regain that flexibility. We're doing some stretching exercises with her a few times a day. She still isn't very keen about walking again, yet.

There's nothing much else to write at this time, so I think I'll just leave you with some pictures...