A Holy Experience

A plan for the summer included doing Devotions each day - me, Gretchen, specifically, in hopes that Elem would pick up his bible story books each day too. Sometimes its happened. But most often my holy time has been naptime, when the house is quiet and I can hear the gentle call of the birds outside (with a few loud motorcycles zooming by - ugh, the city!). I have been purusing the blog of a woman named Ann Voskamp from Canada in her blog, A Holy Experience. She writes weekly, if not daily, about her life and how she see God even in the mundane, but more often in the beauty and dance of life. I love it! What a great way to view life and how God wants us to live and be in union with Him. Here is a link to one of the daily blogs that made me smile and take peace. I am often so worried and frustrated by the mess in our home...... seems like I can chose to view this differently (: Loving the Beautiful Mess -- Click on Title "A Holy Experience" to go to blog.

New Pictures Shared

Spring and Summer mean lots of pictures and cute faces! See our new photos on Shutterfly at this link ....

http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0EbNWjJy0aMnEQ

Enjoy! We love you all.

Stick 'Rottmans'

Make your Stick Figure Family at FreeFlashToys.com

Just for fun!

Summer Sewing!

I am so antsy to start some sewing projects. I got a new sewing machine for my birthday in hopes of being crafty and creative again (: I have been surfing the internet on etsy, as well as some crafting and sewing sights and blogs for a long time and have created quite a project list for myself. It is a beautiful day today and I thought it only perfect to begin the craft blitz! Check out these new baby shoes for Jeff's new nephew, Cody, born to Julie and Rusty a few days ago. Here's Cody too! He is definitely cuter than the shoes, but will look even more handsome in them. Can't wait to give them to him.

Shoes from pattern at www.stardustshoes.blogspot.com -- Cute eh?