{stillness}

It's been a while since I've taken a moment to purposefully be still and slow down; reality has been remodeling the kitchen, school, soaking up every last minute of the beautiful sunny days.

                              

                                                                                                              

Thanksgiving was wonderful! The boys and I gathered decorations for the table straight from the backyard...
{spear making may have been involved.}

 

We hosted our extended family, currently 20 members, for our annual Thanksgiving dinner the day after...
which included a cousin pulling his tooth via "tie a string to it and slam the door". I'm so very thankful for the friendship and love of family.

Now that we're already a week into December, I'm trying to live purposeful with our focus on Advent. In Him is the stillness my soul longs for.