Photography Friday-Blue Theme

I had to sort through a lot of my pictures to find the best "blue" picture for Mandy's friday contest. It was fun going down memory lane while browsing and I decided upon this picture. It is from a fall break trip during my freshman year of college '04.  We went to St. Louis to work with inner city kids and this was from a trip to the park. I love how happy the little girl is just simply swinging in the sunlight. Makes me feel happy every time I look at it!

No more metal futon butt!!

Our latest purchase has been this nice 10" full size futon (in black) from overstock.com  This has been on our list of things to buy for a while but we finally decided on it last week and it arrived today. It was already thick when we got it and it's supposed to get even better within 24-48 hours! This new mattress became a must have for us since we always give up our bed when our parents come to town and the other mattress was so uncomfortable that we never sat on it and sleeping on it was for just 1 and very very uncomfortable. It is also perfect timing because Clayton and Sarah are coming to visit in a couple weeks and they will now have a good nights rest. I know it's pathetic that I'm posting about a mattress but I now get excited about the little things in life (since nothing else really happens) and this just happens to be one of those things!

Where oh where is my paperwork.

One of the worst parts of being an adult (I've decided) is gathering up all the paperwork to turn in for taxes. Luckily we are having somebody do ours for us who will help us find all the breaks for people in ministry but it is a pain in the rear end trying to make sure we have all of our forms in order and gathering all the receipts that I should have been saving but ended up misplacing or throwing away. So three cheers to you if you already have yours compiled or even finished, and good luck if you are still in gathering mode like me!

Photography Friday

Below is my entry for Mandy's  friday photography contest. The theme this week is Water. This picture was taken at one of our local beaches from a spot that you have to hike to where there is this ledge with a gourgeous view of the ocean.