I think the earth is drunk

It appears that the earth is one of those drivers who swerves between lanes and can't pick a constant speed. 2008 is going to get an extra second added to the end of it. So, don't shout "Happy New Year!" too early. (I'm not sure you'll want set your clock back, though)

A really good quote

“I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails. I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp. I want to be there with grass stains on my shoes from mowing Sister Schenk's lawn. I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbor's children. I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden. I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and the tears of a friend on my shoulder. I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived.”

MarjoriePay Hinckley

Hoarfrost

Owen, Kim and Holly's Holiday Festivities

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My Sister's Business Cards

My sister, Amber, is the one who wrote the symphony that we went to in Portland almost a year ago. She was looking for some new business cards and asked me to design them for her and I was so proud of myself I thought I would advertise for her on our blog and show off my work. Her requirements for the cards were something abstract and artistic, like an ink pattern type design, with a professional-looking font. It was difficult for my left-brained photographic detail-oriented self to do something like this, but I think they turned out nicely! She's still deciding which one she likes best of these ones.

Let it Snow

We finally had a real snowstorm here this week!  I should have gotten out earlier today to take pictures before anything melted, but as it was close to zero degrees when I went out to feed the horses this morning I elected to go back in the house to have hot chocolate instead of an outdoor photo shoot when I was done barn chores.  Here's some of this evenings snow shots.