encouragement to avoiding burnout!

Check out my favorite “mommy” author, Sally Clarkson’s blog today:

 

http://wholeheart.typepad.com/itakejoy/2010/06/refortifying-my-soulavoiding-burnout.html

Royal Botanical Gardens Kew

It was a gorgeous May day to wander the Royal Botanical Gardens solo. A
lovely, relaxing, inspiring time.

An amazing place. Could have spent 3 days there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Botanic_Gardens,_Kew

kids get it right

6-year-old Josh and I were discussing the idea of listening to God and this is what he said, “Sometimes I try that but it always just sounds like my own voice in my mind."   

 

Right on, dude!  Sometimes that is exactly what God sounds like!  Listen carefully, my darling son, and follow Him closely.  I love you.

 

The Sounds of the English Countryside

This video is from one of our many walks in the English countryside. Watch and listen with your kids- it's so funny. The older sheep is "talking" to a chorus of babies. The boys and I watched it over and over until we were all hysterical and crying from laughter.

a teaser

What a wonderful trip. I can't believe how blessed we are to have been able
to go.

This castle is Broughton Castle where the new Jane Eyre was being filmed
last month and also a scene from Shakespeare in Love happened here.

It is actually a lived in castle. Amazing, wonderful, romantic,
fascinating... I will be on a kings and queens book-kick for awhile now!

The sheep and the green path are from traversing the innumerable "Public
Footpaths" all over England. Sigh. Love. Will go back someday with the
boys for more of these!