sunday afternoon tea.

Last Sunday afternoon, my grandma + aunts had a special tea with my mom, sisters, and I. 

We had lemon poppy seed cake, several kinds of tea, and candy + chocolate. 

My aunts made the heart-shaped tea bags which I think are so neat! 

I tried the Earl Grey tea with lavender and really liked it.

Alana . . .

Marcy . . .

Jess . . .

and Mom.

Before we ate, we sang "the Greatest Command" together, everyone singing different parts. It sounded really neat. :)

 Aren't they adorable?! ♡

So blessed to have these dear people in my life! ♡

I thank my God upon every remembrance of you. Philippians 1:3

a walk in the woods.

**this post has been in the draft folder for awhile. it got pushed back because of my photo challenge.**

Back in...October? Heather and I went for a walk back to our woods on a mission to find acorns. 

 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee. Psalm 70:4a

 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honor all the day. Psalm 71:8

Not sure what these are, but was happy to find some color in the green woods. ;)

 ^ this one is my favorite ♡

I love leaves!

Heather + Kat

I debated about posting this, but decided to since I was collecting acorns and needed to document it with a selfie. :P #messyhairdon'tcare

It was a beautiful day!

In case you were wondering, we did find acorns. ;) I painted them and put them in jars to sell at our yard sale back in October.

Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts.

Psalm 139:23

watching the stars.

"The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork." Psalm 19:1

Praising the Lord for a beautiful sky, scattered with sparkling stars. For sisters who lie on blankets beside me as we gaze up in awe of the beauty before us. 

We point out constellations and sing songs at the top of our lungs. We laugh when the songs get too high and our voices screech. 

Some of us scream and jump (we wont mention any names *ahem*) when a black cat appears behind us. 

We squeal in delight when a ball of fire --a shooting start-- glides across the sky. 

Moments like these I have to lift my hands to the heavens and say "Thank you, Jesus. Thank you for this marvelous night. Thank you for my sisters. For my parents allowing us to stay up a little later than usual. For shooting stars."

Most of all, t h a n k  y o u for creating it all. ♡

if you look close enough you can see the stars... :)

{Have you ever layed out and watched the stars or seen a shooting star glide across the sky?}

"He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names." Psalm 147:4

an amazing view.

on the way home from my grandparents Sunday evening, we stopped at an overlook on top the mountain. 

the view was gorgeous. 

 we had my Great-Grandparents along with us. 

 Jess and I

this is my favorite photo from the evening! ♡

WHEN MY HEART IS OVERWHELMED,
LEAD ME TO THE ROCK THAT IS HIGHER THAN I.
Psalm 61:2