Jessica

Meet Jessica. She's filled with energy, laughter and ideas. She loves playing volleyball and "futbol", (soccer to us Americans!) and is a self-professed Dutch Blitz maniac. :)

I'm so blessed to have her as my friend!

When I opened my blogger account to post these photos, I saw this:

 10001 pageviews?! How fun is that? :) 

Just One | Butterfly

She's Painting Again

 through the window!

My sister has taken brushes and oils in hand and is panting a landscape. She never ceases to amaze me with her work! I can't wait to see this one finished. :)

Jumping off a Waterfall

I'll leave that daring deed to my brother, thank you very much!

:)

Criselle

Just One | Criselle

Just one image of the lovely Criselle for now! I'll post more photos from her shoot soon. :)

The Stick Bug

Emily Amor

 Big brothers excited to welcome Emily Amor into the family

Emily Amor 

Born July 6, at 2:12am

8lbs 9oz

...joy comes in the morning. 

Psalm 30:5b

 It was such a privilege to photograph these moments in the life of this beautiful family.

Published with permission

Summer So Far

In complete contrast to this sunny photo I took last week, it's grey and rainy this afternoon. I'm enjoying a cozy afternoon at home doing college planning, baking chocolate zucchini brownies (yum!), and reading The Chosen.

I've had a lovely summer so far. It's been great to have relaxed, unscheduled days where I can sleep in and read as much as I want, but also to have some productive time! My dad, my siblings and I are taking an online statistics class at Udacity and we're enjoying the challenge. I'm trying to exercise every morning. I haven't been completely successful. Ahem.

Well, there are less than five weeks left in my summer... and I'm determined to make the most of them! I'm planning to cook more, read more, exercise more, and really buckle down to those college applications. :)

How have you been filling your time this summer?