the Roman's

ok, forgive the back-log... but this wedding was truly worth noting. :)

The Roman's

Karen & Anthony

August 1st, 2009

My beloved friend Karen, O how you glowed on this your wedding day!

You were simply GORGEOUS!

Don't they just make a wonderful pair!?

Loved all the stories and laughter!

You two fit so well. Congratulations!

behold him!

There's so much that I have failed to blog these past few weeks, er months... perhaps I'll go on one of those back-blogging adventures again one of these days soon... or perhaps I'll just press on.  At any rate, I was reminded again to take time to behold Him this evening when I was sent this link to the video posted below.  Absolute preciousness in this dear little one!

No matter how busy things are or seem,... Just take time to behold him!

oneness through the Word

My DH was reading me some quotes regarding oneness this evening, and I just had to share them!

Whether or not we understand the Bible, as long as we read a little of God’s Word in the morning and consider this Word a little during the day, we are sanctified. -

God’s word brings in God’s reality, and in us it produces a special effect, which is to sanctify us and to deliver us from this mixed world that we may be separated unto God. -

The word of reality sanctifies us and delivers us from the mixed-up world, turning us back to the purity in God. In this way, we are one. -

Quotes taken from:
The Oneness and the One Accord according to the Lord's Aspiration and the Body Life and Service according to His Pleasure, by Witness Lee

"In Thy Word, In Thy Word,

We have oneness through Thy Word.

In Thy Word, In Thy Word,

In Thy Holy Word we're all made one!"

o valerie!

I've always liked the way your name rolls off my tongue. 

Val-e-rie... it's kind of like music. :)

H A P P Y   B I R T H D A Y   my long-lost-sister.

[insert photo here... it looks like we need to take some more of these too!]

It was nice having lunch with you today... looking forward to a bunch more! <3

song of solomon 6:2

My beloved is gone...

I took him to the train station downtown this afternoon en-route to Bellingham, WA to work with his dad on a remodeling/tiling project.  It should only take about a week and a half... I miss him already. If you are reading this, dear, I love you!  Be safe. 

raindrops keep fallin' on my head...

For those of you who were able to follow along on Cy & Margo's blog (she uploaded from her iphone periodically) for our awesome road trip across half the US will know that we've made it safely to our new home-land, the great city of Portland. Being that it's winter, we were greeted by rain, of course. Fortunately (for travel-sake), yet unfortunately (for pleasure-sake) we missed the snow storm of the century!  My folks had sent us photos of my childhood home drenched in 18-inches of snow just the week before we arrived. Since we've been here (official arrival was Sunday, December 28th) we have had some occasional snow flurries and we even awoke the other day to about a half-inch of snow that had fell while we were sleeping. It, of course, melted quickly away (even though the daytime temperatures were near the mid 40s here, they still *feel* freezing to us). :P  We're constantly bundling up before going outside. I had to buy a replacement snow hat, since my other went missing on the second half of our road trip.  And I've even been tempted to stack my thermals under my jeans... Hmm, maybe tomorrow. :)  Ooo, and I also want to get a good pair of galoshes.  I keep getting interesting looks from people here... like I shouldn't be so bundled up, like I missed the boat or something... I guess the weather is much warmer here this week than the previous ones with all the ice/snow they had. Oh well, I think acclimation is going to just take some time, so I had better just get used to the funny-looks. :D :P

a few pics... i couldn't resist...

somewhere on day two...

an extra-terrestrial sighting. :)

gas, grub, and a sunset in Texas.

the grub... we actually survived. :P

cyrus excited about brewing the days coffee from the hotel room in Benson, AZ.

the days end...

onward ho!

I am at a Best Western (hurrah!) in Santa Barbara, CA getting ready for bed, but need to download my photos to unload my camera so I can keep photo-documenting this journey we're on. I, of course, have MANY great shots to show y'all. Yet while I probably won't be able to post much while I'm here on the road, I do, however, plan to post photos and some travel-stories once we're more settled up North (or at another location due to the extreme weather our current destination is having). You can meanwhile see Cyrus&Margo's blog for a few of our travel details/photos (updated as we go from her iPhone).

o the weather outside is . . .

i n c o n c e i v a b l e ! ! !

T'was an absolutely freezing (esp for us Austinites) evening as the snow feel on Austin last night. Even after three hours of the glorious white specks sprinkling the sky the accumulation is not much to speak of... but it's cold cold cold... o so cold!!! I suppose the good Lord wants to prepare us some for our soon-to-be new life in the NW this winter. It's so wild that at noon yesterday it was 81F at Austin-Bergstrom, then with a mighty gust of wind a cold front blows in... temperatures drop 50degrees... and wahla! the light rain turns to sleet and then conforms to some combination of sneet or slow ... o wait, it is. . .

* * SNOW! * *

Wish I could post the video of Erik leaning over the balcony to catch the fresh snowflakes on his tongue!

And then today I'm reading anothernicole's blog and woooaaah!!! as I read it I totally got tripped out by the *snow* falling through the words, nice touch ‘Cole. :) Seriously though, it had me going! [For a second there I thought my computer had a virus... then I remembered that would be inconceivable. Why? because I own a mac]. :P

So in that case. . .
let it snow! let it snow! let it snow!

hello december!

Great Form, Jupiter! Great Form, Venus! Great Form...

...ation, Moon!
Got this photo of Jupiter, Venus, and the Moon

while in the parking lot at Cabella's in Buda, TX.

Didn't know exactly what planets they were until I heard a news report and saw some of their photos. Says it only happens a couple times a year. Yeah for a nice clear evening to catch it. Wish my hand could have been a little more steady, this is a little blurred. Earlier this week the moon was a mere sliver, but LARGE and oh so low on the horizon. Wish I could have had my camera ready for a photo of it.