to Him Who is able

"What's the weirdest part of our family?" Ben: "Your face." Blessing: "Um...this plate." *points to the ice-cream-covered saucer she just finished eating birthday cake off of* ~ "Do You realize how unromantic a death like that would be? I can just picture you explaining how I died at my funeral... "Well, she had a baby tooth that never turned into a permanent one, a tricky and unlucky situation is how the dentist put it."" ~ "Hey, will you text Corban and have him get the frozen mouse out and put it in his pocket to thaw so that's it's ready for when I get home?" "Um...sure." ~ "Hey dear, would you pick up the (large) order of chicken I just placed?" "Wait...I ordered a bunch too." *mom+dad's miscommunication=a big dinner and lots of leftovers* ~ "Check it out Neva, I made a lego sword. NOW I WILL RULE THE WORLD." ~ "He's like, as fast as hair....

Most guys take on things like golfing as a hobby, or fishing, or working out... Mine took on Falconry. ( Falconry  is the hunting of wild quarry in its natural state and habitat by means of a trained bird of prey.)  Most families have dogs or cats living in their yard.  Mine has 3 hawks and a falcon. It makes for great conversation starters, crowd-pleasers, most-interesting-story-contest winners.  Falconry is a way of life, my dad and brothers would say if you asked them, falconry is the coolest thing ever and if you don't think so then you have some major problems.  It's about training a wild hawk to fly to your arm when you whistle. It's all about catching squirrels, rabbits and small birds with a huge bird of prey.  ~ Most girls spend their Saturdays sleeping in, shopping for hours, or hanging out with friends... I spent mine walking through a field scaring up rabbits with 5 of the best guys in the world. ...

"I have a life outside (the blog world) you know." I just (kinda) quoted Monsters University, and if you have 6 brothers who quote it endlessly, (like I do) then you would know that. Our life can get crazy hectic, as can everyone's. School, cross country, the play, work, falconry, school, housework...School. you know. I come to you this evening, as my brothers sit sprawled everywhere watching Lego Starwars, and bring you a "real life" post. A collaboration of photos both from my phone and camera....some blurry, some crisp... all priceless and to be forever treasured. And I do this, trusting that you will be gracious and understanding as you will for sure see messy faces, dirty backgrounds and crazy hair. I am not the type of person to hide dirtiness. And let be honest, messy faces and crazy hair is the best, right? Legos. These colorful, small, hurts-worse-than-most-anything-if-you-step-on-them blocks bring hours and hours of entertainme...

Goodness.  ...a picture is worth a thousand words, right? Well then, this post  is worth a lot of words. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ { warm  really hot afternoons at the park} {Older Brother's Senior banquet/graduation} {as you look at the next 6 photos, notice how a.) a new face is added each time, and 2.) every one's expression changes multiple times} {below is a desk my beyond amazing father and brothers built...they used it as Spencer's display table at graduation. His was the best, most interesting most awesome one there. Just saying'.} {spending time on the front porch together}  I've been absent from the "blogasphere" for quite some time, and I really have no new excuses. Busy? Yes. As everyone else is. I am just really bad at motivating myself to use my free time to post. the struggle is real. As my junior year in ...