happy christmas!

(image via here)

oh holy night

the stars are brightly shining

it is the night of our dear savior's birth

long lay the world in sin and error pining

til he appeared and the soul felt its worth 

a thrill of hope the weary world rejoices 

for yonder breaks a new and glorious morn

truly he taught us to love one another

his law is love and his gospel is peace

chains shall he break for the slave is our brother

and in his name all oppression shall cease

sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we

let all within us praise his holy name

we're off to colorado in just a few hours and we cannot wait. and we will be sure to report on how traveling across the country on christmas eve with a dog goes... 

we hope you all have a joyful, peaceful, beautiful holiday. thank you for being a part of our lives.

happy christmas!

(good) fern friday

{because it's good friday, of course}

happy almost easter! 

the easter bunny and i go way back. at some point in my childhood i imagine i was scarred by a large bunny at a mall. i think there is a picture somewhere of me with the most terrified look on my face on a bunny's lap.

(by the way, i never made the connection between bunnies and easter? and who decided that sending an adult in a bunny costume into a mall to take pictures with kids wasn't creepy? just my thoughts.)

so from that point forward, i required that the easter bunny not enter our house. however, i am a girl who enjoys her candy and i realized the easter bunny often brought candy - so i had to come up with a new idea.

the porch. 

i'm not sure how many easter mornings the pendley's spent on the porch, but i figured we better be safe than sorry by letting a big, creepy bunny into our home.

i was a very normal child.

so today it was quite appropriate when there was a package from the easter bunny (aka the pendley's) sitting on my welcome mat - not in my living room.

thank you pendley easter bunnies for easters on the porch, believing me when i told you i saw huge bunny foot prints in our backyard, and for all the easter goodies!!

-kelsie.