once upon a time a boy saw a girl.  he asked her to go get lime bars.  she said yes.  he was a viking and she was dutch.  but this didn’t stop them.  eventually they fell in love, got married, became the H’s, bought a house in the mountains and had a little dutch-viking hybrid. 


then they decided that some sort of modern narritive of life in general [l.i.g], preferably in the digital format, may be in order. 


(little dutch-viking hybrids tend to make these things necessary.)


so here is an attempt to capture l.i.g in all it’s wonderful, wild, blessed, busy, changing, challenging gusto.  


frequency tbd.  


Thursday, March 4, 2010

Joy

A quiet afternoon on the couch, and in an attempt to soothe a slightly fussy baby, I place Aida up on my knees and begin to rock her.  Out of no where, without coaxing or precursor, it welled up within her, pure joy expressed in pint-sized laughter.  The joy was contagious (and brought a few tears to her momma's eyes) as Peter and I watched a prayed-for character trait bloom with sudden and sovereign sweetness: Joy. Her first laugh was beautiful, but the tiny, joyful heart instilled by her Creator from which it flowed is all the more so. And for that we give thanks.

This first laugh session lasted for quite some time, luckily Peter was able to grab the camera and capture the end :)



"From the lips of children and infants, you have ordained praise..." 
Psalm 8:2a
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Monday, March 1, 2010

Smiles...


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Copper 2K10

Well, we are back to reality after a relaxing not-too-far get-away to our favorite, Copper Mountain. Lots of family walks, yummy food, quality couch cuddle time, hot tub soaks (not for Aida) and good conversation. Unfortunately, snow was less than plentiful until about 4 o'clock yesterday.  Good times were had none the less, even if there was more skating than skiing down the mountain.  Peter and I were both thankful for the opportunity to break away with our little family :)  

Highlights:
- Aida has been sleeping in her car seat since we brought her home, so we decided to use a more relaxed few days to experiment with "flat" night sleeping - and she did beautifully!  YAY!  She will now be sleeping in her room in her crib full time, such a big girl.  I am a little sad not have her right next to me at night, but super thankful that the transition from our little sleep "crutch", aka car seat, was so easy!
- Slope side eating, specifically deep-fried pickle spears.  Need I say more?
- The awesome beauty of Creation as viewed from 12,000ft!
- Aida's hot pink snow suit popping out of the Baby Bjorn as Peter packed her around.  Favorite question from a stranger:  "Is there a real baby in there?".  Seriously?
- Our super cute, cozy condo
- Frequent viewings of the Toyota Sienna "Swagger Wagon" commercial.  Love it.
- 4 straight days with my sweet family :) 
Our little trooper


Daddy and his little girl
Momma
Aida's new favorite game
Snow!


Yay for bfast at Alpinista!
Aida was clearly riveted by her first day on the slopes
Another new favorite game

Family photo op in Breck

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