God's Great Dance Floor

You'll never stop loving us
No matter how far we run
You'll never give up on us
All of Heaven shouts, "Let the future begin!"

I come alive, I feel alive
I am alive on God's great dance floor

Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

see you on the other side, Grandma.
love you, Paw-Paw. 

stompin' sharon

i love the feel and sound of leaves crunching beneath my feet.
i also love the feel and sound of snow crunching beneath my feet.

...maybe i just like to step on things and hear myself doing it.

p.s. little sweet pea is coming in less than two months! :)

this post is brought to you by the number three

3 more days until 3 years of marriage.
3.5 more months until our little one comes
...and we become a family of 3.

:)

The Lau Peas

food for thought

"The way we suit up for our sufferings tomorrow 
is by cultivating our love for Jesus today." 

quote taken from here.

in spirit and in truth

"But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." - John 4:23-24

so long, summer

the air is cooler and crisper, and without all the heat and humidity around anymore it seems cleaner. welcome back, fall - i've missed you.

You're Beautiful

When we arrive at eternity's shore
Where death is just a memory and tears are no more
We'll enter in as the wedding bells ring
Your bride will come together and we'll sing
You're beautiful

book nook: flavia de luce mysteries

 












   


the buckshaw chronicles, vol. 1
alan bradley

i stumbled upon the first flavia de luce mystery, the sweetness at the bottom of the pie, almost by chance one day at the library. i know they say not to judge a book by it's cover, but this is literally what happened: the cover looked good so i picked up the book, read the summary, and decided to give it a try. i'm glad i did - i liked it so much that i went back to the library after finishing the first book and borrowed the next two (the weed that string's the hangman's bag and a red herring without mustard)! (there will be six books in the series, but so far only four have been written to date).

the books are set in the 1950s in bishop's lacey (an english village) and the heroine in all of them is flavia de luce, a self-taught chemist and sleuth who is so intelligent, curious, persevering, adventurous, and witty that sometimes i forget that she is only eleven years old - especially since her vocabulary and reasoning is super advanced for her age. i love her, she is the best! anyway, each book is based around a different crime afterwhich flavia goes around town on her trusty bicycle, gladys, doing unofficial detective work to solve the cases. (where are the police in all of this, you ask? they're present and at work too, but flavia seems to be all the more resourceful on her own). also mentioned in the books are flavia's family and a few other notable characters in and around bishop's lacey, depending on who flavia needs to use as sources of information.

i found each of these books to be enjoyable, fun, and endearing to read. i think bradley is a great writer and i'm so glad he's Canadian, yay! anyway, i definitely recommend these novels to anyone looking for a murder mystery or just an overall good read. i can't wait to read the fourth installment!