Butterflies & Dragonflies

Oh to be in the heat of August and to see butterflies and dragonflies again...

(Bloomington Country Club - August 2010)


(Bloomington Country Club - August 2011)

I'll miss seeing all of those butterflies and dragonflies at BCC next year... But hopefully I'll see some at my residential customers in 2012.

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Open The Door

Honeysuckle Vine ~ Psalm 40:5

Black-Capped Chickadee... And Happy Memories

If there is one bird that I can say is my favorite "childhood bird," it would have to be the black-capped chickadee... It always brings back so many memories of the house I grew up in on Harlem Avenue in Monmouth, Illinois.

We always had a bird feeder outside a large window by our family room, and more along the woods that lined our backyard. I remember watching many gold finches, cardinals, sparrows of all types... But my favorite to see was always the chickadees.

I love happy memories... It's amazing how a photo, new or old, can always bring back those happy memories.

That is why I'm a photographer... To help others, and myself, hold on to happy memories.

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Welcome to the New Normal

Laurie Visits Teletubbie Land

Mike's Dream Video (and a very good sermon at the end)

This pretty much sums up why Laurie and I love our church so much...

A Daughter...

Birthday Celebration In The Park

Day two of Andrew and Savannah's 11th and 9th birthday celebration took place at Miller Park in Bloomington. Both sets of grandparents came from the east and from the west to help celebrate the many many blessings we've received over the past eleven years.

School's In Session

Andrew and Savannah were off to school this past week to start their 2011/2012 school year.

Andrew entered the world of Junior High... He now attends Bloomington Junior High School where he's in the 6th grade. Yes... P.E. every day with gym clothes, hallway lockers with combinations, some classroom changing throughout each day, pre-algebra, weekend homework, and spending a little more time in front of the mirror with his hair (yep, he's doing that already). On Friday, the first full day of school, Andrew grabbed his backpack and took off hiking towards BJHS at 7:30 a.m. ~ this was his first time to ever walk to school, and he did it as if he'd been doing it for 6 years. Yeah... Our little Birdie is growing up :-)

Savannah is now in the 4th grade at Bent Elementary School... she has already said her teacher (who is new to Bent this year) is the best teacher she's ever had. Of course, she also received candy the first day of school from her. :-)

We think it's going to be a wonderful year for Andrew and Savannah... We pray for them daily and know they're in God's care.

An Art-filled Birthday Party

It's party night at the Sexton house... Celebrating Andrew (born 8-20-2000) and Savannah's (born 8-19-2002) birthdays. They each invited one friend for a sleepover...

After some Dominos Pizza we headed off to Artful Designs to be a little creative... We had SO MUCH FUN painting our pottery



































After doing our pottery we headed to Grady's so the kids could take their baths by using the bumper boats...



Then it was time to return home so Savannah could open her presents (Andrew will open his in the morning) and to enjoy some YUMMY chocolate cupcakes by Sugar Mama Cakes ~ Our absolute favorite local cake baker :-)

And now Laurie and I are tucked away in bed listening to giggles, Beyblades battles, Harry Potter movie scenes, Barbie playing, footsteps up and down stairs... All beautiful sounds of children having fun :-)

It's a good night in the Sexton house... And we're looking forward to another fun day tomorrow as the birthday celebrating continues.

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Psalm 66:1-4