Finnegan Follies

Friday, August 01, 2014

Five for Friday

From my contemplations on my early morning walk, 5 things that prove to me the extravagant nature of God's love:

1. The love and laughter of grandchildren.
2. Constancy in marriage for 34 years.
3. The beauty in things that people never see-- just beautiful because their Creator is. And closely related: beauty everywhere.
4. Truth that stands no matter what.
5. Hummingbirds and butterflies.

Extravagant by Peter Kipley and Jared Anderson

(Listen to Casting Crowns here)

Your love is extravagant
Your friendship, it is intimate
I feel like moving to the rhythm of Your grace
Your fragrance is intoxicating in our secret place
Your love is extravagant
Spread wide in the arms of Christ is the love that covers sin
No greater love have I ever known You considered me a friend
Capture my heart again

Thursday, July 31, 2014

TBT

Rose and Ed Postel (maternal grandparents)

Joe and Marie Hanson (paternal grandparents)

Jack and Shirley Hanson (parents)

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Wednesday without words

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Celebrating

On Saturday, my dh and I had a belated celebration of our 34th wedding anniversary. We headed out early and drove the Enchated Circle, a drive that circles all the way around Mt. Wheeler, New Mexico's highest peak. We headed up through the wild and scenic Rio Grande Gorge, a drive I love. We stopped to ride the ski lift at Angel Fire Resort (and had a short hike at over 10,000 feet) and then circled north through Red River, back to Taos, and then had dinner at La Cocina in Espanola. It was a beautiful (if warm!) day, and I enjoyed just spending time with my best friend. See a few pictures below.

I am so grateful that God gave me Dave. We are well suited to one another. I don't know how I would have gotten through the past 34 years without him. God has been very good to me.