Sunday, May 10, 2015. Monday, February 23, 2015. Painted Petals and Painted Blooms Paper. A previous post showed the Painted Petals stamp set done in pastel colors. It also looks great using bright colors to match the Painted Blooms Designer Series Paper. The first card is features Pacific Point and Wild Wasabi. How about Rose Red and Daffodil Delight? The Painted Blooms Designer Series Paper works perfectly with this stamp set.

Struggles to Understand and be Understood. Before I came to South Africa, I never considered what a privilege is it to understand the words spoken around me. More than ten months into my time in South Africa, my isiZulu is not even close to conversational. I do not understand the majority of what is spoken around me at church functions. I can sit through a six hours communion service and only occasionally hear words that I recognize, never mind understand the context in which they are spoken.

1 Wander through the streets viewing historic landmarks. 3 Take shelter from the poring rain in the San Giovanni In Laterano Basilica. 5 Sit with the crown on the Spanish Steps. 8 Check out the Photography Exhibition. Wednesday, July 30, 2014.

The lane to the land of the dead.

On April 3rd, I embarked on my week long Spring Break excursion to warm and sunny SPAIN! Now, I have been to Barcelona before, so I had already done all the touristy things, but we still hit up Park Guell and Sagrada Familia along with a few other things! Me, Gracie, Lindsay, Colleen, Bailey, and Olivia on La Rambla! Check it out Grandma! Pretending to be a lobster, obviously.