Pumpkin-Poos turned 8!

Well, hello there! Apparently time flies when you’re having fun & it’s been a long time of no connecting here on the blog {since July—wow!} We had some fun adventures this past summer {which hopefully I will blog about someday!}. We took a 2 week road trip to Acadia National Park in Maine and then drove up into New Hampshire and Vermont on our way to experience a little french culture in Montreal. We then returned home to unload and vacuum the van to get the sand out and then packed up again for Duluth, Minnesota. After returning from camping up north, we did some day trips to Michigan to do our annual blueberry picking in South Haven. This year we added peach picking to the adventure and found our new favorite orchard—Overhiser Orchards, a family run orchard who grows the sweetest fruit & has the best down home hospitality {we returned this past autumn to pick 54 pounds of honeycrisp apples! 147 to be accurate!}.

In the midst of all of that excitement, our littlest Pumpkin-Poos turned 8! Our annual birthday celebration for her includes a trip to our other favorite apple orchard, Edwards Apple Orchard, in Poplar Grove, Illinois. Every year she rides the pony {though now she is getting too big!} and she picks out the littlest pumpkin or most unique gourd she can find.

In school for star student week, we created these posters of her life’s adventures, so I thought I would share them here on the blog.

I have said this before, but if you are new to the blog I will say it again:  she is so much a part of the inspiration and motivation for Life Verse Design. When I was pregnant with her I was pretty sick and had zero brain power to memorize Scripture, so I replaced all the little 3×5 notecards I had around the house with actual artwork that I created. I have loved meditating on the Scriptures before choosing the image or how I would visually express the verse and it has made these words so much more meaningful to me.

I love you so much my little joy filled, sweet, and full of love Pumpkin-Poos!

Grace & Peace,

Julie