Sneak peak from Katie and Brian's maternity photo shoot last Saturday!

Sunday might be my favorite day of the week. Singing "Give Me Faith" after a heart-shaking sermon on the different ways we doubt our faith reminded me how much grace God has poured out on little doubting, undeserving me. "God is too good to be unkind. He is too wise to be confused. If I cannot trace His hand, I can always trust His heart." C. H. Spurgeon.

Photos from this morning: Rory and Kevin outside the Music Institute (home of Evanston Bible Fellowship on Sunday mornings), pretty flowering tree and stained glass outside an Evanston church, Emily at Kellogg, tulips on Northwestern's campus,

"It's amazing how there will be a new little person in the world made up of a combination that has never before existed" says Katie as we stroll through the funky shops on Congress Street in Austin on a perfect April afternoon.

When I paint, an hour is a minute. Time slips away in hues of purple and gray.

Somewhere up there, someone is looking down. When I'm in a plane I often look down at the landscape and wonder if anyone is looking up. Perspective is important. It makes me remember that sometimes I'm the one being pushed forward through the air and sometimes I'm the one with my feet on the ground.