gray day = vivid play | trenkletoes fall09 | oregon lifestyle photographer, kellie trenkle

last week was a crazy busy week. we are down to one vehicle. for 2 busy adults and 4 active children! for the most part, it has worked out fine. our tahoe hasn't been double booked. i did take my husband to work last wednesday so that i could have wheels that night and on the way home i was playing tour guide, as we moms often do when chauffering our kids, "Look guys, cows!!!" so, i pointed out the pumpkin patch. and guess what, instead of heading straight home to get busy with their schooling and my working, we headed straight home to dress appropriately for a field trip to the farm/orchard. we took the day off. sometimes, we just have to play!

it was a grayish, chilly day for the first time in all the years i've taken the kids to the patch -- seems like i could never get there until noon, which is not an optimal hour for outdoor portrait-quality pics of the kids. gray days are GREAT DAYS for outdoor pictures -- think Gray Day equals Vivid Play! and let's see, the dirt clods and the canopy of trees were the highlight of the trip for my kids. the dirt clods were awesome! kennady couldn't keep from running thru the orchard and spinning in delight in complete awe of the saffron boughs overhead and the thrill of the light rain falling on her sweet face... sighhhhhh.

i found myself appreciating the colorful order of the rows of trees in the orchard. the view struck a chord with me, it almost reminded me of my marriage. my husband is magnetically drawn to order and is so naturally organized. i appreciate that, because i am sooooooo much not built that way. (i love love love when everything is in it's place, but it's most likely not because of me!) i find myself drawn to the colorfully chaotic go-with-the-flow rhythms in life, i'm an adapt-er. and in that orchard, the orderly rows of trees and the colorful artistry of the trees dropping their leaves for the season is leaving a gorgeous blanket of disorderly leaves on the ground. the order innately part of the beautiful disorder. but yet, it's so magnificently part of God's creative creation design.

and the best part of it all was seeing my kids run thru it! God has an intensely beautiful design, doesn't he? in me, in him and our kids -- in that orchard.

i love autumn. i think more pumpkin bars need to go in the oven, it's raining. mmmmm. coffee, crafting kids. cozy.

last week was a crazy busy week. we are down to one vehicle. for 2 busy adults and 4 active children! for the most part, it has worked out fine. our tahoe hasn't been double booked. i did take my husband to work last wednesday so that i could have wheels that night and on the way home i was playing tour guide, as we moms often do when chauffering our kids, "Look guys, cows!!!" so, i pointed out the pumpkin patch. and guess what, instead of heading straight home to get busy with their schooling and my working, we headed straight home to dress appropriately for a field trip to the farm/orchard. we took the day off. sometimes, we just have to play!

it was a grayish, chilly day for the first time in all the years i've taken the kids to the patch -- seems like i could never get there until noon, which is not an optimal hour for outdoor portrait-quality pics of the kids. gray days are GREAT DAYS for outdoor pictures -- think Gray Day equals Vivid Play! and let's see, the dirt clods and the canopy of trees were the highlight of the trip for my kids. the dirt clods were awesome! kennady couldn't keep from running thru the orchard and spinning in delight in complete awe of the saffron boughs overhead and the thrill of the light rain falling on her sweet face... sighhhhhh.

i found myself appreciating the colorful order of the rows of trees in the orchard. the view struck a chord with me, it almost reminded me of my marriage. my husband is magnetically drawn to order and is so naturally organized. i appreciate that, because i am sooooooo much not built that way. (i love love love when everything is in it's place, but it's most likely not because of me!) i find myself drawn to the colorfully chaotic go-with-the-flow rhythms in life, i'm an adapt-er. and in that orchard, the orderly rows of trees and the colorful artistry of the trees dropping their leaves for the season is leaving a gorgeous blanket of disorderly leaves on the ground. the order innately part of the beautiful disorder. but yet, it's so magnificently part of God's creative creation design.

and the best part of it all was seeing my kids run thru it! God has an intensely beautiful design, doesn't he? in me, in him and our kids -- in that orchard.

i love autumn. i think more pumpkin bars need to go in the oven, it's raining. mmmmm. coffee, crafting kids. cozy.