The happiest bug ...

Before ...

After ...

Little Moment with Lauren: “We love to laugh together. Her laugh is so contagious and once she starts - I start, and we laugh until it hurts. She has always been a very happy little girl. And at night when I would check on her (to make sure she was ok) - she would be asleep with a smile. In fact, she still sleeps with a smile! It’s only fitting that everything she draws has a smile too. In Lauren’s world, all things big and small are happy!”

Bug on Canvas by Tawna Allred!
For more details visit: Heirloom Children's Art

A love note (on canvas) ...

A few years ago, my son, Kaleb gave me a little love note and a few weeks ago, Tawna Allred had a contest on her website looking for children's art. The lucky winner would get a custom, canvas recreation of the artwork. Luckily, we won! And above is the canvas creation of my son's love note. So sweet...

Thanks Kaleb and Tawna for the gifts of love! :)

Kaleb - Fishing in Afton, Wyoming
I love you ... Thanks for being a 'rainbow' in my life!

PS - Do you have artwork by your children that you would like to have reproduced onto canvas? If so, visit this website and get all the details: Heirloom Children's Art

{Celebrating blog post # 400}

Tulips and Mountains ... (two of my favorite things)
Skagit Valley Tulip Festival / for more photos and tulip awe vist their website: TULIPS

I just realized that this is post number 400 on my blog! And ... I feel like celebrating! Looking back - When I started this blog, I hoped that my little thoughts, ideas, stories and dreams would touch someone. To my surprise - this little blog has reached thousands. :) Amazing what can happen when we dare to dream and DO!

Thank you for stopping in and for being a part of my 'little moments' ...

PS - Slow down and enjoy the beauty of this day! :)

All my love,
Wendy

Sending tulips and sunshine your way!

It feels like spring ...

The sun is out today and it feels like spring ... And on beautiful days (like this one) there is nothing like being outside riding a bike! :)

PS - It's the little moments that matter - what will you do with today?

"Little Moments" book buzz ...

Book cover - 2nd edition, paperback

Inside ...

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A long line of LOVE ...

The Evan and Bessie Call family

Life does not happen to us, it happens from us.
~Michael Wickett

Evan Call (my Grandpa) on a bike for 4 :) ...!!

My Grandma Call - In Afton, Wyoming ... She is truly one of my heroes.

At Christmas, my Mom gave me a little disc of photos. The other night, I had a few moments so I opened the images via my laptop and was surprised at the emotions the photos evoked.

Setting the scene -It was late, the house was quiet – everyone was asleep (except for me)… All I could hear was the little hum from my computer as I sat at my desk. For about an hour I devoured the photos and was inspired by the legacy of my ancestors.

Little history -My Mom comes from a family of 14 children. She was number 10. I am grandchild number 54 (give or take a few numbers). The photos from this Christmas gift disc were images of my Grandma and Grandpa Call’s life.

I laughed and cried as I enjoyed every moment from the past. And I couldn’t help but think – WOW! I have a lot to live up to. And then I went to that beautiful place of gratitude and had nothing but pure admiration for their love, their example and their hard work through the years.
They believed in family more than anything else.

Is there anything that really matters more?

Evan and Bessie Call
Afton, Wyoming
Families are forever.

The above photos (along with many others) are on display in the Call Heritage Museum in Afton, Wyoming. This museum is the old house in Afton where my Grandparents raised their amazing family and where I spent many summers as a kid. The museum opened last summer and I was able to go with my family and join 250 + relatives for a weekend reunion that I'll never forget!

Thanks Grandpa and Grandma for your legacy of love ...
I love you both.

Inside the little brown bag ...

My son, Kaleb, was sick at the beginning of the week and he missed school on Monday and Tuesday. Luckily, he was feeling good enough to hit the halls again on Wednesday. (He's in the seventh grade).

While making his lunch, I decided to drop in a little note. I smiled to myself as I dropped him off at the middle school as I imagined what he would do when he looked into the bag and saw a love note from his mom ...

After school, we were running a couple of errands and (out of the blue) he said, "I kept the note you gave me."

To my surprise, he pulled the note out of his sweatshirt pocket. It was a sweet moment and reminder that the kind things we do for each other matter.

They matter so much that we hold onto them and tuck them away to keep and remember later!

March ...

It's the first day of March ... and I find myself sitting here thinking about tulips, sunshine and SPRING! :)