It's quiet as I write this. The clock is tick-tocking past ten as the crickets hum their symphony in the smooth, still night. My sisters are tucked in bed; the sheets I pulled over them earlier are now lightly rising and falling with their sweet little girl breaths. I love watching them sleep. In the glow of the hall light casting a thin puddle of warmth on the floor, there is something so peaceful about watching their tiny bodies rest.

I was tempted to skip the ten on ten project this month, what with the craziness that has made up the past few days, but I'm glad I went through with it. Having a challenge is good for me--it stretches me both creatively and mentally. And as of this afternoon, my family is reunited and it couldn't be sweeter. Tonight we sat in the front yard as the sun set, filling each other in on the past week and laughing, the deep belly kind that leaves you giddy and gasping for breath. This is the present and I wouldn't trade it for anything. It's good to let the past lie and the future do what it may and let now soak in deep.

Take a peek at Rachel's photos and be sure to click around and visit the others!

Along with a few others, I'm embarking on a ten on ten project. Basically, it involves documenting a day in ten (or more) images and posting them all on the tenth of each month. I like the idea of taking the time to document a whole day with my camera. My life seems brutally ordinary and routine at times--in all honesty, when I look back at my old posts on here, I am stunned by how perfect my life looks. My life? Perfection? Hah! Despite its beauty at times, let me clarify once again that's a very false statement. I was talking with a few friends the last week about this very subject--how wonderful everything looks while blogging. If only it were true.

Here are some images from yesterday, in chronological order...













My Wednesday starts with classes from 8:30-10am and again from 11:30-1pm--in the middle of the two I take a little break to workout, have a mid-morning snack (in my case apple pie), do a little gardening, and play piano. Once my second class is over at one, it's lunch time and a break until my piano class at three. Following piano is a little more school/work, then relaxing (which involves eating nutella with a spoon and reading to kill a mockingbird, or my favorite book of all time) until dinner around seven. And after dinner comes family time out on the lawn until it's dark.
(Obviously I didn't take photographs of each part of my day, but it's the effort that counts, right?)

My life may not be the most glamorous or exciting or adventurous, but it involves the people I love the most, and really, that's all that matters.

Go check out Hannah's photos--and be sure to click around and look at everyone else's shots!