When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
what is man that you are mindful of him,
and the son of man that you care for him?

We set the alarm for just before 5:00 Wednesday morning so we could observe the lunar eclipse. All the boys were eager to see the earth’s shadow cast on the moon, and the little ones were excited to be up earlier than usual.

Even Molly was curious what all the hubbub was about.

It was cold, so every once in a while we came in to warm up by the fire.

Jake had the telescope out to show us Uranus, which was just to the left of the moon. He also set up the camera to take some photos of this phenomenon.

The result:

We all agreed it was worth sacrificing some sleep to watch this beautiful eclipse.