We were so close to being ready. We were minutes from having two girls dressed, teeth brushed, shoes matching and hair done when I noticed that both girls had something in their hair. “What is this?” I asked. “It’s toothpaste.” came the matter-0f-fact response. As my mind processed the problem, I realized there was not …
In the age of digitization of practically everything, I’ve realized that the one thing I don’t do is print out pictures. I text pictures. I email pictures. I post pictures. I frame pictures, and then promptly give them to family as presents. If there is a correlation to a kids’ literary development based on the …
As sit on this last day of 2013 trying to allow my body to overcome whatever bug it is currently fighting and enjoy reading other people’s reflections of their year, I thought I’d try the same. To say this year has been full of changes is a gross understatement. This year I have: become a …
We celebrated Christmas morning this Saturday with our girls and it was a wonderful time of excitement and fun, but in order to enjoy this time together, Sam and I had to wait our turn. It’s hard, especially during the holidays, to juggle schedules and time when you are sharing kids. You have to be …
I have never been much of a cook or a baker. I found my speciality is appetizers…you know the kind that take three ingredients and at tops 10 minutes to make? That was more my speed. But during Christmas and around the holidays, I find that I can slow down enough to not have a …
Santa brought the pups (and their running buddy!) a new splitter leash. The leash goes around my waist and then the pups share one leash so that they aren’t dragging me in two different directions. We tried it out this morning and it was so funny to watch Willie and Waylon’s face as they tried …
There aren’t words to express how incredibly blessed I am this Christmas to be a new wife, a new mom, a new Reverend. There have been few times in my life that I have felt that I am exactly where I am supposed to be and doing what I was created to do, but tonight …
I’ve been told that it is common for women who have been married for a month or so to long for a new look most often in the form of a new haircut or maybe chop is the right word. That hair that has been grown out to do the wedding hairdo, just won’t do …
