“Summertime, and the living is easy” – well maybe… Summer is here and things just keep moving. Sometimes it is a little difficult creating downtime. Bryan and I still have jobs, and Rachel’s activities are ongoing (like 12+ hours a week of gymnastics practice). Oh wait, and I have a 16 month old that needs…
Father’s day is tomorrow. Actually, at the time of writing this, it is a mere one hour away… Well, all I can say is “whoops, I really dropped the ball”. I knew that it was coming but kept pushing it to the back-burner of my mind. Come on, there are millions of things to do…
Time flies when you are having fun. Have truer words been spoken? The second grade didn’t seem like a big jump. I guess the rigors of first grade toughened us up for that. As seems to be an end-of-year custom, there was an “awards day”. I always think, hmmmm, maybe we could skip this…
A few weeks ago, the choir sang one of my favorite hymns, “It is Well With My Soul”. Yes it is possible that my musical interests extend past the pop-music of the 60’s/70’s. This hymn has become a source of comfort in some unlikely ways. I will back up a few steps and apologize, because…
SPECIAL NOTE – The names used in the blog (aside from my kid) have been changed. Don’t worry neighborhood folks, I have changed the names to protect the innocent. “Kids say the darndest things!” I am not sure where the quote originated, but it is so true. It seems like the most informative conversations…
“I’m walking, yes indeed.” Little Sarah has been walking for about 2 months, but it has taken about that long to get video of her actually walking! My daughters are pretty consistent – Rachel started walking around 13 months and so did Sarah. For clarification, steps need to be taken independently to be classified as…
Can ya’ll believe that Rachel is 8 years old! Well, I can’t! A few weeks ago, a lady in the neighborhood asked about the age gap between my daughters, and I said “6 years – actually almost 7”. She plainly looked at me and told me that she thought that Rachel was my youngest. Ouch….…
Mother’s Day is almost over, but I am still considering this a Mother’s Day post. Yesterday, I was wiping Sarah Amelia’s face and my thumb accidentally poked her eye. She seemed fine, but after taking a walk outside she had a red-mark under her eye, which looked like a mosquito bite. This morning my beaming…
Bryan and Rachel sort of pulled a fast one on me. I say sort of because Rachel filled me in as soon as Bryan gave her the details. They planned a Spring Break trip to Colorado! Bryan and Rachel had been talking a lot about winter sports and skiing, so there was a lot of…
I thought that I would share some adorable video of Sarah. Last week Sarah was in the best mood! It seemed like she was just one little roll-polly of joy! I know that’s very bragy-bragy but it’s true 🙂 This video was recorded on a Saturday, and it might have been the first or second…