Category: family
Our Nephews….
I asked my brother-in-law if Courtney might photograph our nephews on Thanksgiving. She has been spreading her photography wings a bit recently. A few Saturdays ago, she spent the majority of the day at a local garden photographing Sav-A-Life babies with their mothers and siblings. She hopes to actually begin booking photo sessions in 2014. I’m so proud of her…and…
creation museum
Paul and I decided to treat the children last week to the first vacation we have had in several years! His travels make hotel stays very affordable (free, actually!), and car rentals very inexpensive. It was an *absolutely perfect* trip! Well, except for that weather…. We took a little detour over into Indiana! The whole group waiting to go in….…
Paper Planes
Per Benjamin’s request, we embark on a new adventure- the family paper airplane race. This is not your average competition, but has actually been in the works for months. Each participant was responsible for his/her own design… some took their paper airplane making a little more serious than others. Some may have brought duct tape… And we had a spectators! …
Summer Nights and S’mores
The stars are shining bright on this summer evening in Alabama. It’s actually relatively cool, with a slight breeze. It seemed so perfect to build a little fire and gather the children. I had gathered chocolate bars, graham crackers and marshmallows a couple of weeks back. Kudos to Nabisco for making s’more size graham cracker packages! Nice! It’s been…
Matthew and Grandmother
I had such a great visit with my grandmother today. We chatted an afternoon away. I polished her nails, I met more of her friends, I listened as a few different people came up to talk with her. They all call her “Ms. Sunshine”. I love that! She was in a good mood, though quite confused today. She told Matthew…
Family Life
A few random pictures from yesterday…so many things are changing in our world. – Time never stops. I know the children are growing. I know I only have one chance to live each day. I’m thankful for them all…. If you see Paul, please tell him you notice he’s growing some facial hair. He’s giving it his all! It’s…
Goodbye to Summer
I know the days of summer have come to an end, but we still had this little loose end to tie: Earlier in the season we had purchased popsicle molds with the promise of making pudding pops this year. We found ourselves with a little sliver of time in the day. It was great, ….just perfect really, for Timothy and…
Meredith and Mornings
Meredith watching the sun out the window just after six this morning…. My sweet girl.
Updating
It seems so long since I’ve updated this site. Dial-up is another world when you are used to high-speed internet. I can’t tell you how difficult it is do accomplish simple tasks…things like banking, using the library or just checking store hours. Websites just aren’t being made to use dial-up anymore. If you are trying to blog, or use fb,…
Visiting Grandmother
This has been a VERY difficult week in our home, but the Lord always gives us things to be thankful for….. Paul drove me up to spend time with my Grandmother today. What a sweet blessing. There are so many little things I hope to remember…hearing Meredith tell her over and over how pretty her hair was, listening to her…
I’m Back!
Good Morning! It has been a very long week and I needed to take some time off to take care of things for my family. Thank you so much, Joshua, for blogging for me yesterday! I’m such a blessed mom to have you guys! I enjoyed so much a visit to my Mom’s over the weekend….she won’t know it until…