'Tis the season, when parties and programs and concerts and cookies throw us all into a tizzy, upsetting schedules and stressing us out. Weather delays and forgotten white elephants. Double-booked? No, triple. Too much paper sent home from school. Children OD on candy canes. Dress pants are suddenly too short, head colds come out of …
The most bizarre thing happened this weekend. I am still in shock because it's happened twice in one week at our house. That doesn't give you much time to recover. Even though we went through this last year, it still took me by surprise. I thought we discussed this! No more growing up! Daniel went …
We start off November with the kids' birthdays, five days apart. This year it was Natalie's turn to have a party, so we had a houseful of eight and nine year old girls this weekend. She picked princess as a theme (again) so there was an awful lot of pink and purple at our house. …
My heart is just bursting with joy this morning. Yesterday Mike received permission to go on the Stampin' Up Fiji incentive trip I earned last year. I honestly did not dare to hope all these last months–could not even bring myself to pray about it–and God made it happen. WE worked so hard for this, …
I handed Daniel the camera today to keep him busy at an outdoor wedding reception we went to, and after the obligatory doggy photos, he really surprised me with his eye for color and attention to tiny details. What do you think–do I have a budding photog on my hands?
Yesterday I took the whole day off (love my fun and flexible stay at home job!) and went on the field trip that my daughter was begging me to attend. The fabulous Mr. Jones took us to the Mackenzie Environmental Education Center near Poynette, and it really could not have been a more gorgeous day. …