Lots of Coffee, lots of kids. It's a peaceful life.
Have you taken some lately? Sometimes, near the end of confession with my awesome pastor, he will ask if I've been able to get out with my friends. "This is so important, you know," he will tell me. "Women have different social needs than men. You need to get out and get together with the girls!" Well then. Tomorrow at confession I can tell him … [Read more...]
To all of the coaches who make summer sports possible…Who put in the effort, the time & the miles, and who encourage, inspire & lead…Thank you. … [Read more...]
...and it’s going to feel so good!Guess who gets home tonight after being gone for two weeks?Yep.And yep.At 10:20 p.m., to be exact, not that I’m counting the minutes or anything.Remember that “sometimes my teenaged son makes me cry” post?And that forlorn “I’m lonely” bit on Facebook?Now you know the truth of it.My men were gone for two whole weeks … [Read more...]
George has a working vocabulary of about five words. He says “hot” (translation: hot) and “ba-ba’s” (translation: I desire to nurse) and “truck” (translation: Hello? I’m a boy!” and “bus” (translation: Hello? Still a boy!) and finally, whenever we pass by a church, “Sheshus.”Translation: Mommy’s heart melts when George says “Jesus.”And Jesus is so … [Read more...]
Alternately titled: Head & Shoulders, Burgers & Toes…because it’s the 4th of Do-You-Not-Just-Love-This-Holiday? July...…and because we’ve only just returned from three lovely days in the great state of North Dakota...(please don’t be jealous...)…and because we are celebrating quietly but joyously with supper on the deck & smoke bombs … [Read more...]
Done!Swoon.The Penderwicks at Point Mouette was every bit as wonderful as I’d hoped…and I’d been hoping for a very long time. I put in a library request for this book when I first heard it was being published—literally, about a year ago—and when I received the book—FINALLY!—from the library, it was so new that some of the pages hadn’t been cut … [Read more...]
To my father, who fought hard in the islands of the Pacific and who saw the death of many a good friend…To my husband’s father, who fought hard in the jungles of Vietnam and who was awarded the Purple Heart for his valor…And to all the courageous men and women who have fought hard and are still fighting for the defense of this great country…Thank … [Read more...]
...in the middle of our street.I remember way back then when everything was true and whenWe would have such a very good time such a fine timeSuch a happy time(HT: Madness)Still working on the Pro-Life post...I'm thinking Tuesday because today is not a day to be inside. LOVE this weekend; love it love it love it.Have a blessed and happy Memorial … [Read more...]
(We’re assuming he’ll grow into that ball.)Happy birthday, Toddler George!And to everyone who’s been along for the ride since we first announced this pregnancy…thank you. Thank you for praying me through the uncertainty, and thank you for praying him into this world!We owe you, my friends.Big time.PS. I don’t have time to write a full-fledged … [Read more...]
Uffda! Major storms in the Cities yesterday at the same time as George’s 2nd birthday party. (Perhaps you saw my Facebook status. He had an enormous Curious George balloon and we had margaritas. It was all good.)Not so for some of the folks in Minneapolis, though! I am beyond relieved that my friend Erin is okay. You just never know, do you? … [Read more...]
