Looking up to the Sky

I feel like I've written my fair share of posts about "how hard mothering two is... blah blah blah ."  In the middle of those...

While doing some Spring cleaning around the house the other day, I decided to finally discard some eye shadow makeup I hadn't used in w...

We've had a rough couple of days.  Two sick children, combined with little sleep and Daylight Savings have made for two days I wish I c...

We saw my sister two weekends ago, which meant we finally got our Christmas gifts from family in Mexico.  One of the gifts were these four ...

Emma received her long-awaited Christmas gift from Oma-- a little rolling pin!  She was happy to get to use it soon after getting it, helpi...

As of last week, our little man can now sit-up on his own.  This milestone has allowed life to become slightly easier, since I can now set ...

Last Sunday, after getting Emma ready for church, we all of a sudden saw her walking around with this elephant inside her dress.  Walking a...

Once again, better late than never-- Baby Byron's six-month Johnny Bear picture. My handsome boy! Six-month check-up nu...

I kept cousin Ames the other morning for a couple of hours.  Emma and Ames are incredible friends, but Ames has a special spot in his heart...

One of my favorite books I've been reading lately is The Mission of Motherhood by Sally Clarckson.  It has been an incredible blessing...

I was in the kitchen the other day, and all of the sudden heard a little voice say:  "Jonah, Jesus loves, Joshua, Jericho, Baby Jesus....

Love this sweet little face!

I love watching my children enjoy each other.  Byron loves to follow his big sister around, and laughs at just about everything she does (h...

Our ice storm coincided with Valentine's Day this year, so the last thing on our mind was celebrating our love for each other :) On...

This post goes along with our snow day post from last month.

The following two videos were taken two months ago at the dinner table one night.  Emma entertained us with some live music.  We must have...

I am so incredibly behind on posting our home videos. This first one is of Byron having his first solids a month ago when he was 5.5 mo...

This morning at breakfast, with four grapes left in her plate: "This is hermana mayor [big sister], this is Baby Byron, this is Mo...

Sunday afternoon, only days after our ice storm, was a beautiful day for a family walk.  We added the second seat to our double stroller. ...