Looking up to the Sky

One Saturday afternoon last summer, a friend and I were reflecting on a well-concluded year in the ministry of MOPS.  I was on a high.  I...

WOW!  Married for eight years. I like to joke about how I am on my "third husband" and Byron is on his "fifth wife....

Trying to sell our house while still living in it has not been as hard on us as I thought it might be.  With an average of one showing per ...

We had a family outdoor workday last Saturday. Our neighbor's dawgs paid us a visit. The hot and worn out trio.

While in Mexico last month, Emma learned to love sharks from reading countless of Aunt Alison's old books (Alison loved sharks w...

These two are such a gift to each other.  Little Byron especially misses his sister when for whatever reason she is not around.  He pretty ...

Little Byron is all boy.  He loves balls, and trucks, and cars, and planes, and helicopters, and Lighting McQueen.  And he loves sharks, an...

Mommy and Emma took a one-week trip to Mexico this month.  It was such an enjoyable time with my little girl.  She was such a trooper, with...

Daddy did some landscaping in our front lawn to help get our home ready for sale.  Home has been on the market for three weeks.  Shown five...

It seems like for the last couple of years on May 5th I've posted some snarky remark on Facebook "educating" the American com...

For months Emma had been begging daddy to take her fishing.  Daddy kept saying that when "it gets warm" they could go.  Her long...

Providence would have it so that our second-born is also ready to be potty trained before the parents are ready for it.  At 20 months he i...

Cousin Ames came over to play last week, and all three children had a great time.  Little Byron made sure to imitate everything the "b...

If you know nothing about the Masters tournament, allow me to give you a brief (and informal) introduction to it --  The Masters tourna...

This girl is off and on about naps these days.  She will still stay in her room for a good 1.5 - 2 hours to play or "read" by her...

Last week was Masters week, which means the entire world comes to Augusta to watch the golf tournament.  After Saturday naps at the end of ...

This was a fun Easter season this year, with Emma really getting excited about it.   On the Thursday before Easter, a few friends and o...