Kelli from Generation Cedar wrote about gratitude no matter what, and inspired me to work on that virtue myself, and with my children.  One great way to be more grateful for what we have is to notice what others don’t have. I’ve read enough from my friend Carrien to know she is my soul...
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Here are a few pictures of my sweet daughter’s 8th birthday party.  We invited ladies and girls to a tea party, which turned out to be a lot of fun.  The menu included these yummy sandwiches, bagels with cream cheese, strawberries, pineapple, veggies and dip, jello, cupcakes, and brownies.  I brought in a picnic...
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Break down the walls Let love prevail. Pour out Your truth. Teach us Your ways oh God. Teach us Your ways oh God. All Your sons and daughters reaching out Let us rise, Let us rise Make us one, we cry. Let us love like You love, let us rise. Every tongue, every tribe...
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I’m so excited about my latest knitting project. It was made from a variegated yarn called Sockotta just like my other sock project. But this yarn surprised me by having a repeat stripe pattern that was just perfect for this little sock. It ended up fitting my 5 year old with just a little...
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We all have them. Days where the rain won’t stop and the kids have ‘tudes and the car breaks down and the house is a wreck, and your mood is as low as a turtle’s belly. You want to resign, or at least escape for a day. But of course that would involve finding...
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After listening to several quick and not-terribly-logical completely illogical topic changes in the conversation at lunch, my 15 year old son shook his head, laughed, and said, “It sounds like the train of thought just crashed with the helicopter of confusion.”
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I just had to share this picture of the cute cupcakes that were made by my son’s friend Allie for a game day at our house a couple weeks ago. The eyes of the owls were made from Oreos and Junior Mints, and the beaks were Runts bananas. Cute, huh?
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