Love Between Brothers and Sisters

Tweet When I was about thirteen years old, my parents had my siblings and me memorize this poem by Isaac Watts. You know, my brothers, sisters and I can still recite it from memory almost twenty years later! It is a great poem to have your children recite in front of each other after a [...]

Time for Soccer

Tweet Our three oldest kiddos are now playing their very first season of soccer. Boy, do they enjoy it! Here are some highlights from each of their first games this last weekend :: Julia’s First Soccer Game :: Going for the goal! Time for a break! Lightning Cats hussle up! Ethan and Zach’s First Soccer [...]

Ethan + Night Terrors = Scary Stuff

Tweet Ethan and Zach both had night terrors when they were babies. I remember being a young and frightened mama, whose babies would thrash around and scream, for no apparent reason, while not responding to me. One second they were reaching out for me, and the next they would push me away. Fast forward five [...]

It’s been a circus!

Tweet Well, that was quite an exciting few days, but I made it across another tight rope as I tried to juggle everything in perfect balance. Last Thursday we discovered that Noah had croup, Zach had swimmer’s ear, and it was suspected that Josh had bronchitis… ugh! The two days that followed were stressful, to [...]

My Little Helper

Tweet Julia and I made the yummiest meatloaf… She was mixing like a pro, even though she thought it was “so gro-o-oss”! 4 pounds of lean ground beef :: $7.60 other meatloaf ingredients :: $2.45 the look of pure disgust on Julia’s face :: PRICELESS! ~~~~~ Visit more Wordless Wednesday participants at 5 Minutes for [...]

Warm Summer Nights

Tweet A fire pit is often overlooked, it seems to me, when people are putting their backyards together. BBQ, check. Patio furniture, check. Fire pit…do we need that? The answer is, “Yes.” But, only if you want to have great fun on many a cool summer evening with your kids. I can bet that they [...]

Days of Summer

Tweet As I sit here, on this last day in July, I can’t help but allow myself to get caught up in the laughter and joyful noises emanating from my yard. My children are so full of life, so full of energy. I’ve always said that if I could bottle up their energy and sell [...]

I’m home…

Tweet Within five minutes of being welcomed home, I was running through the airport, with three little ones in tow, looking for a restroom before an accident. Within forty minutes of receiving hugs and kisses from kiddos who missed their mama, I was reprimanding them for being too loud in the restaurant. Within two hours [...]

Yes, I did

Tweet Because I have been asked, more than once, if I did in fact leave Ben and make it across town without him, I decided to finally tell the story. It’s a hard one for me to tell. I get that knot in my stomach, and I start to tear up, just thinking about it. [...]

Perfect

Tweet The drive-thru attendant rattled off every item I ordered and asked if it was correct. “Perfect,” I replied, thrilled that the teen who took my order got it right the first time. The following is the conversation my kiddos had, as we pulled up to the window to pay for and gather our order: [...]

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