Have you seen that show? Well we watched it last week and now big brother is convinced that he will be on the coming season’s show. He was completely inspired what his peers were cooking and since has been asking me to let him help in the kitchen. I am going to be the first to admit that I am…
Our daddy has been working a lot and has been fighting a pretty nasty bug as well so when he hasn’t been gone for work he has been home trying to recuperate. Today we went to IHOP for breakfast and then we headed to the park for some family time. Big brother tried his hand at the skate park and…
“The joy of reading with our children doesn’t stop as they, and we, get older; it simply changes.” ― Paul Kropp, How to Make Your Child a Reader for Life Little brother loves books. He can often be found with a pile of books around him. Recently he has been bringing his books out to the front yard as brothers…
This week the weather has been showing its fall temperatures and because of that I decided to pull my pumpkins from the garden. As I was pulling my pumpkins I found this pumpkin growing between the fence and the garden beds. After pulling the pumpkin I was struck by the thought that this little pumpkin grew despite the tight conditions. …
With big brother at school and we still had our summer pool passes good through the end of the month little brothers and I headed to the pool. Two hours of entertainment for brothers was great. Middle brother spent most of his time diving for torpedoes and had a blast. Little brother picked up on the whole under water coolness…
There really is something wonderful about the sunsets here in Colorado. Today was one of those days that we were in the car most of the day and about the only thing that made the day doable was the sunset that closed out our day.
Moments, that is all I have. Microscopic, fleeting moments are what makes up my life. Am I stopping to remember them? How many moments of my life have my eyes been wide open, but I have been rushing, racing, sleeping right through? How many of the popsicle days, run, twirl, and skip days, dangling bare feet days have I seen…
Today for whatever reason the ache that is in my heart is almost suffocating me. Today my heart is missing my grandma in such a fierce way that my eyes blur from the tears threatening to burst forth. Today I sat back and spent some time reflecting and remembering her. Today I kind of feel like a big hug from…
It is no surprise to anyone that I am all about free! Yesterday the boys and I headed to Chick Fil A for a free breakfast. We got there around nine thirty and we were the only ones there. We got to eat and then the boys went in the play area and played until they were sweaty and tired! …