Nov 09 2011
It’s November 9, so that means it’s time for a Halloween post, right? Oh, yeah…sorry…such is the life of a busy working mom. However, we did have a fun and fabulous Halloween, complete with pumpkin searching: And what’s the point of having pumpkins if you’re not going to carve them? And, the finished scary pumpkins! […]
Oct 24 2011
Tonight was a big night for Jacob. It was his first band concert. (The first of many, I hope!) J is in the Trombone beginning band class at Tidwell Middle School and they had their first performance tonight. Now, they’ve only been playing their instruments for about 6 weeks, so we had no idea what […]
Sep 27 2011
Over Labor Day weekend, (yeah, yeah, I’m late posting – what else is new?) the 5 of us took a road trip to see my family in League City! Jacob doesn’t get home from school until after 5, so we decided to eat dinner and take our time getting on the road to let some […]
Aug 31 2011
Because it’s impossibly hot, and they’re all impossibly precious.
Aug 18 2011
Sam has lately been trying to figure out how to jump. It’s really cute and he thinks it’s the funniest. Game. EVER. On Monday, his big brothers were trying to teach him how, and I actually got it on film. But, um. . . what do you think he says when he falls down? (I […]
Aug 10 2011
Today, Texas Health Resources Momblog posted a submission of mine about being present in the moment. This is something I’ve really been struggling with lately, and I think maybe this weekend was a sort of breakthrough, though entirely unintended. Part of the time we were just too busy for me to even think about somehow […]
Jul 17 2011
Have you ever heard the poem “Babies Don’t Keep?” Most people probably at least know the last two lines of “So quiet down cobwebs, Dust go to sleep. I’m rocking my baby, and babies don’t keep.” I’ve always loved those lines, and the whole poem (which I’ll put below) chokes me up every. single. time. […]
Jul 08 2011
I know it’s late, but I thought y’all would enjoy some pictures from Sam’s school Fourth of July parade and class party. The kids were all very cute, and very happy to have their parents visiting their classes. And it was very neat to get to see a slice of their daily lives at school. […]
Jul 06 2011
Did you know that my boys play baseball? (Hint: if you didn’t, you’ve been living under a rock. Seriously.) Caleb’s baseball team got a special treat last night – tickets to see the Rangers play the Orioles at the Ballpark in Arlington – and families were invited to tag along. So we did. I’ll admit, […]
Jul 03 2011
For Mother’s Day, I got a most awesome gift. I got to pick a photographer and have some pictures made! Well, of course the first person I thought of was Emily Melson. She’s incredibly talented and specializes in family pictures. She’s done lots of pictures of friends’ children and families, so she was my only […]