Leaving tomorrow for a week in Texas. I’m looking forward to it for a couple of reasons, but boy is it difficult for a mama to leave the house! My dad is having his second knee replaced, and I will get to be with him during his surgery and hospital stay and hopefully his transition… Read More Gluten Free Friday ~ Balls of Energy {and other “away” food}
Good thing the shoe shop was having a buy-one-get-one-half-off-sale last week, because this girl needed some running shoes, too! While Cooper was deliberating with Dad over arch support versus coolness, Kayla and I were in the back of the store finding her a pair of non-Converse shoes {she owns MANY versions and colors of those!}… Read More Rockin’ The Pink & Black Ones ~ For a Quest!
Decadent gluten free waffles and pancakes, a worship service with old friends in Burbank, and an afternoon of beach volleyball ~ that’s what the Sunday after my brother’s wedding held. We knew that our church-planting friends, Robby and Kim, had, in the last few years, moved from Burlington, VT to Burbank, CA to plant a… Read More Stu and Rachel’s SoCal Wedding {Part 2}
Why am I in denial about the realities of summer EVERY year? Why do I eagerly anticipate the end of the school year in expectation of slow and laid back summer days ~ carefree and restful? Why, in May, do I picture myself on warm, sunny beaches in June with my kids splashing in the… Read More Counting One Thousand Gifts: Denial and Chaos and Joy
(A re-posting from 2011 to remember a man who loved his country and me.) Spring always reminds me of my grandfather. His birthday was on the first day of spring, and even though he’s been gone nearly 11 years now, I still write his name on March 20 every January when I sit down to… Read More Memorial Day ~ Remembering My Poppy
For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now. And not only this, but also we ourselves groan within ourselves waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body. For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope,… Read More Sunday Snapshots
Before I tell you about our day at Hollywood Studios, I HAVE to tell you about something I forgot in the post about our day in Animal Kingdom. It was our magical dinner at Boma ~ Flavors of Africa! I only made reservations at three table service restaurants, and this was one of them. They… Read More Disney World Day 4: Hollywood Studios = Terror & Delight!
After 12 hours at Epcot Center the day before, it was difficult to pull ourselves out of bed and arrive at Magic Kingdom as the gates opened at 9am, but we managed to accomplish it, even with puffy eyes and very sore legs. I think… Read More Disney World Day 2 ~ Magic Kingdom
Another sweet sabbatical gift has been a bit more time to focus on our kids and spend some one-on-one time with them ~ especially for Robert. He has gotten to play some basketball with Cooper at our neighborhood recreation center and been on a couple of lunch and… Read More A Delightful Daughter & A Date With Daddy
What is NOT unusual is that I celebrated my birthday in Texas. I’ve done that every year since we moved to Massachusetts, except for one. The one I didn’t celebrate here in the Great State was my 30th, and that was because it took place right after Y2K. We had booked our tickets for… Read More A Party, Party Weekend = Flan, Fine Art, and Fish Tacos