After eating Mexican food, and then being offered more Mexican food in the Wal-Mart parking lot, we headed to my dad’s house. The next day, my brother arrived from California. Once we were all gathered, we packed Friday with lots of activity. First on the agenda was a UT Men’s basketball game at the Frank… Read More Texas, Texas ~ Yee Haw! (Part 1: The Land of Extremes)
“Wow, Mel. That’s not normal, you know. And I mean that in the best way possible.” my sister said as I described the gifts I received on Christmas day from my loving husband. After we talked about her Christmas morning with her kiddos and then ours, and what everyone had received this year, she asked… Read More My Gifts: A Ring and A Prayer (and a book)
There were so many blessings and things to be thankful for this Christmas. It seems that every year I’m thanking the Lord again for His provision for us in so many ways during the holidays. This Christmas was no different, of course. I’m sure no one remembers this. Actually, I didn’t even remember until… Read More It Was Merry & Bright Alright…and Almost White
There are a few places I love to visit at Christmastime. My sister and I even shared a moment of giddiness on this subject on the phone the other day when I called her in Austin, Texas and asked her what she was doing… “Shopping at Whole Foods,” she replied. “Oh ~ how fun!” I… Read More New York Nostalgia & A Good Idea
A midnight race through Central Park to ring in the brand new year; a Texas 40th birthday party with folks Mel holds so dear. Back home to lots of baseball games~ spring, summer, and how does “fall ball” sound? Kory managed to make his favorite sport last the whole year round. We even saw our… Read More Merry Christmas From the Krum Fam!
After Gabriel tells Mary that she will soon give birth to the Son of God, he also mentions, as extra confirmation, that her cousin Elizabeth is expecting a baby in her old age. Mary receives the news, believes, and then goes immediately to Elizabeth’s house. Upon arrival she hears these wonderfully, welcoming words from Elizabeth:… Read More And Blessed is She Who Believed…
Quite different from the recent Saturday afternoon football fests that have been going on around here, eleven little girls showed up at our house this Saturday for Kayla’s 5th annual Christmas tea party. That’s right ~ 5th annual! We got out all of the old invitations to see just how long we’ve been having this… Read More A Tea Party ~ Minus the Tea
Well, actually we really don’t TRY to do that, but this season seems to bring a lot of days like this. Honestly, the season of raising children seems to bring a lot of days like this, and I’d be lying if I said that I never dream about the end of that season. (If there… Read More Because We Like To Pack It All In To 12 hrs….
Advent: Behold, the Lord, the Ruler is come. Before you are fooled into believing that I have actually learned Latin well enough to come up with that phrase, let me tell you that it actually comes from a church year/liturgical reading from the time of the Epiphany. Epiphany means “manifestation” and is usually associated with… Read More Adventus: Ecce advenit Dominator Dominus
…I shall lift up the cup of salvation…. and offer a sacrifice of Thanksgiving. (Ps. 116) I kept thinking about these verses all last week as we prepared for Thanksgiving. First, we had a church-wide Thanksgiving meal headed up by chefs and hostesses extraordinaire ~ Felicia and Zeena. Surely more than 100 people stayed after… Read More For All of His Benefits to Me…