General Family News

It is that time of year again! We literally could have shoveled the flower petals off our sidewalk this morning. The girls told me they were “flower princesses.”

The kids had a great time tossing handfuls of petals into the air!

Our retired next-door neighbor seemed excited for the chance to get out his leaf blower.
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“I have a surprise for you, Mom!” my four-year-old son says, and I know it will be a sweet surprise. I can see it in his eyes.

Yesterday he found out my birthday was coming up. “What do you want for your birthday, Mom?” my little buddy asked me. “What do you like?”
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This was my moment of sanity yesterday. I want to remember it.

After breakfast this morning Carissa sat on her tricycle in the middle of the living room, looked up at the ceiling and gasped. “[GASP!] I saw God’s head!”

Which, in actuality, was only the shadow on the ceiling from the floor lamp’s big … Continue reading »

To my amusement, they sit in the window, their battleships grids side-by-side, since Mara doesn’t trust Micah to get his pegs in the right holes.

I overhear her saying, “Your board here has to look exactly like my board here.“