Friday Rest
It’s Friday. (insert happy, contented sigh.) I’ve always loved fridays. Now that fridays are Lance’s day off and we are all together for most of them– I ADORE them. So we have very little planned this...
View ArticleMessenger (FMF)
Seven days without a reliable computer and internet connection and I feel less like a competent messenger than when I started this little mini-vacation a week ago. I could tell you all the funny things...
View ArticleIt matters.
Psst. Hey, you. Yes, you. With the 5 minutes to spare and the hastily drank cup of not-as-hot-as-you’d-like-it coffee. I promise this won’t take long. I won’t take up more than 3 or 4 minutes of your...
View ArticleMommy-Fail, Croutons and the “Incident.”
Here are some random, mildly humorous or interesting things that have happened recently– You’re welcome. I took Lucy to school (She and Abby are going to a fun, MDO summer program a few days a week.)...
View ArticleWhat I learned in March
March was something of a month of stripping away. When March began, I had high hopes and lofty goals. But, it took us a solid two weeks to not feel like we were perpetually jet-lagged due to the time...
View ArticleFree to Dance
If you drive by our house between the hours of 9AM and 9PM you might think we just won a free vacation. We are a dance party family. But then a few months ago I saw a video Lance took of me dancing...
View ArticleFriday. Lately. Gerunds.
Happy Friday! It’s been a long time since I’ve done a fun Gerunds & Lately List– so here it is! Cooking: Soups. They are such a great way to get extra veggies in us all– and since we find ourselves...
View ArticleUnforgettable: (in)RL
I’ll be honest. At first I agreed to be a hostess more for me than for them. I so crave community. I notice when it’s been too many days without it. And often, the best way to have community, is to...
View ArticleWhy May is already amazing…
Oh, don’t think I almost didn’t title this post, “A-MAY-zing” but I didn’t. I know better than to throw a poorly constructed pun around like that. However, there are several things I think you should...
View ArticleBest. Day. Ever. (Our Magic Kingdom Marathon!)
So can you tell I don’t want the sharing of our vacation to end? I really don’t. So thanks for being patient with me. On Thursday of our vacation, we planned to get up super early and go to the Magic...
View ArticleFriends. (FMF)
They aren’t quite at the age yet where they are whispering secrets and I’m the interloper. No, I get brought into the conversation quite frequently– to bust up disagreements. They squabble a lot. Lucy,...
View ArticleFriday Round Up (only the good stuff!)
Does anyone else feel the pull to slow down? There have been years in the past where this season has brought an involuntary slowing. We’ve had years where our Christmas was wrapped up in loss or...
View ArticleOn Being Settled & Apple Crisp
When we moved to Georgia several years ago, we left North Carolina at the height of a colorful Fall. Admittedly, I was afraid that the classic Autumn patchwork I loved would not show up in the South....
View ArticleLoving Lately in November
“…all creation’s revealing his majesty. We’re invited to join with all nature in manifold witness to his great faithfulness– and since creation is going to declare it either way, we might as well jump...
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