A few weeks back, I wrote in this post about an idea that James had come up with.  Brayden isn’t doing it fifteen times in one day like he did the first couple of days, but we usually pick one or two activity cards every day.  It’s really helpful, because to be honest, we do […]

Look at my little munchkins all ready to go out and play in the water!  Yesterday was gorgeous.  Perfect.    And I learned that this is going to be a very hard summer. I have to be on Carter’s tail like a hawk.  That boy can get himself into trouble in about 2.5 seconds.  Climbing all over […]

I am in heaven.  My office windows are open, the birds are chirping and the amazing scent of the hyacinths that I just snipped from my flower bed is wafting through the air.  Ahhh.   Now just repeat. . . 364 more times.   It’s tough to let my worries and stress bother me when […]

A few weeks ago, Brayden had Special Grown Up Day at preschool.  So I went as his special grownup and got a glimpse into his morning of school.  While there were a few things that I wasn’t completely happy with about how things were done, I was happy with the Biblical base of their day […]

This one was taken on Rachelle’s phone of AJ and Carter.  Love it.      Brayden asked if there was a birthday hat for Spidey to wear.  And magically one appeared.  Just like when AJ asked for gravy with dinner and Rachelle magically made some appear out of thin air in less than five minutes. […]

Remember in my last post how I said that my sister-in-law, Rachelle, is talented in so many areas?  It’s totally true.  She blessed me incredibly while we were visiting them and took some pictures of our family.  The nice thing about being a photographer is that another photographer can take pictures for you and you […]

We decided VERY last minute this past weekend to take a quick trip to visit James’ brother and his family in New Hampshire.  I have lots and lots of pictures to share from our much too short time there, but I will be posting those in the next few days, not tonight. I love how close […]

I think I should make that a rule for every Sunday . . . family portrait day after church.  Sit on the couch, set the camera timer to ten seconds and try to arrange yourselves in a grouping to look decent without anyone telling you that you should move this way or that way or […]

I totally stole this idea from my neighbor, Meghan, who had posted pictures on facebook of her son (only two months older than Carter) peacefully playing with a couple of bowls of elbow macaroni, and some spoons.  I thought to myself, wow, what a great idea!  I’m totally gonna do that! and had visions of […]

I know that there are other people besides me out there who adore books as much as I do.  Who get all dancy on the inside while looking through a shelf of library books, with their crinkly plastic protective covers.  There are other people who’s ears consider it music when those books are opened, just […]