5.17.11 sometimes busyness is really fun

wow!  it’s been busy round these parts. this last week has been completely nutso.  there’s been lots of baseball, soccer, field trips, field days, birthday parties, baptism parties, movies, crawfish boils, and celebration/thank you lunches.  thankfully…my mother in law came to our rescue!!  she is here from iowa (and has been for the last week) so […]

5.5.11 Eight is Great.

Aiden Annee-Grace Spring 2011 5 years 1st Soccer Season aiden…soccer…the number 8…3 of my favorite things in one cute as a bug package.

5.1.11 let’s go to the moon…and eat honey.

aiden:  “daddy? what’s a honeymoon?” chad:  “well…it’s when a couple goes on a trip, to rest after the wedding when you get married.” aiden:  “oh.  i thought it was when you go to the moon.  to eat honey.” chad laughed. aiden (after thinking on it a bit longer):  “why don’t they just call it a field trip?” […]

4.29.11 i have learned to hunt.

colton said, “mom…we can’t find aiden.” we had headed out to the boardwalk, after school today, with friends to celebrate the most perfect weather of the spring season.  80 degrees…not a cloud in the sky…nice breeze coming in off the water.  the kids were splashing and running through the fountain that is designated as a play […]

4.18.11 for the birds…

i never thought i’d become a bird watcher.  but, alas…the momma dove and her two babies have captivated my attention, to the point of checking on them twice a day.  sometimes more. i told you that we found the birds due to chad trimming the tree where their home was.  the momma flew out in […]

4.15.11 "DENNIS QUAID IS HERE."

i can not even tell you how much better this idea sounded in my head.  see…mrs. holloway is aiden’s kindergarten teacher.  this is our 3rd time to have her…and coincidentally my 3rd time to serve as her room mom.  so you can understand our comfort level with each other by this point.  she’ll text me […]

4.11.11 letter to the puddin cup at 18 months

hello my little darling puddin cup, on friday, you turned 18 months old.  i used to dream about what you would be like at 18 months.  you know…back when you were only 6 weeks old and you would stay up all.night.long?  i’m sure you don’t remember that.  but i do.  daddy and i would divide […]

4.9.11

today i saw Jesus.  i saw him this morning, when i read about him and sang about him in the privacy of my room.  i saw him when i met a hungry man on the side of the road.  i saw him when i looked at my friend’s 8 day old baby girl.  i saw […]

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