7.6.11 iowa…you make me smile.

my precious neice, aubree and the sweet pea… these two are thick as thieves. and oh so cute. the puddin cup on the 4th of july… all dressed up in her red, white, and blue. and a smile. us with the randazzos… my best friend chad’s best friend and our liters of kids… here we […]

6.29.11 mischief making…of one kind or another

i’ll tell you what happens after the 4th kid.  of course, this is nothing new to those of you other crazies out there who have four (or more) kids…but i have found that i have ended up having to master the art of letting go…in ways that are sometimes painful.  it actually hurts my heart […]

6.28.11 first impression

our neighbors moved last week.  the couple that bought the house are from Venezuela.  they have lived in the U.S. for 5 years and wanted to be in this school district, so they moved from deer park to the house next door.  we saw them for the first time late one evening when they had […]

6.26.11 new kids

you may think that i don’t realize that i am entirely too old for such ridiculous reindeer games…but i do.  i swear it.  last night the new kids on the block were in concert here and i wasn’t there.  this is probably the only new kids on the block concert that i have missed since […]

6.21.11 reveal

because when i think about and write this blog, i usually ALWAYS picture it as a book being read and looked at by four, laughing, adult children in the distant future…i feel the need to apologize to them for a.) anything embarrassing (but i’m really not too concerned about that); and for b.) not being too […]

6.10.11 thus far…

it doesn’t seem that the first week of summer should already be coming to a close.  but isn’t that just like summer?  always just flyin by…right before your eyes.  we haven’t even gone to the pool left.  we are gonna have to make that happen this coming week.  although…i’m not gonna lie…the mental picture that […]

6.6.11 i’m so behind

so many post opportunities…so little time!  to say we have been busy is an understatement.  i can’t type fast enough to keep this blog updated!  the end of the school year came with parties that i was solely responsible for planning; blankets for their 3 teachers that i was mostly responsible for making; plays that my […]

5.31.11 6 years beautiful

when i look at her…i see beauty.  i see a kind of beauty that i never have had.  i see dark, silky hair and smooth, sun-kissed skin.  i see freckles…perfectly sprinkled across her nose and cheeks that suggest that the sun loves her and appreciates when she crinkles her nose at it. i see grace. i […]

5.25.11 just because.

i’m probably too old to wear my hair in braids.  even if it was just because i was headed to colt’s baseball game and my hair was beyond any control, whatsoever. but…that’s how i feel about that. and just because they are cute…here are two of aiden’s besties. the baby bird. just because she’s getting so big! and […]

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