1.18.09 ready, set…PLAY!

colton had another birthday. that means he is 8…which means he is my favorite number…which means he is getting older quickly…which means they all are getting older quickly…which means i am getting older quickly…which means i am not happy. with any of it. this year, colt did not know what kind of birthday party he […]

1.12.09 ponder

i finally let go of my very legitimate fear of a book and started THE SHACK, knowing full-well that if i started it, i would have to finish it…regardless of how hard it was to face emotions that i was content to leave in the pit of my stomach. i don’t like anything that makes […]

12.23.08 BUSY

too busy during daytoo busy at nighttoo busy making mealsand breaking up fights too busy to answertoo busy to thinktoo busy cleaning kitchensand the bathroom sinks too busy to gotoo busy to comedon’t i deservea nice drink with some rum why i’m so busyi’m not quite sureis there a pill?is there a cure? people to […]

11.12.08 colton. he’s witty. i’ll give him that.

i have a back log of little comments and things that our oldest has said. they are all recorded in random places so that i won’t forget…like post its, grocery lists, and the like. in an effort to clean my desk drawer…i shall record them here instead……. his comments on aging from a school project […]

11.6.08 Halloween and Other Scary Things

Man…things are so busy here that I barely have time to post anything…which makes me sad. I miss recording stories. I feel like I have missed so much. Let’s see…there was Chase’s birthday party at the gymnastics place. We decided on an Olympic theme this year…which was thrilling. The cake was an olympic flag, and […]

10.11.08 if i can’t be an olympic gymnast…

…here is the next best thing. that’s right…that would be olympic gold medalist, nastia liuken. today, chad called me from gloria dei…where the base camp for C.O.R.E. is. he goes there every morning to meet the volunteers and send out work teams to different houses that, in most cases, need to be gutted. so anyhow, […]

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