tonight was one of those nights. the kind where 8:00 rolls around and you’ve asked kids to please go brush their teeth and get in bed 3 different times and you walk into a room to find one of them jumping on the couch and one of them watching disney channel while another is trying […]
dissatisfaction is such a joy stealer. or as they would say on duck dynasty… “OY” stealer. i keep hearing a phrase being thrown around these days to sorta put people in their place…or maybe more so to put situations in their place. “first world problems” i’ve even said it myself. although […]
while uploading my pictures…i typed in the date, using 2013 for the first time. i’m trying to be inspired to embrace the new year and celebrate all of the miraculous moments that it will indeed hold…but it can’t really be done by lighting a new candle or hanging a new picture on the wall. that […]
well…the surprise went down. it’s now safe to say that we are sending warm wishes from iowa. we surprised the kids yesterday and told them to pack their bags. we left yesterday evening and drove straight through the night. we surprised chad’s sister and our nieces and nephew…with a little help from […]
Saturday night, little girls and their mothers were welcomed to the North Pole. Our home was transformed into a winter wonderland…where magic could be found around every corner. Right smack dab in the middle of our hectic schedules, we all slowed down and experienced the wonder with our children. Their eyes lit up when they […]
i have about 78 lists on a bazillion different pieces of scratch paper and note pads going at the moment. santa, himself, would be confused. and he’s a professional list maker. the north pole party is in full preparation mode. and i have some excited little girls over here in anticipation. thank you to […]
although it’s already the 10th…i finally feel like i may have caught my groove. i wish i could say it’s the 1st of december and that all things christmas are just beginning…but i can’t. and that’s ok. our home school co-op had it’s last day for the semester this past thursday…polar express day for […]
i have about 20 library books and 4 videos that are due back. or over due in some cases. you wanna take a guess how many i have located? two. that would be 1 book and 1 video. wait…back in on up… colt just found another book. so we are […]
there was something that seemed just plain wrong about announcing that chad and i were headed out of town for a 40th birthday, 13th anniversary weekend get-away with family and friends this past weekend. it seemed…… dangerous. not that trout wouldn’t completely dis-limb anyone who tried to step foot in our house unwelcomed…but still. […]
we got the tree and put it up. it involved: to the tune of the 12 days of christmas… 4 arguing kids… 3 broken ornaments… 2 obsessive animals… aaaaaand 1 very aaaaannnnnn……….gry mom. that’s another story for another time. but it did end with my sad, yet satisfying declaration […]