Mom, something is wrong with this one.

by | May 16, 2011 | canning and freezing., family

I pry up the lid of a jar nearly every day.I never in a million years would have predicted that my life would involve ANY kind of food preservation. I mean I ate out with my family probably 5 or more times a week growing up. Cooking was near torture and Applebees our...

Infected

by | May 10, 2011 | Christ following, family

Be prepared to itch. I’m gonna tell you about one of the most HORRIFIC experiences in my seven and a half years of motherhood. Scratch that. In my entire life. No lie. I’m twitching just sitting at this keyboard thinking about it. The Wednesday before...

Visit

by | May 5, 2011 | family

My mom flew in today.That means games. Cupcakes.Crafts.Special treats.Movie Nights.Steaks.Late night talks.Nature walks.A trip to the Dairy (read icecream).Even as I type the tribe has been in the yard hitting golf balls for thirty minutes.Its a beautiful...

Sometimes you just want to be left alone

by | Apr 30, 2011 | family

It isn’t all about me.Even a few minutes around our family would reveal to a stranger that we have two high functioning extroverts in our ranks. Three enjoy people but recharge alone. And one of us is an introvert who loves the people she knows. There are...

And then came Ryan..

by | Aug 6, 2010 | Christ following, family

I’d like to *really late* introduce the youngest member of our tribe. The one who was born a month after Mike’s knee surgery and four and a half months from this moment. To say that I am behind in posting about life’s events would render the same...

Seventy Years

by | Feb 3, 2010 | family

Last weekend I was in Texas visiting my family for my Dad’s 70th birthday. From the moment I got off the airplane (solo-Thank you so much to my mom in law-Karen and Mike for holding down the fort) it was a whirlwind of activity and surprises. One of the things...

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