Eight year old fingers tapped out “Old MacDonald.” The four year old is galloping around the back yard, boots on, cape flying behind him as he takes his sturdy stick horse for yet another lap. Middle son and I sit at the coffee table playing with our math blocks and working on math problems. […]
gratitude
Attacking Crazy Birthday Week…
Duuun dun, duuun dun… {cue theme song from JAWS.} ** Selfishness was alive, well and on the hunt. I just chuckle as I think back to the silly angst I felt at wanting to make sure I would have my own birthday 8 years ago. He ended up making his grand entrance into the world 8 […]
Community Matters
Community matters. And I’m a firm believer in not putting all of our {relationship} eggs in one basket. While I adore my online community, I also love having {in real life} community. And my kids really love it too. In this digital age, I think it is easy to try and fill our relational needs with […]
The Ubiquitous Family Photo
I guess there is something about Easter that just calls for the ubiquitous family photo… We do it every year. After something like 30 shots, this was the best we could muster! After an 8am service outside, we headed to my parents for the day. We missed having my sister and her family here. We […]
It’s the Wild West!
We live in the wild west, so we decided to embrace it this weekend! My parents surprised our little birthday man with a trip to Goldfield Ghost Town. We took friends there back in November and the boys were disappointed that their was no ‘gun fight’ that day. They are disappointed no more. Our ears […]
Cultivating Gratitude
Expectations… If you don’t clearly communicate what they are (and add some practice role-playing in for the littles) disaster and disappointment can ensue… I’ve had to chase down a certain 3 year old more times than I care to admit because I didn’t clearly communicate before hand proper etiquette at the park. So I’ve made […]