The Hunt

This year Dw and I will have celebrated  35 Christmas’ married. Every year {with only 2 exceptions – for medical reasons} we have gone to cut down our Christmas trees. The tradition is one that we can’t miss. It’s just too stinkin’ fun. This year we wandered up to Flagstaff… we’d tried to get a…

Our Thanksgiving in Pictures

Thanksgiving is my most favorite day of the year. It’s so low key and we have such wonderful traditions  that have been going on for years and there is nothing like a day set aside to be  THANKFUL. Thankful for so much this year. Sooo much. His faithfulness always. Last year Thanksgiving was at Phoenix…

Surprises

Wow. You, my bloggy friends, are such a blessing – showering me with so many surprises! Emma’s Virtual Surprise Birthday Party was, indeed, a complete surprise.  I laughed and got all teary when I saw that I had been hacked.  Thank you Emmy!  That was just way too fun!  You are so thoughtful and I…

Be The Voice

“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves”  Proverbs 31:8a  niv Every night, without exception, my little ones come to me…. and the question is always the same: “Mommy are you going to tuck us in tonight?” I never thought much about it, but more recently I curiously stopped to wonder aloud, “Hey guys, please…

Saturday

All your comments were really fun to read.  Thank you for taking the time to speak!  It was kind of comical, I would read one and say in my head, “Ohhh, good point.”  And then the very next comment would say the opposite and I would say, “Ohh ya, you’re right.”   I was clearly…

Taunting Mommy

Friday night was an especially sweet all around memory-making night. After dinner, the little ones were being exceptionally rowdy.  There is a long hall, with a tile floor, leading off the kitchen to the three kids bedrooms.   They have enjoyed racing down that hallway quite a few times. Sliding.  Racing.  Screaming.  Giggling. This particular…