Rock Star & Music Man

We got to try out one of our friend’s church with them this morning since Ricky worked last night (so I could go to the Women’s Retreat at FBC during the day!) and we decided to have breakfast at Cracker Barrel (thanks to a gift card from the Irvines when we were in Florida!); it’s one [...]

Kids’ Internal Alarm

Why is it that I’ve had such a hard time waking my kids up at 7am all week for school, but the first weekend they (and my husband!) can sleep in, they’re up at 6:30? Figures.
Oh well, I’m off to my Women’s Retreat at Fellowship Bible Church with Carol Kent and Nicol Sponberg -oops, I [...]

Grandpa Jerry honked

My dad comes from an era unlike any we know today. He grew up during the Great Depression, fought in WWII and worked extremely hard for everything he has.
He even uses a handkerchief still!
So imagine our amusement when he blew his nose this morning, louder than Britton had ever hear, and he exclaimed, “Grandpa Jerry, [...]

Capturing Beauty

I spent the morning searching for butterflies with my kids. Yesterday at the pool, Kariss diligently sought after a butterfly and was patient and persistent enough to get it to land on both her hand and her foot multiple times.
For our squirmy, easily-freaked out girly-girl, I thought this was quite a feat! So when she [...]

because I’m 5 now…

Kariss’ favortie new phrases all end with”…because I’m 5 now.”
For example,
“My clothes don’t fit, because I’m 5 now; I’ll have to buy all new ones”
“I can sharpen a pencil, because I’m 5 now”
“I can reach that, because I’m 5 now”
Keep in mind, these things have all happened overnight. AHHH……to be young again

Incredible Shrinking Kids

I had big babies.
I don’t say this to boast about my child-birth prowess (of which there is none!), but simply to set the stage for my story: my daughter was just shy of 9 pounds (and came to us one week early) and my son was 9 pounds 5 ounces.
My daughter has always been off [...]

Is prayer a burden for you?

I just got back from enjoying a couple hours at the pool with a new friend here in Nashville who invited me and the kids to hang out with her this morning. Of course we stayed longer than we should have (it’s so hard to pull kids away from a pool!), so I was hurrying [...]

What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?

As I sit here trying to wrap up my day and prepare for tomorrow, I have “The Next Food Network Star” on in the background and I heard one of the contestants utter this quote. As someone who believes strongly in pursuing your passions, I love hearing others who are willing to do whatever it [...]

Kariss’ Tooth

We had the distinct privilege of traveling to Atlanta this past weekend. ( I love that we’re now within driving distance of so many of our friends so we can do fun things like making a day trip for a birthday party!) We attended the dual birthday party of the Gurkin boys (they both share [...]

Kid quotes

Kariss, “Britton, you better come get me!”
Britton, “Oh my! I better go scare her!”