We just got back a day ago, but I’m hankering to share my trip. I’ve decided to do it in three parts. The first blog will be some experiences on the spiritual side that I had while there. The second one will be a travelogue. If you don’t enjoy travelogues, there will be plenty of …
We got to celebrate this sweet guy for the past week. We had a fun party with some friends Friday evening, then on his actual birthday he got a beautifully decorated cookie cake (Bev helped me make the cake then got free reign on the decorating). Beverly made sure she had all 37 candles on …
So I didn’t get many pictures taken this week, which made me pause and try and remember what I did this week. It was so busy! Aside from gym trips nearly every day, I spent a good chunk of time running errands and working on the house, Maverick’s upcoming baptism, our trip to Hawaii that …
Today is Maverick’s birthday! We had so much fun celebrating him. Andy and I ate lunch with him on Wednesday (and brought cupcakes for his class), he had his birthday party with ten of his friends in our home yesterday, and I made him homemade Oreos, “make your own sushi” dinner, and crepes for breakfast …
Now that the kids are back in school I played catch up on errands and chores. It is hard to mop the floor when all the kids are home, it’s like cleaning up a tornado while it’s still wrecking havoc. Speaking of tornadoes, while we didn’t have one, I was a bit terrified we would …
We finished winter break off with a bang. On Monday we went to the gym, then back to the outdoor “wilderness” playground we had visited the week before. On Tuesday I took the kids to the church gym to play with friends while I got a workout. Then on Wednesday we went to the zoo …
Christmas Eve, Day, and day after were nice and rainy. If it had only been ten degrees colder maybe we would’ve had a white Christmas. Christmas Eve we attended church, which was a lovely musical program– most of the pieces were composed by Sally DeFord. Her daughter was the accompanist and choir director. They did …
Becoming a mom has made Christmas my favorite holiday. There are instagram jokes going around where the dad is just as surprised as the kids to see what the kids got for Christmas, and that has been true in our house, especially with Andy’s crazy schedule during residency and medical school. However, this year he …
I’m seriously so grateful to Andy’s mom for watching our kids so we could escape for a week! They had a great time and at one point, my mother-in-law said, “Harvey’s been an angel!” Not sure what I’ve been doing wrong, but they were great for grandma! Which I was super happy about, because it …
Monday: Enjoying the outdoors day. I’m not sure who ended the week more exhausted. We packed in a lot! On Monday we had planned to go to the zoo, but Beverly wasn’t feeling well, so we packed up the stroller and enjoyed the beautiful day at the Savannah River. She was happy to just sit …