We got rain. We've all been praying for rain and after the drought last year we were so grateful to get it! My kids played in our "swamp" until 10pm and had the best time. That was last Wednesday. Saturday Jonathan and the kids found and cut a GORGEOUS tree. It's so beautiful- 17 1/2 feet! We cut it down to 13-14', it barely fits, and its my favorite tree ever. We put the lights on and decorated it Saturday night and by then I was starting to notice a smell. My sister was in town and said ... VIEW POST
Pssshhhhhhhhhh
I dont know what to title this. The sound that a balloon makes as you let the air out of it is what I was going for. It was a good day, church was good, we finished up our Christmas decorations (except the tree which we will get Friday.) But tonight I am sad. Not melt down cry sad but the kind of sad where it feels heavy, and I want to just sit on the couch and watch Netflix until I am too tired to think. I almost did that because sitting down to write about this makes me feel like a boob but I ... VIEW POST
Unwritten
I just had a crazy week of cake making which means I am sick of TV. When the kids are gone I watch/listen to shows while I work- DVR, Netflix, right now I am catching up on Downton Abby on Amazon Prime, (yes my brain IS part mush.) So today I just wanted to listen to some music while I cleaned. I found a CD in our music library that I used to listen to 7 (almost 8!!!) years ago while driving back and forth to UCDavis when Ben was a new baby. It was "Day Of Praise", a CD by Hillary Weeks, one of ... VIEW POST
Boo Hoo
I started with Boo Hoo because look at those faces? It's hard to want to write about the stuff that is hard. Boo Hoo Poor Me. I don't like to be a whiner. And I know I am sometimes. I have so much to be grateful for that I get really annoyed at myself for feeling depressed and discouraged. Boo Hoo. I have been reading THIS TALK over and over for the last few months because its SO good, and it really is helping me to "look forward with faith" right now. I WANT to feel grateful IN my ... VIEW POST
Ben
Since I keep mentioning Ben in my blog posts I thought I better give a little background. At the end of my pregnancy with Ben my Dr noticed I had excess amniotic fluid. We did ultra sounds and couldn't find anything wrong but when Ben was born it was quickly obvious that something was seriously wrong. He sounded like he was trying to cry through water. I held him for just a moment before he was taken from me because he couldn't get a good breath. Jonathan remembers hearing the R.T. counting the ... VIEW POST