Category Archives: children

these two

These two melt my heart and make pretty much anything better. I’m so blessed to get to be their mommy. Is thereView full post »

meeting my niece

Upon meeting my niece for the first time, “Hello little one!! We are so so so so SO pleased to meet you! Sleep allView full post »

pirate swing

Uncle Jeff came for dinner Monday night. He and the children discovered the Pirate ladder swings!! In other newsView full post »

sprinkler fun

One fun way we’ve discovered to keep cool this summer.View full post »

mid summer

We have seen two different puppet shows at libraries this summer and these two are obsessed. Mallory is all about makingView full post »

farmers market: summer

Fresh produce & flowers, hair cuts at Dave’s Barbershop, and lovely morning spent together. I LOVE SaturdayView full post »

the porch: volume 2

The bench is joined by a rug, a pillow, and flower pots. I’m endlessly attracted to trailing flowers spilling outView full post »

berry picking

SUCH FUN!! We will be going back when the rest of the blackberries are ripe. Maybe the children will let me bakeView full post »

Swimming lessons ROCK

Mallory is doing GREAT with her lessons!! Before this summer, she has been terrified to put her face in the water. TheseView full post »

Summertime

and then, before I knew it, June arrived  We are jumping in with both feet, swimming lessons, dance camp, makingView full post »

Mother’s Day

A very sweet Mother’s Day: musical cards with breakfast (which is normal Sunday behavior at my awesome home) and aView full post »

Summer Swimming Preview 2012

The first swimming playdate of the summer. We managed to forget her swimsuit, opps. I managed to forget to borrowView full post »

Half Crazy

For the second year in a row I ran the Music City Half Marathon. Hooray! 13.1 miles. It was fun, (crazy right?!?!) I ranView full post »

afternoon on the porch

During Ben’s annual trip out west to NAB, Nonnie came to keep us company. While she was here, we freshened a fewView full post »

goggles

The scheduling of swimming lessons for big sister prompted playtime with Daddy’s goggles. I wonder if MarkView full post »

Spring Soccer

Four soccer seasons under her belt, four different teams and coaches and players. She still likes making goals and isView full post »

Bubble Land

As I work thru some technical issues with my primary computer, here is the first installment of “playing withView full post »