Fourth of July weekend. It started Saturday afternoon, really, when Ivy, Henry and T went to the fireworks stand to pick up “supplies”. Also known as anything cool that isn’t too loud. Like, not loud at all.Smoke bombs were a favorite.They finished up those fireworks on Sunday, along with a […]
Ervin turned three months old on Friday! Yes, I know it’s Monday. Whatever. I have four kids; it’s hard to do things in a timely manner these days.I’m excited that we’re having a photo shoot on Wednesday with April of aprilthoughts photography. But I just wanted a quick (almost on […]
I know, I know. This is a day late. But better late than never, right?Yesterday was Father’s Day, and part of a crazy busy few days. Thursday was spent at Bible School, helping with the dinner. Friday was the Bible School picnic. Saturday was a jewelry show AND a super […]
There is an awesome park that my parents discovered about 30 minutes from us, so my mom, the kids, and myself all loaded up to go last week. It was H-O-T, but we got there in the late morning and played until lunch, so it wasn’t too bad. Ervin…well, Ervin hung […]
The life of a stay-at-home mom with a practically new infant is boring. B-O-R-I-N-G. Even in the summer. Especially in the summer? It’s the same thing every day….feed, change, and soothe the baby. Try to keep the older kids from fighting. Squeeze in meal cooking for the rest of the […]
The Mama Kat’s World Famous Writing Workshop prompt this week that I chose was sort of a cheat…”Share a memorable road trip story!”I have a memorable road trip story, that’s for sure. I still talk about it A LOT. It’s the reason my kids can’t be in the car for […]
In the last post, I showed you some pictures from my nephew’s birthday party. Well, I have a few more…my brother and sister-in-law were down in the action while I was up in the balcony area feeding the baby, and got some good shots.Big Erv, charming his GrandpaEssie and her […]
I love going to my niece’s and nephew’s birthday parties. And there’s no shortage of them, especially in the summer. Last night was my oldest nephew, Max’s 8th birthday party at the Lawrence Gymnastics center.The kids had so much fun! And it was so well organized…it seemed like we were […]
I decided (late) to take part in Mama Kat’s Workshop again, because one of the prompts was “Six Word Memoir: Write about a significant time in your life in just six words”. I figured I could manage that.There have been several significant moments in my life, and it’s hard to […]