Warsaw Adventures

Warsaw hosts a Mommy Son Adventure every year just before Mother's Day. This was our second year attending, and we're not stopping anytime soon! It's so fun to be out with your oldest, just you and your boy, getting dirty, exploring, racing, making things together, licking...

11 May, 2015 /

I've mentioned Mary before. The Mary that I was paired with through Grace's mentoring program. This is the third year that we've met, and our friendship has developed in God-ordained ways. Last year and this, she was part of an intraGrace mentoring program. And she...

06 May, 2015 /

This post contains a video that may not be visible in your email. When your driveway becomes a swamp every spring and fall (and occasionally during the winter warmups), rain boots become an imperative. And now that we've lived with this driveway for 2 1/2 years,...

06 April, 2015 /

On January 1, James declared that plunger-ing our toilet once and twice a day would not be welcome in the new year. So with YouTube in front of him and an elated wife behind, we marched off to Lowe's with confidence and determination. James has really upped...

15 January, 2015 /

The day we got home from Thanksgiving celebrations, we picked up a tree and brought up the Christmas boxes. Sometimes I wonder why we do it all for just over a month of this Christmas season, but there's something about the traditions and specialness of...

06 January, 2015 /

When Corban and Jaeda choose to love each other, they oooooze it on, making sure I hear every second of it. On this day, Corban insisted that Jaeda wear only the finest of clothes--his. So she sported a large I am a big brother shirt for this babysitting day....

13 December, 2014 /

They were up and came down. They were raked all around. They've been jumped in and squished. And were covered in snow mush. Now they're gone, all gone. And all we have is brown lawn. ...

07 December, 2014 /

This precious girl has grown in her love for music. If she's not singing (any song under the sun), she's playing the piano (and singing). If not playing the piano (and singing), she's dancing with her daddy (or brother, in Daddy's absence) while I play the piano and sing. Can we just pause...

19 November, 2014 /

Goodbye, backyard picnics. Goodbye, long family hikes. Goodbye, warm river. Goodbye, mosquito bites. Goodbye, sidewalk chalk painting. Goodbye, cleaning out the van. Goodbye, scooter washing.  Goodbye, summer tan. (er, wait, those are just legs with bruises) And helloooooo, static electricity! ...

20 October, 2014 /

We eat donuts almost never. A sad state of affairs, I realized, that absolutely needed rectified. So how did we break the fast? With a Saturday morning family date? With a special reason to celebrate? Nope. This baby mama woke up one morning and said to...

30 August, 2014 /
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