Monthly Archives: April 2010

You Capture – Spring

I briefly made friends with my camera this weekend while visiting all my friends at Christy’s house in Texas. The wildflowers were happy to oblige for Spring! You Capture is hosted by Beth at I Should Be Folding Laundry.

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And now she’s 5!

So here we are, another year gone.  Today, Emma is 5.  As much as I complain about her stubbornness and attitude, she really, REALLY is hilarious and a joy to be around. She makes us laugh every day and you … Continue reading

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#35

This week’s Monday Project over at The Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans is all about conquering fear and doing something that you have been putting off. I decided that there was something I’ve been putting off for long enough. So, … Continue reading

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Dance to the Music

I’ve written many times about my struggles with Emma in the morning.  She’s slow to get up and once she’s up, she has absolutely no interest in going through any silly morning routine. If she’s awake, she wants to be … Continue reading

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Down Day

Yesterday, we had a much needed down day. When we found out that Dave didn’t have to sing at church yesterday, we quickly decided that we would skip services this week. We are on the move so much that we … Continue reading

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Unfinished business

Do you guys have those little projects sitting around that you need to get to?  You know, the ones that you think will take 400 years to do but then they end up taking like 10 minutes and you wonder … Continue reading

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Today he’s 7!!

Just in case you missed my cleverly elusive title, today is Jacob’s 7th birthday!  Seven!  SEVEN!!  How did that even happen?? I’m pretty sure it was just last week that I was giving birth to his big ol’ 10 lb … Continue reading

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Emma Dilemma

Emma Dilemma. That’s our nickname for her.  My brother actually came up with it. Two of her cousins having rhyming nicknames (Hanna Banana and Kaia Papaya) and she wanted one, too.  We couldn’t think of a fruit that rhymes with … Continue reading

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Lazy Perfectionist

I have really thinking about things lately.  Scary, I know. When I was in college, I remember talking to my brother about my chosen major.  I told him that I didn’t want to actual LEARN about doing things, I just … Continue reading

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It’s a heatwave!

Seriously?  It’s April 6th.  The first day of Spring was less than 3 weeks ago! Today’s high was 93 degrees.  93 DEGREES!! Apparantly, I’ve moved into the craziest weather state in the history of…um…weather? 53 inches of snow in the … Continue reading

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