Family

Lake Livingston, Texas.... In the craziness that we are calling our Christmas Vacation 2008, we spent New Year's Day at Aunt Sue and Uncle Bob's Lake House. Wow. Amazing. Waiting so patiently for a boat ride... Dad turns into a superhero at 60mph! Madison (my cousin's...

  Grandma and Grandpa Thompson.   Corpus Christi, Texas.   They are so special to me. So sweet. So loving. Grandpa is not well, so this trip was espcailly sweet and especially hard, but I'm really glad we went. He was a pilot in WWII. He trained other...

We went over to my sister in laws the day after Christmas. This is the sister in law with the adorable house and the adorable decorations. She is so stinkin' cute 🙂 It was so great. The kids had so much fun together. So, at Thanksgiving... the 'T' and caboose ended...

Is that my little baby girl? Really? Are you sure? Today was great! I slept until 9:30am... awesome! My In-Laws drove in and we had an awesome day ~ even though we actually tackled the mad house called the mall.... what were we thinking?  Brother BJ sang tonight. It...

It started early... 5:45am. Last minute decision to go to 7am Mass. Man, can I be a meanie when I am tired. But thank goodness. Families are the one place. The one place we can be ourselves and still be loved. Thank God for family. Our families. Our friends that are...

Mom's house for Christmas. So perfect. The only thing missing is my sweetie... hopefully work will wrap up soon and he won't be far behind. Mom, Dad and Uncle BJ made a perfect snowy forest! The walls are covered with blue gray winter forest scenes! The kids are so...

Room mothers. To all you room mothers out there. Thank you. You are amazing, brilliant creatures. Those of us who are schedule, craft, etc. challenged appreciate your amazing work more than you could ever know! Nate's Holiday party = ADORABLE Now look at this next...

This one is for you, dad! I caught a sun dog today ~ this morning after Bri got home at 2:45am (huge work project), the kids to school by 7:45am and breakfast to Bri's team by 8:30am... Thank you for reminding me to always look for rainbows.

The kids sang at the retirement center by our home today. it was amazing.... amazing. Nate made Christmas ornaments to pass out and Julia made Christmas Cards. We had exactly enough.... EXACTLY! When will I stop being amazing at God's perfect wisdom.?

Little Fingers. May they grow to be strong hands ~ brave enough to hold children close, tender enough to hug loved ones, and wise enough to fold together and pray.