Family

I see you…

Yesterday, Mary Alice started waving. It is pretty adorable. She cracks herself up waving at everyone until they wave back. A few weeks ago, she would just raise her hand. It was like she was saying 'I See You'. It wasn't quite a wave, just a sweet acknowledgement...

Nine Months – Mary Alice

Oh Mary Alice, you are a treasure. When I share your story with people, they are so happy. I cannot tell you how many times I have told your story and people respond with tears or by saying "God is good. All the time." When I think about God's hand in Riley's...

Mary Alice and Mary Elizabeth

Everyone should have a Mary. I do wish everyone had a mother as loving and selfless as I do. When Brian and the bigs were in Rome, mom stayed with me to help with Mary Alice and Riley. She could have gone on the trip with my dad and brother, but she stayed. She helped...

Soccer Goals…

Yesterday morning, I wrote this on Instagram: "If you know me well, you know assembly is not in my vocabulary. I rush ahead, don't read all the instructions, and usually loose one part. But this very excited four year old is not gonna wait for dad to get home. ? one...

2015 and the Blog – Part Two

After falling into the trap of doing too many sponsored posts, I wanted to pause and get back to my blog's roots. (How many sponsored posts is too many? I'm sure this is different for everyone. For me, it was when I didn't have time to write what I really wanted to...

Word of the Year Calm {2016}

My Word of the Year Calm for 2016 I love the tradition of choosing a word. In January, I think of the word often. And for the rest of the year, I am in constant amazement when the word surfaces in conversation or text. When mom was here last week, I was thinking out...