So last night for supper, we had fried chicken and fresh purple hull peas. And by ‘fresh,’ I mean… they were picked yesterday. And Oh. My. Stars. It was my favorite kind of meal… straight out of my childhood; just like momma fixed it. And then the thunder started rolling and we sat on the swing on our covered patio and listened to the thunder and felt the misty rain…
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Gone Country {Our Camping Adventure}
Memorial Day Weekend… the weather was gorgeous, and the time was right to take the girls camping. We found our campsite down by the lake got to work setting up the tent. Even diva girls love spending time in the woods… who couldn’t be happy in gorgeous surroundings like these? Well, maybe not these diva girls. It was a long way from the dream house. I suspect this the…
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Outside Time
We spent much of our weekend in the country. We LOVE the country. We drove around in a golf cart for hours, playing and taking pictures. One of the last photos of Annie’s front tooth. I hope. It’s *GOT* to come out soon. Katie loved these Indian Paintbrushes. I’ve been humming the Little House on the Prairie theme music…
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Big-Time Fun in Dallas.
We spent this past weekend in Dallas, and had the BIGGEST. BEST. TIME. EVER. Of course we did! Our weekend was jam-packed full of all the things we love most… Oreos. Gi-normous fish at Bass Pro Shops. Breakable dogs. If you know KB, you get it. She’s drawn like a moth to a flame. Trying new, adventurous things. Fashions at Justice. She’s drawn like a moth to a flame. Waiting…
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My Last Thirty-Something Birthday.
Yeah, it was two months ago. Does this come as a surprise to anyone? My gorgeous girl. She wanted to dress up for the party. I love this sweet face. And Annie. Of COURSE Annie had to dress up, because any day that ends in ‘Y’ is deserving of head-to-toe bling. My dad. Smiling for a picture. Enjoy it; it’s elusive and rare like a unicorn sighting… he…
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Our Stylish and Super Fly Family.
So back around Christmas, when we had elves gallivanting around our apartment making mischief and whatnot in the middle of the night, we sometimes woke to find they had left us gifts and surprises. Some better than others. This one particular morning, I think it was Christmas Eve-Eve, the elves left most of us some pretty nice things: a watch for me (I think they picked it up for $5…
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Annie and Jesus: A Salvation Story.
She’s crazy. That’s all. My children are quite different, as if you didn’t know. My sweet first-born is the one I always refer to as my Missionary Child because… well, I can just see her traipsing off to some third-world country in Birkenstocks someday to feed orphans and widows. She’s just always been bent toward Doing the Right Thing. Not that Doing the Right Thing saves you, by any means….
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Because She’s Crazy, That’s Why.
This picture makes me laugh and laugh… This was supposed to be a blog post about the nachos we made, including the olives Annie chopped for our nachos… but I can’t get past this picture. THIS is why cooking as a family is SO FUN. Pin It
Lee Dirty.
I realized Saturday that my kids have totally, completely missed out on the childhood I experienced. A childhood involving worms and dirt and mud and skinned knees, and leathery feet from playing outside barefooted, and muscled-up legs from entire days spent roaming the neighborhood on a bike. My poor kids. But that’s all about to change… for the first time since 2005, we have a house in a neighborhood with…
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My Week in Cell Phone Pictures.
Annie in Wednesday night choir at church. They use sparkly gold pom-poms while they sing THE B-I-B-L-E, YES THAT’S THE BOOK FOR ME… and it looks like serious fun. I love old downtown squares in little towns, and I love remnants of a decades-old sign painted on the bricks. The Jack Odle Barber Shop in Gilmer specialized in flat tops way back in the day — says so right on…
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Young Hollywood.
So this morning on the way to school, the girls were discussing what they’re going to be when they grow up. Katie, my shy, artistic, sensitive soul, has always been drawn to animals in a major way. From the time she could toddle she would say, “I want to make the dogs feel better and the cats feel better and the sheep feel better and the ducks feel better.” Its just…
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She Likes to Move it Move it.
Annie’s got this…. fever. Dance fever, that is. She can’t make her feet stand still. She hears the beat, and she’s just got to move. And sometimes, even when there IS no beat, she’s just got to be shakin’ what her momma gave her. She’s got to boogie. Break it down. Cut a rug. She can’t help it…. no matter where she is, she feels the rhythm and she’s got to…
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