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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Katie and the Hamster.
Katie has been saving up her money for what seems like forever to buy her own hamster and hamster cage. We’ve made weekly visits to PetLand to visit the hamsters, which only made her want one more… and FAST. We rewarded her with points for chores done, for manners, and double Good Samaritan points for random acts of kindness to her little sister {the hardest-earned points of all, it seems}…
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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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Katie and the Texas Giant.
We spent this past weekend in Dallas. It was what I wanted for Mothers Day, and we had the BEST. WEEKEND. EVER. We shopped. We ate. And we spent two straight days at Six Flags. Now, if you’ll remember, we took the girls to Six Flags one day last fall, and had so much fun that we bought season tickets to Six Flags for the four of us…
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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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These Painful Freckles.
My girls have been gone all of spring break.They won’t be home until Sunday evening. And like I always do when they’re gone for any length of time, I pore over all of the pictures of them in my computer, all grief-stricken and misty-eyed, because it’s absolute torture for me when they’re not home. It’s pictures like this one that just slay me… how in the world can I survive three…
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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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Twenty Great Things About This Week.
1. Annie’s 42 pieces of flair. She CANNOT get herself dressed without layering on the accessories. And I love it. 2. Christmas shopping with my girls. 5. Picking out a real live Christmas tree with my girls. 8. Earl, the new Elf that Santa sent down the chimney. 9. Taking the Elves to church, because if ANYONE needs a Holy Spirit experience, its these two. They need…
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One of THOSE Kind of American Girls…
Once upon a time… a couple of Christmases ago… …Katie was bitten by the American Girl bug, as is bound to happen to all little girls her age. We had to have one. We ogled the catalogs, picked our favorites, made a wish list a mile long, then cashed out her college fund in order to afford one of the darn things. And then Annie, who has to do everything Katie…
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