Last year about this time, we were visited. By an elf. From the North Pole. Oh yeah. She just broke right into our apartment — came down the chimney, I suppose? — and we came home to find…. this. It was disturbing to come home to find that AN ELF had just made herself at home, began unpacking Christmas decorations and…. dragging them up the stairs. Freaky. And not just…
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Ten Things I’m Most Thankful for in 2011.
1. After a painfully brutal divorce — that one thing I always swore would never happen to ME — in 2011, I found my traction. I learned how to navigate this new life-o-mine. Mostly. 2. In 2011, I found my spot at Green Acres Baptist Church. I love this church that has been such a huge part of my world since we moved to Tyler in 1981. I left for…
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A FaBuLouS Tenth Birthday Party, Dahling!
My oldest girl turned ten last week, and we celebrated by doing what all girls love to do: pedicures with friends. Is there anything more blissful than a pedicure? We ate pizza and a cookie cake. Fabulous gifts from Justice (where else?) And fabulous toes. Its fun being a girl. I love my gorgeous TEN year old. Happy birthday, my sweet girl.
Happy Tenth Birthday…..
I CANNOT BELIEVE how fast TEN YEARS have flown by. THIS WAS TEN YEARS AGO? It seems like yesterday that Dr. Flanagan presented me with THIS tiny little pink bundle… And I had NO idea what to do with her. Or myself. Its all so weird and overwhelming, this experience of having a firstborn child
Dorothy and Alice.
We’ve always loved Dorothy at our house. Personally I think its all about the Ruby Slippers. We do love us some fabulous shoes. But then when we saw this wig at Arne’s party store in Houston… …well, that just sealed it. Sparkly shoes AND a wig? Oh yeah, baby. We went to the elementary school Sock Hop last night in our costumes. Well, two of us wore costumes… Dorothy…
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One Day Back in the Spring…
…the Azalea Trails were in full swing, and we took this great picture of my girls. It made me smile on a morning when I was missing them. <3
Thirty-eight Great Things About This Week.
1. Katie Beth made breakfast yesterday for herself and Annie. By herself. Without me asking her to. 2. Annie packed school lunches for herself and Katie Beth yesterday. By herself. Without me asking her to. 3. Katie Beth said the sandwich Annie made tasted really good. She really did compliment her little sister. Really! 4. Sitting in church with the ones I love the most. 5. Cooking 8. Tyler…
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My Girl. She’s Beautiful.
Katie.
My Kids. They’re Beautiful.
Country Kids.
My little city-fied apartment-dwelling kids got to spend an afternoon in the country this weekend… …doing fun stuff like swinging from ropes in trees that they never get to do here at our apartment complex. They had a blast. And once again, I’m having fantasies of moving to the country, milking my own goats, churning my own butter, and having half a dozen more children and homeschooling them all. OK,…
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A Great Big Day.
Our day began like any other… With oatmeal… And bed hair… But it wasn’t any other day. This was the day we’ve waited for forever…. The day we longed for almost as much as Christmas. Well, Annie at least; to KB it was …just school. And as a fourth grader she’s been there, done that. But for Annie? Well, she FINALLY got to load up that much-longed-for Littlest Pet Shop…
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