Love Letter

“Love can forebear, and Love can forgive…but Love can never be reconciled to an unlovely object…He can never therefore be reconciled to your sin, because sin itself is incapable of being altered, but He may be reconciled to your person because that may be restored.” TRAHERNE Centuries of Meditation, II, 30 My dearest children, Your… Continue Reading

Monday jewels

From my morning prayers. His living word could not have been more timely and more pleasing to my soul… My child, forget not my teaching, let your heart keep my principles;  For these will give you lengthier days, longer years of life, and greater happiness.  Let kindliness and loyalty never leave you; bind them around… Continue Reading

Big Girls!

 First combined slumber party for the girls at Auntie Nini’s house! I hear there are plans of dress up, make up, nail painting, dance parties, pizza making, movies and cookie baking. Hopefully, they party all night and come home nice and tired 😉 This just in via iphone text message…I asked for an update because… Continue Reading

Seven Months!

Oh, my charming little one. You have stolen my heart! In the past month, you: -Have finally started sitting up able to balance yourself and rather than crashing head first into the ground after a few seconds, you now use your arms when you lose your balance or lean too far, softening the fall and… Continue Reading

A Day in the Life

Just an ordinary Monday with my extraordinary babes that I wanted to capture for this stage… Since Sunday is our day of rest and for family, Monday has evolved into my “catch up” day. LOADS of laundry, wiping sticky counters and vacuuming floors from the weekend’s residue of grass and sand-filled shoes, crumbs from brunch… Continue Reading

Return of the Redi

disclaimer: (at the strong urge of the hubster), this blog post is probably TMI for y’all. It is definitely more of a journal entry, some personal reflections for myself that I know I will appreciate one day. As well as, perhaps, our future 4th child 😉 Well, it’s back. After 15 months of bliss. It… Continue Reading

The Golden State

There are a lot of little reasons why Dean and I don’t like California but there are a few, big reasons why we really do! Second to family, which is golden, is the ability to pack up the 5 of us and be here within 15 minutes in the dead of winter. 😉 Even forgetting… Continue Reading

Six Months!

Hello there, Mr. No-Neck. hehe…(I think a mom’s allowed to have a smile at the expense of her kids after the spit-up in the newly washed hair, the poop on the newly washed favorite shirt, the pee in the face, and being awaken out of a dead sleep to list just a few of the… Continue Reading