And… It Happened!
Look out world! Here comes a full confident young woman who continually amazes her family! #ProudParent #WeLoveYou [...]
Sister-Cousin Outing
December 22, 2019 Sister-Cousin Outing You often read that cousins are usually your first friends. They know all about you, love you regardless of your differences, and enjoy life with you from start to finish… I always dreamed of how close my siblings and I would be as adults and [...]
Memes to Voices
November 10, 2019 Memes to Voices A friend was showing us her flower arrangements: she said, “expectation versus reality.” To me, both arrangements looked amazing – her husband had given her a few bunches of flowers which she artistically set in two gorgeous table arrangements. She thought one was excellent [...]
Sixteen Sweet Years
October 3, 2019 Sixteen Sweet Years The one who first called me mother is sixteen years old. Thank you, Jesus. I am so grateful for being blessed with Christina! I can’t imagine life without her. I truly understand that God entrusts us with raising his children. There is such a [...]
Leaving My Little Love
September 8, 2019 Leaving My Little Love I’m looking at the man cross the coffee table as I talk. I knew even though he said it was okay to bring my baby (at this point, I’m 8 months pregnant) to work with me, there would come a time when my [...]
Jaquline the Confident
September 4, 2019 Jaquline the Confident I watched my little girl exude confidence for the first time in public. At our gymnastics show on Mother’s Day, my Jaquline performed her practiced routine with a cloud of confidence I’ve never seen in her before. She LOVES gymnastics. She feels beautiful and [...]
Kimberly and her Birthday Twin
August 30, 2019 Kimberly and her Birthday Twin Louis & I decided to join the church we have been attending. After attending a newcomers class, we brought home our study books and Kimberly looked over it. (Our purpose was to let Christina and Becky look over it. I wasn’t expecting [...]
Fatherhood
June 17, 2019 Fatherhood So, you know this huge thing called “Fatherhood?” What comes to mind? A parenting book I read when I was twelve (yes, oldest sibling perks!) said something like “the child’s view of God as a Father is directly impacted by their experience with their Earthly Father.” [...]
House Hunting 101 – Lesson 1 – Location
June 10, 2019 House Hunting 101 – Lesson 1 – Location We’ve been planning toward our next step – home ownership. We are grateful for the place we are currently renting, but because of the black mold infestation (it’s under control, but we don’t own the house, so can’t remove [...]
A Family Journal
June 2, 2019 A Family Journal I’ve been working on two projects for each of my children. One was a crocheted blanket for each – king size, crafted from their favorites in a pattern they chose. I’ve only completed one. The second is about 15 rows from completion, but I [...]