Tomorrow is ‘Christmas’ with my family as we’ll be leaving for St. Louis on Tuesday and I can’t wait to present our gifts to my little niece and nephew as well as our boys! It’s a ‘mostly’ handmade year for gifts. Because our boys are such car fanatics, I made each of them a “car cozy”. […]
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Not Who Anymore…
Phases: Kids go through them at a rapid rate. Although sometimes it doesn’t feel like it, kids really do go in and out of phases rather quickly. A while ago, Xander went through a ‘getting married’ phase and had picked out his future spouse. The result was him ‘proposing’ to several girls. He scared off […]
gratitude
gratitude. It makes such a difference when we realize how richly God has blessed us. It has been a joy to keep my gratitude journal this last year. I’ve found that I’m not as consistent as I’d like to be, so my goal is to post each Monday, along with others, what I am grateful […]
"Getting the bad guys"
Recently, we were reading one of Xander’s current favorite books, Sam the Minuteman. It is about a boy who helps his dad when the redcoats were marching on Lexington and Concord. When they heard the second call to arms, Sam’s mother didn’t want Sam to go out and fight again after a friend of his […]
loving…
A few things I’m loving right now: 1. walks in the rain 2 enjoying creosote – the source of our wonderful ‘desert rain’ smell 3 talking about the crown of thorns while checking out a thorny desert tree 4 drinking warm tea with my boys 5 I love rainy days. It always puts me in […]
Handy Boy!
We made a discovery today. Home Depot Kids workshops are so much fun. Xander was inspired and empowered to try something he had never done before. And we didn’t need to find the idea, gather the supplies, prepare a work area or clean up afterwards! Yup, he wants to go back!