Off To Colorado

We are off to Colorado! Our flight leaves at 8:30 this morning. And yes, I am still awake at 12:30 trying to wrap up loose ends. Oh, the joys of packing!
For those of you that don’t know, we are off to our Campus Crusade for Christ staff conference which is [...]

Ode to Naps

Naps, Oh, Naps
Where did you go?
I’ve loved you for years
Oh don’t you know
It seems my kids don’t feel the same
If you’re gone forever,
I think I’ll go insane
The kids’ on-going energy
baffles me so
Oh, please nap-time
please don’t go!
As you can see, naptimes are fading away in our house. It seems that Natalie (4 1/2) [...]

The Automatic Flusher

My friend, Mike wrote about his feelings about the automatic paper towel dispenser. Which I personally don’t mind too much. However, he has a good point about it when it isn’t working!
I must say one thing I think is a big waste is the automatic toilet flusher!
First of all, [...]

Grease Babies

Several of us the other night at Life Group were talking about the Movie “Grease”. We were talking about how we watched it when we were little and now realize how unpure it truly is. Well, this one is definitely more pure –

Thanks to Dolly for posting this.

Beach Weekend

This weekend we went to see my family at the beach. It was a really nice time. Actually as I look back at the pictures, it was pretty eventful. You can see the pictures too on my Flickr slideshow.
~Time at the Beach
~Swimming in the Pool
~Catching a little fish we called [...]

Can You Beat God?

Apparently Natalie thinks so…
Often, in an effort to get my kids to move a little faster, I’ll say, “Who would like to get their shoes on really fast?” Or the kids will even do it amongst themselves.
They will always end with, “I won!’ or “I did it first!”
Well, the [...]

Vacation Bible School

This is my third year to be teaching Vacation Bible School at our church. Each time I have taught the 5th grade girls (which is a great group by the way). The last two years Natalie and Nicholas have basically been in the VBS childcare. They do a few of the activities [...]