Entries from December 2008

December 29, 2008

Steak and Shake in a Shaky Economy

We are in one of those stages right now where I just can not figure out what in the world to fix and eat for dinner. Anything I can possibly think of to make here, just sounds horrible. So tonight, we headed to one of the kids’ favorite places, Steak and Shake, for [...]

December 16, 2008

Celebrating Christmas

This year has been a great year of Christmas Celebrations. My favorite was attending a “Walk thru Bethlehem” Live Nativity. I have always wanted to see one. And it was fabulous! Definitely need to keep that as a tradition.
Another tradition that we have done since I moved here 9 [...]

December 15, 2008

Buckeling Down

Lately I have been having lots of thoughts about how much we need to buckle down with our kids before this next baby comes. Do you think it is unrealistic to think we could have our kids be responsible, thoughtful, helpful, and kind to each other before this next kid comes? The other [...]

December 9, 2008

Mary

While reading a story from the Bible about Mary, Natalie posed a question:
“How did they get the baby out of Mary?”
“The same way as all babies.”
“But they didn’t have a sewing machine then? How will they sew her up?”
That’s right, my child believes every baby is cut out of the [...]

December 7, 2008

Stray Cat

Tonight has been an interesting night. It all started a week ago when a neighbor came frantically to our door looking for her cat. She was so upset and came around again with fliers. Well, this had a huge impact on Natalie. She felt so bad for the lady and the [...]