real life

We are LOVING summer!  I cannot tell you how much I love spending time with friends all day, hanging out at the pool, eating lunch outside, and having absolutely NO SCHEDULE!  I am a SUMMER GIRL, and we have had a great start to this summer.  Here are a few things that we've done over the last couple of weeks (although our summer just started one week ago.) The last week of … [Read more...] about The Maniacs…

My crazy son lives for specific days on the calendar.  Splash Day would be one of the days he anticipates from the first day of school until it happens the last week of school.  He loves it!  I'm a little behind posting...since school is finally OUT, but here are pics from Preston's Splash Day. The pledge and then the "parade" to the field. Denver and Preston.  Denver's … [Read more...] about Splash Day!

First of all, happy Memorial day! I ended last year's Memorial Day post with this statement, but I feel I should say it first this year. We are so blessed to be able to spend time regularly with our family.  We are so blessed to be able to enjoy freedom, to live in this great nation, to be able to worship the Lord freely, to be able to attend church and school, to have … [Read more...] about Let’s Play Ball!

When I think of toys from my childhood... I think of my treasured Cabbage Patch Kids, I think of my very fancy keyboard, I think of board games like Operation and Mall Madness, and I think of my Fisher Price Magic Show! My girls love to play with my old Magic Show...especially Lilly Katherine, of course. -kate . … [Read more...] about Abracadabra

I have mentioned my sweet friend Dominique a million times.  She is a precious woman, a wonderful mother, an inspiration, a wise woman of God, an encourager, a cooking/baking machine, and a dear friend.  I am so sad that she and her family are moving to Clinton, Mississippi, but I'm so thankful they will be so close to my Mississippi family that I will be able to visit! My … [Read more...] about Saying Goodbye