see you in a bit
on Nov 14, 2009 in randomness Well everyone, in the last post I made a comment about moving in a week. Some of you may have thought I was being poetic. I wasn't. Because we waited so long for the short sale approval we all wanted to move on quickly once we got it. So we have...

Muddled Reflections...update on encouraged
on Nov 12, 2009 in family life muddled reflections It's been a month since I told you that we received an offer on our house. A month since I told you that the deal was a short sale. A month since I told you that our house future was in the hands of some random person at a bank. It's been a month...

Our Thanksgiving Tree
on Nov 10, 2009 in family life Jesus loves holidays This is our Thanksgiving tree. This kid and mama made poster has come out two weeks before Thanksgiving, for the last five years. For two weeks leading up to this wonderful holiday we prepare our hearts for gratefulness by putting leaves on the tre...

Sunday Leftovers...the results
on Nov 8, 2009 in family life Jesus loves muddled reflections Earlier this week I told you about the ugly jar and our attempt to be a more uplifting and encouraging family. Well the results are in: Chris wins by a landslide. He had a total of 7 complaints this week. Steven came in at the bottom with 48 comp...

Born Runner
on Nov 7, 2009 in family life growing up Thursday afternoon the boy decided that he wanted run a local 5K being held on Saturday. So with no training, only the knowledge that he could run a pretty quick mile, we all went out early this morning in the cold so that he could run a 5K. He li...

Autumn Fairies
on Nov 5, 2009 in family life muddled reflections The autumn fairies have arrivedglowing earth colorschanging green to red with their special magic.feeding the birds and sending them on their merry wayto destinations of warmth.building homes for the smaller spritesshould they need shelter from the c...

Oh, Sicily...
on Nov 4, 2009 in family life art After I posted yesterday about trying to be more positive, I walked into Sicily's room and found this: Isn't it pretty? Isn't she creative? That's not what I said yesterday. My name went into the jar. And Sicily spent the rest of the next half h...

Sunday Leftovers
on Nov 3, 2009 in family life muddled reflections Our church is doing a sermon series on joy. This is a subject that I feel has been neglected for me personally this year. I have spent far too much time on the edge of the cliff of depression and I fear I have forgotten what true joy looks like. I...

Happy Halloween
on Oct 31, 2009 in family life holidays The kids all dressed up, grabbed the buckets, said "trick or treat", and then the rain came. It rained for the first thirty minutes of our Halloween night. But just as we were about to pack it in, the rain slowed to a drizzle and then stopped all t...

Pumpkin Carving
on Oct 29, 2009 in family life holidays We're gearing up for Halloween around here. We spent this morning with friends carving pumpkins. The kids didn't get into the yuck factor of cleaning out the pumpkins this year. They all, including the boy, tried to scoop the strings and seeds out...