A couple of weeks ago (you know, the beginning of the NEW year) many of my blogging friends chose a word to begin their year. A single word that they could reference for goals and thoughts and who knows what else. I was not personally going to do it because I am not very good…
A Regular Afternoon (and family pictures)
I just made a pot of chili and it simmers on the stove. On the L-shaped couch sits a huge plastic Sam-sized container of animal crackers, the lid nowhere to be found. Along with my two boys, a bowl of popcorn, one (empty, thank goodness) plastic cup, a pillow, a remote control, a stuffed teddy…
Holiday Rewind
Are ya totally over Christmas by now? Well, then you better click away. (please don’t) I took a break from the blog during the holiday but that means that I got a tad behind on posting some pics that I wanted to share and record for posterity – you know, the main reason I have…
Photo Bomb. I mean explosion. (2012 Review)
I took gobs and gobs of photos in 2012. (which reminds me that I need to do another back-up soon…) I took photos mostly of my kids and my family but I was blessed to take photos for other people as well. This year was a HUGE learning curve for me in regards to my…
I wish she would have stayed
Tim came into the room with me and helped me get undressed. Of course, he is always willing to do that. Only this time it was for a different reason than usual. I was about to give birth to our baby. It was our second baby boy’s birthday and I was both excited, full of…
Park It!
The last people we saw on our travels for the Thanksgiving holidays were my brother, Larry and his family. They were in Houston visiting my SIL’s family so we met up at Discovery Green and the kids ran around like wild banshees. It’s a really neat park right in the middle of downtown Houston. There were…
So many animals (and kids!), yet so little time…
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, one of the highlights of our Thanksgiving travels was meeting up with my cousin and her family. We decided to meet at the San Antonio zoo on Friday and it turned out to be a perfect day for it. It was a tad crowded but manageable. She has 6…
Is it Pehcahn or PeeCan?
Thanksgiving week was… good. But. Tiring. We were on the road A LOT. We ended up circling South Texas when it was all said and done. We stayed with friends in Houston the first night – B’s “bestie” that moved there back in August. The kids had a great time not going to bed until…
My Life in Numbers
I got this great idea from Greta at G*funk*ified and I thought I would put some of my numbers our there too and link up! Thanks Greta! 🙂 5 – the number of dogs we had over the years while I was growing up 1 – the number of dogs that were “mine” and that…
“Her is Big Now”
We gathered on the “L”-shaped sofa, the five of us. Earlier that day we declared it family movie night and just minutes before we all settled down, we scrambled around our cozy, lived-in house, grabbing the right sized jammies for everyone, from the little to the big, and clothed ourselves in our comfiest of things. Flannel and…